Scream Filter (work in progress)

It's been a while... I was very busy but I still gather a lot of ideas and try to finish some pieces...
Here's one of them :

Still experimental, here’s the Screaming Filter… not finished yet, I have to add a few things and finish the enclosure (painting ...). The front panel’s artwork is taken from Munch’s famous painting called “Skrik”, I really like this painting and it fits very well with the “scream theme”.  I added a low-resolution + black and white effect.
The enclosure is originally designed for a power supply, the shape of the box is pretty cool but there's not much room and it was quite hard to put the PCB + the batteries in it.
Front view : 2 potentiometers controlling the amount of "screaming effect" and distortion, 5 switches (5 steps of audio destruction)
Rear view : 6.35mm input and output jack, 1 switch
I like the incurved shape of the knobs, it gives a vintage touch...

Sorry, there's no video for the moment... work in progress !

Pocket bent devices & mini synths

What about having a pocket Speak and Spell or… anything else !

Nowadays with mobile phone apps : the possibilities are endless... mini sampler, mini synth, everything you need in your pocket...

You may say “ok that’s just another gadget”, but think about it : a mobile phone + a 3.5mm jack adapter + tons of musical apps = you’ve got your mini synth whererever you are, with cool sounds, with the possibility to plug it into an amp or any recording device...

Sure it won’t be a monster, but thanks to the 3.5mm output :

- you can add external effects

- you can mix it with other sounds

- you always have a bunch of cool sounds in your pocket
- your pocket Hard Drive is ready to use for a jam with friends, or an external studio session (no need to come with samples CD or machines)

Finally, since mobile phones use SD card storage : your phone is as powerful as computers were a few years ago !... 4Go, 8Go, 16Go even 32 Go ! How many samples can you put on that ? that is SO huge ! You can create folders with classics, indispensable samples : TR-505 / 707 / 909, TB 303, bass lines, weird sounds etc...

Here’s a short demo of 2 devices I made : Speak and Spell and TR-707.

Unfortunately my phone is not powerful enough to play several sounds at the same time... but again : it’s meant to be sampled ...