Atari Punk Console 2.0

While most sane people are out enjoying the spring sun, I had to stay indoors to build this wonderful little noise-maker, kit courtesy of http://www.getlofi.com/.



2 pots, 3 buttons, 1 LDR and 2 switches built into an old lunchbox, all powered by a 9v battery. Some samples will follow shortly.

Speak and spell

I found this wonderful little Speak & Spell from 1980 on ebay for next to nothing and put it to good use...

It features 4 glitch switches, pitchshift (with on/off) and a loop pot.

A Speak & Math from 1981 arrived today, so there's more to come...!

Casio SA-8

I have finally gotten around to circuit bending the Casio SA-8 I've had lying around for a long time. I bought this on ebay for about $2 and finally put it to good use.

The controls on the left side are glitch randomizer and fifth step. With thanks to capserelectronics. com for great tips. The controls on the right side are worse: connected directly to the timing crystal, creating quite weird drony/noisy/random note generation. Alas, to end this weirdness one has to switch the Casio on and off. Fun, though...

Some more new instruments. I'll post some soundclips here, when I figure out how to do it...

New instruments

Just finished making two new circuit bent instruments. They both sound like some kids TV show gone bad...

Live at Charlies Bar 22.11.09

DUNLOPE HIGHFLEX live at Charlies Bar, Kristiansand, 22nd November 2009.

LydMøte 5

It's time for another DUNLOPE HIGHFLEX LydMøte (SoundMeeting) in Kristiansand. Our first in 6 months.

The meetings are always refreshing and gives great focus towards our understanding of improvisation.

We contributed on the Trente Osieaux "Tori no Kaigi [ichi]" compilation released in 2009. This is a free download, and can be found here.

Also, our myspace can be found here.

Spring

"you walk for days among trees and among stones. rarely does the eye light on a thing, and then only when it has recognized that thing as the sign of another thing: a print in the sand indicates the tiger's passage; a marsh announces a vein of water; the hibiscus flower, the end of winter. all the rest is silent and interchangeable; trees and stones are only what they are."