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2011-03-12T13:48:00.001-08:00

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Experimental Garage Sale 2009

2009-07-22T12:50:00.001-07:00

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2009-06-12T18:40:00.000-07:00

via themoebius1

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2009-06-08T17:04:00.000-07:00

More Photos

Magic Matrix Mixer Mountain

2009-06-04T23:22:00.001-07:00

A hyperjunkyard of broken computers, functional microphones, surveillance cameras, local feedback loops and international communication networks.
http://lampo.org/
http://6609.tumblr.com/

touch.listen.synth

2009-06-04T22:40:00.000-07:00

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2009-06-03T21:27:00.000-07:00

dorkbot chicago::: May 27

2009-05-23T09:57:00.000-07:00

http://dorkbotchicago.blogspot.com/

It's on again as Alex Inglizian rocks a presentation/workshop on "integrating hacked, modified, and circuit bent devices into a tempo synced electronic music system." This is your chance to get your hands dirty @ dorkbot Chicago and dig into a fresh plate of Chicago style dirty circuit bending! As always, dorkbot Chicago is FREE (as in pizza and beer, and also free as in speech and software)!

DATE:

Wednesday May 27 2009

TIME:

7 PM

LOCATION:

Enemy Sound
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.
Chicago, IL 60622
http://www.enemysound.com

COST:

Free

WTF:

What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!

nineonine_sixosix

2009-05-20T20:56:00.001-07:00

Midwest Experimental Electronics Showcase - Photos

2009-05-18T00:18:00.000-07:00

See more HERE.

The Midwest Experimental Electronics Showcase

2009-05-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

more info @ www.rothmobot.com

instantACID

2009-05-04T13:02:00.000-07:00

[download]

Electronic_Rap_Machine_Demo_2

2009-05-01T02:43:00.001-07:00

amplified music box

2009-05-01T02:18:00.000-07:00

Electronic_Rap_Machine

2009-04-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

Built from the circuitry of an 'electronic rap machine' toy. Beats and fx can be triggered via external sequencer. In this case i am using a tr-606. This machine will produce nice crunchy bit reduced rhythmic textures and spazzy patterns.

OneHundredSines

2009-04-25T12:39:00.000-07:00

[download]

Pics from LAMPO show.

2009-04-12T12:57:00.000-07:00

HANS W. KOCH AND NICOLAS COLLINS
APR 11 2009

More @ http://lampoblog.blogspot.com/

March 29, 2009

2009-03-28T22:53:00.000-07:00

March 29, 2009 by alexinglizian

mini_amp_cube

2009-03-20T15:39:00.000-07:00

2009-03-09T02:17:00.000-07:00

Synsonics Drums Synced With Juno - ʇsǝʇ -

2009-03-03T22:17:00.001-08:00

Test w/ syncing synsonics drum machine with juno using only audio signal. (no midi or cv) ++ Omnichord ++ CS-5 ++ Vactrol Synth ++

...o0O0o0Ooo0O((_BUBBLE_BOX_))O0ooO0o0O0o...

2009-02-27T01:46:00.000-08:00

Bubble box by alexinglizian

girafterbirth @ ronnys

2009-02-16T10:43:00.000-08:00

2009-02-16T10:00:00.000-08:00

2009-02-12T22:58:00.001-08:00

2009-02-12T09:30:00.000-08:00

2009-02-12T09:28:00.000-08:00

Circuit Bending On Chicago Public Radio

2009-01-25T19:08:00.000-08:00

RE:Sound - "The Music Of Everyday Things" [link]
Thanks to Delaney Hall for producing this wonderful little radio piece about circuit bending in Chicago. Featuring me and Patrick McCarthy & Tommy Stephenson from Roth Mobot. The section titled 'Bent' begins at 14:00 min into the show. Enjoy.

arduino_cv/gate_interface - proof of concept

2009-01-18T18:45:00.000-08:00

Experiments with using arduino as a CV/Gate interface for analog synthesizers. Controlled via max/MSP step sequencer communicating w/ arduino via SimpleMessageSystem. Output from arduino is PWM and filtered with a simple RC circuit for a smooth +5 volts CV pitch control.

inspired by Robin Price's midi-CV box.

all synced up and nowhere to go.

