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Studio Snapshot: Editing Guitars

Our new album is shaping up to be dark, raw and PUNK AS HELL. Guitars and synths battle it out whilst heavy metal drums, modular bleeps and industrial percussion go head to head in all-out WAR…it’s shaping up to be a killer!
A major feature in this album is the way BIG GUITARS and BIG SYNTHS co-exist…there’s only so much “sonic room” a sound can occupy, and when two massive “frequency hogging” sounds are playing the same riff, things can get complicated…

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Studio Snapshot : SCI Prophet 5

Brand: Sequential Circuits International
Model: Prophet 5
Link: http://www.vintagesynth.com/sci/p5.php

BLURB:
This synth is hailed as a classic. It is a stunning machine. It can make gentle pads, hollow whispering leads, thumping basses and screeching horrific noises. It’s sound is absolutely glorious! We have owned ours for about 8 years, in this time it’s dropped it’s memory several times, broken down, almost set itself on fire and breathed AWESOMENESS into every track it’s touched. The Prophet 5 is a very temperamental Diva, but when she works, Gods and Demons run for cover…!

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Studio Snapshot : Doepfer A-189-1 Bit F*cker

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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Studio Snapshot : Doepfer A-129 – Vocoder’o’ROCK!

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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MASSIVE GUITARS

…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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HARDCORE PONG: ANGELSPIT’S DOEPFER MAQ16/3 ANALOGUE SEQUENCER

Doepfer MAQ16-3ANGELSPIT’S DOEPFER MAQ16/3 ANALOGUE SEQUENCER $1,100

Zoog’s Doepfer MAQ16/3 Sequencer. Used on Hardcore Pong and EVERY Angelspit album from Krankhaus onward. Also comes with Merch Pack + Signed Hardcore Pong Poster Hardcore Pong Tshirt + Digital Download.

“Absolutely love this sequencer. This is the grey version with MIDI and CV/GATE. I use this for bleeps and complex pads – you can do so much with it. ”

– Zoog.

* This item will only ship to the USA *

Read more about it here

Check out the Hardcore Pong Kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thegothsicles/hardcore-pong

 

HARDCORE PONG: ANGELSPIT JOYSTICK CONTROLLER

ANGELSPIT JOYSTICK CONTROLLER $550

The one and only – Angelspit’s “Games” controller, designed and built by Zoog. Used on Hardcore Pong, Angelspit’s The Product, Hello My Name Is and Carbon Beauty. Also comes with Merch Pack + Signed Hardcore Pong Poster Hardcore Pong Tshirt + Digital Download.

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Studio Snapshot : Doepfer A-118 and A-148

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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Studio Snapshot : Dark Energy

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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Studio Snapshot: STILL Building Analogue Controllers…!

OK, we’re now got most parts needed to build these things. The main controller face will be 9 units high and have seventy patch points on it, over a dozen knobs, 1 joystick, several sliders, switchers, multiples, randomiser, wave fuckers, a coffee grinder…and other STUFF.

The remote controller will have several sliders, one JoyStick, randomiser, random slide modulator thing…and MORE STUFF!

The objective is to build controllers that interface with synths in a way that is different to conventional keyboard controllers.

More updates coming…