http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdmH6slZ0ac GeLoFi has published an interesting interview with Eric Archer, an Austin, Texas creator of unique electronic instruments. In the interview, Archer talk extensively about what inspires him and the thoughts behind his electronic instruments: Pattern generators are amazing. You just have to build an LFSR (linear feedback shift register) and play with it to… Read More Eric Archer Interview
Eric Archer, an electronics designer and musician who builds unique electronic sound generators, has posted a collection of samples made using one of his latest projects, the Mini Space Rocker drum machines. Here’s a preview: [display_podcast] See also our earlier posts on Eric Archer and his Mini Space Rocker drum machines.
Sunday Synth Jam: This is a semi-autonomous synth jam, via Eric Archer: I’d like to make music free of the cliched compositional motifs I’ve picked up from years of listening to pop tunes in America. Still, I grew up in the 1980s, and the sonic qualities of electro/new wave/industrial are dear to me. Entertain the… Read More Eric Archer’s Semi-Autonomous Synth Jam
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Eric Archer demos four tiny drum machines with analog sound, IR wireless network, and photocell control. One drum is running through a DigiTech Synth Wah pedal. The other three are mixed dry. The mix is playing through a guitar amp. See the recent post on minimal drum machines for more info.
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Image: ALH84001 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… Read More The Riot Control Drone Commander
Eric Archer’s Light2Sound is a DIY project that lets you create a synthesizer that turns light into sound: The pickup is a photodiode on 8? flexible cable. It connects to LITE2SOUND with an RCA plug. Its detachable so you can experiment with making your own pickups – just cut an RCA cable, strip the cut… Read More New DIY Synth Turns Light Into Sound
Oscillography – Fibonacci Generator was uploaded by: EA78751
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Eric Archer’s ABot (Another Box o’ Techno) is an interesting collection of DIY experimental synth circuitry. It features: Dual VCO w/ digital sub-bass sinewave 12dB/oct VCF SyncLFO LFO-Sequencer WaveFucker (1-bit pitch shifter) Analog-controlled speech synthesizer Generative CV sequencer for melody control The ABot synchronizes with Archer’s BBoT (Big Box o’ Techno). Continuing with Archer’s BBoT ethos, there is… Read More ABoT Puts Techno In A Box