2009-01-03T21:41:00.001-08:00

all synced up and nowhere to go. by alexinglizian

stop_motion_synthesizers

2009-01-03T11:44:00.000-08:00

stop_motion_synthesizers from Alex Inglizian on Vimeo.

2009-01-02T15:53:00.001-08:00

2009-01-02T15:51:00.001-08:00

01_02_09_stop_motion_landscapes from Alex Inglizian on Vimeo.

new_years_day

2009-01-01T16:10:00.000-08:00

Super_Mario_Bros_Theme

2008-12-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

True_Blew

2008-12-28T21:14:00.000-08:00

True_Blew by alexinglizian

ƃnq‾ƃuıuʇɥƃıl

2008-11-23T03:09:00.000-08:00

tr-626_logo

2008-11-05T14:26:00.001-08:00

>l---^^^

2008-10-24T13:46:00.000-07:00

opto_feedback exp.

2008-10-18T01:20:00.001-07:00

opto_feedback from Alex Inglizian on Vimeo.

el is a sound of joy @ G.B.O.

2008-10-17T14:04:00.001-07:00

opto_synth

2008-10-09T21:03:00.000-07:00

Optical square wave synthesizer with 2x LED tentacle interface and amplitude modulation. Inspired by http://bleeplabs.com/ .

opto_synth from Alex Inglizian on Vimeo.

helikesmostsports

2008-09-17T16:35:00.001-07:00

NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC RADIO presents: /FRELAB/

2008-09-09T11:09:00.000-07:00

September 5 – October 11, 2008

NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC RADIO presents:
/FRELAB/
(Forward and Reverse Engineering for Live Analog Broadcast)
107.3 FM

A live broadcast and engineering event

Workshops and events September 5th -7th and Saturdays through October 11
Full Schedule of Events

SCHEDULE:
Friday, September 5, 1 - 5pm -- Circuit Bending Workshop with special guest Alex Inglizian (Cliplead_)
5-8pm — screening of new works for analog TELEVISION BROADCAST (••please contribute works for TV broadcast ••)
DRUM MACHINE CIRCLE to be broadcast to cars on the street (•• Participants encouraged - bring your own drum machine and cables! structured improv - scores provided••)
performances of select John Cage scores, and more ...

Saturday, Sept 6, 12 – 5pm -- Radio and transmission arts day!
1 - 4 pm: FM radio transmitter building workshop ... (folks take their transmitters home!)
5-6pm -- Christy Matson (and friends) will be performing, Grounded, a 4-channel improvisational audio piece that combines analog electronics, digital sound synthesis and headstands!

Sunday, Sept 7, 2 - 5pm - Television transmitter building workshop .... drop in and make something happen!

all events are free and open to the public

Kavi Gupta Gallery is pleased to invite Neighborhood Public Radio artists Jon Brumit, Lee Montgomery and Michael Trigilio for a live radio project that will consist of interactive programming and workshops. The opening weekend and subsequent weekends during the span of the exhibition will be filled with impromptu collaborations, interviews, hacking, bending, performances and events such as a selection of John Cage scores, a Friday night drum machine circle, radio and television transmitter building workshops and screenings of new works for television broadcast.

Neighborhood Public Radio is an independent, artist-run radio project committed to providing an alternative media platform for artists, activists, musicians, and community members. NPR (founded in 2004 Oakland, California) who shares their moniker with National Public Radio, streams onto the Internet as well as utilizing their own low-power FM transmitters. The group organizes community-based projects that are free and open to the public. By circumventing the need for commercial or corporate sponsorship, NPR provides a genuine conduit for free speech through grassroots low budget shows based on providing “snapshots” of various people and neighborhoods.

“If it's in the neighborhood and it makes noise, we hope to put it on the air.”

Neighborhood Public Radio have broadcast from, done shows or presented their work at The Whitney Museum of America Art as part of the Whitney Biennial 2008, Artists Television Access, Southern Exposure, San Francisco; Novi Sad Contemporary Museum, Serbia; Fadaiat//Borderline Academy, Tarifa; Chicago's Version 5, Yerba Buena center for the Arts, San Francisco; FSK Radio in Hamburg, and the De Young Museum, San Francisco. Creative Work Fund, Walter and Elise Haas Fund, CEC Artslink, and ISEA Community Domain Commission have supported NPR.

