patch bay issue solved

patch points added after all
38 this side
18 opposite
audio i/o between
original handle on the 4th side

Revised Quad Echo Panels

Looks like the weather is going to kill my control panel finishing plans for today, but at least I was able to finish the layouts




4x circuit bent echos from Barbie Karaoke Machines
controls (x4 each):
Input Volume
Output Volume
Echo Pitch Coarse
Echo Pitch Fine
Echo Decay
7 Feedback/Bend Depth
7 Feedback/Bend On/Off

I had to remove the banana patch points due to space issues, but there is room on the I/O panel if I feel the need to add them as a break out box later...

previous version here

based on a design by Casper Electronics

Mouser Party!

bent phaser

built this today partly based on a schematic found here:
Bent Pedals
Ended up being harsher than I initially expected... most of the bends are either distortions or extremely choppy pulses. Sounds great with the Weevil08 run through it. The stomp switches turn on groups of bends set by the toggles... Four groups: blue-5 bends/orange-3 bends/yellow-4 bends/violet-4 bends

Folktek drone machines

Some of the nicest circuit bent stuff I've seen. Actual instruments, not just sound sources...





Wireless Bug

Subharmonic Field

overpopulation

1:21 Done

pitch = check
gate = not quite
sleep now
fix later

squiddy

Live Setup - Spring 08

Current live rig for solo sets, spring 08 edition. Somewhat stripped down from my usual everything and the kitchen sink approach.
|NMK|Blue Ringer|Mackie Mixer w/aux mods|
|Noiseswash|Weevil 08|2x Glamorbox|Space Echo|
|contact mic|bow|Headrush|

DOA

Unfortunately, there was one casualty Friday night... My circuit bent Alesis Wedge, which has been a large part of my live setup for the last two years for every project except Animal Law, finally decided to retire itself. No smoke, sparks, or explosions. No heroic final burst of white noise from the stage... just silence and one final message on it's display:



So... it seems I'm now going to need to be on the lookout for it's replacement. If anyone happens to have an Alesis Wedge lying around that they're not using...

shell

guts

Speedy VS The BugBrand Drone Machine

Tom Bugs included a couple of contact mics with the Drone Machine... One of them had several pieces of guitar string soldered to it. Speedy immediately figured out its true purpose...

Recorded last February, not long after the Drone Machine arrived...

DUAL APC w/VACTROL CROSSMOD

Built for Brett Naucke of Druids of Huge

WSG No.1

Ray Wilson WSG with passive ring mod - WSG feeds one side of the rm, external input goes to the other. separate outputs for WSG & ring.

VACTROL SEQUENCER/OSCILLATORS

two vactrol sequencer/oscillators
based on a design by Alex Inglizian

SLUDGE TONE

a few simple control mods to an octave multiplexer:
left stomp switch replaces the sub toggle
right stomp & additional pot: the additional knob is a second blend control... one is usually set about 50% & the other to full octave for maximum tarpit sludge tone. stomp switches between the two settings.