Control lights, create innovative mutes and take control of probability in your synth setup with these three new hardware models from Bastl Instruments.
Bastl sends its greetings with several new releases this week, covering a wide range of use cases with LOL, a 3 channel performative mute module which, especially when stacked, opens up a world of Cageian silence explorations, followed by Illuminati, a light controller sure to add dynamics to a many of present day’s video or performative needs, and last but not least, our clock2trigger odyssey Kompas is now available as an assembled unit.
Illuminati
Illuminati can run 2 USB lamps at a time and controls light intensity either by incoming audio/CV signal or MIDI. There are controls for fine tuning the response and its case has enough flexible mounting holes for the wildest of uses imaginable. Fog machine not included.
Features
2x 5V USB outputs
power draw limited to 0,5 A
2x CV input
CVs are either 0 to 5V or -5 to +5V, set by a switch on the back
MIDI input
2x button for settings
5V micro USB input (power only)
enclosure with expanded base for better stability and mounting
firmware updates via MIDI
LOL
LOL can either be used as a basic utility with its compact size and price, or stacked within a system to explore the possibilities of muting critical connections of any complex patch. Everything should have a mute button.
Features
3 channel passive mute
latching buttons
LED indication
normalization of inputs
Kompas
Kompas turns its clock feed into three 32–step sequences with probabilities adjustable by knobs or voltages. Originally a DIY only project made an assembled product by popular demand, its hardware is Arduino programmable and hacker friendly.
Features
global clock and reset input
3 x 32 step pattern generators with travelling algorithms
Hollin Jones was classically trained as a piano player but found the lure of blues and jazz too much to resist. Graduating from bands to composition then production, he relishes the chance to play anything with keys.
A sometime lecturer in videographics, music production and photography post production, Hollin has been a freelance writer on music technology and Apple topics for well over a decade, along the way publishing several books on audio software. He has been lead writer at a number of prominent music and technology publications.
As well as consultancy, full-time journalism, video production and professional photography, he occasionally plays Hammond, Rhodes and other keys for people who ask nicely.
Hollin is Contributing Editor at Ask.Audio.
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