Let's see your EXPERIMENTAL TABLETOP GEAR

by **JM Charcot** » Wed May 16, 2018 3:13 am

Heraclitus Akimbo wrote:
JM Charcot wrote:I alternate with various inputs, Guitar, Microphonic Soundbox, Field Kit with contact mics and feedbacks, but the Effects chain is quite stabilized at the moment.
First row of direct effects below, and two loops above, Loop 1 El Capistan -> Avalanche Run, Loop 2 Whammy -> Echorec.
I don't know if it has been mentioned here, but the Alto Mixer is the only one I found with this small footprint having 2 sends.

If I knew what I know now when I bought my mixer I woulda held out for one with 2 effects sends. On the other hand, I'm hooked on having full-sized faders to slide up and down, so I'm willing to live with a larger one.

Also: dig the secret weapon notepad in the pic.

A mixer with full-sized faders is also great, it lets you manipulate several faders simultaneously, and ideally, somewhere in the chain, an active matrix mixer would help for the feedbacks, I'm still looking fort one.

The Notepad is always here, drawing my configs as it changes from day to day.

by **Heraclitus Akimbo** » Thu May 24, 2018 11:17 pm

Here's my glitch/weirdifying unit as currently set up. This is all in the fx loop of my mixer, so I can send any of my inputs to this.

Except for the looper pedal in the top right, everything goes through the patchulator, so the order can be whatever I want... and I have 5 options to choose from to put in the superego's loop. (most often right now the cheapie delay on top.)

Regarding that stereo looper on the top right more below:

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by **JM Charcot** » Sat May 26, 2018 6:22 am

Thanks for the picture and explanation, I never heard of the Patchulator, it looks like a great solution !

by **JM Charcot** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:34 am

Here's the table pedalboard at the moment, still the same idea of various sources, and a mix of Chinese + Boutique pedals.
Regarding the mixer, since last post I found a 2nd hand K-Mix, it has a lot of sends, absolutely perfect for my needs, I use it with my old Evolution UC-33 MIDI controller to route everything easier.

I'm playing an ambient live on sunday, this should be the setup.

by **spacelordmother** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:11 am

I have such bad Organelle gas. :erm:

by **JM Charcot** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:05 pm

spacelordmother wrote:I have such bad Organelle gas.

I love mine, it can be a synth, a noisebox, an FX, anything.

by **spacelordmother** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:32 pm

JM Charcot wrote:
spacelordmother wrote:I have such bad Organelle gas.

I love mine, it can be a synth, a noisebox, an FX, anything.

That's what I love about my Axolotis, too. Nice thing about the Organelle is that it has developed hardware, so all community-created patches are already tailored to work without having to recreate, adapt, or update. They would (will :lol:

) make a great team.

by **Heraclitus Akimbo** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:28 pm

New toys arrived today: Electro Faustus Black Fly, Gakken SX-150 mkII + Korg Monotron Delay. (Go team Gakken!)

I have the Duo Monotron, and I'd heard from peeps that the Delay one is better, but I was still surprised when I sat with it for about 15 minutes right off the bat listening to it self-oscillate.

It also sounds cool being piped into the Gakken. I recorded some noodlings, then appropriated some footage to set it to. After the fact, I'm enjoying my lo-fi video mixing more than I probably should. It came out sorta like Vladimir and Estragon's Office Space:

by **Achtane** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:22 pm

by **BetterOffShred** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:23 pm

The black fly see me like a great example of what you can do with a piezo and $2.79 in hardware from ACE.. I got some 35mm piezos for just such a thing.. looks really fun man

by **Heraclitus Akimbo** » Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:10 pm

The Blackfly is absolutely something that anyone could whip up on their own. But It's really nice to have something that feels as solid as fuck, and in a pedal enclosure with a properly-mounted output jack. (I certainly wouldn't be able to add a volume pot/momentary switch on my own.) The ruggedness is worth some dough, and frankly, although I stick contact mics to things all the time, I'm never gonna make something this good.

by **coldbrightsunlight** » Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:41 pm

BetterOffShred wrote:The black fly see me like a great example of what you can do with a piezo and $2.79 in hardware from ACE.. I got some 35mm piezos for just such a thing.. looks really fun man

I have some lying around and I want to do one of these too. When I get round to it. :lol:

Which is the advantage of buying things someone else made nicely.

by **BetterOffShred** » Sun Oct 28, 2018 2:01 pm

Yeah I wasn't trying to sound high and mighty, I realized my comment sounded douchey. It really is a good design and fun and a great idea. I mean look at the harmonic percolator. It's like 10$ in parts including a box and it's one of the best effects ever.

I have an XX box with 2x35mm piezos in parallel I've been messing with. Tabletop noise is a new adventure for me

Edit: I should add, UC's modded black fly was my original inspiration. :group:

by **coldbrightsunlight** » Sun Oct 28, 2018 3:28 pm

Don't worry I didn't take it like that! Saw what you were getting at. :hug:

Yeah UC's is awesome.

by **fuzzonaut** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 4:44 pm

Heraclitus Akimbo wrote:New toys arrived today: Electro Faustus Black Fly, Gakken SX-150 mkII + Korg Monotron Delay. (Go team Gakken!)

I have the Duo Monotron, and I'd heard from peeps that the Delay one is better, but I was still surprised when I sat with it for about 15 minutes right off the bat listening to it self-oscillate.

It also sounds cool being piped into the Gakken. I recorded some noodlings, then appropriated some footage to set it to. After the fact, I'm enjoying my lo-fi video mixing more than I probably should. It came out sorta like Vladimir and Estragon's Office Space:

Nice table :cool: