Building a Music Thing Workshop System in real time Tom Whitwell 2024-11-21 | The full, uncut, real-time experience of building a Music Thing Workshop system, from unboxing to the first sound from the finished working system. Buy a Workshop System kit from Thonk: thonk.co.uk/shop/workshop-systemFind out more about the Workshop System at Music Thing Modular: musicthing.co.uk/workshopsystem Remember: Before building your Workshop System, check you have a suitable USB-C PD Power Supply that can supply 15 Volts. 00:00 What's in the box?03:46 Assemble the case09:42 Assemble the Power Supply15:22 Soldering the contact mic18:51 What's in the Workshop System?27:10 Explaining all the parts: pots, switches, LEDs etc35:01 Adding power headers and preparing switches40:27 Building the Oscillator VCO board1:01:04 Building the Computer board1:23:00 Building the Mixer board1:44:48 Building the Filter VCF board2:08:44 Putting it all together2:14:27 Testing the Workshop System2:18:12 Nearly there! Screwing on lots of nuts
Workshop System Calibration: Oscillators Tom Whitwell 2024-12-03 | A quick hands on demo to explain how to calibrate the SineSquare Oscillators in the Music Thing Workshop System, in case you want to use an external keyboard or sequencer.
Workshop System Calibration: Computer Tom Whitwell 2024-12-03 | A quick hands on demo to explain how to use the MIDI card on the Music Thing Workshop System to calibrate the Computer.
Music Thing Workshop Quick Start Guide Tom Whitwell 2024-11-18 | Available now from Thonk: thonk.co.uk/shop/workshop-systemA quick introduction to the Music Thing Workshop system. This video was filmed on a prototype system in September 2024, the final version looks a little different but works just the same.
Nonlinearcircuits x Music Thing Modular Interview Tom Whitwell 2018-12-03 | Genius synth designer Andrew Fitch from Nonlinearcircuits appeared at CV Freqs, the London Modular Meet via Skype from his workshop in Perth, Australia. A couple of days beforehand, I (Tom from Music Thing Modular) did this test interview with him to check the whole system worked. We talked about chaos, clutter, the amazing Perth DIY scene and the best way to get started with his modules. You can buy Andrew's modules from his site: http://nonlinearcircuits.blogspot.com/2013/11/pcbs-for-sale-updated-9-nov-2013.htmlor from Thonk in the UK: thonk.co.uk/shop/nonlinearcircuits
Controlling an Eventide H9 with an arduino Tom Whitwell 2017-07-10 | The knob box is running a simple patch where the two controls (coarse and fine) are mapped out to 9 parameters in any H9 patch. The idea is that you can make dramatic changes and select the results by ear, rather than deliberately tweaking controls.
Music Thing Modular Superbooth Preview 2017 Tom Whitwell 2017-04-19 | I can't make it to Berlin this year, so this is me sitting in the shed, explaining all the new Music Thing Modular bits that will be on the Thonk/Music Thing stand at Superbooth 2017. 0:40 Startup: Headphone Amp + Mixer + LFO 3:10 Graphic EQ 3:52 Spring Reverb mk 2 5:08 Chord Organ 6:35 Magnetophon: Tape head module
Music Thing Modular Chord Organ Tom Whitwell 2016-12-16 | Get the firmware for your Radio Music or buy a kit: thonk.co.uk/shop/chordorganFulll patch details... The sawtooth wave chords are filtered through the Humpback filter. Chords are sequenced by the Turing Machine & Volts expander. Drums & bells are a sample loop coming from a Radio Music module.This module is exactly the same hardware as a Radio Music - you can swap firmware by USB to turn one into the other. Learn more: medium.com/music-thing-modular-notes/chord-organ-the-easiest-way-to-get-simple-chords-from-a-modular-synth-2f48684fdb9a#.dhpi99vul The Lunchbox Case (with USB power) in the video comes from C1T1ZEN: c1t1zen.com/presta/home/8-lunchbox.html
CV Input on Boss PS-2 Pitch Shifter / Delay Tom Whitwell 2015-02-10 | Simple hack give +2v to +7v voltage controlFull details here: http://musicthing.co.uk/modular/?p=1113 (I don't always see questions in the comments here)
Radio Music fake timestretch Tom Whitwell 2015-02-08 | Fake timestretch with a Music Thing Modular Radio Music module and a Makenoise Maths. Full details here: github.com/TomWhitwell/RadioMusic/wiki/Radio-Music-Patch-Recipes#fake-timestretch
Music Thing Modular Mikrophonie Eurorack Contact Microphone module Tom Whitwell 2014-06-06 | Very quick demo to show the raw sound of the built in contact mic - just connected directly to the output, then through the Echophon.
