Ring (and/or Balanced) Modulation for the modulator masses

[Pepe]

This week my 12-year-old son programmed ring modulation for his own tracker program. The song does only consist of ring modulation sounds without any filters. It only shows the tip of the iceberg - maybe all those gongs and glitchy sounds (and bit crushing!) will be shown in the next song. Enjoy!

[Chankgeez]

I subscribed to your son's channel. Sounds great!

Also, ring mod-dy at 8:53:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQrwT6Psog

[qersty]

Crosspost from the pypb thread, alot of really fast modulation

[Chankgeez]

I listened to that after you posted in the other thread. Sounds gnarly!

[Chankgeez]

Seems interesting:


https://reverb.com/item/33823326-mounta ... -2020-grey



"This is the Greys Box.

It is a an experimental devices made to test out some ideas of mine, as well as an artistic project piece. It contains two oscillators, each have frequency controls, range switches and switchable light sensors so you can warp their frequencies by moving your hand over the sensor, kind of like a proximity control ie theremin. The two oscillators are sent into a type of ring modulator which combines the frequencies of the two oscillators creating complex sideband frequencies, some above and below human hearing. The output of the modulator circuit than goes into a special noise synthesizer circuit I've designed. It converts the modulated oscillator's signal in broadband noise that is weighted to the frequency of the oscillators. There is a toggle switch to switch the noise synthesizer on and off. Lastly, the signal is sent into a gate and a vca (voltage controlled amplifier) which can be controlled by an internal lfo (low frequency oscillator) or an external control voltage. You can get some cool percussive sounds, alomy like bells or cymbals when using the internal lfo to control the vca. There is also a gate input to allow you to cut the output signal in and out via an external trigger. This designed to work with eurorack modulator systems though results with vary w different systems. The is built into a plastic extraterrestrial looking pencil case so you'll need to handle it with some care.

This thing is very playable and pairs up amazingly with echo. Great for cosmic drones, hypnotic pulsations and bringing down unidentified flying objects to your back yard.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you, Alan"

[Chankgeez]

Alan just dropped his price on that.^^^

Also, anybody need a cheap Frequency Analyzer clone?

Runs at 18V, has a charge pump:

https://reverb.com/item/33895930-hfx-ri ... y-analyzer

[retinal orbita]

Nicely sized! I’ve never thought about seriously buying a FA because of that giant ass enclosure.

I like the plain and simple text. It’s like a can of generic beans.

[Chankgeez]

Don't know if it's worth the $$$, but certainly sounds good here:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOL9TIJxQdM



https://reverb.com/item/34037081-2-peda ... drone-doom

[Chankgeez]

What's up with this one?



https://reverb.com/item/34060536-transf ... e-aluminum



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47TqB304Tnc

[lordgalvar]

Looking at the account's other pedals, I think they are just builds on DIY boards. That one is probably one of Dino's boards. (Like that wurmloch in the post above).

I have both partially done in my kitchen now. Just missing some caps for the wurmloch. I've had them sitting for at least a year haha.

Here is my cosmic king build:

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I used an old mission expression pedal and all the pots to the print using a eurorack power connector (and a few extra wires).

[Chankgeez]

they'll get done eventually.

Cosmo King looks good.

[Dandolin]

That Ring Stinger clone looks nice, but I don't think that circuit is for me...

Cosmo King looks fantastic lg!

[Chankgeez]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FQCsXIZGag

[Chankgeez]

Also:

https://reverb.com/item/34408398-buchla-285-clone

[lordgalvar]

That's Roman's fv-1 based one. There is another version he did that's full analog. Probably similar to the program in the dual defect processor 289. Still neat. I think Analogue Haven distributes those DIY boards now. The iron ether one you showed me way neater and in an easier format to deal with for power and stuff.

LA67 or Haible are probably the way to go for analog ones in DIY.