https://castbox.fm/ch/2889457 en Tin Can Synth Jam 3785ef5270374b71911d2ea15475635c 2889457 Juanito Moore tincansynthjam@gmail.com Music,Technology,Hobbies no TCSJ 037 talking and noise Welcome to the first new episode in a WHILE! If you're thirsty for more regularly scheduled TCSJ content, check out https://www.twitch.tv/tincansynthjam/schedule

which will show you when I'm going to be streaming live every week.

If you're just plain thirsty, maybe get some water.

In this episode, I talk about circuit design and brag about my new module, NyquistNightmare. You can hear it a lot in this episode, and I'm working on an automatic gain control circuit that will let you hear it even better in my next episode.

]]> Welcome to the first new episode in a WHILE! If you're thirsty for more regularly scheduled TCSJ content, check out https://www.twitch.tv/tincansynthjam/schedule

which will show you when I'm going to be streaming live every week.

If you're just plain thirsty, maybe get some water.

In this episode, I talk about circuit design and brag about my new module, NyquistNightmare. You can hear it a lot in this episode, and I'm working on an automatic gain control circuit that will let you hear it even better in my next episode.

]]> Welcome to the first new episode in a WHILE! If you're thirsty for more regularly scheduled TCSJ content, check out https://www.twitch.tv/tincansynthjam/schedulewhich will show you when I'm going to be streaming live every week.If you're just plain thirsty, maybe get some water.In this episode, I talk about circuit design and brag about my new module, NyquistNightmare. You can hear it a lot in this episode, and I'm working on an automatic gain control circuit that will let you hear it even better in my next episode. 01:03:49 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-a7d30a8a7bbe4b49a22541c8605b5ced Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:37:35 +0000 463902101 no TCSJ 036 Smoldering Cone Pulp In which I explore my Doubleplusbass kick drum prototype and my RumbleKikBoom proto-prototype, get really into some nice grooves, find myself extracting fascinating noise textures out of a few ultra-simple modules, and have a lot of fun.

]]> In which I explore my Doubleplusbass kick drum prototype and my RumbleKikBoom proto-prototype, get really into some nice grooves, find myself extracting fascinating noise textures out of a few ultra-simple modules, and have a lot of fun.

]]> In which I explore my Doubleplusbass kick drum prototype and my RumbleKikBoom proto-prototype, get really into some nice grooves, find myself extracting fascinating noise textures out of a few ultra-simple modules, and have a lot of fun. 00:57:42 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-89c1281be1ca47a088f28dfea9102070 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:04:01 +0000 436331222 no TCSJ 035 Lattice of Coincidence Me talking about synthesizer stuff that's been happening, and then me doing a pretty laid back 135BPM techno jam with plenty of breaks for interesting sounds and a couple samples.

]]> Me talking about synthesizer stuff that's been happening, and then me doing a pretty laid back 135BPM techno jam with plenty of breaks for interesting sounds and a couple samples.

]]> Me talking about synthesizer stuff that's been happening, and then me doing a pretty laid back 135BPM techno jam with plenty of breaks for interesting sounds and a couple samples. 01:01:17 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-8d655f23984c4a0e8a26df6abce4864b Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:29:00 +0000 423376395 no TCSJ 34 patio Without listening to be sure, this may be my favorite episode so far. A passage in the middle even caused me to get goosebumps and tears. Much less rhythmic than almost all of my previous jams, but of COURSE in the last third that pesky kick drum sneaks in :D

]]> Without listening to be sure, this may be my favorite episode so far. A passage in the middle even caused me to get goosebumps and tears. Much less rhythmic than almost all of my previous jams, but of COURSE in the last third that pesky kick drum sneaks in :D

]]> Without listening to be sure, this may be my favorite episode so far. A passage in the middle even caused me to get goosebumps and tears. Much less rhythmic than almost all of my previous jams, but of COURSE in the last third that pesky kick drum sneaks in :D 00:55:30 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-37eecee94bbf464096bc90544978ec54 Wed, 11 Aug 2021 02:20:38 +0000 413060460 no TCSJ 033 Cerise Steelbarrow I really like this episode. Much much much techno. And then toward the end I think I figured out what the problem is with my EasyEi8ht trigger sequencer, so I can get to fixing that.

]]> I really like this episode. Much much much techno. And then toward the end I think I figured out what the problem is with my EasyEi8ht trigger sequencer, so I can get to fixing that.

]]> I really like this episode. Much much much techno. And then toward the end I think I figured out what the problem is with my EasyEi8ht trigger sequencer, so I can get to fixing that. 01:07:16 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-3b419d0568524441a993c55ca0caf408 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:48:13 +0000 401993117 no TCSJ 032 Play Think This was recorded at PlayThink Festival 2021 while a chair-dance class was underway. Listening to your environment through headphones (and especially while being processed by a modular synthesizer) is wonderful, and highly recommended.

]]> This was recorded at PlayThink Festival 2021 while a chair-dance class was underway. Listening to your environment through headphones (and especially while being processed by a modular synthesizer) is wonderful, and highly recommended.

]]> This was recorded at PlayThink Festival 2021 while a chair-dance class was underway. Listening to your environment through headphones (and especially while being processed by a modular synthesizer) is wonderful, and highly recommended. 01:01:44 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-ee36ecaf95d74dc69eeabfa16e2ab3e4 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:56:10 +0000 394288540 no TCSJ 031 Squeamishness of the Hegemony I built a new microphone! And I sounded so good to myself that I wound up talking for like fifteen minutes.


