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Online Jam (test) on our NINJAM-Server with Youtube-livestream…
Sunday 17th, November 2024 04:44 PM
…possibly - if the jam turns out to at least work technically.
As previously announced we have a NINJAM-server at jam.o8o8.de and on tuesday, november 19th we plan to have a test-run with international... [>>>]
Seemingly crossing an invisible line...
Sunday 15th, September 2024 12:57 PM
As it now happened more than once it got me thinking: why do people not only think i‘d be old but also at the same time assume that i am retired and kind of inactive?
So: what happened?
I was invited... [>>>]
‚Nerdlich der Mitte IX‘ synthesizer meetup will take place from march 15. to 17.
Wednesday 7th, February 2024 12:46 AM
The ‚Nerdlich der Mitte IX‘-synthesizer meetup has been announced:https://www.sequencer.de/synth...
and i hope to be able to attend and perhaps even make a few videos or even a livestream - we‘ll... [>>>]
FAWM 2024 - february album writing month - 20th anniversary
Monday 29th, January 2024 09:51 AM
The fawm.org-website opened in preparation for the february album writing month 2024.
From the FAWM-FAQ:
Basic IdeaWhat's going on? We're attempting to write 14 songs in the 28 days of February.Isn't... [>>>]
Electronic Attack Party 2023
Monday 17th, July 2023 09:52 AM
From july 21st to 23rd this years Electronic Attack Party will take place in Lathwehren near Hannover (Germany), and together with Niko von Fazit i'll be playing a slot there as 5-lakes-music.
We'll play... [>>>]
Modular Synthesizer Meeting 2023 - bring your modular!
Thursday 16th, March 2023 10:40 AM
This year the Happy Knobbing* Modular Synthesizer Meeting takes place in Fischbach on may 26th to 28th again:
For a couple of years (15 years or more) i try to finally make it there, but until now... [>>>]
Whole-wheat-rye-sourdough-pretzels (Sauerteig-Brezn)
Monday 6th, March 2023 10:18 AM
Refining another receipe: sourdough-pretzel (pretzels, which are actually called ‘Brezen’ or ‘Brezn’!) - made with a little rye-sourdough and a lot of whole wheat-flour.
Ingredients:
200gr sourdough... [>>>]
latest tracks
FAWM 2024 contributions & collaborations
8-track cassette collaboration
(me: lyrics & a capella-vocals)
random 2-person collaboration
(me: synth, drums & bass)
album
Jam-spot: o8o8.de
Thursday 31st, October 2024 11:12 PM
…ooh-kay! - reactivating o8o8.de as a (hot-) spot for jams!!…
…you might remember that a few years ago there was • the • o8o8 • project • which had a few great moments, but never really lifted off.... [>>>]
Nerdlich 2024 - Schraubüberfall - livestream
Thursday 14th, March 2024 09:02 AM
There will be a livestream on saturday evening directly for the saturday-evening-live-jam!
The stream will start around 19:30 in the evening, however - as the pizza-delivery might be delayed - it is possible,... [>>>]
FAWM 2024 is over - made 14+ tracks
Friday 1st, March 2024 10:31 AM
The february album writing month at https://fawm.org is over - and besides being a lot of fun and getting to know a lot of very interesting people ist was also a ‚measurable‘ success for me personally.
One... [>>>]
FAWM 2024 minimal voice&drum-track
Sunday 11th, February 2024 04:09 PM
The FAWM-server seems sometimes a little overloaded, and sometimes things are locked or put away, wich results in an error 403 being displayed in the webbrowser..
...that was impetus for this little song:
Sorry... [>>>]
FAWM challenge: make track out of one sample only
Saturday 10th, February 2024 10:16 PM
During FAWM 2024 there was a challenge to make one whole track out of just one tiny sample called 'Pillow Smash':https://freesound.org/people/d...
For my contribution to that challenge I used several... [>>>]
Found: HexBoard 1.2 MIDI Controller
Thursday 17th, October 2024 10:48 PM
An interesting find is the HexBoard, a hexagonal midi-keyboard, 3D-printed with open source OS.
The assembled thing might be a little pricey at $569 (time of this writing) but still very tempting.
More... [>>>]
Daisy-Eurorack-DIY-projects
Thursday 16th, March 2023 09:51 AM
As i have a few Daisy-Seeds in my drawer i was curious what easy projects are out there - and i found a few; some that i might try to make in the near future are collected here:
benjiaomodular MiniVerb... [>>>]
More eurorack DIY-modules finished - and others prepared
Monday 6th, March 2023 09:32 AM
Last week saw the completion of the
on-off switcher module: https://charlyhotel.de/diy/?post_id=162and the 5V-to-1V CV converter module: https://charlyhotel.de/diy/?post_id=163
Also i decided to build... [>>>]
Tackled 3 DIY-projects - not bad!
Saturday 25th, February 2023 12:50 PM
Ha! - last week was a pretty good week in regards to the huge pile of DIY-projects waiting to be worked on (successfully circumnavigated the much more conflict-loaden 'waiting to be finished'):the Fonitronik... [>>>]
NINJAM & ELK.live - live jams online
Thursday 19th, January 2023 10:18 AM
For years i am a huge fan of NINJAM - a freeware collaboration-server to enable online jams of musicians located all over the world. NINJAM is made by Cockos Inc., famous for their REAPER-DAW - which... [>>>]
behind the scenes: video-tech concept of ambioSonics session 140
Saturday 17th, December 2022 01:16 PM
For session 140 we developed an alternate concept for the video-stream and the live-video:
the livestream would be fixed on mainly one, perhaps two camerasthose cameras would be front and sometimes from... [>>>]
Rutt-Etra scanline manipulation
Thursday 22nd, September 2022 12:15 AM
[article is work-in-progress]
While researching for a discussion on modular video synthesis in a sequencer.de-thread i stumbled - for the first time consciously - upon Rutt-Etra Vector Synthesis; i had... [>>>]
Tool: 100W CO2 Laser 1000x600mm - first steps
Friday 21st, October 2022 09:55 PM
[2022-10: ongoing project]
Another tool in the workshop: a 100W laser that will be reconfigured to be connected to the Lightburn software instead of the generic software-bundle it was delivered with.
The... [>>>]
GLOOP Eurorack module - quickie
Thursday 21st, November 2024 12:09 PM
Today i received the GLOOP-module DIY-kit from Thonk (176GBP kit + 7GBP shipping + 55 Euro customs+handling) and had a few minutes to solder it already:
https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/cutlasses-gloop/
Soldering... [>>>]
Eurorack - cable-management-guides - 3D-printed
Thursday 9th, March 2023 07:40 PM
A lot of my stuff contains 3D-printed parts.
As i am not a trained CAD-user i rely on the childrens-toy Thinkercad (https://www.tinkercad.com), a online webbased tool for simple CAD-developments. As of... [>>>]
Eurorack - bunch of buffered & passive multiples: done...
Thursday 9th, March 2023 07:36 PM
Today the shipment of the tkilla64-multiple-PCBs reached me - and as is was close to my soldering iron i just went ahead and built them:
[>>>]
Eurorack switched passive multiple - done
Monday 6th, March 2023 07:01 PM
As all the tools were ready anyway and all the parts i needed for this quicky also i built a passive switched multiple today:
This module basically provides two busses onto which connections can be... [>>>]
5V-to-1V proportional CV module is ready
Wednesday 1st, March 2023 01:05 PM
Another module just left the bench: a 5V-to-1V-LZX-video-CV-module
What is it and why?There are two standards for CVs (control voltages) in Eurorack: for the Audio-Synthesizer the standard is from -5V... [>>>]