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Here’s a bit of ambient goodness to start of Free Music Friday – Herzog’s First Summer And The Running Dream:
first summer and the running dream” contains 5 tracks with a complete duration of 30 minutes. Compared to his earlier works “first summer…“ has a more droning, a bit distorted character. The sounds are layered very softly and sublime to a very harmonic composition. The overall mood is quite laid-back with noisy, distorted splinters. The noisy elements are getting stronger to the end of the EP but it leaves still a very harmonic picture.
You can preview the album with the music video above and download the tracks at the Resting Bell label site.
via disquiet
Here’s the first version of the laser cut and engraved Casper Electronics Drone Lab housing:
Some of the details may change, but the general design is set. An alternate design may be offered which features an extended faceplate with blank space for adding extra control hardware.
The Drone Lab is a 4 voice analog drone synth, rhythm generator and FX processor. It is capable of generating rich, textured soundscapes, hypnotic drones and complex rhythmic sequences.
A complete parts kit & PCB are available for $200.
Casper Electronics has announced that it’s now taking pre-orders for the Drone Lab V2, a 4 voice analog drone synth, rhythm generator and FX processor.
Description:
The Drone Lab is capable of generating rich, textured soundscapes, hypnotic drones and complex rhythmic sequences. It features a series of filter and distortions circuits as well as an audio input jack. This allows it to be used as an effects processor for external audio signals.
The Drone Lab retails for $50 for the PCB only, $200 for a PCB and parts kit, and $350 fully assembled. Read more…
Casper Electronics has announced the Drone Lab synthesizer – a DIY synth designed to make ambient electronic drones:
I’ve joined forces with Electromagics to design a Drone Lab kit that is easy to build and is capable of creating rich drones and complex pulsing sequences. We’re in the final stages of PCB prototyping and will be calculating the cost and taking pre orders within the next week or two.
We plan on offering parts kits as well as finished units soon after.
Pricing and availability info is expected to be up soon.
The Riot Control Drone Commander
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Eric Archer’s Drone Commander is a $325 portable synthesizer housed in an awesome Riot Control Agent box.
With a total of 9 knobs, the Drone Commander offers two manually-tuned oscillators and two LFOs, plus an unusually colorful and nasty filter. LFO1 is an analog variable-shape oscillator, and LFO2 is a pulse waveform that auto-synchronizes to LFO1 at a ratio of 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x. Both LFOs can be routed to the filter for rhythmic patterns. A line-level output jack is provided for connection to amplifiers or effects.
Six of the Drone Commander’s nine knobs double as push-pull switches to control signal routing and waveform selection.
The Drone Commander is housed in a dark green military ammunition case with engraved aluminum control panel. The case is welded steel with an easily removable, rubber gasketed lid.
The unit is powered by a 9V battery accessible through a slide-out drawer in the side, as well as a 9VDC adapter.
You can preview the sound of Drone Commander below:
Details at Archer’s site.
via the Synthtopia Flickr Group
