ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC THEORY

 TUTORIAL *****

* The Art Of Analog Modular Synthesis By Voltage Control"
 

 TECHNICAL CHARTS

*Doppler Shift Effect

*Sound Power Output Chart (Maximum Volume Displacement)

*Power And Voltage Gain VS. Decibels Chart

*Sound Pressure In dB Vs. Frequency Chart

*Ground Loops revisited

 
   COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES 

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(Past articles published in my column "In Search Of My Muse")

- Ear Training

- The Master Plan

- The Gamelan

- Composing In n Dimensions

- Using The Dodecaphonic Scale

- A Musician's Dilemma

- The Compositional Process

- Ghost Electronics Explained

- Tonal Attractors And Complex Sounds

- Multi-dimentional Polyphonic Sequencing

- Virtual Pitches In Low Frequencies

- Synthesizing Formants    

- The Goddess Elektron

- The Man/Machine Interfaces (Part1)

- The Man/Machine Interfaces (Part2)
 
 - Scalability And Voltage Offsets

- Sequencing And Pseudo-randomness

-Synthesizing A Balafong

-Phase Shifts And Space Trajectories (Part 1)

-Phase Shifts And Space Trajectories (Part 2)

OPINIONS

-Are we living in a schizo-mediatic environment?    NEW!
 

OTHER ARTICLES

*Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies Cards  Text (1)

*Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies Cards Text (2)

* Sound: A Specific Quality Of Space

* Brain Waves And Esoteric Frequencies

* Modulo 12 scale for Serial Music

* Musical  Sequences and Auditory Perceptions *****

* Hocketus

* Just Tonic

 

PATCH LIBRARY

* Classic Patches, Serge Patches, Weird Patches Of The Month.

TUNING PROCEDURES

*1Volt/Oct. Tuning Procedures

DO-IT-YOURSELF ELECTRONIC PROJECTS

COUNTERS

* Building Counters For Clocking Purposes

OSCILLATORS

*Quadrature Oscillator
 

TIMERS

*Using LM556 chips for clocking purposes
 

DC MIXERS

*Control Voltage Mixer with DC Bias

FILTERS

*Simple VC Low-Pass Filter using a Multiplier

*Classic State-Variable Filter

*Ten Band / Octave Equalizer
 
 

NOISE GENERATOR

*White Noise Generator With DC Coupled Output
 

CLIPPER

*Adjustable Positive and Negative Clipper
 

PHASE SHIFTERS

*1080 degrees Phase Shifter

* El Cheapo Leslie Effects

MODULATORS

*Single Sideband Suppressed Carrier Modulator/Demodulator
 

 *El Cheapo Laryngeal Multiphonics Modulator

AMPLIFIERS

*Photo-Voltaic cells amplifiers
 

GATING DEVICES

*2x4 Channels Infra-red Switching

*Resistive Gating Switches

*Resistive Gating and Gliding switches

*Resistive Switches Ergonomic Lay-out

*Home-Made Steel Ball Switch (replaces the infamous Mercury Switch)
 

CONTROLLERS

*El Cheapo Theremin

*Sample and Hold

*Staircase Generator

*Envelope Follower

*Controllers for Green music

*Simple Ribbon Controller

*Fancier Ribbon Controller

*Simple Dual X Joystick

*Building A Bank Of Joystick Controllers *****

*Oreo Cookie Transducer

*48 keys per octave microtonal Keyboard
 

EXPERIMENTAL CONTROLLERS

*8 Channel Light Joystick

*Audio/CV/Gate Light-Activated Stage Programmer

*Light-Activated Stage Programmer With Individual Control Inputs

*Analog Live Performance Gloves using mercury switches

*Analog Live Performance Gloves using Flex Sensors and Mercury Switches

*Analog Live Performance Gloves Using Cadmium Photocells And Mercury Switches

*Ergonomic Touchboard Controller

*David Wessel's tongue controller

ANALOG EMULATORS

SYNTHEDIT

*Synthedit Analog Emulator Synth        (NEW!)

SYNTHESIZERS  MODIFICATIONS

*Oberheim SEM-1 and Mini-sequencer Patchboards

*Wave Multiplier enhancements (Serge Modular Music System)

REEL-TO-REEL TAPE LOOPS AND DELAYS

*Home-made Tape Guide Rollers For Tape Loops

*Long Tape Loops For Live Performance

*Multiple delays (Part 1)

*Multiple delays (Part2)

*Multiple delays (Part 3)

 MEMETICS

* The Power Of Memes

* Grant Richter's Manifesto

* M.E.M.E (Midwestern Electronic Music Ensemble)

MY STREAMING AUDIO FILES (.mP3)

Experimental Electronic Music :  <http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=312917>

Indian Music:  <http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=312918>

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