Music Thing Modular Spring Reverb Crossfade Mode Tom Whitwell 2013-10-20 | The MTM Spring Reverb contains a vactrol crossfader that you can also use independently. Here, it is crossfading between the DPO Final and Square outputs. The module can be built with either a Silonex or a VTL5C3 vactrol. The VTL5C3 sounds smoother for this use, with a slower response that can be 'pinged'.Video and audio are slightly out of sync, sorry. Information, schematics, PCB files available at http://musicthing.co.uk/modularThe design and all documentation are Creative Commons Licensed.
Music Thing Modular Spring Reverb Tom Whitwell 2013-10-20 | Spring reverb module for Eurorack modular synths. Audio is slightly out of sync with video, sorry. Full details below... Controls: Top knob is reverb level. Right hand smaller knob is Tilt, a simple hifi-style tone control that changes the colour of the reverb. Left hand smaller knob is Control, an attenuverter control for the incoming CV. 12 o'clock = no CV, clockwise = increasing CV, anticlockwise = inverted CV. Patch: DPO sine waves sequenced by Turing Machine and Wogglebug. Gated through QMMG, envelopes from Maths. The CV input makes 80s-style gated reverb and pseudo-reverse reverb possible. For this demo, using a 9EB2C1B full sized reverb tank. Information, schematics, PCB files available at http://musicthing.co.uk/modularThe design and all documentation are Creative Commons Licensed.
Makenoise Brains expansion port Tom Whitwell 2013-05-18 | Using the binary code that comes out of the Brains expansion header to drive four channels of QMMG as a matrix mixer.
Pulses expander for Turing Machine RLS module Tom Whitwell 2013-05-04 | Open Source hardware, full details at: http://musicthing.co.uk/modular/?page_id=323 and http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=83867Kits available from Thonk: http://www.thonk.co.uk/product-category/music-thing-modular
Voltages expander for Turing Machine RLS module Tom Whitwell 2013-05-04 | Open Source hardware, full details at: http://musicthing.co.uk/modular/?page_id=323 and http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=83867Kits available from Thonk: http://www.thonk.co.uk/product-category/music-thing-modular
Expanders for Turing Machine Random Looping Sequencer Tom Whitwell 2013-05-02 | Two DIY expander modules for the RLS from Music Thing Modular. Pulses produces seven pulse outputs, related to the master clock and controlled by the main module. Voltages (with the faders) is an eight step sequencer where multiple steps can be active at once, creating very unpredictable patterns. Open Source hardware, full details at: http://musicthing.co.uk/modular/?page_id=323 and http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=83867Kits available from Thonk: http://www.thonk.co.uk/product-category/music-thing-modularPatch details: One pulse output is pulsing the white noise from the RLS module through a QMMG low pass gate, creating the kick drum sound at the start. The two outputs (normal and inverted) from the voltages module are going into a A156 quantizer, then into two sizes of a DPO oscillator. Each time the note changes, the sine wave outputs are gated through the QMMG. One more output from the pulse module is triggering the FM bus on the DPO, causing the bleeps and bloops.
