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USB Controller MAKE Magazine

Adam — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:02:08 +0000

In the fall issue of Make Magazine Brian Schmierer wrote an article about converting a usb game controller into an open source interface for Max/MSP. Make is a focused magazine with tons of awesome DIY projects and resources.

Brian has designed a variety of interfaces and controllers that communicate with vocoders, synths, sequencers, and self built VST plug-ins via Usb, MIDI, or OSC. For Brian and for Sound Arts, this is the tip of the iceberg!

Check out the aricle.

http://makezine.com

Pedal Workshop Photos

Brian — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:25:40 +0000

The first Sound Arts effect pedal workshop was amazing. Lots of fun and very productive. In two days we were able to make from scratch a 808 Tube Screamer replica, and if I do say so myself, sounds way better than the store bought version (more dynamic range in tone, plus two mods; one for saturation of low end, capacitor bypass and the second, for symmetrical or asymmetrical clipping). Matt Von Ohlen and Sarah Bernat built, painted, decaled, tested and rocked the pedals. From start to finish this was an amazing weekend. I’m looking forward to all of the up coming electronics workshops at Sound Arts.

808 Tube Screamer with modifications

soldering the pedals

Sarah mapping out the enclosure

Matt testing and tweaking his new pedal

Finished pedals Day two

lots o pedals

Brian — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:53:07 +0000

Here are some of my homebrewed pedals, and a four channel mixer.
Theres a big muff, a fuzz face, a tube screamer, an old transistor radio effect, and two compressors. The roud compressor is a replica Dynacomp and the orange one is a replica orange squeezer.