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SWTPC PSYCH TONE - Rare 70's DIY Programmable Synthesizer.
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- Опубликовано: 17 апр 2021
- Today i take a look at a really rare old piece of #DIY #Synthesizer #history
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I made the livestream running through the build public here :- / run-through-of-50152499
Popular Electronics 1971 :- worldradiohist...
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Do you have memories of the Psych Tone?
Song and sounds available here www.patreon.com/posts/50176451
VIDEO ABOUT DISPLAYING THE PSYCH TONE IN THE MUSEUM ruclips.net/video/8DaiUXuXSAc/видео.html
builders livestream on a run down of the sequencer made public here : www.patreon.com/posts/run-through-of-50152499
A schoolmate built one, it was probably 1971. We were in the electronics program in high school in NYC. I was so jealous, it was advertised in whatever diy magazines I was into at the time. I was saving up for a tape deck so I skipped it. It did sound cool, and having any kind of synthesizer at that time was amazing. The generative aspect really makes it what it is and more fun than the Triadex Muse. Have fun!
@@douglasdifranco5879 I vaguely remember seeing ads for this! I saw the auction on eBay and was tempted. But I'm glad it went to you!
I guess Im kinda off topic but do anyone know of a good place to stream new movies online?
@Jesse Duncan Flixportal xD
@Joel Brandon Thanks, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D Appreciate it!!
I hope the individuals who built this watch your channel.
*sniffs components* "definitely 1970s, 80s electronics" I love it so much😂👌 just like 80s text books
Yesterday I dug out a bunch of old CIE and NRI textbook-lets that I found a few years back. I was able to guess when they were printed to within a year or two just from the font and layout. (mid '70s and mid '80s)
I have a mixer from the early 80s, and once it warms up you can really smell the thing... a bit worrying but hey, its old, its dope!
I built one in the early 70's, it had latching push buttons instead of rocker switches. I guess my mom sold it in some garage sale for a buck or two... Also a Paia 4700 shortly after, I passed it along to a friends boys, it was designed and manufactured right here in Oklahoma City and still here. Enjoy your posts.
cool to know!!!! wonder where that oine is now!!!
the SWTPC logo on its own is a piece of art
It's absolutely beautiful!
Yes. We need T-shirts!
love how they just used a bit of pegboard from their shop classroom as the back of the case :)
hahaha yeah proper thrown together!@!!
It’s not a shortcut, it’s a feature. Those are precisely calibrated passive thermal vent holes ;)
Super breathable, and has that compressed hardboard smell built right in.
Macchina carinissima :O ne voglio una :))
I built this when I was 13. I saved my money for six months and this Popular Electronics issue sat next to my bed the whole time. It's been amazing reliving an important portion of my childhood. Thank You. I'm really hoping to build your version.
The Music Things Modular Turing Machine is seemingly inspired by this sequencer, seemingly really well implemented
Heck Yeah! That is awesome that their names are in there. Way to continue a legacy!
I agree. It's like building a time machine, with the ability to make music.
@@jameshamaker9321 Totally. I love how this thing these guys built together nearly 50 years ago is now in a museum an ocean away. It was a learning experience for them, for Sam, for us and who ever goes to see this thing and play on it. It's this thing somebody made that has achieved a purpose beyond its years. IDK it's beautiful and it's why I'm in love with this museum.
I'm just waiting for Aphex Twin to pop up casually in a video so he and Sam can modify random electronic gadgets together...
New to your channel; new to electronic music and modular synths; but not new to digital circuits, computer hardware & music. Sooo, I hear you start explaining the circuit and my my mind does this sudden WHOOSHING of AHAH!! And I realize exactly what this is doing AND I realize that "hey you could turn this into a another synth module!" Which is exactly what you did!! By Jove, I think I'm getting it!! 😊💜
I hope you add a message about the upgrades and repairs you have done to keep the history going.
That PSYCH-TONE font in the article is *amazing*!
Roll on floor laughing here!
Don Lancaster! He wrote decades of amazing electronics articles. Always well written and well explained projects.
His "The TTL Cookbook" was my inspiration when I was a kid back in the mid '70s. For all I know, I may have been the only one to check it out of the town library.
Don is still at it - tons of his articles and columns are on his site at tinaja.com , as are PDFs of several of his books: The TTL Cookbook, CMOS Cookbook, Active Filter Cookbook, and even his TV Typewriter Cookbook are downloadable.
That original is a piece of history. The notes are awesome!
Yes.
Wow. It is unreal how easy a few leds make understanding the sequencer. Well done, LMNC!
Im still thinking.. Its working outside the box.. 😂
That SWTPC logo would make a great retro t-shirt.
damn straight!!!
Brother your dedication to bringing Synth DIY and old funky electronics to the masses is bar none. Thank you, I imagine you are always working. You got me into modular.
your channel is such a treat to watch.
electronics and music; science and art.
and the payoff is a hoppin song.
You know how much I love and respect LMNC?
I let all the ads play all the way through before the video. Every one.
Big win! And itˋs in the right hands, now.
The notes inside are an absolutely amazing time capsule. I love this kind of stuff.