My goal with this episode was to use my new mic to record a vocal sample onto one of my voltage-controllable ISD1820 chips (so noisy, don't know why) and pitch it into something interesting with one of my sequencers, then use that exact same sequence to control two other "quantizable" sound sources, first, my Atari Punk Console x 1.5 and then one of my Braids on a simple waveform.


Also, contains my first ad, "brought to you by the Modular for the Masses EasyEi8ht trigger sequencer"

]]> I built a new microphone! And I sounded so good to myself that I wound up talking for like fifteen minutes.


My goal with this episode was to use my new mic to record a vocal sample onto one of my voltage-controllable ISD1820 chips (so noisy, don't know why) and pitch it into something interesting with one of my sequencers, then use that exact same sequence to control two other "quantizable" sound sources, first, my Atari Punk Console x 1.5 and then one of my Braids on a simple waveform.


Also, contains my first ad, "brought to you by the Modular for the Masses EasyEi8ht trigger sequencer"

]]> I built a new microphone! And I sounded so good to myself that I wound up talking for like fifteen minutes.My goal with this episode was to use my new mic to record a vocal sample onto one of my voltage-controllable ISD1820 chips (so noisy, don't know why) and pitch it into something interesting with one of my sequencers, then use that exact same sequence to control two other "quantizable" sound sources, first, my Atari Punk Console x 1.5 and then one of my Braids on a simple waveform.Also, contains my first ad, "brought to you by the Modular for the Masses EasyEi8ht trigger sequencer" 01:02:06 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-56ceb81f969e445d9e1a9c83e2f21513 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:59:10 +0000 390155848 no TCSJ 030 Unrehearsed!!! I listened to Podular Modcast's recent interview of Captain Credible who I'm ashamed to admit was unknown to me previously, and he talked about his creative process. He builds electronic musical instruments and then, without rehearsal or plans, gets up in front of crowds and performs! The courage!!!!

I don't rehearse either, which I will now pretend is on purpose (it's not)... but I will recognize the value in a raw and honest approach to improvisation. The struggle of a person to wrest something pleasing -- or at least artistic -- from equipment can be art, even if the product is challenging.


http://www.captaincredible.com/abc/

https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/

]]> I listened to Podular Modcast's recent interview of Captain Credible who I'm ashamed to admit was unknown to me previously, and he talked about his creative process. He builds electronic musical instruments and then, without rehearsal or plans, gets up in front of crowds and performs! The courage!!!!

I don't rehearse either, which I will now pretend is on purpose (it's not)... but I will recognize the value in a raw and honest approach to improvisation. The struggle of a person to wrest something pleasing -- or at least artistic -- from equipment can be art, even if the product is challenging.


http://www.captaincredible.com/abc/

https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/

]]> I listened to Podular Modcast's recent interview of Captain Credible who I'm ashamed to admit was unknown to me previously, and he talked about his creative process. He builds electronic musical instruments and then, without rehearsal or plans, gets up in front of crowds and performs! The courage!!!!I don't rehearse either, which I will now pretend is on purpose (it's not)... but I will recognize the value in a raw and honest approach to improvisation. The struggle of a person to wrest something pleasing -- or at least artistic -- from equipment can be art, even if the product is challenging.http://www.captaincredible.com/abc/https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/ 00:53:53 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-da3ea77a58144cb6ae23f4a1ea95ad70 Wed, 26 May 2021 07:38:19 +0000 385687729 no TCSJ 29 Mary Waters Park My first outdoor episode! I hoped to be able to talk to people and let them play my djembe, but turning on my synth's speakers created runaway feedback because my microphone is a bare elecret capsule so... Not a lot of rhythmic or tonal content in this one, but there's LOTS of WONDERFUL ambient audio.

]]> My first outdoor episode! I hoped to be able to talk to people and let them play my djembe, but turning on my synth's speakers created runaway feedback because my microphone is a bare elecret capsule so... Not a lot of rhythmic or tonal content in this one, but there's LOTS of WONDERFUL ambient audio.

]]> My first outdoor episode! I hoped to be able to talk to people and let them play my djembe, but turning on my synth's speakers created runaway feedback because my microphone is a bare elecret capsule so... Not a lot of rhythmic or tonal content in this one, but there's LOTS of WONDERFUL ambient audio. 01:04:30 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-2f0a18c43c43442c8ab71d100a71fc24 Wed, 19 May 2021 01:24:59 +0000 383713603 no TCSJ 028 Grumble Pillow The massive worldwide synth live-streaming event of the year was this past weekend, and I got to participate! But I wasn't as happy with the jam as I feel like I could have been, so to make up for it, I recorded a podcast episode. This is lots better LOL

]]> The massive worldwide synth live-streaming event of the year was this past weekend, and I got to participate! But I wasn't as happy with the jam as I feel like I could have been, so to make up for it, I recorded a podcast episode. This is lots better LOL

]]> The massive worldwide synth live-streaming event of the year was this past weekend, and I got to participate! But I wasn't as happy with the jam as I feel like I could have been, so to make up for it, I recorded a podcast episode. This is lots better LOL 01:07:06 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-47f7fb97cc7145e4beef45a974e6d575 Mon, 10 May 2021 19:25:23 +0000 381211990 no TCSJ 027 twentyfourtwo This is my first jam with my Mutable Instruments Peaks module. Still in a tin can obviously. It's a LFO/envelope generator, quite complex, quite versatile. It's going to take some time for me to figure it out!

