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#eurorackmodular ? #cigarbox #modular.
Working out a better way to store, use, and busk with my beasties.
#bastl #teenageengineering #instruo
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#eurorackmodular ? #cigarbox #modular.
Working out a better way to store, use, and busk with my beasties.
#bastl #teenageengineering #instruo
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Controls [from the archives, 9 May 2021]. Originally performed and recorded for the Modular World 1st anniversary show (8-9 May 2021) which was a massive livestream event of 33+ hrs during the pandemic lockdowns.
During the lockdown years, Modular World became one example of a fairly niche thing gathering people together worldwide to make experimental art online - when it was not possible to organize the usual small local performances - to create something positive and reach more people than they ever could individually. As the pandemic finally, thankfully, subsided, however, it seems that people went back to the enclosed local communities, and these types of global online communities lost their drive.
Also the rapidly accelerating #enshittification cycle of the past few years has buried the visibility of these kinds of communities from all major social media platforms. Of course, as Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic ) has been pointing out for years, the enshittification of these platforms started much earlier. But somehow amid the pandemic, this niche scene still seemed to flourish, and it was only after Silicon Valley lined up to kiss the ring that the aggressive changes to the algorithms really seemed to change things.
Maybe this is correlation more than causation, but as activity at such niche scenes is often also created by fairly principled DIY-oriented people, it seems that many (myself included) have struggled with justifying why we keep feeding these platforms. This disillusionment is further exacerbated by the rise of the AI-slopmachine that will rip off all the non-commercial work from these platforms just like everything else. Online activity that gathers enough momentum to actually keep things active has in these types of niche scenes been very much dependent on instagram and youtube. Over the past few years, the visibility of this type on stuff that doesn’t try to optimise for the alorithm has plummeted.
Perhaps all of this has resulted in events such as the Modular World shows reaching fewer and fewer people. As wonderful as the promise of #Fediverse is, so far it seems that we’re very far from reaching the critical mass where it would actually start reaching new people. If the utopian enclave remains enclosed, it eventually dwindles away.
But we can try! I’m posting these weird little Johannes Karkia mini music videos and performances here bit by bit. It’s a transfer of archive, posted on insta & youtube over th years, and also new work now & then.
But also Modular World does still exist! Go check out their channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/07ErB3AjlAo?is=qr9q2pXlhWm7Hie2 (Full performance of this piece, and interview with MW’s Johno Wells there on the Modular World youtube channel and on the Johannes Karkia youtube channel [link in the bio above], audio track also on Bandcamp).
#enshittification #fediverse #modularsynth #modularworld #anniversary #liveshow #electronicmusic #modulartechno #covid19 #pandemic #darkwave #eurorackmodular #community #surveillancecapitalism #platformcapitalism #algorithm #bigtech #siliconvalley #kissthering #socialmedia #utopianenclave #utopianism
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Controls [from the archives, 9 May 2021]. Originally performed and recorded for the Modular World 1st anniversary show (8-9 May 2021) which was a massive livestream event of 33+ hrs during the pandemic lockdowns.
During the lockdown years, Modular World became one example of a fairly niche thing gathering people together worldwide to make experimental art online - when it was not possible to organize the usual small local performances - to create something positive and reach more people than they ever could individually. As the pandemic finally, thankfully, subsided, however, it seems that people went back to the enclosed local communities, and these types of global online communities lost their drive.
Also the rapidly accelerating #enshittification cycle of the past few years has buried the visibility of these kinds of communities from all major social media platforms. Of course, as Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic ) has been pointing out for years, the enshittification of these platforms started much earlier. But somehow amid the pandemic, this niche scene still seemed to flourish, and it was only after Silicon Valley lined up to kiss the ring that the aggressive changes to the algorithms really seemed to change things.
