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Further explaining the console code issue

Also! Look mum no livestream on here at 19:30 GMT on this Thursday

Video further explaining as I didn't fully do it.

Code as is is over here at the bottom of the page https://www.lookmumnocomputer.com/projects#/joans-church-organ

Organ Stops are coming together!

gunna be a busy one to get this finished for tomoz. but doable. going to program a midi song that utilises the stop presets later today, finish this code and also fix that darn pipe!

then back onto synths and stuff, with some vintage diy synths to look at next like wireless world and the new one, the ZX spectrum, then going to tackle at the beginning of may the rebirth project i have lined up that i have been collecting parts for. its gunna be good! you wait :D

Help On Console Stop Switches And Descriptions

So referring to the previous post the other day Mr hammond has helped fill quite a lot of it in. but good to cross check!

Ill be updating the below as and when comments and input comes in :)

the way i have it set up is :

pedals midi channel 1

great (bottom keyboard) midi channel 2

swell (top keyboard) midi channel 3

principal "normal pipes" are reveiving on midi channel 13

Salicet/licect/strings pipes (like normal ones with an extra hole) midi channel...

A Look At Another DIY magazine Synthesizer

and also having a chat with the maker!

Coming Up 3 Projects For April

The Next DIY 70's Magazine Synthesizer

so! i have been looking at this synth again this past couple of days, you may remember it from about 9 months ago, as its when i picked it up. but it became a tad convoluted story why i didn't get a video together for it. which involved helping a guy in a zimmer frame accross the road which ended up in an hour of trying to get him home and proceeding to forget the wireless world magazines in his zimmer frame pocket! unfortunately i didn't know where he lived to get them back as a passer by re...

live set london on friday first 3 quarters of the show

hes what the x32 live recording and the go pro captured from friday, unfortunately it cut out before the end. thursday i didnt manage to remember to hit record! which was a shame as technically it turned out a couple of songs were better, the kick drum kept cutting out on friday which took a lot of my concentration. but hey! its like riding a wild pony!

this week there should be a livestream on circuit bending a casio sk5. and also working on the organ stops and also videos on the proto...

full interview with the maker steven of the PE synth

it was awesome that steve was up for a chat about his synthesizer. it adds to the video and the story!

first day in saeason at the museum today, it has been a full on day, as usual everything broke and went wrong and had been working from the early hours to make sure all was working as it should again, and was their for the duration today making sure it all went smoothly. it was a great day! however as a result absolutely wiped out, i was going to try and do a builders livestream tonigh...

PE SYNTHESIZER WORKS + SFX SOUNDS TO USE

success today, VCO 2 is now working (it was the big ceramic timer cap in the integrator part of the oscillator core), nearly 50 percent of the potentiometers have been replaced, and as far as im aware the whole thing is working as it should be. its quite a learning experience about the synthesizer and how it was modified throughout the series how it was actually being rolled out, which means some quite interesting things which i will talk about.

its oscillators are not great, and the vo...

a look through the PE synthesizer magazine articles in context

a look through the magazine articles in context with the machine

starting at feb 1973 linked here the archive https://worldradiohistory.com/Practical_Electronics.htm

PE SOUND SYNTHESIZER 2 AND SOUND EFFECTS TO USE

day 2.0 on the PE sound synthesizer. its a funky one https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Practical-Electronics/70s/Practical-Electronics-1973-02.pdf

The Next 70's Magazine DIY synthesizer

a chat about all the new malarkey in april

chatting about the upcoming projects for the vids in april, finishing oran, new kosmo modules for upcoming shows. a new DIY synthesizer from a 70's magazine, maybe some retro computers! this that and the other!

Sega megadrive Direct sounds

cracking through the bits and bobs to get done this week at the museu one of them was finally making the sega megadrive synth ready to be played on as it hadnt been displayed as of yet, the audio file isnt much but theres lots of interesting hits that can be cut up and mangled, this is the isolated direct sounds from the above video and outtakes

Tour of museum getting it ready for open season

So spending a few days in the next couple of weeks getting the museum to the next level ready for frequent open dates from April the 8th onwards. Obviously will be adding to it here and there as time goes on! But it's nice to get it to a new plateau for a new season. Lots of plans already for the next one (more walls coming down for more space haha) but this is what it's looking like at the minute!