Experimental Garage Sale _ Photos

2008-07-20T16:08:00.000-07:00

flickr_set

Experimental Garage Sale

2008-07-09T14:20:00.001-07:00

On July 19th, 2008 between Noon and 9:00 PM at the Experimental
Sound Studio of Chicago ( www.exsost.org ) will be held the first
ever Experimental Garage Sale. The event will feature an open air
flea market/swap meet in the beautiful backyard of the Studio.

The items available for purchase or trade will consist mainly of
gobs and gobs of toys and parts suitable for circuit bending
as well as completed circuit bent musical instruments.

Entertainment will be Open Mic performances through out the day well
as raffles and A Rock Paper Scissors Tournament to top off the night!

There will be plenty of time to socialize and talk shop!
Midwest Benders Unite!

More info at
Experimental Garage Sale Myspace

Experimental Sound Studio Backyard
5925 N Ravenswood Ave
Chicago, IL 60660

[...60+606=666...]

2008-05-18T23:52:00.001-07:00

60+606=666 from Alex Inglizian on Vimeo.

creepySLEEPOVERS.

2008-05-12T23:13:00.000-07:00

. . . . ...({[<<.^.>>]})... . . . .

2008-05-05T00:14:00.000-07:00

tv.tv.tv.tv.tv.tv... . . . . . . . . .

2008-05-01T23:37:00.000-07:00

ROTH_MOBOT @ MOONBASE ++ NY Bent_Fest

2008-04-26T18:03:00.000-07:00

find out more about the performance ++ see photos.
rothmobot.com

p{m}anic.button++TR-606

2008-04-14T17:21:00.000-07:00

[download audio]

p[m]anic_button

2008-04-12T02:20:00.000-07:00

demo:

+++===+++

2008-04-11T11:42:00.000-07:00

04.11.08

2008-04-10T23:27:00.000-07:00

VactrolSynth_v.3 schematic

2008-04-02T16:01:00.000-07:00

Here is the schematic for the 3rd revision of my vactrolSynth. It uses only one 4093 quad NAND gate chip. Try experimenting with different capacitor values for the control and audio oscillators to achieve various tonal capabilities. Note: this schematic omits a potentiometer before the vactrol LED... add this for a pseudo pitch control. Try to use a super-bright LED and a photo-resistor with a wide range for excellent frequency response.

JUNO-106 repair.

2008-04-01T19:36:00.000-07:00

VactrolSynth_v.3

2008-03-31T21:46:00.000-07:00

boxen

2008-03-13T23:31:00.000-07:00

http://boxenchicago.org/
http://boxenchicago.org/
http://boxenchicago.org/
http://boxenchicago.org/
http://boxenchicago.org/
http://boxenchicago.org/

Yamaha CS-5 Synthesizer Repair.

2008-02-28T16:16:00.000-08:00

I successfully repaired my CS-5 last night. I was a bit of a struggle because the previous owner attempted the same thing but destroyed the circuit board contacts in the process... I had to do a bit of surgery but it's quite solid now.
For anyone who would like to know: in order to remove the front panel, you need to take off the two plastic ends and then the 3 screws along the bottom in the back. The top should then be free of the body.
Check out this flickr set for more photos.

Excerpt From 2008.02.16

2008-02-19T17:56:00.000-08:00

YouTube via interweb

MidWest’s Homemade Experimental Electronics Showcase

2008-02-12T16:23:00.000-08:00

NES Dino

2008-02-08T23:38:00.000-08:00

WC-412A

2008-02-07T18:04:00.000-08:00

02.06.08

2008-02-07T18:00:00.000-08:00

Next Show

2008-02-05T18:05:00.000-08:00

http://bsodrecords.com/

SDS 8 ++ TR-808

2007-12-11T23:48:00.000-08:00

opto-feedback

2007-12-06T00:09:00.000-08:00

HARDcoded

2007-11-30T22:21:00.000-08:00

HARDcoded :: Digital Punk Magicians

SAT Dec 08 2007
1 PM - 9 PM
@ EN3MY
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl. Chicago, IL 60622

