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In this months show, we have the mighty Todd Barton gracing our podcast. We talk about his album metaScapes and the inspiration behind the album, the MetaSynth. We chat about the compilation Buchla cassette he has been involved with, and we take a deep dive into Todd's creative process via some art talk! Then we round the show off talking Hordijk system, Serge and of course, Buchla!

Ben And Ed's pre-talk Timings
0.00 Show Intro
0:47 What Ben's Been up to - Modular Meets Leeds
2:47 FELT Instruments Wolno
3:55 Ben's Sound Example
6:07  Chat about example
7:00 What Ed's Been up to -  Piano
7:47 Nord Drum
9.25 Bacteria Evolution
9:46 Ed's Sound Example
10:54 Chat about example
12:39 Audio problems with the Show

Guest Show Timings  
13:29 Guest Into
17:02 metaScapes and MetaSynth Software
25:47 Genome 1 - Sound Snippet form metaScapes
27:20 Terrain Sound Snippet form metaScapes
28:10 metaScapes and MetaSynth
33:38 Compilation Buchla cassette
36:50 The Marriage of Tape, Buchla and Vinyl   
38.19 The creative process
44:30 The Love for Art and music
48:40 A deep respect for the sound
50:20 Hordijk system - Serge - Buchla
59:06 Show round-up

Show info links

Todd Barton:

Website: https://toddbarton.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/synthtodd/?hl=en
Bandcamp: https://toddbarton.bandcamp.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd
Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user7621213
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn5s_5aF2xvt6IVSiaNUR5A

Existing Interviews with Todd -
https://sourceofuncertainty.audio/podcast/episode-1-266-todd-barton/

https://dotwave.fireside.fm/toddbarton

https://artmusictech.libsyn.com/podcast-215-todd-barton

https://theplayfulmusician.com/341-2/

http://martinyammoller.com/9oddquestionsformusicgearjunkies/todd-barton-the-don-of-buchla/

The Buchla cassette compilation has been released yesterday (300 copies) and was sold out in a day!

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Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk

Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball

Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

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In this months show, we have a great conversation with David Elliott Johnson the creator and Director of Patch CV! We talk about his creative rebirth through modular equipment and the community. How he was inspired to create Patch CV. We talk about editing, lighting, videography and the collaborative vision and workflow of Patch CV. We talk about the inspiration David took from the many artists he interviewed, and much, much more! Sit back and grab a cuppa, you are going to enjoy this one!  

Show Timings

0.00 - Show intro

0.40 - Ed and Ben's pre-show chat: 

Ben:

1.23 - Loosfruit GodsBox

2.00 - The Gnarly Crust/Noise Memory:) 

Ed: 

3.37 - Art Project - MPC Beats

6.09 - The Gnarly Crust2/ :) Bacteria into Microgranny 

This Weeks Guest: 

9.05 - Guest intro 

10.51 - David Elliott Johnson 

12.04 - The Unmistakable Creative Podcast 

15.13 - Inspirations behind creating Patch CV

37.35 - How did you piece PatchCV together creatively 

43.25 - Editing, lighting, shooting and mood 

49.34 - From series to film 

52.57 - More films on the horizon? 

59.42 - Where can you buy it?

1:00.52 - David's new show on creativity 

1:03.00 - The vinyl series 

1:04.00 - Bruse Springsteen 

1:04.30 - Show round-up 

Show info links
Godsbox Loosefruit
David's Interview with The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Patch CV Website  https://www.patchcv.com
Patch CV on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/ondemand/patchcvfilm
Patch CV on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Patch-CV-

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Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball

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In this months show, we talk to Cory Sterling aka (redstripedown) We talk about his background, starting with the bass guitar before finding the freedom of electronic music. We talk about his deep dive into modular and hardware integration in his workflow. We look at gear and his stint at Nerd Audio and Chicago Music Exchange. And we end up looking at what he is up to now both creatively and also his passion for instrument and music education. 