A lot of the drumming on this jam is just me mashing buttons on my (tin-can-version) EasyEi8ht trigger sequencer. I'm thrilled with how easy this sequencer is to use, and the simplicity of just spamming the keys and getting pretty cool beats out of it!

Follow me at Instagram: @juanitohm

This session was streamed on: https://twitch.tv/tincansynthjam

]]> This is my first jam with my Mutable Instruments Peaks module. Still in a tin can obviously. It's a LFO/envelope generator, quite complex, quite versatile. It's going to take some time for me to figure it out!

A lot of the drumming on this jam is just me mashing buttons on my (tin-can-version) EasyEi8ht trigger sequencer. I'm thrilled with how easy this sequencer is to use, and the simplicity of just spamming the keys and getting pretty cool beats out of it!

Follow me at Instagram: @juanitohm

This session was streamed on: https://twitch.tv/tincansynthjam

]]> This is my first jam with my Mutable Instruments Peaks module. Still in a tin can obviously. It's a LFO/envelope generator, quite complex, quite versatile. It's going to take some time for me to figure it out!A lot of the drumming on this jam is just me mashing buttons on my (tin-can-version) EasyEi8ht trigger sequencer. I'm thrilled with how easy this sequencer is to use, and the simplicity of just spamming the keys and getting pretty cool beats out of it!Follow me at Instagram: @juanitohmThis session was streamed on: https://twitch.tv/tincansynthjam 00:57:37 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-1b98882c244640bda7e57746ac864540 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:15:27 +0000 376711964 no TCSJ 026 Waterfalls Expect to hear plenty of my Wav Trigger module playing vocal snippets, a whole lot of my noise module (white noise, shimmer, sample-and-hold weirdness), lots and lots of dynamic range, and on the right channel, you can hear my phone shouting at the cell towers. Thanks, Verizon, turns out I can hear you now dang it.


Only 45 minutes! Enjoy?

]]> Expect to hear plenty of my Wav Trigger module playing vocal snippets, a whole lot of my noise module (white noise, shimmer, sample-and-hold weirdness), lots and lots of dynamic range, and on the right channel, you can hear my phone shouting at the cell towers. Thanks, Verizon, turns out I can hear you now dang it.


Only 45 minutes! Enjoy?

]]> Expect to hear plenty of my Wav Trigger module playing vocal snippets, a whole lot of my noise module (white noise, shimmer, sample-and-hold weirdness), lots and lots of dynamic range, and on the right channel, you can hear my phone shouting at the cell towers. Thanks, Verizon, turns out I can hear you now dang it.Only 45 minutes! Enjoy? 00:46:02 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-4ca2cfa91d51449d8309a79c97cff0a8 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 06:16:27 +0000 370821292 no TCSJ 025 Heavy There's a filter ping pattern through this entire 52 minute jam!


At about 30 minutes, a section begins that's just incredibly heavy. One of my VCO modules has three VCOs inside, plus a VCF plus an LED saturation circuit, so instead of pitching one or all of the VCOs, I turned up the resonance on the VCF and sent a CV to the cutoff of that part of the module. This gave me the heaviest growling bass drone. Strange, right? I've never gotten decent bass out of mixed VCOs *plus* whatever resonance was being added by the filter! But anyway, get to that section of this episode even if you ignore everything else. It's GREAT.

]]> There's a filter ping pattern through this entire 52 minute jam!


At about 30 minutes, a section begins that's just incredibly heavy. One of my VCO modules has three VCOs inside, plus a VCF plus an LED saturation circuit, so instead of pitching one or all of the VCOs, I turned up the resonance on the VCF and sent a CV to the cutoff of that part of the module. This gave me the heaviest growling bass drone. Strange, right? I've never gotten decent bass out of mixed VCOs *plus* whatever resonance was being added by the filter! But anyway, get to that section of this episode even if you ignore everything else. It's GREAT.

]]> There's a filter ping pattern through this entire 52 minute jam! At about 30 minutes, a section begins that's just incredibly heavy. One of my VCO modules has three VCOs inside, plus a VCF plus an LED saturation circuit, so instead of pitching one or all of the VCOs, I turned up the resonance on the VCF and sent a CV to the cutoff of that part of the module. This gave me the heaviest growling bass drone. Strange, right? I've never gotten decent bass out of mixed VCOs *plus* whatever resonance was being added by the filter! But anyway, get to that section of this episode even if you ignore everything else. It's GREAT. 00:52:42 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-99db3f2736b6432e9a8e02305bcea685 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:06:14 +0000 366626970 no TCSJ 024 Sorcerer I'm working on a trigger sequencer module. So far it's working okay, but needs some tweaking to get it to recognize triggers when I'm playing it naturally. In this jam, I play extensively with the "freestyle" mode I programmed in, which turns out to be amazing fun. In the coming months, I expect to have this be an actual product for actual purchase. Modular for the Masses Easy Ei8ht, if you're in the market.

