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The deed is done. The synth exists, and it works. It achieves my (vague) goal of making weird and horrible noises. It also fits its name, Maledictus Sequentia (Cursed Sequence) quite nicely. The past few weeks of work have all… Continue Reading →
A special surprise for you all this week. We were offered the opportunity last week to make use of the Queens engineering labs in order to manufacture cases for our project; that’s exactly what I have done! As shown, I… Continue Reading →
Update time! It’s a shorter blog post this week, just to recap whats been going on since Monday. Soldering My first ever time soldering! It went alright, just soldering 3 wires onto the connectors of the touchstrip, so that it… Continue Reading →
Predictably, I’ve overextended, and everything is going horribly wrong. So you can have an early bog post this week. The Failure Okay, so you know how my intention was for the Arduino to work as a 4 step sequencer clocked… Continue Reading →
As a part of this University module, I am required to design and build an electronic instrument/interface. So, in this week’s blog, I’ll show you the first stage: Design. Looks a bit complex, doesn’t it? Don’t worry, I’ll break it… Continue Reading →
So, you want and oscillator? Something that makes piercing, high-frequency tones to annoy your neighbors? Have I got a circuit for you! Ok, lets break this down. We have a NOT gate, feeding back into itself, with a capacitor and… Continue Reading →
Audio feedback (also known as acoustic feedback, simply as feedback) is a positive feedback situation that may occur when an acoustic path exists between an audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup) and an audio output (for example,… Continue Reading →
A strange name, with a simple premise. A ‘normal’ microphone captures changes in pressure in the air. What if we used a device that captures changes in electromagnetic fields? This may sound complicated, but its quite simple. In fact, this… Continue Reading →
Victorian Synthesizer: a term that brings to mind all manner of glowing tubes, Bakelite knobs and brass casing. In reality, nothing quite so visually impressive. The Victorian synthesizer (invented by John Bowers) is quite a simple phenomenon at heart; a… Continue Reading →