vacuum tube
Articles about vacuum tube:
In episode 3 of the Get To Know Your Gear series, the guys from Blorp Corp get to know/pimp the Universal Audio LA-610 Mk II Vacuum Tube Microphone/Instrument/Line Preamp.
Metasonix TM-1 SE Vacuum-Tube Waveshaper and Ring Modulator demo Read more…
From the tail end of Gearwire’s 2009 NAMM coverage comes this show video of Eric Barbour’s new Metasonix KV100 Assblaster.
Regular Synthtopia visitors know that we like to protect our readers’ sensibilities, so we’ll put this as delicately as possible: the Assblaster puts the anal in analog.
The KV-100 contains the basic preamp stage of the discontinued Metasonix TM-7 Scrotum Smasher, driving the waveshaping (pulser) and ring modulation functions of the discontinued TM-1 (minus the ring-modulator carrier oscillator). These two sections drive a VCO which was derived from the discontinued Metasonix TM-3.
As you can see from the video, the Assblaster features graphics that complement its name.
If you’ve had a chance to try out the Assblaster, leave a comment with your thoughts!
via gearwire
Ready to control your synthesizer with a blowtorch?
This video documents a proof of concept test for the Thermatron, a vacuum tube synthesizer controlled by a flame, created and built by Lorin Edwin Parker at Electric Western.
The right mixture of gas, air pressure, high voltage, chemical ions and heat vary the flow of current through a flame. This current feeds into the grid and / or plate of vacuum tubes controlling an Electric Western Phantastron Synthesizer. Read more…
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This s what an AssBlaster sounds like. Is it what you expected?
Josh Humphrey rocks the Metasonix KV-100 Assblaster, with Mike Dobler on Korg ESX drum machine. Recorded at Big City Music.
More soothing Assblaster sounds at arrowbang’s YouTube page.
