Auralesque

Auralesque (Semi?) Modular System made by Smoo / Olivier Gerber

shown on Happy Knobbing Modular Meeting 2006, Germany

• There are 2-3 Oscillators including Wave Modifiers (let's check the big picture to see it..)
• A Vector Section
• Super Saw kind of Modifier

• Four Filter Sections: incl. Comb
• 3 Envelopes (one CV controlled)
• 3 LFOs (one of them is a very fast one)
• 1 Delay
• All analogue System. One OSC seems to generate Wavetable-kind of stuff.
• Freq.Divider (think of this one as a simulation of SubOscs etc.)
• and Wave Animation Module.

Specs

Upper row from LEFT to right: btw: this synth is nothing you can buy for sale, it's unique owned by smoo..

• Portamento: Curetronic "Tool"
• VCO 1 and 2: Oakley
• Frequency Divider: Blacet
• Wave Multipliers: CGS Ken Stone
• Vector Sources: myself Smile. Just 4 Switches
• Vector VCA's with Mixer: Marc Bareilles 4VCA in linear mode SSM 2164
• "Steiner Parker": Papareil Synth Labs and Curetronic
• "Moog": Curetronic "vcf-cv-reso"
• VCA 1: Curetronic
• LFO/HFO 1: Curetronic (its the "3rd" VCO, but mainly used as a LFO)
• LFO2 and LFO2: Curetronic Dual Shape LFO
• EG 1 and EG 2: Curetronic, I added swichable Capacitors.
• EG 3: VC-ADSR from Oakley

Lower row from LEFT to right:

• Real Ring Modulator: CGS Ken Stone (no Pots, its behind the Jacks)
• Mini Wave: Blacet/Wiard
• Saw Animators: Cyndustries (dual module)
• Noise and Random: Doepfer A-100 (!)
• All Vector-Modules: JAG from Wiard, Joystick from Wiard and 2 Mixer-Processors from Blacet (X and Y)
• Pre Mix: Mixer Module from Curetronic
• Polivoks: Papareil Synth Labs! I love it.
• Comb Filter: Analogue Systems (I also used a DC-Mixer from CGS here)
• Post Mix: Mixer Module from Curetronic
• VCA 2: Curetronic
• Attenuator: Just a 100K lin Pot
• Slew Limiter: Curetronic "Tool" Module
• Gate Delay: Curetronic "Tool" Module
• Out Mix: At the moment just a Pot and two Resistors, will change into a real Panner
• Then, there are 3 Multiples and behind the right Jacks is a Midi-Module from Papareil Synth Labs, a Dual Sample and Hold-Module anddual Inverters from *Curetronic and one DC-Mixer behind the Jacks "DC-Mixer".

Everything works great so far. I will change the Polivoks Filters IC's from LM4250 to UA776 when I get this IC. I have absolutely NO crosstalk! I used more than 200 meters of wiring behind the faceplate to connect everything to the Jacks AND to the 15 big 12-Step-Modulation switches.

Audio

• (BD,SD,HH not auralesque) http://www.sequencer.de/mp/auralesque/auralesquetrack.mp3
• http://www.sequencer.de/mp/auralesque/polivoxeridoo.mp3
• http://www.sequencer.de/mp/auralesque/Vectortravel.mp3

Images

Very large Picture / HiRes: http://www.sequencer.de/pix/auralesque/Auralesque.jpg