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Last Update: September 9, 2003 New Circuits by Dmitry
Previous Update: February 21, 2003 New Jambots #57, #59, and #60.
 
   
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Jambots

Jambots are circuits that play music, jamming robots if you like. Most of them are based on repeating sequences of random notes. Changing the seed values results in a different piece of music. One might imagine each circuit as a sort of a radio receiver...
The dozens and dozens of circuits that follow were all developed by Andy over the past few years. Naturally, they reflect his own taste in music. ...You might like to listen and enjoy or perhaps try and tune in to another station.
 
#60 Beelzeverb 132 MHz 63 kB
NEW!
Two mutating drums sequence through an echoed rythm pattern acompanied by a pulse bass. In the background, a stack of tuned resonators swell and ebb into the darker depths.
  
 
#59 Sing Song 112 MHz 82 kB
NEW!
Two overly warped pianos playing simple phrases create an often pleasing sing song melody. Although they do seem to get stuck from time to time. An 1/8 note pump and simple kick snare combo keep the beat.
  
 
#57 Raga Robot 65 MHz 45 kB
NEW!
Resonators driven by band limited noise produce swirling string like drones and plucked leads. Triangle wave bongos mostly follow a fixed sequence to create a digital meditation.
  
 
#55 Rail Back 67 MHz 18 kB
An uptempo piece driven by a metaloid 16th note bass pump. A sense of lyric and response is created by fractionalized modulation indexes. Hi-Q noise filters add a digital panache.
  
 
#54 Triangle Raga Electric 74 MHz 48 kB
All triangle wave sounds. Bongo lines are played by two pairs of triangle waves. Three more sets of triangle waves play swirling themes in a pentatonic scale. A low frequency triangle keeps the beat.
  
 
#53 Slidey Dreams 72 MHz 34 kB
A swaggering beat and wah-wah synth create a dreamy background for simple descending vibraphone lines. Occasionaly a slide guitar plays, unsure of wheather it is forwards or backwards.
  
 
#52 Captain DeQuirk and the BitWeights 60 MHz 76 kB
A best-fit filter creates random sequences that drive a lead synth, abrupt accompanyment and bass. Several waited bit switches, adjusted by sliders, control the arrangement. The result is a somewhat groovey comp dialog between the lead and the choir.
  
 
#51 ... In the West 45 MHz 15 kB
A somewhat arid piece wherein a rich sound source drives a bank of tuned resonators. Slowly sweeping some of the frequencies brings out various harmonics.
  
 
#50 Kitchen Gadget 38 MHz 12 kB
Noise, filtered by an FFT/ADSR/IFFT, is funkified by a resonator with variable time delay. Desynchronizing the circuit every few bars produces even more interesting sounds.
  
 
#49 Winter Odyssey 67 MHz 24 kB
1/f sequences provide notes for a wah-wah synth, organ and bass. 4 bar logic gates switch the arrangement between wandering leads and 7 note phrases with warpy chords. Panned wind and sloppy drums complete the piece.
  
 
#48 Jig 26 MHz 9 kB
ADSR's emit patterns for a random note generator to dance around. The 3/4 time signature with a simple kick drum create the jig-like atmosphere.
  
 
#47 Microtonal Office #3 22 MHz 8 kB
A pair of 23-tone triangle waves swing around blocks of cubicals attempting to keep up with an FM synth babbling nihilisms from on high.
  
 
#46 Microtonal Office #1 39 MHz 7 kB
A two note FM synth plays notes from a 23 tone scale while a 12 tone organ emits empty chords. Sarcastic 23 tone bass lines summerize a poor attitude in a hectic office.
  
 
#45 Delta Mode 60 MHz 34 kB
Flanged delta guitar accompanied by a classic echoed random modulated synth and tock block.
  
 
#44 Moody 80 MHz 17 kB
A slow day at the lab gave rise to these modal piano stylings. Adding some key changes may liven it up a bit ...
  
 
#43 Logistics 102 MHz 20 kB
The logistic equation provides the notes for this relaxed piano synth. Chord changes peppered with key modulations add an interesting voyage aspect.
  
 
#42 Triplet Harpsichord 52 MHz 16 kB
Three note harpsichord played by an ADSR has a baroque flavor.
  
 
#41 Linear Riffs 60 MHz 35 kB
A string synth plays stacatto for a few bars then an FM lead synth takes a straight line to center stage. An up-down octave bass acompanied by paint jugs completes the piece.
  
