{"id":751,"date":"2016-08-11T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=751"},"modified":"2016-08-10T22:00:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T02:00:57","slug":"project-the-non-violins-synthamajig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2016\/08\/project-the-non-violins-synthamajig\/","title":{"rendered":"Project: The &#8220;Non-Violins&#8221; Synthamajig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-759 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-16.46.54-e1470861422854-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2016-07-24 16.46.54\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Here&#8217;s a little something I cooked up while special-guesting\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorcitysteamcon.com\/\">Motor City Steam Con, July 22\u201324, 2016:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The &#8220;Non-Violins&#8221; Synthamajig:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e2JA4L2wXTc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a static view, front and back:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-753\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.20.51.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-753 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.20.51-1024x413.jpg\" alt=\"The &quot;Non-Violins&quot;\u2014'cause it ain't a violin no more\" width=\"840\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.20.51-1024x413.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.20.51-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.20.51-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.20.51-1200x484.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;Non-Violins&#8221;\u2014&#8217;cause it was a violin, but it ain&#8217;t no more!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-757\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.19.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-757 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.19-1024x433.jpg\" alt=\"Rear view of the guts of the Non-Violins\" width=\"840\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.19-1024x433.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.19-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.19-768x324.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.19-1200x507.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rear view showing the guts of the Non-Violins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So what&#8217;s going\u00a0here? Some of it is standard\u00a0steampunk <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greeble\">greebles<\/a> (e.g., that <em>faux<\/em> wind-up key, the old vacuum tube being lit with a modern LED mounted behind it, some obtuse knob and mounting hardware choices), but the guts are a combination of totally legit early prototype circuits from <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2b0eVqo\">my book<\/a>\u00a0(e.g., a four-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.38.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-758 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.38-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"2016-07-24 14.21.38\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.38-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.38-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.38-1024x910.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.38-1200x1067.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>step version of the Bleepbox Sequencer, of which only three of the steps\u00a0can be pitch-controlled) and simple versions of a few others I hacked together on the spot (the voice is a stripped-down Single Chip Space Invader Synth driving a simplified <a href=\"http:\/\/dave0.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/build-your-own-10-electric-guitar-cigar-box-amp-and-voice-synthesizer-with-the-jam-pack\/\">Dirty-Cheap Amp<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-756 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.11-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016-07-24 14.21.11\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.11-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.11-768x986.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.11-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.11-1200x1540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.11.jpg 1895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 85vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Why<\/em> did I do this? \u00a0&#8217;cause\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/emmy.elepent.com\/\">Emmy <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/emmy.elepent.com\/\">Jackson<\/a>\u00a0asked me to. \u00a0Emmy is a really swe<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-754 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.01-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"2016-07-24 14.21.01\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.01-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.01-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.01-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.01-1200x790.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>ll guy, and did me <em>huge<\/em> solids at both Motor City Steam and Penguicon (where he both handled book sales for me and the other authors on hand, and offered a safe space for my son if he should lose track of himself or get freaked out). \u00a0He showed up at Motor City Steam with four rejected violin bodies, on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-755 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.05-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"2016-07-24 14.21.05\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.05-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.05-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.05-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-07-24-14.21.05-1200x952.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>the condition that I rework at least one to fit in with his Dieselpunk aesthetic. \u00a0I gladly gave it my damndest (another instrument from this same weekend, the <strong>Diddley Fiddle<\/strong>, is still in development\u2014as is, it&#8217;s a fine lil diddley bow, but damned if I don&#8217;t want it to be at least a <em>tad<\/em> more electromechanically rad-as-hell).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some video of me presenting the Non-Violins\u00a0Synth to EmmyJ at Motor City Steam Con:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsxD9YwSTCM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-760\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0d0edd6ebc22d5b77eca2920bf406045k11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-760 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0d0edd6ebc22d5b77eca2920bf406045k11-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"dave\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0d0edd6ebc22d5b77eca2920bf406045k11-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0d0edd6ebc22d5b77eca2920bf406045k11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0d0edd6ebc22d5b77eca2920bf406045k11-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0d0edd6ebc22d5b77eca2920bf406045k11-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0d0edd6ebc22d5b77eca2920bf406045k11.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave wishes the Non-Violens a fond fare-the-well<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a little something I cooked up while special-guesting\u00a0at Motor City Steam Con, July 22\u201324, 2016: The &#8220;Non-Violins&#8221; Synthamajig: &nbsp; &nbsp; Here&#8217;s a static view, front and back: So what&#8217;s going\u00a0here? Some of it is standard\u00a0steampunk greebles (e.g., that faux wind-up key, the old vacuum tube being lit with a modern LED mounted behind it, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2016\/08\/project-the-non-violins-synthamajig\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Project: The &#8220;Non-Violins&#8221; Synthamajig&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[19,13],"tags":[21,61,20,60],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":778,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions\/778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}