]]> I'm working on a trigger sequencer module. So far it's working okay, but needs some tweaking to get it to recognize triggers when I'm playing it naturally. In this jam, I play extensively with the "freestyle" mode I programmed in, which turns out to be amazing fun. In the coming months, I expect to have this be an actual product for actual purchase. Modular for the Masses Easy Ei8ht, if you're in the market.

]]> I'm working on a trigger sequencer module. So far it's working okay, but needs some tweaking to get it to recognize triggers when I'm playing it naturally. In this jam, I play extensively with the "freestyle" mode I programmed in, which turns out to be amazing fun. In the coming months, I expect to have this be an actual product for actual purchase. Modular for the Masses Easy Ei8ht, if you're in the market. 01:00:18 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-870dda48d1fd4230b2e382da83703571 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:10:30 +0000 361102295 no TCSJ023 Selenium Mims Very lots of drones and noise. I'm having a hard time creating beats with my new trigger sequencer (a very DIY SWT16) so you can hear me talk about my new project, an eight channel trigger sequencer that's going to be developed into an actual product you can actually buy. It'll feature fancy Cherry MX keyswitches and lots of delicious, delicious easy-to-useness.

]]> Very lots of drones and noise. I'm having a hard time creating beats with my new trigger sequencer (a very DIY SWT16) so you can hear me talk about my new project, an eight channel trigger sequencer that's going to be developed into an actual product you can actually buy. It'll feature fancy Cherry MX keyswitches and lots of delicious, delicious easy-to-useness.

]]> Very lots of drones and noise. I'm having a hard time creating beats with my new trigger sequencer (a very DIY SWT16) so you can hear me talk about my new project, an eight channel trigger sequencer that's going to be developed into an actual product you can actually buy. It'll feature fancy Cherry MX keyswitches and lots of delicious, delicious easy-to-useness. 01:24:13 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-5438da56ed4f488da76e1376f8686b9e Mon, 15 Feb 2021 22:16:51 +0000 355495110 no TCSJ022 last before It's my first long jam with my Sparkfun/robertsonics Wav Trigger module. Near the middle, I play with using it as a sort of granular synthesis engine, which is fun. Some of the filtered drones in the middle-end made me get feelings.

]]> It's my first long jam with my Sparkfun/robertsonics Wav Trigger module. Near the middle, I play with using it as a sort of granular synthesis engine, which is fun. Some of the filtered drones in the middle-end made me get feelings.

]]> It's my first long jam with my Sparkfun/robertsonics Wav Trigger module. Near the middle, I play with using it as a sort of granular synthesis engine, which is fun. Some of the filtered drones in the middle-end made me get feelings. 00:58:20 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-5e5ae9a880ba44c0a7c8d92b11bccca0 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:49:42 +0000 346097465 no tcsj021 Soda Screen I record many more of these than I upload, and I don't remember this one at all. So here it is, without any introduction. Besides this.

]]> I record many more of these than I upload, and I don't remember this one at all. So here it is, without any introduction. Besides this.

]]> I record many more of these than I upload, and I don't remember this one at all. So here it is, without any introduction. Besides this. 00:51:31 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-cd7a29810c6a490596e3546ce896802e Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:52:11 +0000 346103867 no TCSJ020 GBRBG A new jam! This starts weird, gets really weird, stops being quite so weird, and then gets kind of good.


The last five or seven minutes are actually pretty good. In the coming weeks, keep an eye on my Bandcamp page for an album of the best bits of the jams I wring from my modular synth.


https://electronicjuanito.bandcamp.com

]]> A new jam! This starts weird, gets really weird, stops being quite so weird, and then gets kind of good.


The last five or seven minutes are actually pretty good. In the coming weeks, keep an eye on my Bandcamp page for an album of the best bits of the jams I wring from my modular synth.


https://electronicjuanito.bandcamp.com

]]> A new jam! This starts weird, gets really weird, stops being quite so weird, and then gets kind of good.The last five or seven minutes are actually pretty good. In the coming weeks, keep an eye on my Bandcamp page for an album of the best bits of the jams I wring from my modular synth.https://electronicjuanito.bandcamp.com 01:07:09 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-5b2d6e3cdc4b4a21a072035a234dd34d Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:45:43 +0000 309671979 no TCSJ019 Rinky Dink This jam features a microphone that sounds really great until I plug it in all the way, seven flashing LEDs that somehow make chirping bird noises, three entire Mutable Instruments Braids modules, a WHOLE LOT of experimental rhythmless somewhat atonal sounds, and me talking. Yay!

]]> This jam features a microphone that sounds really great until I plug it in all the way, seven flashing LEDs that somehow make chirping bird noises, three entire Mutable Instruments Braids modules, a WHOLE LOT of experimental rhythmless somewhat atonal sounds, and me talking. Yay!

]]> This jam features a microphone that sounds really great until I plug it in all the way, seven flashing LEDs that somehow make chirping bird noises, three entire Mutable Instruments Braids modules, a WHOLE LOT of experimental rhythmless somewhat atonal sounds, and me talking. Yay! 01:01:00 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-04a2508b12504c73894e97fac3694241 Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:34:01 +0000 301318849 no TCSJ018 Shots Fired I spend some time figuring out my new sampling module. I spend a lot of time exploring the feedback going through one of my My Favorite Reverb modules. Usually the feedback audio path on those is useless -- most of the algorithms have too much going on to make feedback make much sense. BUT it makes for some interesting breathy tones and notes.


