PhazervilleOrnament & Crime is evolving - Teensy 4.x support is here! A new hardware design is in the works! The future looks bright for this programmable open source Eurorack utility.
All the original firmware apps + Hemisphere are now running natively on Teensy 4.0 and 4.1, which are readily available. The CV inputs are noisy, but I think it's usable! Big thanks to Paul Stoffregen for his contributions to the project! New hardware designs should be released very soon, with improved ADC precision, more I/O, and potential for expansion.
(background music is "novemBOH" and "it's not so bad") (also, sorry for eating the mic lol)
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
New Teensy 4.x Support for O_C • November 2023 • PhazervillePhazerville2023-11-12 | Ornament & Crime is evolving - Teensy 4.x support is here! A new hardware design is in the works! The future looks bright for this programmable open source Eurorack utility.
All the original firmware apps + Hemisphere are now running natively on Teensy 4.0 and 4.1, which are readily available. The CV inputs are noisy, but I think it's usable! Big thanks to Paul Stoffregen for his contributions to the project! New hardware designs should be released very soon, with improved ADC precision, more I/O, and potential for expansion.
(background music is "novemBOH" and "it's not so bad") (also, sorry for eating the mic lol)
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comDuoTET Microtonal Quantizer ⚡ #o_c #firmwarePhazerville2025-10-09 | ...Bernoulli Gate, Trigger, OR BOTH ⚡ #o_c #firmwarePhazerville2025-10-03 | ...EuclidX + Slew = Decay Envelopes ⚡ #o_c #firmwarePhazerville2025-10-02 | ...TB-3PO Motion Recording #o_c #firmwarePhazerville2025-10-01 | ...Phazerville Suite v1.10 - O_C Firmware UpdatePhazerville2025-07-21 | Fresh firmware for Ornament & Crime! New MIDI mapping slots are configured via the MIDI-In applet and are stored globally when you save a preset. Mappings can also be constrained by note range (min/max) for keyboard splits or firing a gate on a specific note. There are several options for polyphony to split voices into separate pitch CV.
If you missed the v1.9.1 update, we also have a new BitBeat applet - two channels of Byte Beats algorithms - and a DivSeq10 applet - single-channel variant of DivSeq with 10 steps.
Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comTETRIS 2025 | Live @ The Pyramid SchemePhazerville2025-07-14 | DJ Phazer's first hit song, 20 years later. (And my voice still cracks like an adolescent! XD)
Performed live as Phazerville (with the modular synth rig) on June 4, 2025 at the Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, MI, as direct support for Button Masher on his Level Up Tour.
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
How much can I do with 3 modules and a Kaoss Pad? Here's a live loop jam with a Small Eurorack System and a KP3. (I didn't even add a bassline... a goal for the next iteration)
I'll never get tired of the Plaits Model hocketing trick. Here, it provides drums and a psychedelic speech synthesis voice, sequenced with the Westlicht Performer. FX Aid as a crossfader/panner to combine the Main and Aux outputs. The legendary Kaoss Pad lets me easily layer the sounds and juggle loops!
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comPORK (Weebls Stuff cover)Phazerville2025-02-02 | (now with more meat!) Silly tribute to Mr @weebl Live modular synth + vocals Secret sauce emerges at 01:30
I tracked the vocals separately... but the modular backing track is all mixed in the rack to one stereo pair. A few careful stages of compression and clipping are involved.
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comThis is the SAUCE | PhazervillePhazerville2025-01-13 | I got the formula for #JAMuary!
I can't keep it a secret: it's TB-3PO on the bassline. 8-step pattern played twice, then a gate into Density creates a variation - another 8-step pattern, repeat, then it returns back to the first pattern. Call and Response, with just enough repetition. It's catchy every single time!
Also, I have a Westlicht Performer now, and apparently I only need it for sequencing a single voice. Don't worry, we'll get deeper...
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comHybrid DJ Mix/Synth Jam on O_C T4.1 | PhazervillePhazerville2024-09-27 | Sloppy, yet effective. I think the sloppiness helps emphasize how solid the vibe can be with good track prep and selection. I need a good foundation to carry me when I'm braindead on stage! XD
00:00 - warm up 00:49 - kick it 11:11 - stutter mode 12:52 - Like & Subscribe!
