Jamuary 2025 - Flappy Bird Notes Generator with Volca Bass & FM and S-1 Expensive Notes 2025-01-18 | The Launchpad Mini is controlled by a Teensy microcontroller which also sends notes to the Volca FM, Bass and S-1.The notes are played based on me playing Flappy Bird very badly. My poor ability with Flappy Bird actually helps to make the music more interesting.This is an updated version of this game with the ability to play 3 synthsThe colour I have chosen is blue which is not happy. The music sort of reflects the loss of David Lynch to me. It's quirky and a mix of styles.
Jamuary 2025 - Bespoke Teensy Black Groove Box - Single box Jam Expensive Notes 2025-01-29 | The box makes all the sounds through digital synths and drum samples programmed via a Teensy Microcontroller.
Jamuary 2025 - Jam Using Notes derived from my name. TD-3, RD-6 and S-1 Expensive Notes 2025-01-29 | Prompt: Only use notes derived from your name.The notes from my name are A D G & C#. The TD-3 and the S-1 only use these notes.
Jamuary 2025 - TicTacToe plays Synths - Volca Bass, FM and S-1 Expensive Notes 2025-01-28 | A Teensy microcontroller works with the launchpad and sequences the Volca Bass. The Tic Tac Toe (Naughts and Crosses) game alters the notes being played by the other synths, shown by the different colour squares on the Launchpad. The Volca FM only plays the notes altered by the TicTacToe Game. The S-1 plays notes depending on where I press when it is green's turn.
Jamuary 2025 - 30 Second Track with 3 Voices - In Search Of Expensive Notes 2025-01-27 | All software synths.This is a catch up "Jam" for the one I missed.The prompt was 3 voices. I combined it with another prompt for a 30s commercial.
Jamuary 2025 - Volca Bass Solo Expensive Notes 2025-01-27 | It wouldn't be Jamuary without a Solo Volca Bass.All done in a one take jam. No overdubs or effects added.
Jamuary 2025 - Swamp Frippertronics with SY1000 Guitar Synth Expensive Notes 2025-01-26 | The prompt was a mournful jam. This track is a one take jam with my SY1000 guitar synth.I'm using these patches on the SY1000:Mysterious PipeAir Voice Pad!ST&Synth (Strat)Grassy Synth GTAll fed into the Flashback II Delay (7 second delay)
Jamuary 2025 - Anti Lullaby - Bespoke Teensy Berlin machine and Volca Drum Expensive Notes 2025-01-25 | Trying to meet two prompts for the price of one track.1. Lullaby. This is an anti lullaby. (Jamuary.org)2. 1000. This is 1000 times weirder than a lullaby (Hardware Jams)Syncing a Volca Drum with my Teensy Berlin Machine. I added a sync out voltage pulse to the Berlin Machine. Many things can be altered per step, such as note, step length, wave form...I mangle things so that the initial sequences (two seperate voices) are mutated from something simple to something way more complicated. You could say they are 1000 times weirder
Jamuary 2025 - Feeling of Home Prompt. Crave, Volca FM, Drum and S-1 Expensive Notes 2025-01-24 | I used a crude picture of home on the Launchpads to help choose the notes for each synth, hence the music is guided by “home”. This is a jam from scratch.
Jamuary 2025 - Snake Game music generator with Volca FM Keys and NTS-1 Expensive Notes 2025-01-23 | Prompt: A song that evokes the feeling of being stranded. In this case I choose Snake Island…The main aim is to generate semi-random musical phrases by moving the snake around.The Volca Bass gets notes by:Horizontal movement plays a fixed “melody” in Dm which randomly changes each time the green square is eaten by the snake. Moving to the right plays the melody backwards.Vertical movement switches octaves but in ¾ time, hence the generation of a “Larks Tongues In Aspic Part 2” vibe due to 8 vertical grid locations. i.e. ¾ ¾ 2/4 The Volca FM gets notes from the pads on the outside.The NTS-1 gets notes by combining the the two axes.Each time the food is eaten a new sequence is randomly generated.The snake game and the MIDI notes are controlled by the Teensy 4.1 which is using the Host USB port to drive the Launchpad. The Volcas receive MIDI notes from the Teensy on the tx1 rx2 & tx3 serial ports.I’m not trying to get the best score, and wouldn’t be that good at getting it anyway…
Jamuary 2025 - Sample Buddies: KO133 PO33 and ISD1820 Expensive Notes 2025-01-22 | Prompt: Far AwayI imagine someone trying to get through on faltering equipment.
