Comments on: The Mystery Of Self-Programming Synthesizers http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/10/16/the-mystery-of-self-programming-synthesizers/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:52:52 -0500 hourly 1 By: aL: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/10/16/the-mystery-of-self-programming-synthesizers/#comment-143292 aL: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:03:47 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=17671#comment-143292 Actually, no, it's slightly different. Circuit benders interfere with the electrical path, which may introduce randomness into control signals but more often produces repeatable shorting of control signals and audio paths. THIS phenomenon is based on randomizing the content of digital memory when the power backing RAM fails. Actually, no, it's slightly different. Circuit benders interfere with the electrical path, which may introduce randomness into control signals but more often produces repeatable shorting of control signals and audio paths. THIS phenomenon is based on randomizing the content of digital memory when the power backing RAM fails.

]]> By: @READYdot http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/10/16/the-mystery-of-self-programming-synthesizers/#comment-143264 @READYdot Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:37:43 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=17671#comment-143264 Erm, sorry but this is nothing,really nothing specail. Circuit benders do this stuff all day, like starving the circuit or anything else that results in random noises... Erm, sorry but this is nothing,really nothing specail. Circuit benders do this stuff all day, like starving the circuit or anything else that results in random noises…

]]> By: synthhead http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/10/16/the-mystery-of-self-programming-synthesizers/#comment-143224 synthhead Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:02:01 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=17671#comment-143224 Unfortunately, most random patches on a lot of synths are inaudible, like you found. Maybe that's why people like the TB-303's funky sequences so much. Unfortunately, most random patches on a lot of synths are inaudible, like you found. Maybe that's why people like the TB-303's funky sequences so much.

]]> By: aL: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/10/16/the-mystery-of-self-programming-synthesizers/#comment-143222 aL: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:37:44 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=17671#comment-143222 My Casio CZ-101 frequently went random after the power was off a while (not least because of a design flaw in the 101... there's no battery backing the internal memory unless you slide 6 D cells into it; it won't take power a connected DC adapter to power the memory without a modification to the hardware). The interesting sounds came from parameter values outside the normally allowed range, which the 101 represented visually as various punctuation marks. Generally, however, the result was more commonly silence from the randomized preset. Only maybe 1 in 16 produced an audible program, and most of them were high pitched whines, or occasionally programs with no VCA envelope release (the sound just went on and on without fading). My Casio CZ-101 frequently went random after the power was off a while (not least because of a design flaw in the 101… there's no battery backing the internal memory unless you slide 6 D cells into it; it won't take power a connected DC adapter to power the memory without a modification to the hardware). The interesting sounds came from parameter values outside the normally allowed range, which the 101 represented visually as various punctuation marks.

Generally, however, the result was more commonly silence from the randomized preset. Only maybe 1 in 16 produced an audible program, and most of them were high pitched whines, or occasionally programs with no VCA envelope release (the sound just went on and on without fading).

]]> By: TGfirstannualreport http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/10/16/the-mystery-of-self-programming-synthesizers/#comment-143218 TGfirstannualreport Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:33:42 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=17671#comment-143218 Is this guy not aware of Glitch? I don't think Throbbing Gristle worry about not being able to use strange noises in a melodic way. Is this guy not aware of Glitch? I don't think Throbbing Gristle worry about not being able to use strange noises in a melodic way.

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