Maybe this is correlation more than causation, but as activity at such niche scenes is often also created by fairly principled DIY-oriented people, it seems that many (myself included) have struggled with justifying why we keep feeding these platforms. This disillusionment is further exacerbated by the rise of the AI-slopmachine that will rip off all the non-commercial work from these platforms just like everything else. Online activity that gathers enough momentum to actually keep things active has in these types of niche scenes been very much dependent on instagram and youtube. Over the past few years, the visibility of this type on stuff that doesn’t try to optimise for the alorithm has plummeted.
Perhaps all of this has resulted in events such as the Modular World shows reaching fewer and fewer people. As wonderful as the promise of #Fediverse is, so far it seems that we’re very far from reaching the critical mass where it would actually start reaching new people. If the utopian enclave remains enclosed, it eventually dwindles away.
But we can try! I’m posting these weird little Johannes Karkia mini music videos and performances here bit by bit. It’s a transfer of archive, posted on insta & youtube over th years, and also new work now & then.
But also Modular World does still exist! Go check out their channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/07ErB3AjlAo?is=qr9q2pXlhWm7Hie2 (Full performance of this piece, and interview with MW’s Johno Wells there on the Modular World youtube channel and on the Johannes Karkia youtube channel [link in the bio above], audio track also on Bandcamp).
#enshittification #fediverse #modularsynth #modularworld #anniversary #liveshow #electronicmusic #modulartechno #covid19 #pandemic #darkwave #eurorackmodular #community #surveillancecapitalism #platformcapitalism #algorithm #bigtech #siliconvalley #kissthering #socialmedia #utopianenclave #utopianism
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Segments [from the archives, exactly 5 years ago in the midst of Covid lockdowns, 18 April 2021]
#innsbruck #bondvillains #fortressofsolitude #moogdfam #radiosputnik #drone #industrial #darkwave #modularsystem #eurorackmodular #doomsdaybassoon #modulartechno #doombeats #covidtimes #pandemic #lockdown
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Segments [from the archives, exactly 5 years ago in the midst of Covid lockdowns, 18 April 2021]
#innsbruck #bondvillains #fortressofsolitude #moogdfam #radiosputnik #drone #industrial #darkwave #modularsystem #eurorackmodular #doomsdaybassoon #modulartechno #doombeats #covidtimes #pandemic #lockdown
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#esittely #introduction (Scroll down for English)
Johannes Karkia syntyi korona-aikana lopullisen modulaarisyntetisaattorikaninkoloon sukeltamisen seurauksena. Eurorack- ja muilla syntetisaattoreilla tehtyä elektro-tekno-ambient-industrialia tms. Toinen puolisko Karkia Walo -runomusiikkiduosta @aikako kanssa. Mastodoniin tilin tekeminen lienee yritys lähteä vapauttamaan tätäkin projektia paskoontuneiden kaupallisten alustojen ikeen alta.
Johannes Karkia was born during the lockdowns as a result of diving down the modular synth rabbit hole. Elecro/techno/ambient/industrial made on eurorack modular synthesizers. Also half of the Karkia Walo poetry music duo with @aikako. Coming here is an attempt to start freeing this project from under the yoke of enshittified commercial platforms.
#modularsynth #eurorackmodular #electronicmusic #poetrymusic #audiovisualart
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#esittely #introduction (Scroll down for English)
Johannes Karkia syntyi korona-aikana modulaarisyntetisaattorikaninkoloon sukeltamisen seurauksena. Eurorack- ja muilla syntetisaattoreilla tehtyä elektro-tekno-ambient-industrialia tms. Toinen puolisko Karkia Walo -runomusiikkiduosta @aikako kanssa. Mastodoniin tilin tekeminen lienee yritys lähteä vapauttamaan tätäkin projektia paskoontuneiden kaupallisten alustojen ikeen alta.
Johannes Karkia was born during the lockdowns as a result of diving down the modular synth rabbit hole. Elecro/techno/ambient/industrial made on eurorack modular synthesizers. Also half of the Karkia Walo poetry music duo with @aikako. Coming here is an attempt to start freeing this project from under the yoke of enshittified commercial platforms.