Jamuary 2025 - Jam from Scratch The End Of The Universe - Crave, S-1, Volca Drum & FM Expensive Notes 2025-01-21 | Just chilling out and going for it with some cool sounds that suits my vision of the End Of The Universe which is today's prompt.
Jamuary 2025 - KOII with 7s delay - Happy Accidents Expensive Notes 2025-01-19 | A sort of Frippertronics Jam with the KOII and Flashback II and a long delay
Jamuary 2025 - Crave Self Generating Patch - NTS 1 Plenty Reverb and Flashback II Echo Expensive Notes 2025-01-19 | Crave into NTS-1 for submarine reverb and then into Flashback II for echo.The Crave is running a self generating patch. NTS-1 provides a simple SAW wave and great REVERB.
Jamuary 2025 - KOII Sampler - All Sounds Made With My Mouth Expensive Notes 2025-01-16 | In this jam I am modulating the sounds with my voice. All the sounds are made with my mouth!
Jamuary 2025 - Tetris Note Generator with Volcas & NTS-1 Expensive Notes 2025-01-16 | Prompt. Sudden Change. I am cheating a bit here with the "Sudden change" happening when I lose a game...Updated this game as well to use more synths.
Jamuary 2025 - Memory Game Note Generator with Volca FM, Volca Keys and NTS-1 Expensive Notes 2025-01-15 | A Teensy microcontroller interfaces with the launchpad and sequences the synths. A game of Memory (match the colours) is played in the middle region. The main sequence is sent to the Volca FM. The added colours on the edges are the notes for the Volca Keys. The NTS-1 plays notes depending on which square I press in the middle. The pad on the bottom right resets the game.
Jamuary 2025 - KOII - Minimal Japanesish Vibe Expensive Notes 2025-01-13 | Simple empty melodic vibe.
Jamuary 2025 - Space Invaders Music Creator Jam - TD-3 Volca FM NTS-1 Expensive Notes 2025-01-11 | I have been working on some of my older Teensy controlled launchpad games. This one now controls more synths than the original. My tenuous connection to the jamuary.org prompt with this is that the melody (while staying on the beat) starts at different times to the main sequence depending on when I fire the missile.Music generated by playing Space Invaders (Badly) on a Launchpad.Prompt: write a jam where two or more elements are not clocked together, and drift apart
Jamuary 2025 - E Diminished Frippertronics. One Guitar with Tonex One into TC Flashback II Expensive Notes 2025-01-11 | One take, in the spirit of Jamuary.No overdubs. I used the 2290 Tone Print selection with the full 7 second delay time and with feedback on 11 until near the end. Then I reduced the feedback then to allow the repeats to fade away.
Jamuary 2025 - Melodic Symmetry Using Physics Engine with Volcas and NTS-1 Expensive Notes 2025-01-10 | Teensy based Physics Note Generator with Volcas NTS-1 and twin LaunchpadsA very basic Physics engine with pong style bouncing blocks to generate notes based on hitting edges of the "screen". The Teensy microcontroller interacts with the Launchpads which act as a screen and a keyboard for the Teensy ( this is in the black box on the left).