Skip forward to minute 5 and hear gunshots just outside my house. Well, outside my neighbor's house. Fifteen shots fired. A car zooming off right after. And then? A beep. Nobody was hurt, just some holes in the front of my neighbor's house.


Be well.

]]> I spend some time figuring out my new sampling module. I spend a lot of time exploring the feedback going through one of my My Favorite Reverb modules. Usually the feedback audio path on those is useless -- most of the algorithms have too much going on to make feedback make much sense. BUT it makes for some interesting breathy tones and notes.


Skip forward to minute 5 and hear gunshots just outside my house. Well, outside my neighbor's house. Fifteen shots fired. A car zooming off right after. And then? A beep. Nobody was hurt, just some holes in the front of my neighbor's house.


Be well.

]]> I spend some time figuring out my new sampling module. I spend a lot of time exploring the feedback going through one of my My Favorite Reverb modules. Usually the feedback audio path on those is useless -- most of the algorithms have too much going on to make feedback make much sense. BUT it makes for some interesting breathy tones and notes.Skip forward to minute 5 and hear gunshots just outside my house. Well, outside my neighbor's house. Fifteen shots fired. A car zooming off right after. And then? A beep. Nobody was hurt, just some holes in the front of my neighbor's house.Be well. 00:58:19 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-8f5db2cc4675401cb804b1b7772ccd01 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 11:33:36 +0000 296745625 no TCSJ017 ISD1820 Okay this one is weird. Last episode I played with my ISD1760 sample player, which is a tough module to use for rhythmic content. This episode I'm playing with my newest module, a rusty rusty rusty tin can lid with four ISD1820 chips behind it, which are 20-second voice memo chips that can only PLAY or RECORD. I figured out a way to get them to play on a trigger event even if they're already playing, check The Internet for that schematic if you want to learn how.


Anyway, the 1820 is easier to use, and it'll be a FUN module to incorporate into my jams once I really get used to it.


The dynamic range on this is large. The middle part is SLOW. There's plenty of pretty atonal or non-musical content. I'm enjoying experimenting, stretching my ears, and hopefully stretching yours too!

]]> Okay this one is weird. Last episode I played with my ISD1760 sample player, which is a tough module to use for rhythmic content. This episode I'm playing with my newest module, a rusty rusty rusty tin can lid with four ISD1820 chips behind it, which are 20-second voice memo chips that can only PLAY or RECORD. I figured out a way to get them to play on a trigger event even if they're already playing, check The Internet for that schematic if you want to learn how.


Anyway, the 1820 is easier to use, and it'll be a FUN module to incorporate into my jams once I really get used to it.


The dynamic range on this is large. The middle part is SLOW. There's plenty of pretty atonal or non-musical content. I'm enjoying experimenting, stretching my ears, and hopefully stretching yours too!

]]> Okay this one is weird. Last episode I played with my ISD1760 sample player, which is a tough module to use for rhythmic content. This episode I'm playing with my newest module, a rusty rusty rusty tin can lid with four ISD1820 chips behind it, which are 20-second voice memo chips that can only PLAY or RECORD. I figured out a way to get them to play on a trigger event even if they're already playing, check The Internet for that schematic if you want to learn how.Anyway, the 1820 is easier to use, and it'll be a FUN module to incorporate into my jams once I really get used to it.The dynamic range on this is large. The middle part is SLOW. There's plenty of pretty atonal or non-musical content. I'm enjoying experimenting, stretching my ears, and hopefully stretching yours too! 00:58:02 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-9c013566b82d4b9fb114e4dd5846aba2 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:00:24 +0000 281618283 no TCSJ 016 I guess I accidentally took a break from recording.


I'm very pleased to be back at it. This is a difficult time. Covid cases are on the rise. Responsible pandemic behavior has become a political identity marker. Black Lives Matter protests are continuing quietly. And we're learning.


In this jam, I use my brand new module, a very difficult to use sample playback module that's playing the Amen Break (thank you -- and rest in power -- Gregory Coleman, yet another Black musician whose labor was exploited for decades without compensation). There's a whole section, a LONG section, in the middle where the jam takes a very droney attitude. I'll be listening to this several times through, I think it's got some depth.

]]> I guess I accidentally took a break from recording.


I'm very pleased to be back at it. This is a difficult time. Covid cases are on the rise. Responsible pandemic behavior has become a political identity marker. Black Lives Matter protests are continuing quietly. And we're learning.


In this jam, I use my brand new module, a very difficult to use sample playback module that's playing the Amen Break (thank you -- and rest in power -- Gregory Coleman, yet another Black musician whose labor was exploited for decades without compensation). There's a whole section, a LONG section, in the middle where the jam takes a very droney attitude. I'll be listening to this several times through, I think it's got some depth.