++

CentroMultiMedia + BORDER
Mexico City DF, Mexico

HARDcoded is an ongoing collaboration between newMedia artists in Chicago and Mexico City, that explore the cross-over between digital noise, punk, and magic. HARDcoded is a wordplay between embedded/non-mailable data sets in software development, like End User License Agreements (or EULA) or closed-source proprietary computer applications, and the xXxHARDCORExXx ethic of Punk culture. Our (artists and organizers alike) approach to reconstruct/disrupt the controlled environment of digital technology by breaking these social devices with wizardry. Here, wizardry is informed by Tolkien references in early moments of information technology and digital networking, as well as playfully applying narratives of spell casting, enchantment, and fantasy to the otherwise dull architecture of cyberspace. This wizardy of course would be nothing without "magic." This "magic," which serves as ironic term with a critical bent, can break the spell of traditional methods of cultural communication and sharing in an ever-growing oppressive state.

HARDcoded seeks to create a space where ruptures in our digital playing field (glitch, noise, and hacked/repurposed material/tools) can take precedence over the norms of our contemporary static digital landscape. The collaboration borrows from a Punk ethics/ethos and the necessity for a sustainable break away from the normative practices of commercial platforms. By invoking these ideologies/methodologies HARDcoded hopes to provide/facilitate a DIY/DIT network of subversion. In attempting to approach this task, HARDcoded wishes to provide a social platform of workshops, talks, and performances (and hybrids of these three) to enable these fissures to break through the veil of our closed-source expectations and reliance.

The Program consists of workshops/talks by ::

[1PM – 2.30PM ] Alex Ignlizian + Mark Beasley + Cassandra Rosas (Hardware Hacking/Building)
[2.30 PM – 3 PM] Jake Elliot dai5ychain.net (Reprogramming Computer Literacy)
[3 PM – 3.30 PM] Marisa Plumb Working Engineer, Pathegon corp. (Lecture/Performance)
[3. 30 PM – 4.30] PM Temporary Services temporaryservices.org (Lecture on Urban Hacktivism)
[4.30 PM – 5 PM] criticalartware criticalartware.net (Media Art Histories Lecture)

[5 PM – 7 PM]
Installation By ::
Mark Beasley (DotMatrix Printer + Sound Installation)
Paul Hertz collaboratory.nunet.net/phertz/ (Ignotus the Mage, Performance/Installation)
[7 PM – 9 PM]
Nightly Performances/screening by ::

Valerie Brewer (Machinima Video)
Professor Pangaea (Machinima Video)
CHHO (The Chicago Hacked Hardware Orchestra, Performance from Workshop)
criticalartware w/ Morgan Higby Flowers criticalartware.net (Realtime Artware Development Performance)
I <3>

(((())))(((())))::[][][+][][]::(((())))(((())))

2007-11-28T17:36:00.000-08:00

. . ..::..::..::..::..::..::..::.. . .

2007-11-17T18:57:00.000-08:00

"bringing the pain"

2007-11-17T01:28:00.000-08:00

[Flickr Stream]

fall_ride_

2007-11-16T21:04:00.000-08:00

Third Coast International Audio Festival

2007-11-12T20:30:00.000-08:00

Third Coast International Audio Festival

[listen]

waveforms performance 05.07.07

2007-10-21T18:39:00.000-07:00

details_

2007-10-13T00:35:00.000-07:00

Upcoming Performance

2007-10-08T22:06:00.000-07:00

Friday. October 19. 8:00 pm.
South Union Arts. 1352 S. Union. Chicago, IL.
W/ Tim Kaiser, Roth Mobot, & Creme DeMentia.

Assembling mini amps

2007-10-03T16:58:00.000-07:00

A circuit bender's worst nightmare!

2007-09-29T19:14:00.000-07:00

Long story short: I bought this Roland TR-626 from a guy for $5... the power input was broken so I opened it up to fix the problem... Guess I got more than I bargained for.
BUGS!!!

