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BTFLD release!
Posted by Eric Schlappi on
Hello, The BTFLD is now available to purchase! It will be shipping from us early next week and should also be available from our retailers ASAP. BTFLD (Bit Fold) is a distortion, wavefolder, and four bit asynchronous analog to digital converter. The folding output at audio rate provides a hard sync like timbre in a unique sawtooth wavefolder circuit. The stepped output is a type of bit crushed effect and the square wave outputs provide different frequency multiplications or distortions. Rhythms can also be generated by putting envelopes or LFOs into the input and using the bit outputs as gates....
Three Body Chords video from Stazma, Machina Bristronica Sonic State video
Posted by Eric Schlappi on
I am recovering from a standard post-trade show flu so this update is a little late... However last weekend I went to Machina Bristronica in Bristol and had an absolutely wonderful time. On Friday and Saturday I got to talk to tons of synthesizer friends then see Surgeon play, and on Sunday I gave a talk on distortion then was able to catch Legowelt. I gave an interview with Sonic State going over our line and revealing BTFLD, which we will publicly release maybe next week, retailer emails are getting sent out this weekend and we will give them a...
Divkid interview from last years Machina Bristronica, 2024 edition coming soon
Posted by Eric Schlappi on
In the run up to Machina Bristronica in a couple weeks I was a bit surprised to see the interview that Divkid and I did at the event last year finally get posted up. It's worth checking out for a nice bit of philosophy chat, some jamming, and some demoing of the Three Body and Nibbler. For this year I will give a talk titled "Warped Perspectives: Exploring Types of Distortion, Applications and Techniques” and will be getting a bit into different types of processes we refer to as distortion and different ways to think about as well as use...
Quitnyst album and new Stazma Schlappy Patching 101 video
Posted by Eric Schlappi on
I'd like to share the album of the band I was playing in when I was living in Grenoble, France since we just finally released it. The band is called Quitnyst and the album is called Eff Ess Over Two. We performed four or five shows over the course of a year and a half or so. The lineup was a three piece with me (Eric) on modular lead/noise (just two pods with a Three Body and several Boundary), Thom with an Arturia Minifreak playing bass/chords, and Karotz on drums. The description "Quitnyst is a kraut-aliased trio, which aims at...
Garage sale, new office, interviews with Eden Gray and Electromaker, Teardown talk
Posted by Eric Schlappi on
Hello, I hope you are all having a great summer! A bit of a catch up post. First, we added a "Garage Sale" section to the website (in the Eurorack section) which is a bunch of modules all meeting our current standards and warranties but possibly with old front panels, b-stock panels, repair or rework on the back, mostly being sold for a little over wholesale. Check it out if you are looking for a deal! We will continue to add to it over time. The reason we are doing that is that we moved! We are back in Portland...