 
#40 Gospel Pattern 36 MHz 16 kB
Two note warpy FM synths accompanied by bass, kick and snare play a repeating gospel chord progression. Changing the pattern and note seeds transforms the piece into something completely different.
  
 
#39 Spirobot 66 MHz 14 kB
A modulated Spirograph formula is used as lead instrument. Strong Bass, simple hi-hat, and mystic one note vibraphone complete the piece.
  
 
#38 Out of Luck 60 MHz 18kB
An exploration of the concept of breathing for orchestration. A slow skewed triangle wave enables a random syllable circuit or a minor electric piano riff. Monotonous bass guitar and hi-hat rythm complete this somewhat introspective piece.
  
 
#37 Quirky the Blip 51 MHz 20 kB
A stacatto guitar and chaotic beat_bass set the background for this 5/4 portamento expedition of two triangle waves.
  
 
#36 Delightful Vamp 130 MHz 37 kB
Components are cascaded to build lines for a guitar and electric piano. A bass and drum kit get to improvise at the end of the phrase resulting in a vamp that you might hear in the fade-out portion of a song.
  
 
#35 Grimey Blues 17 MHz 9 kB
Simple 12 bar blues circuit. Might be used as a basis for a larger circuit.
  
 
#34 Shanai's Odyssey 31 MHz 9 kB
A shanai like sound is driven by a random walker resulting in a repeating pattern that wanders through modal space. The swing button adds a hipster componemt.
  
 
#33 Introspection Extrovertion 108 MHz 30 kB
Lead synth and Bass guitar trade introspective licks backed by matter of fact piano lines and flanged electric guitar. Or, press the button to get a galloping hook.
  
 
#32 Skipping and Tripping 86 MHz 22 kB
Warpy organ and vibraphone skip down the street with a driving bass line that has something to say every now and then.
  Check out Sparkwheel's variation in the User Circuits.
 
#31 Folksy Piece 40 HMz 13 kB
Acoustic guitar riff and flutes kick back on the porch with a cold one. The making of this circuit is described in the artical on Jambots.
  
 
#30 Groove Monster 68 MHz 17 kB
Quirky piano lines and a monster bass groove to the rythm of the drums. As the piece evolves, it gets a bit sparse, then slowly picks back up.
  
 
#29b Wandering Wobler 54 MHz 15 kB
Somewhat pointless piece trades riffs between a wobling guitar and a lead syth. A swaggering bass and 3/4 drum beat keep it all together.
  
 
#28 The Pulse 70 MHz 19 kB
The pulse of the bass and syncopated guitar sets the scene for some laid back piano stylings.
  
 
#27 Nothing to Say 109 MHz 39 kB
An expiramental speech circuit rambles on without meaning. Bass and glokenspiel add some humor to the sitation.
  
 
#26 The Dualistimatron 77 MHz 24 kB
Cardboard boxes and a psychotic FM synth pound out a chaotic harmonic minor theme. When the chime rings, they shut up and listen to a peaceful vibraphone interlude.
  
 
#25 Mandelbot Desert 48 MHz 21 kB
After a mournful wail, a synth is besieged in a desolation of cardboard boxes. Mandelbrot's equation completes the piece by generateing simple riffs for another synth.
  
 
#24 Endless Swing 47 MHz 15 kB
Walking bass, syncopated guitar and a piano that never quits. Get your dancing shoes and don't plan on getting home anytime soon.
  
 
#23 Cool Blues Bot 61 MHz 19 kB
Tasty piano lines and sparse horns saunter through this 'cute' 12 bar blues progression.
  
 
#22 Fractal Rock Jam 50 MHz 17 kB
Lots of buttons to push in this Frippish sounding expiriment in using the logistic equation to generate sequences.
  
 
#20b ...Later that Same Night 70 MHz 28 kB
Freaky, Woody, and Chatter Box lay down some jams after a grueling show at the Space Bar.
  
 
#18 Urban, Maybe a Bus Ride 68 MHz 22 kB
Electric piano lines highlight a target driven lead synth as it careens around town on the metro.
  
 
#17 Clockworks 112 MHz 24 kB
Ascending vibraphone sweeps through a march of triangle waves while the clocks ticks on.
  
