#1150

Perhaps others have seen this? it’s by far the best introduction to the the universe of Ciat-Lonbarde I’ve ever encountered. Peter Blasser’s master’s thesis at Wesleyan, engrossing and beautifully written: http://synthmall.com/portDOCK/wesleyanTHESIS.pdf

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#1151

I breadboarded this to no avail yesterday. Tried misk random transistors including a vintage geranium one :smiley: did you ever have any luck?

#1152

thanks for digging this up! super cool

#1153

No joy here, smoked assorted transistors and gave up :slight_smile:

#1154

Hello everybody! I hope you’re doing all well!
I’ve made 2 video’s on Plumbutter for beginners. The video’s are totally relaxed without any professional ambition to make a “tutorial”, but simply to show some basic things the way a beginner understands them and how the work-flow can be either an inspiring or a frustrating process. I love how people talk in a mystical esoteric way about the Plumbutter but I also think it’s time to make things more clear and help others see the real process of how it is to work with it. Any feedback is welcome!
The 1st video is about the basics and showing how a patch works (or doesn’t): HERE
The 2nd video is taking the same patch and makes it work miracles. HERE

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#1155

if anyone has a free second could they explain what exactly is going on in the anti preamp circuit? ive been sort of obsessed with turning it into a guitar pedal and i had a big success today by putting my guitar signal into the positive side of the hairy cap - but i don’t know how it works - or how it could be augmented/if its possible to augment - by using the original circuit piezo connections. maybe build into a pedal and add the piezo as an expression pedal ala igor from rangier effects?
[the spots where it cuts out are where i was poking around on the circuit - BEWARD OF VOLUME SPIKES! - if theres a particular part that sounds cool i’d love peoples input :slight_smile: most of the recording is positive leg of hairy cap but a few points i was playing into the leg 1 or 2 of the pnp transistor closest to the output node]

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#1156

I found this image in the “pics of sound machine” thread and am super curious what stand is being used here for the Plum n Coco. Does anyone know? Looks perfect to rest a Sid in front of too :grimacing:

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#1157

Zooming in on the photo and reading the text on the norns stand makes me believe this is the Loci stand :slight_smile: https://loci.life/

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#1158

Just ordered a Rollz5 pcb from Modular Addict. :crazy_face:

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#1160

Thanks so much for the reply! I think you’re right :black_heart: now to find a Canadian dealer :thinking:

#1161

Hello everybody I just wanted to share that I’ve made a 3rd video for beginners with the Plumbutter. It starting to make sense and I have the feeling that I’m getting somewhere. Like always, any feedback is more than welcome. Video is HERE
Take care!

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#1162

As the author of this image I can confirm they are indeed Loci stands. And to reply to your previous comment (apologies for delay, my first child was born a few days ago - who even needs sleep, right?), they’re very stable. They’re more stable with extra weight on them, if anything.

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#1163

Aweeee, congrats on the child :heart: Could you by any chance tell me what parts I’d need to buy specifically in order to recreate the stand you use for the CL?

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#1164

Thanks for the well-wishes!

From left-to-right it’s a Dinky stand (with the Norns on it), then two Classic stands, so the rack with the CL kit is actually just a single Classic stand.

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#1165

Hello,

I recently got a cocoquantus and i’m having lot of fun with it (as soon as I’ve understand that red light on means not recording/red lights off means recording :wink: )

I’m still unsure on how you can control the length of the loop and the relationship with the speed knob. Is there some documentation somewhere ?

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#1166

I’m still coming to terms with it myself so can’t really give you a definitive answer to your question (sorry!) - but, if it helps, these two links are about the best I’ve found for documentation:

  1. Hainbach has several C-L related videos on YouTube that are worth spending time on but his Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus - Playing and Patching Techniques video is really good!

  2. And there’s a lengthy thread on MW which is also incredibly useful, even though it’s a lot of reading!

Sorry not to be of more direct help, but hope you’re enjoying your journey into the alternative sonic universe of Ciat-Lonbarde!

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#1167

Think of each coco as a tape loop. You can not change the length of the loop. You can change how fast the tape is playing with the knob and/or a voltage. This changes the pitch of anything already recorded on the tape, and the time it will take to get back around to any point on the loop.

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#1168

Thanks, these are the two main sources I’ve been using as “manual”. I found the Hainbach video really useful as it gives a good starting point to use the Cocoquantus.

#1169

Thanks @GrantB, it’s exactly that. Roughly measured on my cocoquantus, it gives a “loop length” of 52 seconds full CCW, 5 sec at noon, 1 sec at 3pm and half a sec full CW.

If I understand correctly, the recording will be at its original pitch/speed at the speed value use to record it.

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#1170

You start off trying to control it then you learn to work alongside it. Those are my findings.

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