Hello there. May I, introduce myself, I too am named James.
What a great upload! Really enjoy these old kit machines. I was born in Dec. of 72. Began making music with electronics when I was around 12. See the theatre by my name? That's Eastown Theatre here in the D, before it was demolished. In the Late 60's and early 70's it was one of THEE places to play, do drugs, and be seen. MC5, The Stooges, Alice Cooper, Terry Reid, B.B. King, Savoy Brown, The Steve Miller Band, Sly & The Family Stone, King Crimson, Jefferson Airplane, and Chicago, played there first in 69, then Chuck Berry, Joe Cocker, Faces, Pink Floyd, Mott the Hoople, Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Elton, Van Morrison, WAR, The Kinks, T. Rex, Grateful Dead, and The Doors in 70, and 71. It closed it's doors to shows in 73. I'm sure you can imagine why...... It again re-opened to concerts for a short time in 1975 as "Showcase Theater". The second act to play there in 1975, was none other than Kraftwerk.
It's very cool you have names and dates of those interested in music tech of the period, all hand written inside. What a treasure, even if those people didn't stick with music tech later in life..... I have a small piece of the fancy sandstone cladding that used to be the front of the Eastown. It can't make melodies however! 😉
hell yeah I write my Initials on everything I work on. I need to start writing my entire name.
Love this!
The look-knobs, buttons, switches and enclosure-reminds me of an old Rhythm Master I abused/used in an industrial damage band I was in in the early 80s.
Man, you are the best!
Yes! Nice Sunday Everyone!! 👋😊
Like a kid at Christmas. Loving it.
I have one of these! My dad built it in 71 and gifted it to my son and I. It's in rough shape but it makes kind of a broken tone. I have it on my list to try to get it working again some day
I remember reading the article for the Psych Tone. What surprises me is how deep the cabinet is. I thought from the article that it would be no more than about 100mm deep!
Brilliant, hope those guys get in touch.
I was high-school class of 74 in Oregon. I subscribed to Popular Electronics. Remember studying that circuit until I decided it wouldn't sound musical enough to suit me. And I was broke. :-$
I didn't know that SWPTC produced a version of this device. I remember the original February 1971 article for it that was published in Popular Electronics magazine. I used to have a copy of it from back in the day when I used to subscribe to the magazine. Nice to see a video about it. Nice bit of nostalgia.
I had one of those in the day. Loved SWTP kits...
When you sniffed it to determine its historic era... I totally felt like I was watching Doctor Who. That's totally a line that would be written for the Doctor.
Yeah, I'm definitely going to want this as a module or desktop unit. I love stuff like this. Looks like a ton of fun! 👍
I have no idea what's going on, but it sounds cool.
Lol. I like how at 2:41 when it turns on it almost makes the lets go! tune.
Never been this early. That said, this was super interesting and i hope some of the peo0le that made that module get in contact with you
Now you have to build 47 of those things chained together for some really weird s&h shenanigans.
I am convinced this person could make music using an old blender and some pocket change.
a lone dog on the prairie was pretty fire
Totally brilliant. YT is killing it with the recommendations tonight. Very impressed this project.
That's such a cool piece of history. Love the signatures inside.
Not having the skills, tools, parts and time to do this my own - I enjoy watching your videos about it.
Magical box, of cosmic weirdness and wonder. It's really cool.
Great work - young people get a lot of stick these days - wonderful to see such dedication, talent and a thirst for knowledge.
I friggin love your channel. The kit. The music. And all the other crazy shit you do! ... I gotta come to this museum! And I can’t wait to see you play live again!
I remember listening to Dance the night away by SWTPC, admittedly I wasn't born for another 20 years...
That was one of my favorite episodes yet. The song at the end slams.
What an absolute piece of history and such a joy to see this system in use! Thanks mate!
The glue in the cabinet can (potentially) be softened and the cabinet taken apart with a hot air gun. Take a look at Thomas Johnson Restoration videos and he does it all the time, especially with hide glue but he also does it with normal glue although with different levels of success. Keep up the great content!
He's so happy to see that the device he ordered is actually filled with electronics!
Man USPS tends to "lose" packages all of the time in the states. I guess that could be said for any postage though- good thing it showed up!
Don Lancaster, what a legend!
flip-flop ftw
It's like a fractal generator, where the notes are coming out in a chaotic random form and yet there is an order to them.
1970s bleeps and klonx, gotta love it!
Though admirable in theory, I think letting people have access to rare stuff like this will end in tears.
Why
Tears of JOY
Also to add I did not mention in the video another reason for having this interactive is it's rugged interface. It's a hard-wearing machine which will probably take heavy hands in its stride
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER stolen knobs, heavy handedness, l’ve seen first hand what happens when art gallery’s and the like but up interactive exhibits. They are nice and a lot of fun, you go back two weeks later, and it’s all wonky and abused. Maybe you could do break out boxes, so it’s only the boxes that gets interacted with.
