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patch 8 - all parameters GRAINS bytebeatXfade, 2osc​/​d as AM source, ms20filt

from BioT - Touch Plate Demonstration Record by Matt Wand & John Tuffen

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  • BioT “circuit bending” module kit for AE modular format or other breadboard patchwire synths

    limited edition Silver/White BioT module PCBs, kit parts and bonus Hot Air/Wonkystuff badges.

    NOTE:
    1) A soldering iron and solder is needed to assemble this item.
    2) if you do not have an AE system but have a Korg Volca, Bastl Kastle, NS1 or Tiny/Minisizer please tick the standalone option and a seperate hex spacer, nuts and 4 rubber feet will be included at no extra cost. Though for the REALLY interesting noises a Tangible Waves AE system is absolutely recommended, the Volca/Kastle set ups require a LOT MORE licking of the fingers to get results... you have been strongly advised!

    The idea, basically, is to use short circuits creatively. the body (finger) makes a connection between two plates , but the finger will always have resistance and depending on the surface area covered that resistance can change acting like a bio-potentiometer. Long live ExistenZ & the new flesh! “our bodys are machines, our minds are full of screams” as Jane from Big In Japan howled! the added factor of the close proximity of all of the possible connections also makes it an arena to feel your way around randomly or instinctively to making many interesting permutations of connections just by slithering a finger or two around ( hello ipad/iphone users everywhere ) and hence, with a little bit of trial and error, surprising sounds will be found and can be morphed between as different strengths of touch and positions merge signals that wouldn’t obviously be patched and buzzes, crackles and fizzes from the electricity in your digits add to the shorted broken sounds from voltage and waveforms brutally forced to fight each other for the entertainment of Caesar’s thumb.
    obviously this doesn’t have the full scope of laying yr hands on the inside of random circuits ( Major Morgan is my companion in this i have an army of 12 of them with their butch circuitboard chest hair exposed. ) BUT it does have the versatility of being able to pick and choose where you introduce circuit breaks/flesh resistance. Lusting after the new Make Noise Strega? Well why not save half a grand and get one ( or two? ) of these and see what you can come up with in AEland.

    Includes unlimited streaming of BioT - Touch Plate Demonstration Record via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • 2nd Edition BLACK/GOLD BioT “circuit bending” module kit for AE modular format & some other breadboard patchwire synths

    2nd run limited edition BLACK/GOLD BioT module PCBs, kit parts and bonus Hot Air/Wonkystuff badges.

    assembly instructions as PDF are in the Demo Album download that comes with this OR GO HERE:
    wonkystuff.net/biot-build-step-by-step/
    OR direct PDF download:
    wonkystuff.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BioT-Assembly.pdf

    IF YOU WANT/NEED A FULLY ASSEMBLED VERSION CONTACT ME VIA THE BANDCAMP MESSAGING. THERE WILL BE AN EXTRA CHARGE PAYABLE VIA PAYPAL, NOT BECAUSE I HATE SOLDERING, FAR FROM IT, BUT ASSEMBLED VERSIONS ARE TOO BIG TO GO LARGE LETTER RATE SO POSTAGE AND PACKING WILL BE HIGHER ESPECIALLY TO LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE UK. I’LL FIGURE OUT THE COST DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE. IF YOU HAVE A HANDY UNCLE/AUNT WHO SOLDERS NEARBY, MIGHT BE BETTER TO GET THEM TO DO THIS SIMPLE TASK FOR YOU? NO REALLY! IT’S DEAD SIMPLE :)

    NOTE:
    1) A soldering iron and solder is needed to assemble this item.
    2) if you do not have an AE system but have a Korg Volca, Bastl Kastle, NS1 or Tiny/Minisizer please tick the standalone option and a seperate hex spacer, nuts and 4 rubber feet will be included at no extra cost. Though for the REALLY interesting noises a Tangible Waves AE system is absolutely recommended, the Volca/Kastle set ups require a LOT MORE licking of the fingers to get results... you have been strongly advised!

    The idea, basically, is to use short circuits creatively. the body (finger) makes a connection between two plates , but the finger will always have resistance and depending on the surface area covered that resistance can change acting like a bio-potentiometer. Long live ExistenZ & the new flesh! “our bodys are machines, our minds are full of screams” as Jane from Big In Japan howled! the added factor of the close proximity of all of the possible connections also makes it an arena to feel your way around randomly or instinctively to making many interesting permutations of connections just by slithering a finger or two around ( hello ipad/iphone users everywhere ) and hence, with a little bit of trial and error, surprising sounds will be found and can be morphed between as different strengths of touch and positions merge signals that wouldn’t obviously be patched and buzzes, crackles and fizzes from the electricity in your digits add to the shorted broken sounds from voltage and waveforms brutally forced to fight each other for the entertainment of Caesar’s thumb.
    obviously this doesn’t have the full scope of laying yr hands on the inside of random circuits ( Major Morgan is my companion in this i have an army of 12 of them with their butch circuitboard chest hair exposed. ) BUT it does have the versatility of being able to pick and choose where you introduce circuit breaks/flesh resistance. Lusting after the new Make Noise Strega? Well why not save half a grand and get one ( or two? ) of these and see what you can come up with in AEland.

    Includes unlimited streaming of BioT - Touch Plate Demonstration Record via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more

    Sold Out

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from BioT - Touch Plate Demonstration Record, released May 7, 2021

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Small Rocks Eccles, UK

Matt runs the Independent Record Label HOT AIR. He formed the seminal electronic sampling & improvising group Stock, Hausen & Walkman in 1989 and also works under various other pseudonyms, Small Rocks being one.
He has remixed many people ie: Ground Zero, PULP, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Hawkwind, Peter Thomas, Steve Reich, Buffalo Daughter, Lady Miss Kier, Thurston Moore.
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