Vactrol Synthesizer V_2.1

2007-09-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

Vactrol Synthesizer V_2.0 [schematic]

2007-09-24T10:27:00.000-07:00

Vactrol Synthesizer V_2.0

2007-09-23T00:43:00.000-07:00

COMMODORE 744A Tube Radio

2007-08-22T14:01:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, July 31, 2007_

2007-07-31T16:53:00.000-07:00

joySYNTH_

2007-07-20T22:29:00.000-07:00

This device is a self contained synthesizer built into an IBM joystick (circa 1984). Because of the simplicity of the original construction, it was quite simple to 'hack' the joystick control to interface with my circuit. Essentially the two axis of the joystick controls two 1 mega-ohm potentiometers. There is also a momentary button which triggers the amplitude envelope. It's fun to play and has lots of expressive potential.

07.06.07

2007-07-06T00:03:00.000-07:00

Emergency Responder III

2007-07-04T16:27:00.000-07:00

Found this mysterious box at the local thrift store today. I decided it is either a portable emergency telephone dialer for the elderly or a Bat Phone. Everything seems to work perfectly... all the buttons light up and it makes this really annoying buzzing sound when one of them is pressed. The entire inside surface is velvet and it also came with a functional remote. Anyway, i plan to gut most of it and reuse the case for one of my electronic instruments... i think the wood detail along with the velvet will make an excellent synthesizer case.

Wooden Box Music

2007-06-30T01:28:00.001-07:00

heterodyne_

2007-06-22T22:56:00.000-07:00

An audio synthesizer controlled by your proximity to an attached antennae. Based on the heterodyne principal, the same technology used in the Theremin.

[listen]

The H3X3N Collaborative (IX project)

2007-06-15T16:30:00.000-07:00

For the past couple of weeks I've been helping out with a collaborative project being developed for the Interactivos festival in Madrid, Spain. My specific tasks were to interface a wii remote w/ a blue-tooth arduino board as well as other computers using Open Sound Control, and write an audio synthesis program using Max/MSP. You can check out what the project is all about as well as the development process at our blog. [h3x3n.wordpress.com] Also, here is a Flickr album from the lab in Madrid.

Circuit Bending Workshop @ E.S.S. Chicago

2007-06-11T22:38:00.000-07:00

I will be conducting a circuit bending workshop at the Experimental Sound Studio here in Chicago on July 28th and 29th.
Topics will include:
- technology of toys
- hacking the clock
- glitches
- interfacing controls
- LEDs and photo-resistors
- audio output
- packaging your instrument
- building circuits to control your toy
- automatic switches
- step sequencers
- and more...

[sign up by calling E.S.S. @ 773-769-1069]

Hope to see you there!

Casio SK-1 sync input: [2]

2007-06-08T00:15:00.000-07:00

---------------------
[TR-606]------>[SK-1]
---------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
.....................

Casio SK-1 sync input:

2007-06-07T20:00:00.000-07:00

This sk-1 modification is based off a 4016 bilateral switch IC. The 5v analog pulse from the tr-606 drum machine is triggering the IC which is in turn switching the 'one key play' function on the Casio. This allows for prerecorded melodies to be synced with the tr-606. by SWIFT

this vid also features my speak & spell w/ trigger input.

[FM_radio] SWIFT

2007-06-02T00:50:00.000-07:00

Instruments used: Roland TR-606 + FM radio + TeleSynth + voltage controlled amplifier. This is a live recording.

[listen]

SWIFT @ SketchBook 7: 05.30.07

2007-05-29T20:44:00.000-07:00

SWIFT @ the SketchBook 7 festival tomorrow [05.30.07] @ 8:00 pm.
location: 1624 N. Halsted St. Chicago, IL. [Steppenwolf Garage]

more info ----> [link]

youTube_[feedback]

2007-05-29T01:17:00.000-07:00

radio_sync[tr-606]

2007-05-27T21:43:00.000-07:00

[.listen.]

a moment of clarity.

2007-05-24T23:16:00.000-07:00

2007-05-22T11:10:00.000-07:00

new vactrol synth design

2007-05-16T15:50:00.000-07:00

It seems as if my "vactrol pattern synthesizer" youtube video has been pretty popular lately. Almost 5,000 views... which is pretty cool to me. Anyway, many people have expressed interest in wanting to buy or build one for themselves. Because of this, I've been working on an updated version that is not only better but also requires less components. Just 2 ICs, a couple of capacitors, and a vactrol... thats it! The first version is almost done. I should have a schematic and some samples up soon. In the mean time here is the original.

more info about first vactrol pattern synth here