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Atomic Oscillators

The Buddha Box with Magic Listening Wand is based on one of those Buddha Machine loop generators from FM3. I added a circuit bend to the pitch/speed to make the presets more unique. The Wand is from an very old hearing aid device.

Custom 500

The Custom 500 is about as complicated as I want to do. Features a looping delay, dual stage distortion, vocoder, oscillator and roto-phone-vibe. This was a commission for Stephan in California (thanks for the tour!).

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The Super has the same circuit as the Buddha Box. I like the LED antenna thingy.

The Super also has a Magic Listening Wand.

The MarcoTron Generator is a commission for Marco in Italy. Features a beefy oscillator driver with a Roto-Phone-Vibe, 3 Voice Internal Synth Filter and a Tremolo unit. I like the low rumbly bass tone this thing can generate!

Dual Oscillatron

The Dual Oscillatron is another paired-up subAtomic Oscillator synth. Cool beehive red lamps on the side that light up when corresponding circuit is engaged. Nice chrome handles and lots of galvanic controls for warping the pitch of the multiple voices.

The Zenith!

The Zenith is kind of a modular unit. Features a flanger, a phase shifter and a noise generator. Owned by Rob in Ohio.

Atomic Oscillator

This is a "classic" design Atomic Oscillator that was commissioned by circuit-bending genius, Logan Erickson. I've built others like this, but this one is shiny and cool!

Dual Oscillator Console

The Dual Oscillator Console is two subAtomic Oscillator circuits, each with a frequency pot and a probe jack for galvanic control to warp the pitch of the eight different voices. The left circuit has additional galvanic control; the right circuit has a Roto-Phone Vibe to give a chopped-up vibrato effect. In California with the HL-1958 Synth.

Concord

The Concord (named after the suitcase type tape deck I used) is a dual Atomic Oscillator. One circuit has a sonic probe and the Roto-Phone-Vibe for manual vibrato and the other circuit has a nice galvanic control knob for warping the pitch way down. Built entirely of vintage analog parts. Part of the If Thousands arsenal.

The Sonic Generator combines one of my Atomic Oscillator circuits with a white noise pulse circuit. Both are frequency alterable with a turn of the dial or with external galvanic probes. Aaron Molina gave me the original case for this project- some kind of test equipment that was destined for the dust bin.

The Special is the Cadillac (actually, it gets its name from the "no-radio-faceplate option" from a '62 Buick) of my Atomic Oscillator projects. This particular unit has its own RotoPhoneVibe built-in. Controls for Gain, Modulation and Frequency as well as a variety of voices/wave shapes/ noise. Owned by my friend James in Arizona.

The Sound Machine

The Sound Machine is a commission for Eric Bertrand of the Chicago-based group Frankenstein's Radio Controls. A subAtomic Oscillator circuit and a glitchy little found-circuit mounted inside of an antique reel to reel tape machine enclosure (which was Eric's ingenius idea). Has a new version of the "magic eye" lamp, a cool analog guage and built-in speakers. Each side of the circuit can be independantly triggered.

Roto SubAtomic Oscillator

The Roto SubAtomic Oscillator has two oscillator circuits with a galvanic warp control and a rotary phone dial for doing the cool wobbly thing. Similar internal construction as the Concord but with a pitch knob instead of a probe jack.

Sonic Probe

This is the Sonic Probe- so called because of a banana jack on the side that allows you to plug in a cable to use as the "galvanic control." This makes some incredibly complex textures when you run it through some outboard fx. Living in New York.

PolyVox

The PolyVox mini synth unit has 20 different voices accessed in five banks of 4 voices per bank. Cool blue lamps on the sides and the trademark chrome handles, of course! This one is in New Jersey.

Oscillatron

The Oscillatron is the basic subAtomic Oscillator circuit with pitch warp knob and sonic probe jack (just plug in a banana cable). Way retro mushroom-shaped voltage meter and funky old knobs and switches mounted in an antique volt-ohm meter box. In the hands of Benjamin out in California.

Carrier Wave Modulator

The Carrier Wave Modulator is based on one of those cheap vocoder toys. A microphone is fairly unintelligible, but a perfect effect for one of my oscillator devices!

What was this thing again?

The Original

The Original Atomic Oscillator. The circuit comes from a long discontinued toy called the Sound Gizmo. If you've got one, I'll rebuild it into one of these beauties for you!

White Noise Pulse Generator

The White Noise Pulse Generator is an analog whoosh machine. Controls for gain, tone, duration and interval. Good for setting a room EQ or taking naps!

subAtomic Oscillator # 6

subAtomic Oscillator (#006) went to Hong Kong. I like the 1950s Ford teal paint job.

the Yellow Sub

This is one of the first subAtomic Oscillator units that Logan inspired me to do with a circuit he procured. Lots of cool raygun sounds are great for sampling and drone noise making. This one (with the retro remote speaker) went to West Hollywood.

The X-Ray Time Machine is my studio mixer. Gets its name from the x-ray voltage meter on the front and other parts from a time card machine. I recently rebuilt this into a slightly smaller enclosure so I can take it on the road..