I hadn't touched the rack in several days, so I spontaneously filmed this jam to show off new O_C stuff. DivSeq has multipliers now for ratcheting trigger patterns. WAV file player is usable for tempo-synced track cueing. No EQ or filtering yet for the file players, so the bass gets a little mushy at times. Everything is a work-in-progress!
Patch Notes: I start out with some live-sequenced drums (Bitbox Micro) and bass (Neutron) to set the rhythm. Then, I start playing tracks from the SD card in the Teensy 4.1, sometimes looping intro sections for extra drum layers. The Neutron voice is also running through the O_C audio DSP, being mixed with the WAV file players and glued together with the same compressor/limiter. The extra Bitbox drums are separate. Livestock MIR as final clipping stage. Minimal post-processing on the video edit.
Near the end, I map the "FileVCA" parameters to the same TB-3PO gate output that's driving the bassline. This results in a synchronized stutter effect on the playing tracks!
Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comTempo-synced DJ-style WAV player on O_CT4.1 #eurorack #modularsynthPhazerville2024-09-01 | ...The Maze (drone) | PhazervillePhazerville2024-07-15 | Prompt from the Hardware Jams Weekend Challenge!
Testing things, trying to calibrate and tune all my voices... why not record a drone jam? Two Plaits, a Monsoon, and two wine glass samples on the Bitbox collectively sing chords, sequenced by several DualTM using Aeolian D# scale, washed in Delay/Shimmer in the FX Aid. The video is a little stutter-y because reasons (it's not you, it's me).
Every patch session is literally a maze I'm trying to navigate. Watch as I take a whole minute to finally start the sequence clock, and then fumble around with settings and mix balance. Lucky the reverb is there to soften things, right? Eventually, we make it out the other side...
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comStolen Ornaments: Next-gen O_C T4.1 Hardware + DualTM applet | PhazervillePhazerville2024-07-01 | Check out the new 8-channel Ornament & Crime hardware! And the applet that started it all - a dual linear feedback shift-register for looped random modulation and sequencing.
A very limited run of new T4.1-based units from Paul have been distributed to early beta testers and other developers. Check the links below for the BOM and other design files as they become available for DIY.
Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - I stole these things! 04:40 - Sincere Gratitude 05:18 - O_CT4.1 Hardware Details 08:55 - Hacking the Code 10:24 - DualTM 12:20 - Building a Song 14:25 - Teensy Audio DSP patch demo 18:22 - Quadrants, Adding Drums 19:15 - Final Jam
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comidk, let me tickle your brain for a minutePhazerville2024-05-29 | trying to get back into the flow of filming and performing and then editing and rendering and uploading to The Machine.
(i did not know my hair looks like that, i'm so sorry, but not really, lol look at my silly meatsuit)
anyway, I like using the Forbidden Planet filter as a performance crossfader, and Plaits is always an excellent super-saw! Behind the scenes, I'm actually testing new O_C MIDI output functionality, playing a voice on the Bitbox Micro in unison with Plaits.
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comO_C T4.1 Prototype Test - 8-channel ADC/DAC #eurorackPhazerville2024-02-05 | ...Stolen Ornaments: Pigeons, PolyDiv & DivSeq | O_C Phazerville SuitePhazerville2024-01-31 | I'm transferring knowledge, whether you like it or not! This one goes in depth about using Fibonacci number sequences as melodies, and combinations of clock dividers for rhythms - with several new tools for generating polyrhythmic trigger patterns.
Pigeons is currently available in v1.6.999 of my firmware for the Ornament & Crime DIY Eurorack module. PolyDiv and DivSeq will be in v1.7, also now merged in for the custom built firmwares.
Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comStolen Ornaments: ResetClk | O_C Phazerville SuitePhazerville2024-01-05 | Is it a crime to commit someone else's code to Github? Can free information be stolen? In this new series, I set out to highlight and jam with one tool at a time from the vast pool of open source firmware code that I've collected for the DIY Ornament & Crime eurorack module. And I honestly try to give credit where it's due! ;)
Here, I'm using "ResetClk" by Oktagon (aka Peter Kyme) - a clocking tool for the DFAM sequencer, and similar sequencers that only advance in one direction. I don't own a DFAM, but I do have some other use cases for it, including the Bitbox Micro slice sequence mode. Thank you, kind stranger!