Show Timings

0.00 Show intro

Ed and Ben's pre-show chat: 

1:10 Live Stream Tardis

1:52 Singal Aalt Sysnthasis Ciat Lonbarde 

2:38 Bens Arpedigios 

5:10 Haken Continuum Loops 

12:56 Guest Intro

14:11 Welcome Cory Sterling redstripdown

14:20 Cory's Background 

17:00 Journey into electronic music, synths and Modular 

20:40 The integration of hardware into modular  

30:10 how he found his voice with his system 

37:00 Working at Nerd Audio and Chicago Music Exchange 

40:40 Modules that have connected with Cory

43:20 Modular is about modulation 

48:10 Patch CV 

54:40 Patreon, education and music releases 

58:49 Modular compilation for NWAPC and Black Life Matters

1:01.00 Show Round-up 

Show Notes

Cory's links:

Cory Sterling (Redstripedown) 

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=9154267

Bandcamp: https://redstripedown.bandcamp.com

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrJye_8jfj99y3ylDM-icmg/featured

Instagram: @redstripedown 

Show info links

Links Patch CV https://www.patchcv.comhttps://www.patchcv.com

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Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball

Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

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In this week's show, we have Dave Cranmer a mechanical sculptor and freelance engineer that has his roots firmly in sound. He is truly an adventurous multimedia artist, designer and builder that has created all kinds of beautiful, bizarre and exceptional machines! We look at his road to being 'The Nervous Squirrel', we talk building modular and focus on some of his amazing projects and commissions! From a  Radioactive Xylophone to the renowned Badgermin  (a theremin in a badger!) we talk about it all!

We could not get all the show notes on this so page so head over to www.esotericmodulation.com for the full show notes.
Show Timings

0.00 Show intro
Ed and Ben's pre-show chat:
00.59 Accents, Currys cast and gear,
02.31 Dreaming of gear
03.18 New module tease,
04.15 Echoplex is fixed!
08.45 Valhalla Supermassive reverb and examples
16.20 Guest intro
18.10 Welcome to Dave Cranmer
19.01 The Road to Nervus Sqirl
20.21 Building the skills
21.59 First commission
23.00 Ring modulator, modular - the musical path
27.20 Radioactive  Giger counter random source and Radioactive Xylophone
32.00 logistically tricky designs
33.55 Enjoying working on commissions
35.29 Aero Chocolate dipped grammar phone
36.31 Most technically challenging project
40.00 A favourite fun project
41.00 The Bagermin
44.00 How do people find Dave
44.30 The alpaca sound system
46.46 What Dave likes to build
47.50 The Wether controlled electromechanical sound installation
50.20 Future projects 
52.25 Roundup

Show Notes

Dave's links:

Dave Cranmer - 'The Nervous Squirrel' Information
Website: https://www.nervoussquirrel.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thenervoussquirrel
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nervoussquirreldotcom/

Intro Links

OM-1 - http://www.ondemagnetique.com

Folktek Resonant Garden - http://www.folktek.com/instruments/electrocoustic/lastgarden

tanh[3] video with the echoplex - https://youtu.be/W1AKzau1608

Valhalla DSP Supermassive - http://bit.ly/SUPERmassive

DivKid presets for Supermassive - http://bit.ly/SUPERmassiveDIVKID

Virtual CZ - https://www.olilarkin.co.uk/index.php?p=virtualcz

XILS lab - PolyM - https://www.xils-lab.com/products/polym-p-160.html

XFER Records - Serum - https://xferrecords.com/products/serum

Felt Instruments - Wolno - https://bit.ly/Wolno

Guest Links

Original Dalek Ring Modulator circuit - http://www.nervoussquirrel.com/ringmodulators.html

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Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardba

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On this week's show, we have Scott Campbell, a musician, sound designer, instrument-maker, & graphic designer based in New Orleans, LA. We talk circuit bending in the ’90s and his history. Of course, we talk all about the OM1. Then we move on to instruments in general and his musical journey and output.  

Show Times:

Intro and me and Ben talk the goodies we have been working with 0.00

Guest intro 12.35

Scott's history and background 13.20

The OM1 22.37

Scott's musical sound techniques 33.20

Instruments scot likes working with 35.35

Scott's Music Journey 42.30

Tips on his music production 55.30

Round up 57.30

Scott's Information:

All of Scott's information including Stillness and the Remembrance video we talk about can be found at https://linktr.ee/scttcmpbll - and his Instagram where he is most active is at: https://www.instagram.com/scttcmpbll/

Additional Notes: 

http://www.mysterycircuits.com/melloman/melloman.html

https://mysterycircles.bandcamp.com/a...

Hosts

Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk

Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball

Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

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In this week's show, we talk to Cologne based artist and Youtuber Felix, the man behind 'The Tuesday Night Machines' Youtube channel. We start off with giving him a little grief about selling his Ciat Lonbarde equipment :-) Then we get down to a great conversation of what equipment speaks to Felix and His creative process with different gear. We then chat about and journey through a raft of synth formats and find time to talk Gotharman's Little deFormer, and his old school MPC 500! Grab a cuppa, sit down and press that play button. 

Show Timings

Intro what we have been up to: 0.00

Guest intro: 5.20

Felix of 'The Tuesday Night Machines': 6.23 

Feedback loops with effects peddle: 7.02

The selling of Ciat Lonbarde: 9.44

Equipment that speaks to Felix: 13.14

Musical experiences 16.44

The creative process with gear: 20.54

An investigation into Ciat Lonbarde: 24.13

What gear has connected with Felix over the years: 26.08

Circuit bending and building: 29.40

Synth formats: 31.11

Hordijk modular systems: 33.30

Gotharman's Little deFormer: 37.35

MPC500: 44.10

Round-up: 47.00

Show Notes

'The Tuesday Night Machines' Links:
https://nightmachines.tv
https://www.instagram.com/tuesdaynightmachines/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXBWHrQvC19PehB-Yu2-Vw
https://nightmachines.bandcamp.com

Hordijk Modular
https://thehordijkmodular.blogspot.com
Rob Hordijk Presentation & Synth Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzW6pTzATG4&feature=youtu.be

Gotharman's Little deFormer 3
http://www.gotharman.dk/LD3.htm

Hosts

Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk

Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball

Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo


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In this week's show, we talk to Portland base sound and visual artist Amulets. We have a great conversation on his journey of tape! We talk tape equipment, artistic approach, his lineage of visual art and how his music has been part of his therapy. We touch on a lot of stuff in this one, sit back and grab a coffee! 

Show Timings

Intro of what we have been up to 0:00

Guest Intro: 7:42

Suitcase, VL1 and GASS 9:58 

Sound and Setup Evolution 11:34

The tape as bandmates! 21:00

Playing the Guitar 25:40

Tape compersion 27.12

Blending Sounds 33:53

Tape and tape! 35:00

Effects 39:50

The visual art side 45:00

Album and therapy - BETWEEN DISTANT AND REMOTE 51:00

Playing live, The Tour 59:50

Medium Degragaration 1.02:09

Round up 1.07:09

AMULETS links

Youtube - http://bit.ly/AMULETStube

Instagram - http://bit.ly/AMULETSinsta

Bandcamp - http://bit.ly/AMULETSband

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/amuletsmusic/posts

Show Notes

5 guitar pedals for $100 - https://youtu.be/REHscICnFoc

How to “de-lush” any reverb algorithm (image on website show notes)

Bandcamp album of the show 

AMULETS - BETWEEN DISTANT AND REMOTE

https://amulets.bandcamp.com/album/between-distant-and-remote

Videos from Ben’s trip

Live performance and rig rundown - https://youtu.be/fQJoBXKAMVA

Patreon Interview - https://youtu.be/GV-bmAREfnQ

Hosts

Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk

Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball

Ben Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo

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In this week's show, we have a great conversation with an amazing guest, Mr Jamie Lidell! A man that is so easy to talk to that we cover a lot of ground! Looping journeys, creative expression, his Modular journey and philosophy, all this is wrapped up with some amazing nuggets of information and insights!    