Jamuary 2025 - Techno TD3 RD6 with Volca Drum Noises Expensive Notes 2025-01-09 | Prompt: write a song exploring repetition.Plenty of this! ;)
Jamuary 2025 - Bespoke Dalek Synth Jam With Noise Expensive Notes 2025-01-07 | I modified a toy Dalek I was given (its original function was broken) to become a bespoke synth. The internals include a Teensy microcontroller and Audio card.
Jamuary 2025 - Flat Out But Slow - Bespoke Teensy Synth with a Slow Volca Keys Expensive Notes 2025-01-07 | A Fast Sequence on my Bespoke Teensy Synth but with a Slow Volca Keys
Jamuary 2025 - Going Flat Out to go Slow - Bespoke Synth drenched in reverb Expensive Notes 2025-01-06 | Bespoke Sequenced Synth using a Teensy Microcontroller with lashings of reverb.Jamuary.org prompt is:Prompt: slow downBPM: 20-40Key: anyThis is slow because of the reverb... But fast because of the sequences
Jamuary 2025 - Circuit and MonoStation Expensive Notes 2025-01-04 | Don't use these much, so I got them out for a run to keep them fit! ;)
Jamuary 2025 - Ambient with ROAT and NTS 1 Space reverb Expensive Notes 2025-01-03 | Taking Inspiration from The Hardware Jams Prompt:Greetings Jammers!And happy Friday. As the third of January is also National JRR Tolkien day, this weekend we want you to explore your inner middle earth. I would like you to get fantastical with your imaginations. Tolkien was known for writing long, lengthy tomes and for having created an entire universe, timeline, and history in his mind. I would like you to transport yourself into one of Tolkien’s lands, the time and place of elves, orcs, dwarves and Hobbits and magic. I think this sounds like deep underground in a mine...
Jamuary 2025 - Volca Bass Ambient with Wingie2 NTS 1 and Bespoke Syncmaster Expensive Notes 2025-01-02 | Using the Syncmaster to get the Volca down to 30 BPM.
Jamuary 2025 - KOII Cello and Garage Sounds Expensive Notes 2025-01-02 | The KOII is a fun device full of cool sounds and some of my own.
#Jamuary 2025 Volca Bass on the March With NTS 1 Ping Pong Delay Expensive Notes 2025-01-01 | Best with Headphones!First Jamuary 2025 Jam.Happy New Year and Happy Jamuary everyone!
Hardware Jam Weekend Challenge - Road Trip with SY1000, RD 6 and TD3 Expensive Notes 2024-09-01 | The challenge for this weekend is a road trip, so I went for a boogie synthy one as we start spring here and emerge from winter...
HWJ Challenge - 2 boxes 5 minutes - Using TD-3 and RD-6 controlled by bespoke Teensy Sequencer Expensive Notes 2024-08-25 | Teensy Sequencer interfaced with Launchpads as screens and keypads. Straight Jam from scratch with no random sequences this time. What you see is what you hear!
Hardware Challenge Jam - Buildings - Solo Volca Bass inspired by old train station. Expensive Notes 2024-08-03 | This is entirely live - no overdubs. The Volca bass has three independent oscillators which I have playing the same sequence but the length has been reduced for two sequences so the overall pattern changes. Poly-meters I think it’s called. The notes in the sequence are inspired by the riff to "Locomotive Breath" by Jethro Tull.The video was paid for by a subscription to a site which my daughter bought me as present.
Hardware Jam Challenge - Claustrophobic - ROAT and Wingie2 JAM Expensive Notes 2024-07-29 | It's very dark and close in here! It seems like things might be alright but then a jarring sound brings on the tension...
#Hardware Synth Jam Challenge - #Jam from Scratch - No preparation. Expensive Notes 2024-07-20 | The Challenge was to make something up in 5 minutes with no preprepared sequences. Luckily my Teensy midi controller can generate random sequences that aren't too shabby! The only preparation I did was to choose the sounds on each synth.
