Small demo of one of my recently built Shruthi-1 synth in an unusual ambient Pad. As usual, the ValhallaShimmer reverb add a lot of lush to the sound.
Building two Shruthi-1 synthezisers
January 9th, 2012
I’ve discovered the Shruthi-1 synthesizer project by reading a thread on the Anafrog forum. I’ve then checked the audio samples on Mutable Instruments and I was so impressed by the quality and personality of this little synthesizer that I’ve decided to take the plunge. But there was a unknown part on this decision : this synthesizer is only available as a SDIY (Solder Do It Yourself) kit … and I’ve never built such an electronic kit before !
But here is what I’ve built during three long evening …
The Shruthi-1 is a hybrid digital/analog monosynth. Its hardware design is deceptively simple, but the sonic range is wide: sometimes grungily digital like a PPG-Wave, fat and funky like a SH-101, videogame-y like a Commodore 64, weird and warm like an ESQ-1 ; but more often than not, truly original.
Contrary to the hardware you can purchase at the music shop next door, a Shruthi-1 isn’t designed to be industrially manufactured. Indeed, its assembly doesn’t require any specialized equipment, besides a screwdriver, cutters, a soldering iron and two hands.
Full informations about Mutable Instruments and the Shruthi-1 here.
Many thanks to Olivier Gillet for his amazing work on the Mutable Instruments projects !
Please check below all my building process!
Lemur iApp
December 11th, 2011
The legendary JazzMutant Lemur touchscreen modular solution has been ported to the iOS (iPhones and iPads) by the berlin based company Liine.
I’ve just bought it some days ago. That’s not just an other one iOS controller app for your iPhone or iPad : the scripting and modular possibilities, and the numerous physical properties of most of objects in the toolbox make it quite different, quite more “playable” and enjoyable than the other ones that I have tried (TouchAble, TouchOSC, Midi Touch, …).
For me, this tool does not replace my other hardware controllers, but it offers new interactive possibilities that only a touchscreen can have.
Here is a screenshot of the modular controller environment I’m working on at the moment for a coming music piece.
Strange Tribe (v15-extract)
October 27th, 2011
Strange Tribe (v15-extract) by hpsounds
This is the first track made in Iceland, since I moved to Reykjavík a couple of months ago.
Technical notes
Days of Darkness festival – Ljós|Light project
October 25th, 2011
Mixant et mélangeant les traces du passé, les échelles, la lumière, les conditions atmosphériques, et le paysage, explorant et interprétant les vibrations et les pulsations du territoire, Ljós|Light vous fera voyager au travers de perceptions et d’expressions personnelles de la nature et des temps anciens de l’Islande.
Blending and dissolving old memories, scales, light, weather and landscape, exploring and interpreting the vibrations and pulsations of the territory, Ljós|Light will take you in a personal perception and expression of Iceland’s older days and nature.
Sýningin byggir á blöndun og úrvinnslu gamalla minninga, kvarða, ljóss, veðurs og landslags. Með því að upplifa titring og takfestu viðfangsefnisins mun Ljós/Light opna fyrir þér persónulega skynjun og tjáningu af náttúru Íslands og fyrri tíð.
We will have a projection of our Ljós|Light project during the Days of Darkness festival (03 nov. 2011 – 10 nov. 2011) in East Iceland at the Snaefellsstofa Visitor Centre (Vatnajökull National Park – Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður). This event will be followed by a lecture about our photographic and sound works on and in Iceland.
05 nov. 2011 – 15:00
free entrance
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Links
Snaefellsstofa Visitor Centre
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður – Vatnajökull National Park
Kaldidalur in winter shape
October 21st, 2011Enjoying two sunny days last week, we took the chance to drive up to Kaldidalur and Thorisdalur, which are the closest places in highland from Reykjavík. It had snowed a lot the days before and the temperature was still cold, around -1˚ C, which was safe to drive (most of the muddy spots of the track were still frozen).
I was quite unreal to walk alone in these arctic like landscapes !
