Tag: BJC

BC – The Cobbler / Horn Joy

The latest TONEBURST release is available.

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/

Private press, edition of 30. 7″ vinyl with die cut sleeve, insert, postcard & 3 vinyl stickers. Includes a unique collage by Barry Cullen (brown papers, various coloured cardstock and hand marbled paper).

(Sleeve – Gmund Matt 23 – 300gsm / Insert – Gmund Bier Lager – 300gsm / Collage – Khadi Handmade Cotton Rag – 320gsm)

<kat no.45> Mastered by Claude Aldous at Aldous Estate Mastering. Lathe Cut by Lathe to the Grave. 45 rpm – 45 years The Cobbler (45 v2_2-100) From the Cobbler Archives 2022 Horn Joy (3) From the Harsh Missed EP 2005 (Unpublished) Happy Birthday & Thank you all so much x

released November 18, 1977

Toneburst @ New Music Dublin

Happy to share that toneburst have been asked to participate in NARLI AGM as part of the New Music Dublin Festival 2022.

There will be a record fair beginning at 10am. The NARLI AGM/performance will commence at 4pm.

NARLI Record Fair

Date: Sunday 1st May 2022

Time: From 10am

Venue: Foyer, National Concert Hall

Tickets €FREE – Just swing by! 

​An all-day record fair with a wide range of merchandise from participating NARLI labels:

​Diatribe Records
Ergodos
Farpoint Recordings
Forwind
Heresy Records
Improvised Music Company
Raelach Records
Sofia Records
Toneburst

NARLI AGM 2022

Date: Sunday 1st May 2022

Time: 4.00pm 

Venue: John Field Room, National Concert Hall

Tickets €FREE – Just pop in! 

The National Association of Record Labels of Ireland (NARLI) is a nationwide umbrella organisation of independent labels, including Diatribe, Ergodos, Farpoint, Heresy, Raelach, Sofia Records and Tone Burst, with associate members IMC, Crash and Islander.
 
Every year since 2016 NARLI have convened for an AGM (Annual General Music) which is released as the ‘Minutes’ of the meeting. 
 
The NARLI AGM 2022 in the NMD @ NCH will also feature an all-day record fair with representation from all partner labels.

BJC – UM Versions FESTIVUS

The latest TONEBURST release is available.

There are a limited number of built instruments and PCBs for DIY.

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/


The UM66 chip was designed to play popular monophonic
melodies: The chip used in this circuit plays several melodies.
The UM66 is used two times. They are not synchronised.
This DIY EMI has potentiometers to control voltage starve & volume as well as a switch to change the ‘bent’ character of the sound. It is possible to use headers sockets for the ICs to allow them to be swapped, enabling user control over the output.

This version was designed with a Winter celebration in mind, hence the name FESTIVUS as celebrated in regions of Europe and beyond. Nollaig na mBan! (little/women’s christmas Ireland) Trettondedag (13th day Sweden) día de los Reyes Magos (3 kings day Spain), also; Epiphany.

‘It’s the night the taxi drivers quiver in their boots’ Pauline – Cork

(Battery not included.)
These DIY EMIs require a 3v CR2032 battery for power.
The output is a mono mini jack (3.5mm).

BJC – UM Versions

The latest TONEBURST release is now available.

N.B.: Toneburst back catalogue has reduced prices for bandcamp friday (24 hours).

Each item is assembled by hand.
The mark of the maker can be found on the surface of the items, showing the efforts to manipulate materials and minimising waste.
For us, an imperfect artefact for sale is preferable to a usable flaw in the dump.

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/

<kat no. 14>

This release consists of audio recordings made using circuits based on ICs (integrated circuits or ‘chips’) from the UM series. These DIY EMIs (electronic musical instruments) come from physical remixes, and are bent by design (thanks to Rob Hordijk). The demonstration schematics found in the official datasheets were built, bent, remixed, extended, multiplied and fabricated to facilitate play with a few parameters.

This release shows music composed on computer and expressed as hardware instead of recording. The circuit composition can be viewed as a form of score. The musical instrument voice is technological. The parameters available are limited. Complex frequency output can be made with both UM66 & UM3561 in spite of their obsolescence.

The UM3561 chip was designed to produce sound effects:
The chip used in this circuit produces an emergency siren type sound.
The UM3561 is used four times. They not synchronised.
This DIY EMI has potentiometers to control voltage starve & volume as well as an on/off switch and two touch-pads per IC so that skin contacting the PCB changes resistance and timing/frequency.

The UM66 chip was designed to play popular monophonic melodies:
The chip used in this circuit plays Für Elise.
The UM66 is used two times. They not synchronised.
This DIY EMI has potentiometers to control voltage starve & volume as well as a switch to change the ‘bent’ character of the sound.

These DIY EMIs require a 3v CR2032 battery for power. The output is a mono mini jack (3.5mm).
Play with rhythm, melody & noise.

Battery not included.

MAKE FILES:
UM66
github.com/bjc01/UM66
hackaday.io/project/175695-um66
UM3561
github.com/bjc01/UM3561
hackaday.io/project/175699-um3561

credits

releases February 5, 2021

license

all rights reserved

BJC – Boxes & Blocks

The latest TONEBURST release is now available.

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/

<kat no.8>

Companion Boxes and Companion Blocks are circuit bent DIY electronic musical instruments. They are the product of practicing hardware remixing. In this exercise; circuits designed to process signals have been transformed into signal generators.

The sounds they make depend on the circuit that is used. The devices made and used on this recording are based on multi-effects processors by the Zoom company.

Companion Boxes are enclosed in VHS cassette tape boxes. Each uses feedback as their core method of sound generation. Some have extra points of interest made available to increase the tonal variety available to the performer.

Companion Blocks are enclosed in hollowed out wood (salvaged 2×6 timber offcuts) with a plastic control surface. Blocks also use feedback to create sound. All blocks have points of interest added to the surface for creating more tones. Blocks also contain an amplifier and speaker and can be powered by 9v battery, making them portable.

Each of the studies presented here demonstrate the range of tones and textures that can be created by the instruments. All sounds are created by the Boxes & Blocks. Effects were avoided*. The only studio manipulation of the direct-to-disk audio recordings was to adjust volumes and movement in the stereo field.

The aim is to encourage others to create their own hardware remixes, circuit bent instruments and feedback systems. A guide has been produced to assist other makers.

Toneburst wishes to publish sound creations made by other makers.

*Traces of copycat echo appear on track A1 – Industrial Chemistry Newton

released July 31, 2020