 
#16 Vib Guitar and Drone 120 MHz 29 kB
Vibraphone and thin guitar riffs flow around a triplet bass drone. After a time, a key change transports the piece elsewhere.
  
 
#15b Pretty Anthemic 104 MHz 32 kB
Flanged guitar riffs and minimal bass lines are supported by the distort-o-matic as they cycle through a progression of chords.
  Check out Sparkwheel's variation in the User Circuits.
 
#13 Casio's Revenge 38 MHz 15 kB
An 8th note bass pumps out the rythm as an old familar synth cycles through it's chords.
  
 
#12 Metallic Jambot 47 MHz 16 kB
A driving beat and powerful metallic drone set the stage for a lead synth to prance about.
  
 
#11 Blue Daze 50 MHz 10 kB
Minor mode strings and a pulsating bass spin around in a blue funk.
  
 
#8 Robot Bop 20 MHz 6 kB
Hoppin and boppin.
  
 
#7 Drum Jam with Flange 14 MHz 5 kB
Flanged bass and a few drums fabricated from timing pulses.
  
 
#6 Flute like Motif 15 MHz 5 kB
Two triangle waves and a drone bass filled in with drums.
  
 
#5 New Wave Ramble 30 MHz 8 kB
Simplistic flute lines on top of a bass pump.
  
 
#4 Drone w/30Hz soother 34 MHz 6 kB
Tonal piece with 6 note drone and very low bass supporting a repeating flute pattern.
  
 
#3 Frenetic plus Long 29 MHz 8 kB
Two tinkly waves bounce around the high end while a long single note fades in.
  
 
#2 Happy Piece 38 MHz 10 kB
Chirpy major chords on a sculpted bass line make for delightful motif.
  Check out Luisi's variation in the User Circuits.
 
#1 Space Groove 45 MHz 11 kB
Space bass and drums fill in with a fixed chord and very high end sweep.
  
 
 


User Circuits

Circuits built by ABox users around the planet.
In alphabetical order...
 
 

Dmitry

   
 
Inverting Distortion Unit < 1 MHz < 1 kB
It's a distortion unit that inverts the portion of the wave that was clipped from the signal and sums it back in with the original signal ... kind of like in those old guitar fuzz boxes.
  
 
Rectifier < 1 MHz < 1 kB
A small tool for varying the harmonic content of various waveforms. It is a full wave rectifier with variable rectification amount. Useful for sprucing up boring tones.
  
 
PW VCO < 1 MHz < 1 kB
An elegant groupable implementation of a pulse width controlable oscillator. This circuit can also be found in the library under /Oscillators/.
  
 

Luisi

 
Luisi's website
 
Jambot Slow 39 MHz 11 kB
With the addition of tremolo, delay effecs, and new seeds, Jambot #2 takes on a digital dream like quality.
  
 

Marcello

   
 
Mini Moog 26 MHz 4.7 kB
Mini Moog 1 (midi keyboard) 80 MHz 35 kB
     
Marcelo has developed two Mini-Moog style synthesizers. Each features a wide variety of controls including glide, tune, portamento, mix mod and a host of others. The first circuit can be run by itself or be controlled by a MIDI input. The second circuit requires a MIDI input, a keyboard or sequencer for example.
  
 

Matti Köhler-Busch

 
 
Entt2c 45 MHz 5 kB
Winner of the first Jambot competition at the Sonic Spot. This circuit pits high frequency sweeps against a discordant dirge of digital ramp waves.
  
 
RubdAtt3 48 MHz 6KB
An emulation of d-lusion's Rubberduck softsynth with a chorused bass.
  
 
Po3FVmprB 75 MHz 11 kB
This expansion of the previous circuit harshes out the bass to provide the stage for some life threatening filter squeals.
  
 
Mixtur1 52 MHz 11 kB
With enough complexity, even simple sinewaves become chaotic, as this circuit demonstrates.
  
 
Apregph1e 13 MHz 5 kB
This circuit uses the concept of the ratio between wave lengths to build an arpegiator. Lot's of controls to adjust to create a wide variety of sounds.
  
 
AdsrWave1b 19 MHz 6 kB
An example of building a complex wave from multiple square waves.
  
 
Chjm2b 750 MHz 22 kB
A truely magnificant offering. You'll need several VST plugin's to play this circuit, see instructions inside.
  
