Last night I went to Control in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to see Dan Snazelle demo his SnazzyFX Eurorack modules. Of all the demos I’ve seen so far this was the best. He’s really into it and spent a solid two hours showing how to use is stuff in musical contexts. After seeing it in action I know I really want a Chaos Brother. It creates random gates and more but in a really useful way. He had it hooked up to a DPO’s strike with some Tiptop drum modules as a back beat and it was instant Berghain (infamous Berlin nightclub). The Dreamboat was similar but faster and more chaotic. The Dronebank is a simple module designed solely to make drones. It’s six triangle oscillators and in person it’s quite wantable. Wow & Flutter mutates your incoming signal sort of like tape. Lastly there’s the Ardcore module. This module is a chameleon which loads programs via USB. There are about 60 to choose from right now. You can have things such as a bit-crusher, arpeggiator and even a drum machine. Dan mentioned he will be doing a run of modules with “normal” faceplates later this summer. As usual Daren & Jonas (the owners of Control) were great hosts. If you’re in the NY area you really owe it to yourself to visit.
“The Chaos Brother is a new modulation module full of enough options and knobs to keep it interesting no matter where you decide to use it. It all starts with the CHAOS knob, when turned all the way to the left, you get repetitive, tame oscillations like you would find in a basic LFO. Start turning the knob to the right and the Chaos ensues.” – snazzyfx.com
For more info: snazzyfx.com and ctrl-mod.com
This entry was written by , posted on May 8, 2013 at 5:38 am, filed under modular, synthesizer and tagged Ardcore, Brooklyn, Chaos Brother, Control, Dan Snazelle, Eurorack, SnazzyFX, Williamsburg. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Dan from SnazzyFX will be demoing his Eurorack Modules tonight at Control (416 Lorimer St. Brooklyn, NY 11206). I am pretty interested in what these modules can do. Bring some beer and see you there! 6-8PM
“Our second spring event begins tomorrow night with Dan Snazelle of Snazzy FX. He will be discussing his current and future line of modules and effects.” – ctrl-mod.com
For more info: ctrl-mod.com and snazzyfx.com
This entry was written by , posted on May 7, 2013 at 5:11 am, filed under modular, synthesizer and tagged Brooklyn, Control, Eurorack, Event, SnazzyFX, synthesizer, Williamsburg. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Last night I stopped by the always fun Control in Williamsburg to see a demo of Pamela’s Workout and their new SID chip prototype module. As you can see there was a nice number of highly interested people there. We heard Pamela’s doing some nice swing steps on a Tiptop Cowbell (my choice of course). We also heard the new upcoming SID module. It’s has multiple oscillators, a filter, noise, ring modulator and more with CV controls. My ears were happy when it did some 80s style pulse width modulation. I really enjoy these little get togethers. To see a few more photos visit the flickr set: click here
“Control is an independent synthesizer brick & mortar shop located in the South Williamsburg Neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. We specialize in Eurorack Modular, with a passion for vintage traditional and unusual eccentric electronic devices both analog and digital.” – ctrl-mod.com
For more info: ctrl-mod.com
This entry was written by , posted on April 11, 2013 at 5:29 am, filed under modular, synthesizer and tagged ALM, ALM Busy Circuits, Brooklyn, Control, Eurorack, modular, synthesizer, Williamsburg. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Later today I’m going to get over to Control in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to hear ALM Busy Circuits talk and demo. They make the nice eurorack clocking module Pamela’s Workout. See you there! Wednesday, April 10. 6-8PM 16 Lorimer St #1R Brooklyn, NY 11206
“Pamela’s workout’ is a compact programmable clock source for your eurorack modular synthesizer system. it provides 8 highly editable trigger outputs, all correlated to a direct and voltage controlled bpm based clock.”
For more info: ctrl-mod.com
This entry was written by , posted on April 10, 2013 at 6:39 am, filed under modular, synthesizer and tagged Brooklyn. ALM, Eurorack, modular, Pamela's Workout, Williamsburg. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I stopped by Control in Williamsburg yesterday. Jonas put together a patch consisting of a Synth Tech E560 Deflector Shield, Make Noise Optomix, Function, Pressure Points and Brains. We were discussing how great the Synth Tech modules were and how the Vactrols in the Make Noise stuff makes things sound rubbery in a good way. Vactrols use LEDs inside the modules to control parameters.
“A Vactrol is an optoelectronic device consisting of a source and detector of light, which are optically coupled and electrically isolated from each other. The light source is usually a light-emitting diode (LED), a miniature incandescent lamp, or sometimes a neon lamp, whereas the detector is a semiconductor-based photoresistor made of cadmium selenide (CdSe) or cadmium sulfide (CdS). The source and detector are coupled through a transparent glue or through the air.” – Wikipedia
For more info: ctrl-mod.com
This entry was written by , posted on February 13, 2013 at 4:10 pm, filed under modular, synthesizer and tagged Control, Eurorack, Make Noise, Synthesis Technology, Vactrol, Williamsburg. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Williamsburg Brooklyn has another boutique pro-audio store! Just last month we saw the modular synth shop Control open and now my good friend Dan Physics and his business parter Blue Wilding have opened Audio Power Tools. Dan cut his teeth as a manager at the flagship Guitar Center store on 14th street and now he’s working exclusively with high end stuff. The great thing is they will let you try before you buy which is important because unless you work in recording studios most people don’t have access to say a Germanium micpre.
“Only the good stuff…with the highest performance, value and support for working pros. Every purchase is a balance of necessity and personal taste. Our “demo-based shopping” helps you make confident decisions.” – Audio Power Tools
For more info: audiopowertools.com and facebook.com/Audio-Power-Tools
This entry was written by , posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:53 am, filed under effects, hardware and tagged Audio Power Tools, Brooklyn, Dan Physics, pro-audio, Williamsburg. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Well this is really exciting for me to see! There is a brand spanking new modular synth store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It’s named Control and the address is 416 Lorimer St. Brooklyn, New York. 11206. They opened yesterday! The website isn’t online yet but you can join their mailing list here: ctrl-mod.com. There’s no doubt you will see me there often.
“Driphouse’s Daren Ho and Jonas Asher have just opened New York’s premier synthesizer boutique. If you’re on the east coast you no longer have to wait for modules to arrive from California, just visit CONTROL in Williamsburg.” – The Sixth Bar
via matrixsynth and the sixth bar
This entry was written by , posted on June 21, 2012 at 5:00 am, filed under modular, synthesizer and tagged Brooklyn, modular, New York, shopping, store, synthesizer, Williamsburg. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
In my quest to find a place in the NYC area to buy Modular synth modules I came across MeMe Antenna. It seems they recently started carrying an interesting collection in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Sometime next week I will head over there and check it out! They are located 218 Bedford Ave (Corner of N5 inside Mini Mall) Brooklyn, New York 11249.
“MeMe Antenna, annex of Concent Productions Inc. , is a gift & music store, located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. We carry vintage jewelry & furniture, idea stationary, vinyl record & CD, rare synthesizer, local brands merchandise, and more….” – memeantenna.com
For more info: memeantenna.com
This entry was written by , posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:22 am, filed under modular, synthesizer and tagged Brooklyn, MeMe Antenna, modular, modular synthesizer, shopping, synthesizer, Williamsburg. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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