The Harvestman

Image: Analogue Haven

This is an early sketch of the upcoming Polivoks VCO, by The Harvestman.

Description:

Vintage sound in a small size (12 HP) and with all the necessary functions. The price should also be reasonable. They’re looking for a late summer release for this module.

via the Synthtopia Flickr Group

Image: Analogue Haven

Saturday Synth Porn: Here’s a little shot of the upcoming Hertz Donut synth module by The Harvestman, from the Synthtopia Flickr Pool.

The Hertz Donut is a dual oscillator design (primary/modulation), kind of like a digital Buchla 259. Read more…

Vicmod continues its excellent series of interviews with synth gear designers with a talk with Harvestman’s Scott Yaeger. 

In the interview, Yaeger discusses the ideas behind his line of synth modules:

Those sounds are what I first heard when being introduced to electronically generated sounds at a young age. Atari 5200 and a Casio SK-1 with one of the batteries put in backwards… combined with my brother’s Synsonics drums this formed a great timbral influence. It was certainly more influential than the sounds that the polysynth mob were making those days.

I think a lot about power electronics and death industrial when considering system-level modular configurations, and to some degree individual module designs. It pleases me to hear them used in that context more than a lot of other things. I’m coming up on a decade as an enthusiastic listener and occasional composer and performer in related styles, and this appeal does find its way into my collection of instrument design ideas.

I don’t put much effort into anything unless there’s a good amount of defiance involved, so I guess there’s a parallel between noise actions and the design of my modules. That’s not saying much, though. In these days of ideological cowardice, self-confidence is itself a socially transgressive act.

Check out the full interview here.

The Harvestman has introduced the Stilton Adapter, a 4-channel floor effects adapter and instrument amp for modular synths.

The Stilton Adaptor provides level matching for convenient attachment of instrument-level effects devices into a modular signal path. Each channel features up to 30x gain (noninverting), wet/dry crossfade, and a compact two-way TRS connector.

This module requires 1/4″ TRS insert cables for bidirectional transmission using effects devices. Instruments and their effects chains can simply be connected with a TS cable.

Four channels of:

• 10vpp modular input
• 10vpp modular output
• TRS jack for sending/receiving signal to effects device
• Gain adjustment
• Wet/dry crossfade
• The output on channel 4 is multed for easy feedback loops (just patch it back into an input)
• +/-12V Doepfer-style power connector
• Panel size: 20HP

Price: $295 at Analogue Haven

via Matrix