#modularsynth #eurorackmodular #electronicmusic #poetrymusic #audiovisualart
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Mon nouveau transducteur de données astronomiques est physiquement prêt. Encore un brin de programmation et je serai prêt pour de nouvelles performances de correspondance avec l’outre-espace 🪐
#modular #eurorack #eurorackmodular #dataart #myinnerouterspace
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Hopefully repairing this Doepfer PLL module with a new OpAmp, since that's most likely the thing broken, but we'll see. The two logic chips are bigger and I don't have any of them, but I do have some spare NE5532P opamps.
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Hopefully repairing this Doepfer PLL module with a new OpAmp, since that's most likely the thing broken, but we'll see. The two logic chips are bigger and I don't have any of them, but I do have some spare NE5532P opamps.
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Weekend build a success, this 1U tile three channel passive mixer. And it's working great!! Built specifically for the sidecar synth shown here to kick it up a dimension. Made only from spare parts I had lying around on a Saturday (which explains the weird knob layout and also that they are wired backwards so that I could use the traces efficiently on the project board).
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Weekend build a success, this 1U tile three channel passive mixer. And it's working great!! Built specifically for the sidecar synth shown here to kick it up a dimension. Made only from spare parts I had lying around on a Saturday (which explains the weird knob layout and also that they are wired backwards so that I could use the traces efficiently on the project board).
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Patch 7: O-CTRL in Full Control (aka 4 small patches in a trench coat)
https://friprogramvarusyndikatet.tv/w/iTKadUWuJL9hpgQcegd2Av
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Patch-a-week 3 + 4: Intro to generative sequencing and FX/controls
https://friprogramvarusyndikatet.tv/w/snz2WUzoRZimM5pMPALLUt
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The Maneco Minilooper (EHX 16 Seconds clone) and the Winterbloom Sol fit in the 4ms Modbap without damaging the backs by using these little brass risers. I had enough from an old RPi cluster build and the threading matched, so a formerly very limited case has gained some functionality!
This is a perfect format for the Minilooper because it really does act and operate like a guitar pedal.
#eurorackmodular #minilooper #winterbloomsol #4msModbap #SynthDIY
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The Maneco Minilooper (EHX 16 Seconds clone) and the Winterbloom Sol fit in the 4ms Modbap without damaging the backs by using these little brass risers. I had enough from an old RPi cluster build and the threading matched, so a formerly very limited case has gained some functionality!
This is a perfect format for the Minilooper because it really does act and operate like a guitar pedal.
#eurorackmodular #minilooper #winterbloomsol #4msModbap #SynthDIY
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Here's the manual page for the Sol, a lot of the site redirects to the front now.
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Here's the manual page for the Sol, a lot of the site redirects to the front now.
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User Friendly – APF7U
#EUROCRACK #Electronic #eurorack #eurorackmodular #eurorackmodular #experimental #glitch #idm #noise #Baltimore
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
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User Friendly – APF7U
#EUROCRACK #Electronic #eurorack #eurorackmodular #eurorackmodular #experimental #glitch #idm #noise #Baltimore
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
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Track nine is a requiem, grieving for loss but opening doors into the next dimension, not yet lived but right now.
Featuring the Casiotone MT-100 pictured here! Plus the regular assortment of voice and articulators of funk.
#craque #ModularSynth #EurorackModular #DeepHouse #AcidHouse #IDM #TechHouse
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Track nine is a requiem, grieving for loss but opening doors into the next dimension, not yet lived but right now.
Featuring the Casiotone MT-100 pictured here! Plus the regular assortment of voice and articulators of funk.
#craque #ModularSynth #EurorackModular #DeepHouse #AcidHouse #IDM #TechHouse
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Newly rearranged modules for a sequencer + synth voice thing. Nothing new here, just cleared out space in this rack case for another row and built it with modules I own.
And in case you're wondering, yes I did this for the track I'm working on. :)
This is why I love modular fundamentals and synthdiy - need an instrument? Build one! You cannot do that with a lot of the boutique stuff these days... your "sound" is someone else's.
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Newly rearranged modules for a sequencer + synth voice thing. Nothing new here, just cleared out space in this rack case for another row and built it with modules I own.
