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gong! round two to hold the meeting of the freaks - it’s the second 19 inch regulars’ table.

we’re going to meet on 11/29 for the 19-zoll stammtisch (19-inch regulars’ table). musicfiddlers, tinkerers or analog/digital candidates of any kind are invited to share know how about DIY, modding or circuit bending, or just to chit-chat with likeminded fellows.
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EDIT: this invitation to our very first meeting is a kind of “about us” or FAQ.

let’s talk about gear, baby! the stammtisch FAQ:

who isn’t familiar with: two musicians meet at some party and in no time at all they start chatting tech-talk; all others are starting to yawn… now we start something to counteract by calling together you tech geeks at the “19-zoll stammtisch” (the 19 inch regulars’ table).

we’re going to talk about:

• modifications
  how to modify my favorite gear?
• cloning
  how to DIY my favourite gear?
• repair
  how to cure my sick gear?
• selfmade
  how to homebrew gear that noone has seen before?
• circuit bending
  how to transform your preset box into an aphextwin soundtrack?
• know how
  where to get parts and how to install them?

bring your own toy!

live jam round the clock… to not end up too theoretically, we encourage everyone to bring something you built or modded, or maybe you wanna mod and ask others about their opinion.

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thinking about the first cd masterings we did back in the days i mostly remember the phrase the opening track has to be loud. admittetly when playing back a brand new cd the speaker should be pumping or you’ll gonna be disappointed. however good dynamic response is a must, for this has been one of the killer features when compact discs were introduced. nowadays peak meters barely move anymore and music suffers from flat overcompressed programme material:
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fun with breadboards:

electronic circuits tend to be really simple when it comes to basic applications. like the simple LFO found at machines.hyperreal.org/categories/DIY/schematics/LFO.circuit.txt. a repetetive modulation is just one of the most desired effects, and one never got enough sources to create tremolos, vibratos or slow rising sweeps. unlike modern ‘closed’ synthesizers where the modulation matrix is limited by whatever is built in, the analog/modular domain offers plenty of modulation inputs (aka CV). time to build one, two, many LFOs ;)
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why should music producers always release on vinyl, cd or mp3 only? i get you the raumagent alpha sound for your home studio: here comes REALLY SIMPLE DCF, my new music application for commodore 64:

sounds like: »this.

about the program »info [myspace/raumagentalpha] und download.
even more »about the code [robotsinmotion.com]