From 2003-2009, I ran a small business building electronic devices on a custom-order basis for musicians around the world. The projects ranged from adding an expression pedal jack to a completely customized synthesizer. I also designed some circuits for small effects pedal companies. All in all, there are probably a few hundred devices with my signature scribbled in Sharpie somewhere on their case. This page shows some of the more interesting projects I completed. Click on any of the thumbnails in the scrolling box below for information, images, soundclips, and videos of each project.
Noise Organism
"Total beast!! It will take time for me to understand everything, but from my first impression - it's great!" -Mykolas
The noise organism is a fairly chaotic synthesizer with oddly creature-like sensibilities (hence the name!) It consists of two oscillators, each of which has controls for frequency, modulation of the other oscillator, waveform, and volume. Because each oscillator can modulate the other, strange crossmodulation tones arise. Both oscillators are sent through a clippable resonant filter with very strange distortion characteristics. The resulting sounds are incredibly rich, and although the box is chaotic it's still highly controllable.
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"Total beast!! It will take time for me to understand everything, but from my first impression - it's great!" -Mykolas
The noise organism is a fairly chaotic synthesizer with oddly creature-like sensibilities (hence the name!) It consists of two oscillators, each of which has controls for frequency, modulation of the other oscillator, waveform, and volume. Because each oscillator can modulate the other, strange crossmodulation tones arise. Both oscillators are sent through a clippable resonant filter with very strange distortion characteristics. The resulting sounds are incredibly rich, and although the box is chaotic it's still highly controllable.
Images