]]> I guess I accidentally took a break from recording.I'm very pleased to be back at it. This is a difficult time. Covid cases are on the rise. Responsible pandemic behavior has become a political identity marker. Black Lives Matter protests are continuing quietly. And we're learning.In this jam, I use my brand new module, a very difficult to use sample playback module that's playing the Amen Break (thank you -- and rest in power -- Gregory Coleman, yet another Black musician whose labor was exploited for decades without compensation). There's a whole section, a LONG section, in the middle where the jam takes a very droney attitude. I'll be listening to this several times through, I think it's got some depth. 01:06:30 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-a163c6e2a1a4426394f28e43206e55b4 Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:53:32 +0000 279518624 no TCSJ 015 Jathilan I have always loved the textures even the most boring field recordings can bring to synth jams. I lost the link to the Jathilan field recording.... but I hope it's enjoyable even without that link!

]]> I have always loved the textures even the most boring field recordings can bring to synth jams. I lost the link to the Jathilan field recording.... but I hope it's enjoyable even without that link!

]]> I have always loved the textures even the most boring field recordings can bring to synth jams. I lost the link to the Jathilan field recording.... but I hope it's enjoyable even without that link! 01:04:20 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-f81da50b38804b6a8412e7d127b4bb2d Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:11:12 +0000 281861468 no TCSJ 014 Tin Can Synth Jam number 14

]]> Tin Can Synth Jam number 14

]]> Tin Can Synth Jam number 14 00:57:08 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-aa28cbc10446419c9bf7c9b241154c40 Thu, 28 May 2020 09:04:28 +0000 281845666 no TCSJ 013 first twitch I decided to stream a jam using the Twitch service.

]]> I decided to stream a jam using the Twitch service.

]]> I decided to stream a jam using the Twitch service. 01:05:16 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-ba15f41fd9114f6083a90594a2034b62 Sat, 23 May 2020 09:04:12 +0000 279542079 no TCMJ 012 Hey Burt Hey Burt Hey Burt BONUS EPISODE!


This is the first synth jam I did that I was really happy with. It was recorded right after Burt Lancaster passed away, RIP Burt.


I finished this jam, and felt instantly that I had created something I could listen to again and enjoy it.


My favorite moments are the lazer sounds about 16 minutes in, and the melancholy sound of the resonating filter over the simple oscillator sound about 34 minutes in. That sound can make me well up with tears.


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]]> BONUS EPISODE!


This is the first synth jam I did that I was really happy with. It was recorded right after Burt Lancaster passed away, RIP Burt.


I finished this jam, and felt instantly that I had created something I could listen to again and enjoy it.


My favorite moments are the lazer sounds about 16 minutes in, and the melancholy sound of the resonating filter over the simple oscillator sound about 34 minutes in. That sound can make me well up with tears.


Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.com

I'm Ozerik over on Youtube and Instructables

Follow me on Instagram

]]> BONUS EPISODE!This is the first synth jam I did that I was really happy with. It was recorded right after Burt Lancaster passed away, RIP Burt.I finished this jam, and felt instantly that I had created something I could listen to again and enjoy it.My favorite moments are the lazer sounds about 16 minutes in, and the melancholy sound of the resonating filter over the simple oscillator sound about 34 minutes in. That sound can make me well up with tears.Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.comI'm Ozerik over on Youtube and InstructablesFollow me on Instagram 01:06:07 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-41bc5547db7b48518ae821ba89af570f Fri, 22 May 2020 06:03:27 +0000 266791272 no TCSJ 011 OMG 425 I built a microphone pre-amp! So I use that just a little bit. I focused more on one of my diode ladder filters and what sounds it can being to a wandering bassline.


Things get really quiet and atmospheric there in the second half of the jam.


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]]> I built a microphone pre-amp! So I use that just a little bit. I focused more on one of my diode ladder filters and what sounds it can being to a wandering bassline.


Things get really quiet and atmospheric there in the second half of the jam.


Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.com

I'm Ozerik over on Youtube and Instructables

Follow me on Instagram

]]> I built a microphone pre-amp! So I use that just a little bit. I focused more on one of my diode ladder filters and what sounds it can being to a wandering bassline.Things get really quiet and atmospheric there in the second half of the jam.Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.comI'm Ozerik over on Youtube and InstructablesFollow me on Instagram 01:01:03 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-5f800e9e02a541458e1e83e775e95ee4 Fri, 22 May 2020 05:19:34 +0000 266652500 no TCSJ 010 Teasing Gabber This is much faster than my usual stuff.


Gabber is this weird super-fast dance music with crazy overclipped kicks and aggression all over the place. I'm trying my hand at some faster stuff!


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]]> This is much faster than my usual stuff.


Gabber is this weird super-fast dance music with crazy overclipped kicks and aggression all over the place. I'm trying my hand at some faster stuff!


Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.com

I'm Ozerik over on Youtube and Instructables

Follow me on Instagram

]]> This is much faster than my usual stuff.Gabber is this weird super-fast dance music with crazy overclipped kicks and aggression all over the place. I'm trying my hand at some faster stuff!Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.comI'm Ozerik over on Youtube and InstructablesFollow me on Instagram 00:56:42 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-141e6ad2c36c4e418e4dedc7e294d365 Fri, 22 May 2020 05:11:27 +0000 266635708 no TCSJ 009 Lysol Good luck listening to this one!


I tried to stay away from anything rhythmic, or at least with a kick drum. I may have succeeded. But it may be unlistenable.


This jam features some noises generated by my reverb circuits fed back into themselves.


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]]> Good luck listening to this one!