"If you want it / You can get it / Let me know and you can have it"
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comAuto-save for O_C Hemisphere (demo on OCP X) #eurorack #opensourcePhazerville2023-12-10 | ...Phased Strummer, Part 3 | PhazervillePhazerville2023-12-03 | A somewhat darker mood for the finale.
Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.comPhased Strummer, Part 2 | PhazervillePhazerville2023-12-02 | Wandering and exploring the same sound world with more filter modulation. A curious patch that plays with sparse rhythms and a resonator voice. Part 1: youtu.be/v_mAdPJ66rA Part 3: youtu.be/9kwzGyu-FOA
► Patch Notes: (on the uO_C) TB-3PO is sequencing Beehive, while Pigeons provides stepped modulation. Using two instances of SequenceX on the OCP X for filter modulation, occasionally randomizing them by turning up the CV2/CV4 input. I've blended FX Aid in about halfway, using the "Generation Lost" algo, causing a phaser effect to intensify the voice. Very big reverb from Monsoon occasionally sweeps in at the end of the phrase, thanks to a skewed triangle from Pam's.
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
► Patch Notes: (on the uO_C) TB-3PO is sequencing Beehive, while Pigeons provides stepped modulation. Using two instances of SequenceX on the OCP X for filter modulation, occasionally randomizing them by turning up the CV2/CV4 input. I've blended FX Aid in about halfway, using the "Generation Lost" algo, causing a phaser effect to intensify the voice. Very big reverb from Monsoon occasionally sweeps in at the end of the phrase, thanks to a skewed triangle from Pam's.
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.com✨ Heaven & Hell 🔥 Hardware Jam • PhazervillePhazerville2023-11-05 | This jam was prompted by the weekend challenge in a Hardware Jams FB group: "An old classic challenge from the Hardware Jams vault this week: Pads from Heaven, Beats from Hell. I want to hear the lushest-sounding pads or chords, juxtaposed against the most spiky and hellish beats you can conjure up."
I'm not sure if you'd call these pads heavenly, but I think the drums are quite hellish! • Pad: Beehive droning chords into Monsoon in regular Clouds mode. Modulated by DualTM applet. • Drums: Bitbox Micro parallel processed by LoFi Echo on O_C + Forbidden Planet. Sequenced by DrumMap + EuclidX. Pam's keeps everything in sync, of course.
Only minimal post-processing (light multi-band dynamics). The sound is still raw and crunchy like the real thing!
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Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.com Check my firmware suite for the Ornament & Crime module - github.com/djphazer/O_C-BenisphereSuitePlum Audio OCP X + Scenes App = Performance ControllerPhazerville2023-09-27 | ...O_C Scenes App Demo | Ornament & Crime, Phazerville Suite firmwarePhazerville2023-09-22 | "Would you like to develop an app?"
Available in Phazerville Suite v1.6.5Teensy 4.0 Upgrade For O_C + Firmware Demo | PhazervillePhazerville2023-07-22 | Update on Teensy 4.x Support: youtu.be/Jv6A8p6sUZ0
Since Teensy 3.2 is permanently out of stock, I've acquired a Teensy 4.0 to explore as a drop-in replacement for my uO_C. I briefly check out the Squares & Circles firmware from eh2k, but my ultimate goal is to port the Hemispheres framework to T4... stay tuned!
Overview: 00:00 - Intro & Soldering Pins 01:11 - "Let's Reflash It" 01:57 - Squares & Circles Demo 02:47 - Basic Drivers from pld 04:00 - A Great Ambition
Welcome to Phazerville! I'm your host, Nick, aka DJ Phazer! I'm a music nerd from Michigan who makes weird noizes and overthinks everything! I grew up with Nintendo and Nickelodeon. I'm known in some circles for my beatbox skillz. I like to spin Drum & Bass and occasionally get lost in sound design and synthesis. You can expect a lot of DIY music tech here ;)
Link up -- phazerville.como_C Module Input Calibration Tip #modularsynthPhazerville2023-03-29 | Created by InShot:https://inshotapp.page.link/YTShareBirth. Jam. | Twitch VOD | Phazerville LIVEPhazerville2023-02-10 | Using an envelope follower + Monsoon to creatively inject my voice into a modular synth patch!