Show Timings 

Intro 0:00

What Ben has been up to 0:37

What Ed has been up to 1:29 

Our guest sneaks in the intro (Alvin Lucier :) 2:53

Guest intro 3.54 

Jamie Lidell Pecan chat 4.42

All about the looping 5.40

The Creative process 23.05

Modular journey 29:54

The creative process with Modular 41:30

Relaxing and resetting with Meditation 56:45

Round up 1:07:30 

Show Notes

 Jamie Lidell Website:

http://jamielidellmusic.com

JAMUARY INSPIRATIONS

 Nigel Mullaney - 31 days album

 https://din.org.uk/album/31-days-din61

 Marcus Fischer - thing a day

 http://mapmap.ch

 Taylor Duepree - sound diary

 https://soundcloud.com/12k/sets/taylor-deupree-2017-studio

Alvin Lucier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Lucier

Hosts

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Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball

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In this week's show, we talk about what we have been up to and talk about gear that we have been playing with over Christmas. Jamuary, Eventide project and more! 

Show Timings

Intro: 000

What Ed has been up too with gear: 00.40

What Ben has been up too with gear: 12.11

Jamuary 20.07

Eventide Project 28.20

Space Study 1 audio 38.10

Talk about space study 41.29

New Show News 47.50

Shout outs 49.59

Show Notes

BASTL microGranny

https://bastl-instruments.com/instruments/microgranny

Onde Magnétique OM-1 Cassette Synthesiser

http://www.ondemagnetique.com

Nord Drum 3p

https://www.nordkeyboards.com/products/nord-drum-3p

Casio VL-Tone

http://www.vintagesynth.com/casio/vl1.php

Neon Egg - Planaterium

http://neonegg.com

Bruel & Kjaer 1613 Octave Filter Set

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/bruelkjae_octave_filter_set_1613.html

Handy DC power style barrel connector to 3.4mm mini jack

http://www.voodoolab.com/shop/index.php?cPath=22_24_31

Ben talking production techniques on Why We Bleep

https://youtu.be/K-HlZABJrvI

DivKid Jamuary playlist

http://bit.ly/DivKidJamuary2020

Eventide Space

https://www.eventideaudio.com/products/stompboxes/reverb/space
 
Check out our friends at: 

Podular Modcast

https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm

Source of Uncertainty

https://sourceofuncertainty.audio

Waveform Magazine

https://www.waveformmagazine.com

Modular Seattle

https://www.modularseattle.com

Patchwerks

 https://patchwerks.com

Hosts
Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk

Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball

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In this week's show, we have a festive round-up and some gear chat with Signal Sounds Jason Brunton!  We talk about the move of signal sounds, Ben's new module release, the 'ochd'. We then get into the top-selling modules and interesting equipment of this year. All amongst a general chat on the unique aspects of collaborations within the modular scene.

Show Timings

Intro: 000
Guest and talk about Signal Sounds: Intro 2.57
ochd, Bens new module: 9.22
Signal Sounds Distribution and collaboration:  14.13
Top-selling Modules at Signal Sounds:  19.20
Interesting equipment of 2019: 31.25
Ed talks about this years interests 42.12
Show Roundup 46.00

Show Notes

Jason Signal sounds:
https://www.signalsounds.com

Jason iridite label
www.iridite.com

Ben's new module release, the 'ochd'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtLzzYUtZcw

Grear, we have talked about:

Top-selling Modules at Signal Sounds 2019

Disting
Mimephon
Mordax Data
Doepfer Passive Mult

Interesting equipment of 2019

Landscape HC-TT
XAOC Odessa
MarkT Modular Robot Cat Blanking Panel (10hp)

Shoutouts

Velocity Seattle:
https://www.facebook.com/events/substation/velocity-trade-show-synth-meet-workshops-performances/677401192712879/

https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/

Waveform Magazine:
https://www.waveformmagazine.com

Kyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Our Pre-show special, check it out
https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-special

Hosts

Ed Ball Website:https://www.edwardball.co.uk
Ed Ball on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Edwardball
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