I tried to stay away from anything rhythmic, or at least with a kick drum. I may have succeeded. But it may be unlistenable.


This jam features some noises generated by my reverb circuits fed back into themselves.


Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.com

I'm Ozerik over on Youtube and Instructables

Follow me on Instagram

]]> Good luck listening to this one!I tried to stay away from anything rhythmic, or at least with a kick drum. I may have succeeded. But it may be unlistenable.This jam features some noises generated by my reverb circuits fed back into themselves. Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.comI'm Ozerik over on Youtube and InstructablesFollow me on Instagram 01:01:13 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-7bb88f2e53d5461b944edf64bae34d51 Fri, 22 May 2020 04:57:36 +0000 266592255 no TCSJ 008 Beckstrom I'm really excited about this jam! My friend and DIY mentor Chris Beckstrom has been building synths and writing about it for at least two years before I started on this journey. One of his strengths is live-coding audio and visual effects.

We collaborated on this, with me sending audio and a seed-visual to him via Twitch, and he took the audio and created amazing visuals to go along with it.

Watch the performance here.

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]]> I'm really excited about this jam! My friend and DIY mentor Chris Beckstrom has been building synths and writing about it for at least two years before I started on this journey. One of his strengths is live-coding audio and visual effects.

We collaborated on this, with me sending audio and a seed-visual to him via Twitch, and he took the audio and created amazing visuals to go along with it.

Watch the performance here.

Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.com

I'm Ozerik over on Youtube and Instructables

Follow me on Instagram

]]> I'm really excited about this jam! My friend and DIY mentor Chris Beckstrom has been building synths and writing about it for at least two years before I started on this journey. One of his strengths is live-coding audio and visual effects.We collaborated on this, with me sending audio and a seed-visual to him via Twitch, and he took the audio and created amazing visuals to go along with it.Watch the performance here.Email me here: tincansynthjam@gmail.comI'm Ozerik over on Youtube and InstructablesFollow me on Instagram 01:22:54 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-73093c3a5e874518a4de6ea1517b444f Fri, 22 May 2020 04:36:07 +0000 266542376 no TCSJ 007 Sub Sub I built a suboctavizer that I play with a lot in this jam.

What the circuit does is count the incoming wave peaks, and output a square wave signal that's half, a fourth or an eighth of the original frequency.

]]> I built a suboctavizer that I play with a lot in this jam.

What the circuit does is count the incoming wave peaks, and output a square wave signal that's half, a fourth or an eighth of the original frequency.

]]> I built a suboctavizer that I play with a lot in this jam.What the circuit does is count the incoming wave peaks, and output a square wave signal that's half, a fourth or an eighth of the original frequency. 00:58:50 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-8a643907d10e464782fc1235f8f94434 Fri, 22 May 2020 04:20:37 +0000 266510347 no TCSJ 006 Everything is Broken This one heavily features my new diode ladder filter. Roland's famous TB-303 synthesizer gets a great deal of its iconic sound from a diode ladder filter that I thought of a lot while I was building this diode ladder. 303 filters are NOISY, though, and this one is very very quiet.

The resonance is high, and ends up being fatiguing.

Also, my sound recorder had bad connections somewhere, that's why the sound keeps being bad.

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Find me on Youtube or Instructables! ozerik

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]]> This one heavily features my new diode ladder filter. Roland's famous TB-303 synthesizer gets a great deal of its iconic sound from a diode ladder filter that I thought of a lot while I was building this diode ladder. 303 filters are NOISY, though, and this one is very very quiet.

The resonance is high, and ends up being fatiguing.

Also, my sound recorder had bad connections somewhere, that's why the sound keeps being bad.

Email me! tincansynthjam@gmail.com

Find me on Youtube or Instructables! ozerik

Follow me on Instagram! @juanitohm

]]> This one heavily features my new diode ladder filter. Roland's famous TB-303 synthesizer gets a great deal of its iconic sound from a diode ladder filter that I thought of a lot while I was building this diode ladder. 303 filters are NOISY, though, and this one is very very quiet.The resonance is high, and ends up being fatiguing.Also, my sound recorder had bad connections somewhere, that's why the sound keeps being bad.Email me! tincansynthjam@gmail.comFind me on Youtube or Instructables! ozerikFollow me on Instagram! @juanitohm 00:50:50 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-37795cdc75554a36ba858c38f7d6bd58 Fri, 22 May 2020 04:07:28 +0000 266488523 no Tin Can Synth Jam 005 This one starts out at 97.1 beats per minute. Same as my temperature. The pandemic has us all taking our temperatures much more often than normal.

This journey starts out hypnotic. Gets faster. Gets a bit noisy, and I feel like ends pretty weak.

]]> This one starts out at 97.1 beats per minute. Same as my temperature. The pandemic has us all taking our temperatures much more often than normal.

This journey starts out hypnotic. Gets faster. Gets a bit noisy, and I feel like ends pretty weak.

]]> This one starts out at 97.1 beats per minute. Same as my temperature. The pandemic has us all taking our temperatures much more often than normal.This journey starts out hypnotic. Gets faster. Gets a bit noisy, and I feel like ends pretty weak. 01:01:44 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-71338b0a06514d7180b5161f467c0a9c Fri, 22 May 2020 02:37:44 +0000 266346123 no Tin Can Synth Jam 004 This one's rough. I have lots of fun with my MI Braids module, set to VOWL. Getting vowel sounds out of a modular synthesizer is a challenge. You need a waveform with plenty of harmonics -- a sawtooth, for instance. Then you need several bandpass and low-pass and high-pass filters, with their resonances and cutoffs cleverly adjusted just right to get vowel sounds.