The action starts at 03:00
Catch me live at twitch.tv/phazerville#Jamuary2023 :: Day 20 :: Housey Jungle Acid Breaks thingPhazerville2023-01-21 | ...#Jamuary2023 :: Day 19 - Jungle JamPhazerville2023-01-21 | Just jamming with the Amen Break! Drums + sub bass on Bitbox Micro, sequenced with Akai MPKmini (note repeat mode) Voice is Plaits, sequenced by o_CHOWTO: DIY Eurorack Module - AI008 Matrix Mixer | PhazervillePhazerville2022-11-09 | Full build vlog, featuring the Matrix Mixer kit from @AISynthesis idk if 7-minute vertical videos are a sin, but I filmed and edited it so here you go
Consider this Soldering 101 for those in need of a lesson, or are just curious about what it takes to assemble a DIY Eurorack module. However, I disclaim that I'm not the brightest light in the void, so feel free to criticize my work... but also rest assured that you can clumsily stumble your way through life just fine ;)
phazerville.comInspiration: Let creative ideas incubate in your brain 🧠Phazerville2022-10-27 | ...500 Subs Stream! PEW PEW PEW! | Phazerville LIVEPhazerville2022-10-27 | #MakeMusicEveryDay - Setting realistic goals, bouncing back after failure, and other thoughts. Plus some live modular practice for tomorrow's show!
Listen to "finished" pieces from this month: soundcloud.com/djphazer Official releases: djphazer.comRecord HD audio on your phone! #ProTipsPhazerville2022-10-20 | Smartphone + USB-C adapter + USB Audio Interface = BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS!WEIRD vocal percussion with BitBox Micro #MakeMusicEveryDayPhazerville2022-10-19 | I love my Bitbox Micro from@1010music #eurorackCure GAS with this one simple trick! 🎶 #MakeMusicEveryDayPhazerville2022-10-18 | ...#MakeMusicEveryDay - Tight Drums + Bass Groove TrickPhazerville2022-10-14 | ...CORRUPTED on Purpose? Circuit-Bending a Drum Machine: Alesis SR-16Phazerville2022-10-12 | #MakeMusicEveryDay #circuitbent #glitch#MakeMusicEveryDay - Creating Pads in Bitbox Micro #eurorack #samplerPhazerville2022-10-07 | ...Music Challenge, Week 1 Recap | ENDofSTOPtober 2022 | Phazerville LIVEPhazerville2022-10-07 | #MakeMusicEveryDay - reviewing my progress so far, discussing social media, musicians' & artists' role in society, release strategies, etc.
I also worked on some music production on stream.
Listen to the "finished" pieces: soundcloud.com/djphazer Check out my official releases: djphazer.comWeek 1 Recap | ENDofSTOPtober 2022 | Phazerville LIVEPhazerville2022-10-07 | #MakeMusicEveryDay - reviewing my progress so far, discussing social media, musicians' & artists' role in society, release strategies, etc.
I might also work on some music production on stream.
Listen to the "finished" pieces: soundcloud.com/djphazer Check out my official releases: djphazer.com#MakeMusicEveryDay - drums + bass on #eurorackPhazerville2022-10-06 | "donkey pirate"#MakeMusicEveryDay - Drum Slicing on Bitbox Micro #eurorack #samplerPhazerville2022-10-06 | ...#MakeMusicEveryDay tuning fork + Beatbox + Leaf Blower + Synth BassPhazerville2022-10-04 | ...#MakeMusicEveryDay - my Happy Accidents Machine #eurorackPhazerville2022-10-04 | ...#MakeMusicEveryDay - Generative Modular Synth BeatPhazerville2022-10-02 | ...Modular Monday: Adventures in EurorackPhazerville2022-07-26 | Can I interest you in some beeps and/or bloops? Curating electrical oscillations for musical purposes.[LIVE] Midnight Modular Session | PhazervillePhazerville2022-07-13 | Trying out new O_C firmware stuff - BugCrack and TB-3PO from BenisphereSuite, AttenOff mod from mattlongest
Jamming on the modular, with the Kaoss Pad for live-looping! Keystep 37 + sustain pedal for expressive performance of randomly generated arp patterns. I'm mainly trying out mega synth tones made from combining Neutron + Plaits oscillators via the TipTop Forbidden Planet filter. Basic drums in Bitbox Micro, triggered by Pam's. Clocked grains from Clouds. TC-Helicon VoiceLive Play processor pedal for vocal FX.
Oh yeah, and my mixer + KP3 reside in an old briefcase, a proof-of-concept for portability.