Bridechamber has announced the Metasonix TM-1m Waveshaper, a MOTM-formatted Metasonix TM-1. This version of the TM-1 is 2U and has attenuators for the CVs — skinnier, fully modularized, and not yellow. Having this in MOTM is nice – but I kind of like the lurid yellow of the original. It’s $400. Here’s the description of… Read More MOTM-Style Metasonix TM-1m Waveshaper
Now you know: In this video the Metasonix TM-7 Scrotum Smasher is annihilating the Analogue Solutions SEMblance monosynth. The LFO of the Moog CP-251 is modulating the Scrotum amount. All of it is running through a Fulltone Tube Tape Echo that’s pretty cranked. The first little clip is the SEMblance dry.
Mega.ModularPlanner.co.uk has a cool new online modular synthesizer planner for Eurorack-size modules. It’s a work in progress, but it has modules from the biggest manufacturers already. It’s just missing scanned images from several of the companies. Note that it does let you do some things that might not be possible with real modules (see the… Read More Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Online Planner
From our trip to Namm, we brought you video of Metasonix‘ Eric Barbour introducing his G-1000 23 tube amplifier Fucking Fucker guitar amp. Eric wasn’t demoing the amp, though. Fortunately, the guys at Big City Music have posted a video that gives you a taste of what this thing can do:
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, Eric Barbour of Metasonix introduced the G-1000 Fucking Fucker (not the sucking fucker), a high-end tube amp that brings Barbour’s interest in using using vacuum tubes in original ways to amps. We caught up with Eric at the show and this was what he had to say about the… Read More Eric Barbour Intros The Fucking Fucker Amplifier
It’s almost NAMM time, and you know what that means – another aural assault from the warped mind of Metasonix’ Eric Barbour (interview link). There’s no official announcement on it yet, but it looks like Metasonix latest tube-based monster is going to be called the Sucking Fucker. Or the Fucking Fucker. David Lovelace is doing… Read More Metasonix Sucking Fucker More Offensive Than Ever?
If you’re an electronica fan visiting a strange town, what could be cooler than having a DJ play you some cool tracks and show you around town? That’s the basic premise of Time Out’s The Other Side Berlin. The release combines a CD and a DVD to create a multimedia blitzkreig that introduces you to… Read More Ellen Allien – Time Out Presents The Other Side Berlin
A couple of weeks ago we brought you a sneek preview from the Winter NAMM Show of the Metasonix TM-7 Scrotum Smasher. Now, Metasonix’ Eric Barbour has released the details on the Scrotum Smasher. Here’s his explanation of how it works: The TM-7 is basically a mean, angry guitar preamp made of three vacuum tubes.… Read More Inside The Metasonix TM-7 Scrotum Smasher
2007 Winter NAMM Show: Metasonix introduced the TM-7 Ultra-Distortion Scrotum Smasher, the latest lo-fi tube-based sound mangler from the mind of Eric Barbour. Barbour has described his modules as brain destroying, meaty, bizarre, crude, nasty, powerful and evil, and the Scrotum Smasher looks to be no exception. The TM-7 joins his other tube-based creations, including… Read More Metasonix Debuts The TM-7 Ultra-Distortion Scrotum Smasher
Metasonix, creators of tube-based analog music gear, has introduced what they call “The Ultimate Tube Synthesizer,” the Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine. Pitch sources: 2 independent VCOs Made entirely of vacuum and gas-filled tubes Range >2 octaves using CV, octave switching allows range from 33 Hz (low C) to more than 2 kHz. 3 waveforms: thyratron… Read More Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine Tube-Based Synth
