I had upgraded my X-Arcade controllers to be USB-B instead of the serial port it originally came with. Check out the instructables here! Read more →
Category: DIY
Repairing a Novation MiniNova
A few years ago I was gifted a Novation MiniNova that was really beat up. Here I break down my repair attempts and failures and then get a somewhat-functional digital synth. Thanks for watching. Read more →
So you want to stream your performance!
Sacramento Audio Waffle and NorCal NoiseFest Video Standards (Added 2023-05-27) Adding a top section here to get to the details of what we want for video submissions for Sacramento Audio Waffle and NorCal Noise Fest. For Sacramento Audio Waffle videos, please have the video length be somewhere between 10-20 minutes in length. For NorCal Noise Fest, please have the video… Read more →
Electronet Challenge – Breakdown of rain sounds
There’s a group on Facebook that I’m involved with that has monthly/bi-monthly/whenever challenges. This was the first time I’ve actually contributed to it. This month’s challenge reads: Okay, dear Electronetae, I offer up the March/April challenge!! Our resident historian and story teller, Mark, recently told me about synth and sound pioneer Don Lewis, who was ‘so influenced by Wendy’s ‘Sonic… Read more →
Pirate Box
This year I had purchased a Raspberry Pi with intent to do some creative things with it. One of these things has been to create a Pirate Box. The pirate box will transmit a local wifi signal, isolated from the actual Internet, which allows people to chat and share files with one another in a local setting. The idea… Read more →
Pro-One – Modified (Finally done)
The pro-one is finally updated! When I received this Pro-One it was in pretty beat up condition. The keyboard was not functional and the case had no screws so nothing was secure and all the wires were pretty messed up. Back in September I had redone the power wires to make it playable for Noise Fest. It was playable at… Read more →
Pro-One Brief Update
Early in 2013 a friend had given me a Pro-One synthesizer. She had moved out of town and the synth had stopped working for her. During my unemployment I was going to service it but kept putting off the project for fear of how much work I thought it needed. I also eventually got a new job and this project… Read more →
NorCal NoiseFest and Synth Repair
NorCal NoiseFest Link For almost 10 years I have been performing and working the NoiseFest which is held in Sacramento, CA. This year will be our 18th year. I’ll be performing as Chopstick, as usual. Previous years I have done various projects and there was a time where I would be playing with maybe 5 acts throughout the whole weekend.… Read more →