Electric Druids MIDI2CLK

This is my version of Electric Druids MIDI-to-analog-gate-pulse project (http://electricdruid.net/midi-clock-to-analog-gate-pulses/). I programmed the PIC16F688 chip and build this prototype board. It works great. From one MIDI-clock you get two separate analog clocks with adjustable division rate. I noticed that when you change the clock division this chip loses where is the first beat. To correct this you must stop and start the MIDI-clock. This is not a problem for me because I use this module just to convert the MIDI-clock to analog-clock with no division rate at all. I can easily create those different divisions with my Abstract Data ADE-32 Octocontroller (http://www.abstractdata.biz/products/eurorack/3x/ade32/) which is little bit smarter and handles these division changes seamlessly.

Karelian Skies 2016 Full Concert

Here is the full concert video from this years Karelian Skies!

Alessandro Cortini in Amsterdam

Happily I noticed during my holiday visit to Amsterdam that at the same time Dekmantel Festival 2016 (http://www.dekmantelfestival.com/) was going on in Amsterdam. I picked up from the program Alessandro Cortini performance in BIMHUIS. He had this minimal setup with iPAD working as a sound source and a selection of guitar effects that he used extensively to processing the sound. He created these beautiful soundscapes and little melodies/harmonies with delays, pitch-shifting, reverb and distortion. Distortion can be very beautiful when used deliberately.