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Today I received the prototype PCBs for the mutant timbre / modulation section. They’re looking good! The final version will be blue (of course). More to follow soon…
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Mutant 259 timbre / modulation index
I’ve been working a while on the timbre section of the Buchla 259 and this week I spent a couple of evenings finishing the PCB design. This is how it looks now. The PCB is the same size as the…
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Buchlaesque modular in progress
I’ve been working on my new Buchla inspired modular on and off for some time now and finally had some front panels made. They turned out great and it inspired me to put some more energy into getting the modular…
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I Dream Of Wires: The Modular Synthesizer Documentary
“I Dream of Wires: The Modular Synthesizer documentary“, previously known as “Modular: The Documentary”, is a new film project looking for crowd funding on IndieGoGo. It’s a documentary about modular synthesizers and why people like to built them and use…
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The Great Camera Shootout 2011 Episode 3: It’s Not So Black & White
The third and final episode of the Great Camera Shootout 2011 has been published. This episode focusses on motion artifacts and color rendition. I must say I was rather surprised about the way the different cameras handled motion artifacts. Very…
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Edit::Transform
I had a day off today and kind of planned to shoot some more time lapses but the weather was very foggy this morning so I watched an episode of chasejarvisLIVE where he talked with photographer Zack Arias which I…
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Studio acoustics (part 3)
Finally finished mounting all absorption panels and the corner bass traps in my studio. I did some measurements to check the effect of the acoustic panels on the overall acoustics of the room. I took four readings. The base line…
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Experimenting with off-camera flash
Lately, I am experimenting with off-camera flash. It’s great for studio photography but it can also add an extra dimension to pictures shot outdoors or make pictures possible you would not be able to take without an extra light source.…
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Leave Me
I came across this little gem of a film again which I saw a while ago. I really love it. It’s perfectly paced, has lovely music which sets the right mood for the story and has decent performances by the…
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There Is a Grasshoper On My Fridge
This morning my daughter woke me up all excited: “Daddy, Daddy, there is a grasshopper on the fridge!”. After I managed to drag myself out of bed I went downstairs to check it out. And indeed, there was a little…
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V-mount Battery 15mm Rails Mount
Wanting to be able to use a V-mount battery with my camera I made a 15mm rails mount using Cinevate’s Universal 15mm Rails Block, Globalmediapro’s V-Lock Mount Plate and a piece of 2mm thick sheet metal. …