Fix buzz on Motu 828mk II by replacing C205 Tom Whitwell 2012-12-07 | Here is a fix for Motu 828 Mk 2 physical transformer hum that I hadn't seen anywhere else. I had a unit that worked OK for many years, then suddenly developed an annoying physical hum - not in the audio path, which was fine, but coming out of the unit - a vibration in the transformers. It was OK if it was in a rack somewhere, but very annoying when I moved it under my iMac, 18" from my head. I opened the unit, tightened/loosened the transformer screws, tried to squeeze glue into the transformers etc, nothing worked. Then I spotted that C205 - a capacitor near the transformers - looked wonky and appeared to have leaked some fluid. It's a 330uf 63v Electrolytic capacitor. I replaced that capacitor (it was fiddly to desolder the old one, I ended up soldering the ground wire directly to the PCB trace) and immediately the hum is dramatically reduced.
Turing Expander 2 Tom Whitwell 2012-10-24 | Prototype expander for Turing Machine random looping sequencer
Makenoise DPO demo Tom Whitwell 2012-09-03 | First patch with Makenoise DPO Oscillator. Two sines sequenced by DIY random looping sequencers, with a touch of FM.
Hohner Pianet and Strymon El Capistan Looper Tom Whitwell 2011-11-18 | Using the El Cap as a lo-fi looper - in the Echoplex sound-on-sound mode
Euclidean sequencer in Eurorack Module Tom Whitwell 2011-10-03 | This is a prototype Euclidean Sequencer, based on Godfried Toussaint's paper "The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms" http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff.pdf It's based on an Arduino that listens for pulses, then generates three channels of output pulses based on the n and k values chosen.
E350 Eurorack Module Through XY Oscilloscope Tom Whitwell 2011-09-30 | Synthesis Technology E350 "Morphing Terrarium" running into very old oscilloscope in X-Y mode. Slow LFOs modulating all the settings
Sensor Music @ General Public, Berlin Tom Whitwell 2011-08-16 | Shingo Inao and Chikashi Miyama. Chikashi Miyama received his Ph.D (music composition) from University at Buffalo, USA. His compositions have received a second prize in SEAMUS competition, a special prize in Destellos competition. His works and papers have been accepted by ICMC 12 times, by NIME 4 times, and selected by international festivals in 17 countries. He received DAAD research grant this year and is currently working as a visiting researcher at ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.Shingo Inao is a sound artist and performer. Inao received his Master degree with an honorary mention in Bauhaus University Weimar. His installations and objects were presented in Berlin, Rome, Bruessels, Vienna, USA etc. His performance with self-made instrument are seen in several festivals, for example, Transmediale (Berlin, 2010), electro mechanica (St.Petersburg, 2009) etc. He received a grant in 2011 from Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation. He lives and works in Berlin."Chingo" is a duo consisting of Chikashi Miyama and Shingo Inao. They explore the interaction between body movements and sonic gestures employing self-designed sensor-based instruments "Tosso" and "Peacock."Date: 15th of Aug. 2011, 21hVenue: General PublicAddress: Schönhauser Allee 167c, BerlinArtists: Annie Goh, Mari Matsutoya, Shingo Inao and Chikashi Miyama "Experiments with Sensors"with Annie Goh, Mari Matsutoya, Shingo Inao and Chikashi Miyamala-condition-japonaise will present a concert and sound performance night with solo and duo setups of sensor systems and players.Details: http://la-condition-japonaise.com/news/event-info/2011/07/29/1017
MIDI Beat Clock Tom Whitwell 2011-04-13 | DIY module to sync a Eurorack modular to Midi Clock - takes the clock from the MPC and divides it down into pulses. The top knob selects the division ratios for the five outputs, the bottom knob adds swing. Powered by an Arduino.
DIY Analogue CV/Gate Sequencer Tom Whitwell 2011-03-06 | Simple 4017 step sequencer - red switch chooses number of steps - 4/6/8. Module on right is 8x illuminated switches for gate on/off - in this patch they're going to a Maths to add slide and a bit of timing strangeness
Touch Response / Modulation on RS-110 filter Tom Whitwell 2011-02-28 | Do other modules do this? Analogue Systems RS-110 filter on max resonance - self oscillating - when you touch the end of a patch lead plugged into CV-In, you get this amazing oscillation, which flips in and out with touch, and picks up proximity like a theremin. The low out is going straight to the speakers. This is just a 3.5mm plug with a bit of veroboard and wires from live & ground going into the CV-in socket. None of my other modules do the same thing...