 

O9

  schematic.net
planet-mu.com
Warp Records
 
mikie4 15 MHz 2.8 kB
NEW!
"... a little tiny chaos synth that I just use as the top to some beats." Wherein, two VST Plugins are bombarded by notes.
  
 
inbetween 115 MHz 8.3 kB
NEW!
Multitrack console circuit that feeds 8 wav files into VST Plugins and a mixer. If you don't have the files specified in the circuit, it's fun to replace them with the Win98 sounds in the /Media/ directory.
  
 
rEzin9nr 75 MHz 12.8 kB
NEW!
A somewhat dark cruise through a realm characterized by melodius tones and drinking glasses.
  
 
f3 14 MHz 1.8 kB
NEW!
Simple but instructive. Uses a mass on a spring to control the frequency of a sinewave.
  
 
Binth 86 MHz 13 kB
Cheeps and whooshes are fed through a hard reverb and backed by a light hi-hat.
  
 

Sparkwheel

 
mp3.com
IUMA.com
 
VerbiageAndProlixity 102 MHz 19 kB
A conglomeration of several other circuits reminiscent of an underwater carnival.
  
 
Jambot_15bFUTS 100MHz 30 kB
A variation of Jambot 15b developed with different chords, different seeds, different sound. All it needs is Bjork.
  
 
Jambot_32rmwts 80MHz 22 kB
A more relaxed and psychodelic variation of Jambot 32.
  
 

ValtraxysBlue

 
ValtraxysBlue .com
 
BaSyn_Rave_2 22 MHz 6KB
RaveBot with kick, snare and square filter base.
  
 
Belloopp_4 36 MHz 6KB
Swirling triangle waves chase each other around a harmonic series.
  
 
New_Ratios_4R 63 MHz 31 kB
... in the warehouse of deep-space ...
  
 
Space Comp Talk 5 23 MHz 4KB
Non integer harmonics are created with a square root and driven by two random sequencers.
  
 
 


Sounds

An assortment of sounds written by Andy. Some are very strange, some are very big, some are ... well you figure it out.
  
 
 
FM Plus #7 18 MHz 6 kB
A mildy acerbic ode to times gone by.
  
 
Chime 01 29 MHz 5 kB
A ring of dampened harmonic oscillators create an etherial wind chime feel.
  
 
Huge 01 14 MHz 3 kB
A very huge ambient sound. Noise drives three low frequency filters feeding a swept delay.
  
 
Huge 02a 29 MHz 13 kB
Logistic equations create both noise and subtle patterns. Two resonators create panning and wind like effects for this low frequency exploration.
  
 
Huge 03 52 MHz 18 kB
A noise source and many types of filtering create a stormy stage for an ill tempered screech.
  
 
Scifi 02 42 MHz 11 kB
A figure-eight feedback loop with many short random tones. Perhaps the bug people of Mars playing hacky-sack with those missing probes from Earth.
  
 
Scifi 03 17 MHz 11 kB
Ramp waves and ADSR's build a spectrum that is processed by an IFFT. Careful balancing of driving frequencies results in a descending sweep reminiscent of an inertialess drive.
  
 
Scifi 04 9 MHz 4 kB
A non-linear spring is whacked by random position values. The cash registers at the droid market ?
  
 
Scifi 05 36 MHz 12 kB
Random walks provide high frequencies for two detuned oscillators. Digtial aliasing, 1/4 second echo and tick-tocks do the rest. Major Tom can't hear you now ...
  
 
Squawk 01 20 MHz 2 kB
Basic 1/f sequence driving a sine wave. Sort of sounds like shaking a piece of sheet metal.
  
 
Squawk 02 70 MHz 11 kB
A random syllable circuit emits an endless stream of consonantless jibber-jabber.
  
 
Squawk 03 36 MHz 4 kB
A 1/f sequence controls the modulation depth of an FM synth while at plays a pentatonic ascending scale. Somewhat like Iron-Man doing backup for Ravi-Shanker.
  
 
Treatment 01 15 MHz 1 kB
Basic realtime pitch shifting using the FFT/Scale/IFFT objects. Works well for spoken voice but will butcher most music.
  
 
Treatment 02 44 MHz 4 kB
Expiramental processing with the FFT/IFFT. A bit more advanced, but of limited use.
  
 
Treatment 03 30 MHz 3 kB
More expiramental processing with the FFT/IFFT.
  



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