#Hardware #Jam Challenge - Maze Bespoke Teensy/Launchpad controlled Volcas and NTS-1. Expensive Notes 2024-07-13 | A Teensy Microcontroller generates the notes based on the pattern on the Launchpads. The pattern is based on “Langton’s Ant” a set of rules which simulates an Ant wandering about. Like it’s in a Maze!The launchpads act as a screen and keyboard for the Teensy. The blue pad indicates the position of the “cursor” or index of the sequence.The NTS-1 synth plays notes based on the position of the Ants (Red and Orange Pads)The Volca FM plays notes based on the position of the white pads.The Volca Bass plays notes based on the black pads.
Hardware Challenge - Wrong Patch - with the EP133 KOII Expensive Notes 2024-07-07 | That’s the Wrong Patch! - HWJ Weekend Challenge.I am using the Ep133 and sounds mostly made by banging rubbing or dropping a chain on a Train Rail! Only the bass is not a rail sound.Sound creation: youtube.com/shorts/520dzjFnsG8
#Hardware #Jams Weekend Challenge - Turtle Music with the EP133 KOII Sampler Expensive Notes 2024-06-30 | The music of the Turtle that carries the Discworld. I think it would be a bit exotic! Only using stock samples on this.
#Dalek Synth #Jam 3 with More #PolyRhythms Expensive Notes 2024-04-27 | I modified a toy Dalek I was given (its original function was broken) to become a bespoke synth. Here is a demo of it, version 3, with more polyrhythms. Okay, so it is probably Poly-meters rather than PolyRhythms. All the three main sequences have different length patterns which you can see evolving on the OLED screen. I even did some manual "sequencing" on the buttons, if you could call it that.The internals include a Teensy microcontroller and Audio card.The jam Includes an arm Malfunction, Davros would not be happy!
#Dalek Synth Jam #2 PolyRhythms Expensive Notes 2024-04-14 | I modified a toy Dalek I was given (its original function was broken) to become a bespoke synth. Here is a demo of it, version 2, now with polyrhythms. Sequence length it determined by it's left antenna.The internals include a Teensy microcontroller and Audio card.
Dalek Synth - Jam 1 Expensive Notes 2024-04-05 | I modified a toy Dalek (its original function was broken) to become a bespoke synth. Here is a demo of it, version 1.The internals include a Teensy microcontroller and Audio card.
#jamuary2024 Bespoke Teensy Controlled CV Sequencer with Model D Expensive Notes 2024-01-31 | There are 8 bars in each sequence of 8 CV values or notes (for 64 steps). I can ‘draw’ the CV values by turning a Potentiometer (Knob) as the sequence plays.
#jamuary2024 - Launchpad Physics with Volcas and NTS 1 Expensive Notes 2024-01-28 | Teensy based Launchpad MIDI controller plays notes based on particles bouncing around hitting edges. Synths played: Volca FM, Bass, Keys and NTS-1.
#jamuary2024 - Berlin Machine and PO33 Madness Expensive Notes 2024-01-27 | Perhaps it should be called Modular Machine. ;-)
#jamuary2024 - ArduBoy Clone 8 Bit Sounds thru NTS-1 with Volca Bass and Drum Expensive Notes 2024-01-26 | In response to jamuary.org challenge: Make a Jam for a road trip. Depending on how fast you drive.Roadtrips in Australia are long so it needs to be fast... And longer...The Volca Drum provides a solid Kick. The Bass has individual sequences for each voice. Then I use the ArduBoy Clone to make 8 bit game type sounds for that retro feel. The NTS-1 provides delay and flanger for the Arduboy clone.
#jamuary2024 - SY1000 - Pixie Quarrel Looper Jam Expensive Notes 2024-01-25 | I have more respect for people who use Loopers after doing this...A jam on some of the parts of Pixie Quarrel.See the original here if interested:youtube.com/watch?v=NagIxS8tbD8
#jamuary2024 - Pocket Operators - Grungy Bass and Mellotron Expensive Notes 2024-01-25 | Jamuary.org Challenge: Battery Powered.
