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Brand: Doepfer
Model: A-189-1
Link: http://www.doepfer.de/a1891.htm

It’s shiny! It’s new! It fucks up yer shit REAL good!
Doepfer finally make a bit-crusher and it’s AWESOME! it does a bunch of other stuff as well…no idea exactly WHAT it does, but it does them with that clinical precision we’ve come to expect from Doepfer.

You can control 2 functions via CV, and when it comes to BitCrushing…that equated to some lovely alien DOOOM!
When we first got this thing we put a random CV through it as you would a Sample’n’Hold to randomly open a Filter…but we were randomly controlling Bit Crushing – I’ve never heard anything like it – fantastic!

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March 11, 2015 Zoog General News, Studio Diary No comments

Doepfer A-129 : Vocoder’o’ROCK!

Brand: Doepfer
Model: A-129
Link: http://www.doepfer.de/a129e.htm

BLURB: Vocoder = Awesome blah blah Cylons, Earth Wind and Fire blah blah blah afro stevie wonder hot juicy sex with a Synthi blah blah blah…

F*ckin’ awesome. everyone needs 2! We also have a WARP FACTORY which is great, but the Doepfer is seriously AWESOME!! It paints your voice in a thick layer of luscious “vocoder honey”. We only have the very basic set up. We would buy the complete set up, but we keep spending all our money on huge elaborate photoshoots…and whores and drugs and fast cars…

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March 3, 2015 Zoog General News, Studio Diary No comments

…you need:

1 Demon Childe Guitarist
1 Demon Guitar, Pedal and Rig
Lashings of ROCK
Killer Riffs (to taste)
2 * condenser mics
2 * SM57s

Place guitar rig in the middle of the room. Position so the back of the amp is 3 feet from the back wall with the speakers facing the room.

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February 25, 2015 Zoog General News, Studio Diary No comments

Brand: Doepfer

Model: A-118 and A-148
Link: http://www.doepfer.de/a118.htm and http://www.doepfer.de/a148.htm

BLURB:
A-118 Random Noise.
You can have this making the basic sound source for 2 different drums sounds PLUS supplying the random voltage for a Sample&Hold.
One of the Noise O/Ps can be “tuned” – you can shape the hi/low colour – which is really helpful.

A-148 Duel Sample & Hold.
This has so many cool applications. If you think with an open mind you can really use it to make some inventive sounds.

Obviously they both work together to make a S&H – Sample and Hold…the thing that makes the resonant gurgle sound.
We often add a small random element to all our sounds – it makes them come alive.

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February 18, 2015 Zoog General News, Studio Diary No comments

Brand: Doepfer

Model: Dark Energy
Link: http://www.doepfer.de/Dark_Energy_e.htm

BLURB: This is an “all-in-one-semi-modular” synth similar to a Korg MS-10. It’s internally patched and allows you to do some basic patching. IT IS AWESOME!

This is a single oscillator PURE ANALOGUE synth with 1 EG, 2 LFOs, 1 VCF and heaps of knobs and switches. It also has a very impressive MIDI (and USB!) spec, plus an audio input.

There’s also CV inputs on the front for VCO pitch, Pulse Width, VCF, VCA, Gate.

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February 11, 2015 Zoog Free Stuff, Studio Diary No comments

Agent13 IS AWESOME!

He’s helped me design and build this little puppy. It’s a controller and live Analogue switcher for the Doepfer Modular Synth.

Yes, it works. Yes, it ROCKS! It will be the main instrument for the USA tour.

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January 28, 2015 Zoog General News, Studio Diary No comments

ANGELSPIT’s gift to DIY Horror Flicks and Noise artists : BitCrush Drone

BIT CRUSHED DRONE OF DOOOOM!

INFO:
Lots of random shit…or “PopSong to Convertor in 60seconds”. Random stuff going through Frostwave’s Sonic Alienator and Doepfer’s A-189-1

Please use this creatively! Please credit Angelspit, and PLEASE let us know when you upload your completed work – we’d love to link to it!

FORMAT : 24bit, 44kHz, 320 MP3, 5.3Mg

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

January 12, 2015 Zoog Free Stuff, General News, Studio Diary No comments

Brand: Roland
Model: Jupiter-8
Link: http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/jup8.shtml

BLURB:
I bought this from a guy in Sydney around 2000. He also had an OB-Xa…but he refused to sell it. He used these two delicious machines in a cover band…yup, A COVER BAND. This FOOL put gaffer tape on this beautiful machine. He left it on there for several years. The gaffer tape is now baked on. One day i will find him. He will die a HORRIBLE DEATH.

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January 11, 2015 Zoog General News, Studio Diary No comments

Brand: Doepfer
Model: A-136 Distortion/Wave Multiplier
Link: http://www.doepfer.de/A136.htm

BLURB:
Similar to the A-137 Wave Shaper…but totally different. Personally I actually think the A-137 is a better distortion unit, but the A-136 is the master of Wave Shaping.

PROS:
The CV inputs can be used to get some very interesting “Morphing” happening. The sound can be radically changed with a twist of a knob.

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January 11, 2015 Zoog General News, Studio Diary No comments

Cleanliness is next to Godliness, but the Devil’s gift is distortion…and Satan uses a Modular Synth!

Tired of your synth sounds? sick of softsynths? In the mood for a change?
To go modular or not to go modular…that is the question.

Firstly, it is extremely important that you understand the signal flow and basic building blocks of synthesis.
Secondly, ask yourself why you want to get into modulars. If you enjoy the art of tinkering with sound and creating complex sounds then you’re going to get hooked on modulars. But if you only use presets and slightly tweek the sounds I would suggest you experiment with a softsynth modular before forking out thousands on a modular that you might not utilise.

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December 11, 2014 Zoog General News, Interviews, Studio Diary No comments