And in case you're wondering, yes I did this for the track I'm working on. :)
This is why I love modular fundamentals and synthdiy - need an instrument? Build one! You cannot do that with a lot of the boutique stuff these days... your "sound" is someone else's.
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Picked up the Maneco Labs Minilooper used, this is a reproduction of the ElectroHarmonix 16s delay from the 80's!
It behaves like a pedal with bypass and continuous recording, had a lot of fun playing with drones last night.
Love it when I find weird shit for sale. The panel design is definitely weird - which I love. And it behaves just like I like.
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Picked up the Maneco Labs Minilooper used, this is a reproduction of the ElectroHarmonix 16s delay from the 80's!
It behaves like a pedal with bypass and continuous recording, had a lot of fun playing with drones last night.
Love it when I find weird shit for sale. The panel design is definitely weird - which I love. And it behaves just like I like.
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Hey @jepyang I got that Mac Salad right next to Maths! Appropriate, yes?
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Hey @jepyang I got that Mac Salad right next to Maths! Appropriate, yes?
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@norootcause This may seem niche, but The Modular Synthesizer.
Invented in the 1950s and then ushered into reality by Moog and Buchla in the '60s, then soon by Roland. Used by all your favorite jam bands of the '70s, but very expensive and not reaching nearly the popularity of its contemporary blossoming technology, The Electric Guitar.
All sorts of brands came out with modulars, but it wasn't until the '90s that Dieter Doepfer's "Eurorack" - a "miniature" format for modular - began to infiltrate the scene.
Fast forward to 2025, and Eurorack has become the most popular format, it dominates electronic music with all the brands and DIY being done. There is no serious electronic musician without a modular, and it is probably one of many.
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@norootcause This may seem niche, but The Modular Synthesizer.
Invented in the 1950s and then ushered into reality by Moog and Buchla in the '60s, then soon by Roland. Used by all your favorite jam bands of the '70s, but very expensive and not reaching nearly the popularity of its contemporary blossoming technology, The Electric Guitar.
All sorts of brands came out with modulars, but it wasn't until the '90s that Dieter Doepfer's "Eurorack" - a "miniature" format for modular - began to infiltrate the scene.
Fast forward to 2025, and Eurorack has become the most popular format, it dominates electronic music with all the brands and DIY being done. There is no serious electronic musician without a modular, and it is probably one of many.
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Do you techno?
Do you move?
Move to techno.Five tracks down... what will be next?
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Do you techno?
Do you move?
Move to techno.Five tracks down... what will be next?
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Built a FM drum by Moritz Klein / Erika Synths today.
Really good kit and I just messed up one resistor on the way. Surprisingly it worked on the first try.
Sounds fits perfectly in my exotic drum rack concept. Solid, well tunable bass drums and lots of percussion material, ideal to fill up some gaps I had.
Might do a short vid on this.
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Built a FM drum by Moritz Klein / Erika Synths today.
Really good kit and I just messed up one resistor on the way. Surprisingly it worked on the first try.
Sounds fits perfectly in my exotic drum rack concept. Solid, well tunable bass drums and lots of percussion material, ideal to fill up some gaps I had.
Might do a short vid on this.
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Took some juggling but I got them going together. Success! The G&T gate-to-trigger is sandwiched between the Doepfer A160-2 Clock Div II and the Nonlinear Circuits Poultry in Motion PT2933 delay with integrated divider that can be synched to the delay steps.
#modularsynth #synthdiy #eurorackmodular #Doepfer #NonlinearCircuits
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Took some juggling but I got them going together. Success! The G&T gate-to-trigger is sandwiched between the Doepfer A160-2 Clock Div II and the Nonlinear Circuits Poultry in Motion PT2933 delay with integrated divider that can be synched to the delay steps.
#modularsynth #synthdiy #eurorackmodular #Doepfer #NonlinearCircuits
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Picked up two used clock dividers at Perfect Circuit so I'll be tetrising a spot for them today.
I really want the large delay / divider in the big rack but the space I have is 8hp, not 10.
