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The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:21 am
by Spogg
Sorry about this, but I’ve made a birdsong synth.
I just had to.

Download:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4gn4xli1oz78l ... 0.zip?dl=0

Video:

https://youtu.be/___FYr5my4g

Re: The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:44 am
by k brown
Shocking !! :P

Re: The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:30 am
by R&R
:lol:
This is excellent!

Birds are weird I believe they have additional lung sacs and can make continuous sound on both inhale/exhale?

So now we have the option to either play angry birds or angry electric bird?

Re: The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:13 pm
by Spogg
R&R wrote::lol:
This is excellent!

Birds are weird I believe they have additional lung sacs and can make continuous sound on both inhale/exhale?

So now we have the option to either play angry birds or angry electric bird?
Thank you!

I didn’t find anything about inhale/exhale in birds. Thinking about it, if a bird tweeted on inhale would you actually hear anything?

The preset Avis Iratus is Latin for angry bird.

Re: The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:13 pm
by R&R
Spogg wrote: Thinking about it, if a bird tweeted on inhale would you actually hear anything?
Naturally :lol:
Seems they manage to inhale (fill their lungs) while continoulsy singing...
https://www.google.com/search?q=Can+bir ... e+inhaling
The preset Avis Iratus is Latin for angry bird.
LOL didn't realize that, that's funny :D
I just saw the "Hate Bird" one...

Re: The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:56 pm
by Spogg
Fascinating! I didn’t come across that fact and of course I didn’t search for it because I never expected it. :oops:

Thanks for the link!

That Skylark must use a lot of CPU :lol:

Re: The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:21 pm
by R&R
I imagine the Skylark is pooped out at around the same time as an average laptop continously @ 100% cpu...
By that logic... gather all birds are electric... well... bio-electric :D

But what's much more fascinating is... how you even come up with these waves/oscillator networks :lol:

Btw
I fully expect you to point out all the birds present in the patchbank in the actual wild :lol:

Re: The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:51 pm
by martinvicanek
Totally insane! Not only did you capture the sound very well, but also how you laid out the controls is impressive. I mean a keyboard has been designed for chords and melodies in western scales, which birds do not tend to adhere to very much. Also, birds usually do not use a keyboard to make their singing performance. So it is quite a stretch, which you mastered in a very creative way!

I was wondering, are there birds on Volcan?

Re: The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:38 pm
by billv
:shock: :D

Re: The Quilcom Electric Bird

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:00 pm
by Duckett
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned xoxos' work before in the context of early home-brewed physical modeling synths and your explorations, but this latest of yours immediately brought to mind his Oscine Tract.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Sx84wJz7g Elder Thing and fauna were his other related offerings from the time. As the Dana Carvey version of Johnny Carson would say, "That is some weird, wild stuff!" ;)