@@mastercylinder1939 yes indeed. thats why you use screw on knobs. i have had synth bikes that have sat in art galleries and ridden by thousands of people. prepared for most outcomes, the other thing worth noting is its a paid museum not a free art gallery people tend to be more respectful in museums. also fudge ton of cctv. obviously the odd knob will go missing but hopefully it will not be as much as free for all style art exhibitions.
I really liked this one.
Very interesting! From the circuit it looks a bit like a variation on the shift-register-based sequencing of a Noisering, Turing Machine and so forth. Using the inverted outs makes an interesting variation, and it’s cool to see how long that idea has been around.
I always sniff my synths and drum machines to confirm the year of their vintage.
Like people do, when buying fruit. I suppose, this amazing box, is a fruit of someone's labors.
Fascinating episode and great song/composition/improv' - thank you...
Fantastic find! In 1975 I was 10 years old, so that was before even I got into synths, haha! I never knew these things existed. I think that sequencer logic shares some ideas with the Turing Machine Eurorack module, which is very popular.
you are fantastic and awesome, I am so glad I actually know you , not just know of you !!! Wow this session was mindblowing synth spectacularnessish ness
Beautiful.
Richard Nicol at Pittsburgh Modular owns a Triadex Muse. It can be seen regularly in the back of his livestreams. He even played with it once. Weird instrument.
Probably a high school project. Very fun win!
hahahahahahahahaha mad props for all the flip-flop pictures xD
I did that on the inside of my Doepfer LC9 case I wrote a bunch of notes to my Kids, as their gonna inherit it, And im sure knowing them they will tear into it, and the modules are cool, with stuff on them so it kind of hyped me up to kind of design the inside of the box, i also included all of the stickers from the strains of herb i was Dabbin at hehehe
Very informative, thanks for that. Interesting sounds and wow on the redo!!!
The best Cardbox you can get :-) "Contains 4 Toys"
I noticed the psych-tone article was by Don Lancaster,, who was famous electronics author, possiibly best known for his "TTL Cookbook" and "TV Typewriter" project that was used by many early computer enthusiasts as a vdu terminal (including Steve Wozniac, one of the founders of Apple I beleive)!
Damn that's a real piece of history
Also I'm pretty sure it's not broken, it's very common for 70's synths to go out of tune with time, especially a custom built one for a class.
Awesome find and what a piece of history. I liked your jam very much
As a yank, class of 75 sounds more like "High school class of 75" to me, but could be a college/university, not sure. Awesome regardless.
So that's where Korg got the inspiration for the Monotribe!
Would love to see an I/O port installed to allow the SWTP computer to be able to remotely set the sequencer settings. It'd be neat to marry the two bits of hardware together.
nice getting into that Tom Whitwell's Turing Machine world
You remind me of that one guy in every post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie who is always really eccentric about re-purposing salvaged hardware or technology, but then is eventually thrown through a wall or choked to death by a radioactive mutant.
"Our psych-tone goes up to N"
Had a psych tone about 1972. Still have one of the "tunes" etched in my brain. Want to make a proper song from it some day but seem to lack round tuits. I lived close to SWTPC and had actually visited their offices as well I did PAiA when I went to Oklahoma City one time. I still have a PAiA Gnome in the basement.
Holy cow! I only remember SWTPC from their SS-50 and SS-50C bus 6809 computers.
I expect that the synths we are building now will become a part of music archaeology in some decades.
I've gotta build one of these things.
If you are ever in Melbourne Australia, come visit MESS. They have a Triadx Muse. And, what's that obscure Australian one? Oh yeah, a Fairlight CMI...
There were mentions of this in the early issues of Electronotes. At one point I had a video up of a simulation I did on my modular too. Most of my experimentation however has been based around the Triadex Muse concept, and an interface for the Muse itself.
I miss my Korg MS-2000, picking it up tomorrow from mum's
Amazing!
Awesome 😁 😁 a kosmo module of this would be so tempting!
I bid on that! Glad to see you won it!
I haven't used it in a while but from my memory your breakout module looks alot like the VCV rack sequencer module based on the sequencer in the pysch tone, super cool!
Lex: It's Flip-flops all the way down.
Flip Flops now sounds so weird for me. Cool vid.
Great stuff Sam. Cheers. Lee
I was bidding on this and trying to get it cheap! You beat me, you bastard.
It's gone to a good home at least
Ha yeah soz I was trying to get it cheap too haha but I really wanted it eek. Soz
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER haha. It was just funny to see it show up here! Glad it went to a good home.
It was the commonness of results like that, compared with the price of these kits (considering allowance rates), that really suppressed the interest in doing electronics back then, IMO.
Same story here. I even had a soldering iron which I knew how to use! No money, though...
Switching out a few of the knobs for light sensors might make it a bit more interactive for people but keep the knobs for the clock and patterns.
Ahaha, "dance the night away" killed me.
Also I used punched holes in strip of paper to program old EPROM chip.
first 2 minutes: O_O... that's super f--king cool! :)
...on top of everything else that'll come of the device itself
interesting to see that the original article in practical electronics is by don lancaster - that guy made a lot of publications. Some of them still really useful, like the CMOS cookbook...
I can see a new Eurorack module emerging … (now I have to look through your videos what you made out of this) …