Analog Siren for Psychedelic Soundscapes
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Analog Siren for Psychedelic Soundscapes
For better or worse, there are a few instruments that have been pigeonholed into specific genres of popular music. For example, banjos are often heard in bluegrass or folk, harmonicas in blues, and a sick horn section will take many of us immediately to third wave ska. Similarly, there are certain styles of synthesizers tied to various genres and if you’re a fan a certain sub-genre of reggae you’ll be familiar with the dub siren. This unique analog synth has a few tricks up its sleeve and [Jakub] shows us how he built his.
He’s calling this build the Sirenotron, and its based on the venerable 555 timer It also features an LFO built on an LM358, with triangle and square wave modes, plus an additional “acid mode” for the square wave which adds a single capacitor to the circuit but makes a big difference in the sound. Like any siren synth, there are potentiometers to control pitch and the pulse rate of the siren as well and another switch controls whether it is outputting sound or not. He’s also included the ability to control it with a foot pedal so he can use it while playing the bass guitar during live shows.
[Jakub] has gone through several prototypes before getting to this stage, and not only uses it when playing dub but also creates psychedelic soundscapes in a side project of his where it also fits right in. He’s also made the schematics available for anyone who wants to reproduce it or build on his design.
We’re always interested in a unique synthesizer build around here, and some of our favorites include this synth built from Sega Genesis parts and this one controlled more like a woodwind instrument.
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@G3rt mi chiedo quando la si smetterà, nel piccolo occidente, con questo senso di colpa che ci fa sentire causa di tutti i mali del mondo.
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@apzpins And amazing how little the history of technology is known.
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TEN YEARS.
https://sociale.network/@oblomov/116268578495274050
But yeah, condensed in a single toot because I always delay writing important stuff when it's time (i.e. my predictions BEFORE it happens).
FWIW, that's literally how they're justifying themselves.
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I recently posted a video about the various tilt mechanism an 80s pinball machine has. It got bit of a viral hit compared to what I normally post and it has reached a lot of new audience. From that I'm amused to see a thing I often come across when talking about things that were made 40 to 50 years ago: people questioning the implementation and suggesting "obvious" ways they should've done it.
A popular take on the various mechanical switches to detect rough-handling a pin is that OF COURSE they should've just put an accelerometer in there! I mean those cost a penny, everyone and their grandma has put one on an Arduino and made a thing that plays Star Wars light saber sounds when you wave it in the air.
But the thing is that while accelerometers did actually exist in the 80s, they were more of space technology compared to what was put in amusement games where a one penny leaf switch would do the job. So amazing to think how ubiquitous low cost technology is these days.
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@GamingNews knees that would be illegal on subscribestar
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@oblomov you went from zero to Godwin super-fast.
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@fuzzy @stefano for a second there I wondered how the Transmission Control Protocol could have a smell :D
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The more time passes, the more I regret never writing my series of articles on #FLOSS myths since at least 2016. (Yes, that's 10 years ago, and that's *at the minimum*.)
One of the articles of the series would have been about the “corporatization” of FLOSS (i.e. corporations taking over key elements of the FLOSS ecosystem, and how that would have affected the future of FLOSS).
The main reason why I regret not dedicating time to that write-up is that I actually love saying «I was right».
