Saturday, December 19, 2009

JH Polymoog Resonator with Voltage Control + Voice of Saturn


JH Polymoog Resonator + voltage control and Voice of Saturn from Travis Thatcher on Vimeo.



Recently finished my J.H. Polymoog Resonator clone and stuck it in a temporary case until I find time to make a nice panel for it. The module is great for changing the harmonics of a simple input signal and the multiple filter modes are very useful. On its own, a very nice module, but I wanted to try to add some simple voltage control to make it more interesting. This was easily accomplished with the use of some vtl5c/3 vactrols. You need two vactrols per frequency band. They are basically used the same way that the frequency pots are used, and are soldered in parallel with the pot connections. I used the holes on the board that are meant for the board mounted pots, since my panel mounted ones were soldered into the jumpers. In this configuration, the pots act to offset the voltage control. I soldered the 2 neg legs together, and then ran a wire from that to the ground of the cv input jack. The 2 positive legs of the vactrols were connected, and soldered to a 1k resistor for protection. This was then soldered to the signal pin of the cv jack. All three inputs were done this way, and I normalled the cv inputs jacks, so if a signal is inserted to jack 1, it goes to all 3.





Monday, December 7, 2009

Voice of Saturn Voltage Controlled Filter - Frac Format

Finally got it finished - the VoS VCF, modules and kits will be released within a week or so on curiousinventor.com. The video quality kinda sucks, as I think I screwed up the lighting, but you get the idea.

Voice of Saturn Voltage Controlled Filter (Frac Format) from Travis Thatcher on Vimeo.








Zoroaster Shoutout


thequietus.com has an interview with Atlanta doom band Zoroaster about their new album "Voice of Saturn". They give us a nice little shout out (I recorded some noises on the record), and they're awesome.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Voice of Saturn on the Make Holiday Gift Guide 2009

Yup, pretty awesome. Check the link here. Also, big up to Wire To The Ear for making the Vimeo video they wound up using!

Win a free Voice of Saturn Synthesizer!

Yup, this Thursday at the Star Bar in Atlanta, is a benefit for the Marcus Autism Center. Our good friends over at 4th Ward Heroes and Whynatte will be raffling off a ton of cool prizes including one of our very own Voice of Saturn Synths. Also, check out the great lineup of bands. It'll be a good Thursday.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The League of Automatic Composers



Just got my League of Automatic Composers anthology from alku. Awesome packaging, wooden usb drive with tons of music. If you aren't familiar with the League, read this. The League and later the Hub were pioneers in early computer music, with an emphasis on networked devices and interaction. This is proper nerdy stuff, and a big influence on some of my work.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Voice of Saturn Filter in Blacet/Frac Format





Coming in 3-4 weeks, we'll be selling the VoS VCF in Blacet/Frac format.

Click here to go to the Curious Inventor website for more info

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

80017a


80017a, originally uploaded by recompas.

Repairing an HS60 (Juno 106) - had to make some new legs for an old 80017a...

More Voice of Saturn videos

From the Curious Inventor website


Monday, September 14, 2009

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Monday, August 10, 2009

Recompas


Recompas, originally uploaded by John!!!.

Last Friday recompas played on the patio outside Eyedrum. We need to do more outdoor shows!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

DANCING Pt. IV with E-Squared 4-25-09 at 529





This Saturday, Eric Archer will be joining us with his buddy and performing as E-Squared for a crazy diy techno dance party! These guys are really interesting, and Eric has documented some of the incredible projects he's made on his site. Here's a video from Handmade Music up in Brooklyn on 4.16.09.

As always, Judi Chicago will be performing and then presiding over the freaking crazy ass dance party!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Jeff Mills is awesome



I seem to remember hearing about this at some point, but I've never seen it before. Its pretty fantastic.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

acid

here's a 2.5 minutes of nice happy ambient acid.

linky

used:

Roland Jupiter 6
Boss Dr 110
Jomox xbase 09
oakley tb3030
moog mg1
roland re-201 space echo

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Recompas Live Video from 12/08/07

My Friend just realized he had this video up on youtube, but hadn't made it public. Nice little recording and good quality.



Tonight we're playing with Themselves at 529 in East Atlanta.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Next week is going to be a busy one...



Tons of stuff going on next week in recompas land. First, next Wednesday, April 8th, I will be presenting the Voice of Saturn stuff at the Dorkbot Atlanta meeting. I'll be joined by Scott from Curious Inventor who will be showing off some other projects of his, including the stribe1. Also presenting will be Beth Millikan, talking about Freeside Altanta, a non-profit hacker space they are trying to setup.

Then Thursday at 529, recompas will be playing with Themselves (cue immature joke). Should be a really cool show, I've been into Themselves for quite some time, and I think Chris Devoe will be djing the night! You can get your tickets from Ticket Alternative.

Voice of Saturn Synth/VCF on vacation



The Voice of Saturn Synth and Voltage Controlled Filter are up at Vacation Boutique in the ATL. I've also been talking with Kristin, one of the owners, about doing some custom art for units sold at the boutique. If you are in town, and want to try 'em out, head on over.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Voice of Saturn VC Filter released


Voice of Saturn Voltage Controlled Filter from CuriousInventor on Vimeo.


The VoS VC Filter is based off of a CEM3372 4 pole low pass filter chip, complete with 2 inputs (each with a vca) and a vca on the output. Lots of modulation possiblities. his first limited run of 50 will include the super fun joystick, which is completely modular.

I'm really happy that we've finally been able to get this out the door. Its a lot of fun to play with, and sounds great with the rest of the modules. More details, pricing, etc, here.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

recompas <3's homemade lofi psych

The other day I stumbled upon a great blog, homemade indie lofi psych that, as the name suggests, posts all sorts of rare, and unheard music in those genres. I sent the guy that runs the site some recompas stuff, and they've been showing us some love lately. Great blog, I highly recommend checking it out.

In other news: The VoS VCF test pcb run came in yesterday, if all goes well, we'll be releasing kits very, very soon. I'm excited. Also, recompas will be opening up for Themselves at 529 in East Atlanta on April 9th. flyer to come soon.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Voice of Saturn CEM Filter



Coming soon - The Voice of Saturn Voltage Controlled Filter. We're currently finalizing the first version of the PCB, which should be sent out for manufacturing in a few days. The filter is based around a cem3372 vcf chip, the same chip found in the Sequential Circuits Prophet 600. I'm particularly excited about the first 50, as they will have a nice joystick controller built in (if we can find more, we'll make more with them).

sound samples coming soon...

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

new project


new project, originally uploaded by recompas.

traded the rogue for a sci prophet 600. Needs a little lovin' but it sounds fantastic. currently hunting down some keyboard contact strips and a 'D' key.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Devil's Sleep demo




The first run is super limited, and they can be found at Criminal Records and at Vacation Boutique in Atlanta, GA for $125.

Monday, January 19, 2009

3 of 8


3 of 5, originally uploaded by recompas.

First run of the hand made Devil's Sleep booster pedal destined for Vacation Boutique this week sometime. There's only going to be 8 of these hand-made ones. Soon i'll have other cases and printed circuit boards. These will blow up speakers.