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... [>>>]
‘Nerdlich der Mitte VIII’ - synthesizer meetup
Monday 6th, March 2023 09:50 AM
Mid of march i plan to participate in the Nerdlich der Mitte ‘Hupschraubereinsatz! Hupschraubereinsatz!’* synthesizer meetup in Wallenhorst near Osnabrück.
This is quite a long drive - about 6-8 hours... [>>>]
This weekends bread...
Saturday 25th, February 2023 10:04 PM
Ok, here is a photo of what i pulled out of the oven this afternoon:
What you are looking at? - it is a 100% _whole_rye_homegrown_sourdough bread.
2022 and 2023 until now i made two-three of those... [>>>]
Synthesizer Stammtisch München
Tuesday 17th, January 2023 08:27 AM
On january 16th - the third monday of the month - the second installment of the Synthesizer Stammtisch München took place at the conviva-restaurant with 13 synth-enthusiasts (all male unfortunately) meeting... [>>>]
The Nerdlich livestream(s)
Sunday 19th, March 2023 10:02 PM
Here, in this Youtube-playlist you‘ll find the videos from the Nerdlich synthesizer Meeting in Wallenhorst - inlcuding the great live-performances: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd8OoH5xbxgiHmFdqkCYGnbf-ek5SdaEK... [>>>]
Little trailer for our travel to Nerdlich on Youtube
Monday 6th, March 2023 09:43 AM
As a very little very quick fun project i made a little video-trailer regarding our upcoming travel to the Nerdlich synthesizer meetup - will post more about that meeting soon:
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ambioSonics 142 - very nice!
Wednesday 15th, February 2023 08:19 PM
On monday february 13th i had the chance to again make the livestream of the 142nd live session of the ambioSonics:
…i‘d say this one is a very nice one - absolutely joy to listen to and to watch.
The... [>>>]
New 5lakes album: The Inning Sessions 2022
Wednesday 18th, January 2023 08:36 PM
In late 2022 some jam-sessions took place in Niko von Fazits studio in Inning, lake Ammersee.
Some tracks from those sessions are now - over the coming weeks - compiled into an album over at Bandcamp.com.... [>>>]
ambioSonics 141 - refreshing!
Friday 13th, January 2023 12:16 PM
Session 141 was a refreshing session in terms of musicality and creativity.
Much-much less sequencing but a lot of freeplay and listening to each other.
While the livestream unfortunately had a severe... [>>>]
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... [>>>]
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... [>>>]
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:
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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... [>>>]
On-Off switcher module ready
Wednesday 1st, March 2023 10:36 AM
The first in perhaps a series of modules aimed at live-performing coming out of my buffered and passive multiple plans ist the On-Off switcher module:
at the moment all it does is allowing pre-patched... [>>>]