Ambient Machine

Ambient Machine After lots of different incarnations, I‘ve come to set the basis design-wise of these pitch–bended cassette recorders with a delay stage. The cassette players may vary and have different quality or features (line in, radio, etc.), but all Ambient Machines have the same basic controls (pitch mod + delay with mix, time and… Read More

Modified Cassette Recorder #2

Modified Cassette Recorder #2 A birthday gift for Lauri, the cassette model used for this unit was originally sold in 1991 and it still runs like a charm. It comes with a built in mic in mini jack and was modded to add a pitch control, a pt2399 delay module and a requested 6,5 mm… Read More

Modded Tape Recorder

Modded Tape Recorder I modified this cassette recorder that already had a pitch control and added a second one. This gives you more playback range as you can go both fast or slow. It also has a pt2399 delay module with mix, time and feedback controls. Read More

Modified Cassette Recorder #1

Modified Cassette Recorder #1 Custom modified cassette recorder for Héctor. This unit has a pitch control mod, extended line in and line out mini jacks and a pt2399 delay module with mix, time and feedback controls. Read More

Cassette Pitch Mod

Cassette Pitch Mod Pitch mod on a Sanyo M-1119 cassette recorder. There's a lot of info out there on how to add a speed control to a cassette player,  it's just a matter of finding the right points on the board and attach a potentiometer to them. Read More

Resonator + Amplifier

Resonator + Amplifier A totally portable analog amplifier with a lot of gain that can work with a resonator or exciter, electret microphony, piezo or simply as an electric signal amplifier to generate infinite feedback. Built during the Sonic Resonance workshop from Mutan Monkey Instruments in partnership with Selbsgebaute Musik and Dinamo Espai, the main idea… Read More

Radio Sampler Looper

Radio Sampler Looper Dani asked for a King Crimson themed isd1820 Sampler Looper and the result looks fantastic. He also wanted to add a radio source as well so it was important to enable the pass through feature, wich allows you to hear what you‘re sampling. Read More