And the human brain can just create those resonant filters with our larynxes and faces with hardly even the slightest thought. Mind boggling.

The MI Braids can do all that too in one module.

]]> This one's rough. I have lots of fun with my MI Braids module, set to VOWL. Getting vowel sounds out of a modular synthesizer is a challenge. You need a waveform with plenty of harmonics -- a sawtooth, for instance. Then you need several bandpass and low-pass and high-pass filters, with their resonances and cutoffs cleverly adjusted just right to get vowel sounds.

And the human brain can just create those resonant filters with our larynxes and faces with hardly even the slightest thought. Mind boggling.

The MI Braids can do all that too in one module.

]]> This one's rough. I have lots of fun with my MI Braids module, set to VOWL. Getting vowel sounds out of a modular synthesizer is a challenge. You need a waveform with plenty of harmonics -- a sawtooth, for instance. Then you need several bandpass and low-pass and high-pass filters, with their resonances and cutoffs cleverly adjusted just right to get vowel sounds.And the human brain can just create those resonant filters with our larynxes and faces with hardly even the slightest thought. Mind boggling.The MI Braids can do all that too in one module. 01:01:01 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-df6a95c5ffb14850ab5a24bf5aa487bd Thu, 21 May 2020 09:50:31 +0000 265891692 no Tin Can Synth Jam 003 Mmmmm, lots of ambient vibes from this one. Randomly generated sequences! Very wobbly sounds from a cheap "100 Kinds of DSP Reverberation" circuit with the clock crystal replaced with a voltage-controllable clock, and plenty of lush, lush reverb.

]]> Mmmmm, lots of ambient vibes from this one. Randomly generated sequences! Very wobbly sounds from a cheap "100 Kinds of DSP Reverberation" circuit with the clock crystal replaced with a voltage-controllable clock, and plenty of lush, lush reverb.

]]> Mmmmm, lots of ambient vibes from this one. Randomly generated sequences! Very wobbly sounds from a cheap "100 Kinds of DSP Reverberation" circuit with the clock crystal replaced with a voltage-controllable clock, and plenty of lush, lush reverb. 01:03:39 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-772464060b6e40a8b61ad7c76a9d36da Thu, 21 May 2020 09:28:43 +0000 265887946 no Tin Can Synth Jam 002 This jam starts out with the sound of an Atari Punk Console. The iconic circuit was designed by Forrest Mims, who named it the Stepped Tone Generator and who was... a Young Earth Creationist (sigh).

You'll hear my 909 hat, both my 808 kids, and most musically, my extremely DIY Mutable Instruments Braids module.

]]> This jam starts out with the sound of an Atari Punk Console. The iconic circuit was designed by Forrest Mims, who named it the Stepped Tone Generator and who was... a Young Earth Creationist (sigh).

You'll hear my 909 hat, both my 808 kids, and most musically, my extremely DIY Mutable Instruments Braids module.

]]> This jam starts out with the sound of an Atari Punk Console. The iconic circuit was designed by Forrest Mims, who named it the Stepped Tone Generator and who was... a Young Earth Creationist (sigh).You'll hear my 909 hat, both my 808 kids, and most musically, my extremely DIY Mutable Instruments Braids module. 00:32:50 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-1e2bd26d42944a39b86c10ba4b2ceaaf Thu, 21 May 2020 09:20:04 +0000 265886673 no Introducing Tin Can Synth Jam For the past three years I've been building a synthesizer out of electronic bits, usually without any circuit board of any kind, just soldering the parts to each other, and enclosing the circuits into tin cans. I wrap the cans in strips of brown paper from shopping bags, using wood glue, and stick the cans together in a frame made of wood from old pallets.

It may be the world's most sophisticated and cheaply made synthesizer. There's no way to know for sure.

Each week I plug it in and wrangle it to try to get interesting sounds out of it. Join me on my journey!

]]> For the past three years I've been building a synthesizer out of electronic bits, usually without any circuit board of any kind, just soldering the parts to each other, and enclosing the circuits into tin cans. I wrap the cans in strips of brown paper from shopping bags, using wood glue, and stick the cans together in a frame made of wood from old pallets.

It may be the world's most sophisticated and cheaply made synthesizer. There's no way to know for sure.

Each week I plug it in and wrangle it to try to get interesting sounds out of it. Join me on my journey!

]]> For the past three years I've been building a synthesizer out of electronic bits, usually without any circuit board of any kind, just soldering the parts to each other, and enclosing the circuits into tin cans. I wrap the cans in strips of brown paper from shopping bags, using wood glue, and stick the cans together in a frame made of wood from old pallets.It may be the world's most sophisticated and cheaply made synthesizer. There's no way to know for sure. Each week I plug it in and wrangle it to try to get interesting sounds out of it. Join me on my journey! 00:21:11 album-e4cf54d01a9c4cbba5abe0e753085ea0-c7e6482175a44d478a9488116c73776a Thu, 21 May 2020 09:12:06 +0000 265884880 no