Mutable Instruments Shruti-1

[billygomberg]

http://mutable-instruments.net/

[billygomberg]

so yeah bump i guess.

after a shipping delay, being out of town for most of may, and a lost soldering iron at work, I have my shruti assembled and starting to cook.



more on this soon - sounds great, sick filter and crazy oscillators

[jimmy behan]

cool billy, be interested to hear how it sounds.
a spot of soldering while watching the tennis?

[billygomberg]

cool billy, be interested to hear how it sounds.

well it sounds awesome.  I have a bamboo case coming and then there are a few more things I need to develop for it (sensor array + portable/solar power).

I cooked this up this morning just for kicks:

http://soundcloud.com/billygomberg/shruti-first-date

a spot of soldering while watching the tennis?

yes.  and if you believe it, that is actually my desk at work.  where the good soldering kit is.

[billygomberg]

from the Delicate Sen gig on the 10th:

[taylordeupree]

you are SO brooklyn, billy.. so rock and roll.. so williamsburg.. so damn cool!
 

where are our sound samples of your shruti?

[billygomberg]

you are SO brooklyn, billy.. so rock and roll.. so williamsburg.. so damn cool!
 

where are our sound samples of your shruti?

williamsburg?  this was LONG ISLAND CITY BABY. 

but yeah it'll be PRETTY HIP when I go BUSKING in WILLIAMSBURG w/this thing.  or I just leave a nasty drone blasting while I bicycle around.  Bicycle around BROOKLYN.   

clips on the way.

[billygomberg]

okay so delay on upping this:

http://soundcloud.com/billygomberg/loose-clipping

just freaking out you know.

shruti is already featuring on some newer tracks for an upcoming release so hey I love it.

[billygomberg]

assembled.

still finishing the ribbon controller and then I need to do a lil case for that!

[Koda]

Keep some tweezers near by.

Looks very nice!

[billygomberg]

Keep some tweezers near by.

Looks very nice!

ha thanks!  the only spots really calling for stashing a set of tweezers in the case are on the front panel - the cuts for the pots were too small and I had to do a bit of ripping/filing to get the size right - otherwise all the pieces were laser-cut from a chunk of multi-ply bamboo.

[mfischer]

nice work billy.

how many hours did it take to solder/assemble?

[billygomberg]

nice work billy.

how many hours did it take to solder/assemble?

I would estimate initial assembly at like 6-8 hours.  assembling the case was really about 3 days (glue takes time to dry, some of the joins needed to be filed).  and now a connection has gone bad....it's an ongoing process.

[mfischer]

ah, that's too bad.

hang in there it seems great.  i had been considering buying a kit as well.

maybe when i'm done building a DEP-1 kit (http://vimeo.com/14089098) i'll move on to a synth.

[billygomberg]

ah, that's too bad.

hang in there it seems great.  i had been considering buying a kit as well.

maybe when i'm done building a DEP-1 kit (http://vimeo.com/14089098) i'll move on to a synth.

eh it's a process.  part of it has to do with the overall design, which Olivier is correcting for the next iteration - part of it has to do with my assembling this thing in large steps with goof-off/gig time in between.  Ideally, I would have done all the assembly in one swoop, never even moved the thing from the shop table before I had it encased.  but it was too cool.  just too cool.