MacDrums Direct Recording For Sampling

heres the isolated direct recording of the mac drums program to slice up at your peril! there will be quite a few videos this week on the museum channel as im getting a few loose ends sorted before open season. whilst finishing off the next song which is a bit of a electronic ballad thing made from a few previous melodies from livestreams! then when the loose ends are tied up the console switches will be programmed and bish bosh bash mr moustache. 

HANDBOOK ON HOW TO STAY ALIVE INSTRUMENTAL AND VOX

new song out today! https://linktr.ee/lookmumnocomputer

attached is the instrumental and also a vocal stem :) and the audio download of the live version!

ORGAN Morning Mood Full Less Noise

this is more of a reference for background hiss than anything! as it needs a fair bit of tuning now its been moved all over the shop! that will be in the next vid :). but compare to some of the older recordings from the organ and you will notice, the subtle but important difference in background noise.. there is still a couple of hissing noises which i will remedy, but its a marked improvement.

nearly done with this darn thing! this coming week im hoping to have the console switches don...

Organ update the sound of silence

The plan for the next organ vid

Time to move that blower! Wish me luck.

LOOK MUM NO LIVESTREAM 8pm tonight GMT

seeing if its all working as it should tonight! be here for an hour or so playing stuff and talking about the next parts with the modular that i need to try and squeeze in before the gigs in london next month. 

Base case Build from start to finish

its done, all the wiring is done and what not. now time to try it. left is to add some commentary and chatting then testing it at the end. next step with kosmo is a couple of utility module pcb's first is the midi drum trigger and wav trigger then onto tackling the polyphonic oddness of unipolar distorting synth voices. trying to get it all tackled and done before the april dates its a tall order but worth a crack!. inbetween getting the circuits designed ill be cracking on next week at the n...

Progress On Kosmo's Bass Case

Kosmo Base Case pt1

VIVALDI Autumn on Kosmo modular synthesizer

Here we go! the final season. ofcourse there are another 2 pieces to each season, however i think choosing the best part of each was the most realistic to get done! who knows maybe ill get the other parts done at some point. but for now i need to pull Kosmo apart to make a new base case! 

you'll notice the autumn and spring posts on Patreon don't have the wav and mp3 downloads yet, thats because they still need a bit of a fiddle with. when i get the videos done for them both i'll d...

VIVALDI Spring On The Kosmo Synthesizer

before tearing apart the kosmo before a rebuild of the bottom case for this weekend, i had realised. i should probably finish this project. so here is spring!!!!! its just around the corner

VIVALDI WINTER On The Kosmo Modular Synthesizer

i was planning to take kosmo apart to sort out the new base case before next weekend. but figured since it was setup to play vivaldi summer. may aswell get winter to work well with it, so here is winter. not quite right yet this ones taking a little while but here we go!

Vlog organs/test equipment/logic

Vivaldi - Summer Performed On Kosmo Modular Synthesizer

This past week, i have been finishing the next tune which will be out in a handful of weeks! shooting a video on it, ill let you know and show some of it in a day or so. apart from that, a lot of the projects have been on the back burner a tad, so today i decided to tackle another classical number on kosmo. Its still a bit rough around the edges, ill do a vid in the next few days too, this will go with the rest of the songs! the moonlight sonata, sarabande etc. :)

MUSIC FROM OUTERS SPACE VIDEO First Edit

hello! so this one has been a big old job! as you may have seen previous posts on patreon about it, various different sound snips and videos here and there putting together this sound lab ultimate. well currently putting together the video, you will notice a lot of images and voiceovers are missing! still getting on that. and then one more performance part for the end of the video and bish bosh bash! hopefully have it done tomorrow :D

in the meantime i have been finishing up the next so...