http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz On unhappily trying to do 8 things at once. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:14:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was intending to get this done for Robert Moog's birthday but didn't quite get it finished in time. I took the basic MiniMoog layout and tried to pare it down as much as possible to get cute/miniature but still useable and recognizably Moog styled synth. This is the first ... http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=45 I was experimenting with using a mic as a breath controler so decided to try a CS01 emulation. Using the mic as breath controller didn't really work out so I ditched it, but the synth itself is ok. The breath control responds to both midi expression and breath messages. Click ... http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=44 I haven't tried much in the way of FM so decided to have a play with a basic 4 operator DX100esq synth. The GUI is a bit more polished than my previous synths (finally put shadows on the keyboard) but the sound not so much. I have also started a ... http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=43 I was totally amazed today to get an email from none-other than the designer of the Monotron himself. He congratulated me on the implementation and gave me a few hints: - filter doesn't sound nearly as aggressive at maximum peak. - LFO is slower at minimum (about 15s period) and faster ... http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=42 Checking out the videos from Musikmesse I came across the pretty awesome looking Korg Monotron. I decided to knock up a quick version as I am currently working on MS-20 style filters and thought this would be a nice test platform. I had to guess pretty much how it works as ... http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=41 I tend to have great difficulty finishing anything as I loose interest after about a week and also underestimate the complexity of my undertakings. I thought I would go for a basic single oscillator mono synth and I could finish it in a week (prior to loosing interest). As always ... http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=39 Decided to go with a basic (single oscillator) synth to try and get blep synthesis sorted. I am quite impressed by the array of sounds the Korg PolySix / Roland Juno6 can produce so decided to model it around those. Every one of these I do is getting better, both ... http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=38 Did it bit of a long-overdue clean-up. Remove a bunch of dead-end and crappy projects. Created a separate section for music related stuff. http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=35 An MS-20 / StarWars inspired semi-modular synthesizer. It sounds ok, but still not great. It is really quite hard to get something that is simple and sounds fantastic. I was quite happy with the look and spent quite a while agonizing over a minimalistic set of controls. http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=29 I was quite happy with the idea but the implementation felt a bit unfinished so I spent a bit of time polishing. The sound is now effects laden and half decent. I actually hooked this up to my Wii Guitar Hero controller and had a great time. 5 buttons = ... http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/?p=26