The Drone Machine is basic 4 oscillator noise machine with a ton of options for variation. It’s controlled by a joystick that can be simply used to trigger each of the oscillators, but combined with the other options and effects make this think a blast to play. It has a huge variety of sound, some intentional and, even better, some that I wasn’t expecting to create).
The Drone Machine
I’m in process of recording some sound samples and putting together a demo video. Should be up in a week or so (I’m on vacation).
Finished the Stepped Tone Generator (aka, the Atari Punk Console) over the weekend. It’s is built from a Getlofi.com atari punk console board combined with dual 555 timer circuits that send CV to the APC. Housed in a custom case.
In the process of clear coating the control panel for the transactivation today, that aresol spray can got too close to the space heater and the whole thing exploded. I managed to throw the cardboard box out into the snow but in the process the wet control panel took a hard spill on the garage floor and was scarred beyond repair. I lost a few hours of work and my eyelashes and eyebrows but it could have been much worse. Lesson learned…. need to go buy replacemet supplies. This project is on hold for a while.