My Rotating Clock Divider died and I will try to fix it, but I have momentum on other makes that I need to finish first!
#modularsynth #synthdiy #eurorackmodular #Doepfer #NonlinearCircuits
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Picked up two used clock dividers at Perfect Circuit so I'll be tetrising a spot for them today.
I really want the large delay / divider in the big rack but the space I have is 8hp, not 10.
My Rotating Clock Divider died and I will try to fix it, but I have momentum on other makes that I need to finish first!
#modularsynth #synthdiy #eurorackmodular #Doepfer #NonlinearCircuits
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I thought after completing three songs and getting deeper into a fourth that I should share some of the sonic artifacts I've recorded along the way.
Ambient, dark electro, experimental minimalism, improvised corners of where I'm sourcing my sound library for constructing studio tracks.
#craque #ambient #idm #electronica #ExtendedGuitar #ExperimentalMusic #ModularSynth #EurorackModular #SynthDIY
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I thought after completing three songs and getting deeper into a fourth that I should share some of the sonic artifacts I've recorded along the way.
Ambient, dark electro, experimental minimalism, improvised corners of where I'm sourcing my sound library for constructing studio tracks.
#craque #ambient #idm #electronica #ExtendedGuitar #ExperimentalMusic #ModularSynth #EurorackModular #SynthDIY
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Devil is a Bottom – Sawtooth Grin
#Electronic #darktechno #eurorackmodular #industrialtechno #melodicsynth #techno #Detroit
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://devilisabottom.bandcamp.com/album/sawtooth-grin -
Devil is a Bottom – Sawtooth Grin
#Electronic #darktechno #eurorackmodular #industrialtechno #melodicsynth #techno #Detroit
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
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A quick minute from my grimy filtered imprecise Shepard Tone patch.
Wiard Anti-Oscillator
2x Intellijel Dixie
Bubblesound VCOb
Intellijel Quad VCA
Doepfer A-143-1 Complex EG/LFO
DinSync Sara VCF
Richter Wogglebug (Make Noise)
Pico DSP#craque #modularsynth #eurorackmodular #synthdiy #ShepardTone #drone
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A quick minute from my grimy filtered imprecise Shepard Tone patch.
Wiard Anti-Oscillator
2x Intellijel Dixie
Bubblesound VCOb
Intellijel Quad VCA
Doepfer A-143-1 Complex EG/LFO
DinSync Sara VCF
Richter Wogglebug (Make Noise)
Pico DSP#craque #modularsynth #eurorackmodular #synthdiy #ShepardTone #drone
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Tuning up the Shepard Tone into a color cone...
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Today I am patching a combo I finally can achieve: a Shepard Tone, the sonic equivalent of a barbershop pole. 💈
To do it entirely on an analog modular synth, I have the mighty Doepfer A-143-1 quad EG/LFO, with each chained to the next, and separately patched to the CV inputs on an Intellijel Quad VCA. Four individual triangle VCOs are sent to the VCA inputs, so they fade in and out with the cycle of the quadrature LFO. The same signal coming from the Doepfer channels is fed simultaneously to the 1v/8va input of each VCO
matching that channel on the VCA.The effect happens as each VCO is changed in pitch according to the LFO at the same time it is being faded in with the VCA by the same LFO shape. As the next LFO fires it fades the next VCO the same way, one after the other like an ouroboros.
With each quadrant of the LFO represented (+/- sign/cosign), the continuous sound you hear is a constant rising tone. Put through a bandpass filter to fine-tune the audible range, the result is an audio illusion: the pitch of the sound seems to always be going forever upward.
#ShepardTone #AnalogSynthesis #ModularSynth #EurorackModular
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I promised some Ferrous sounds! I hope it works.
This is part of a patch I'm working for the third track. Layers of some looped figures with a deep synth ground drone holding up yawning higher pitched guitar tones coming from the Ferrous and through some delay.
#craque #ambient #drone #ElectroAcoustic #EurorackModular #ExperimentalMusic
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Today's office. Patches reset!
