Volkerfirma
@volkerfirma.bsky.social
Electronic Musician | Sound Artist | Modular Synthesiser | Eurorack Synths | Experimental Music
https://volkerfirma.bandcamp.com
http://www.volkerfirma.co.uk
https://pixey.org/Volkerfirma
https://volkerfirma.bandcamp.com
http://www.volkerfirma.co.uk
https://pixey.org/Volkerfirma
Nice Morse Code module for Eurorack. Tenderfoot Electronics bringing modular into the 19th century. Love the new coloured panels too. We can get practicing morse ready for the downfall of society….
August 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nice Morse Code module for Eurorack. Tenderfoot Electronics bringing modular into the 19th century. Love the new coloured panels too. We can get practicing morse ready for the downfall of society….
Embrace constraints! Young me couldn't afford an FX rack but clever use of repeat notes /velocity on my Atari ST Cubase, made delays and phasing possible. The results were great even though notes cut etc. We're spoilt for riches now. But artificial limits can help focus on what matters, the music.
June 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Embrace constraints! Young me couldn't afford an FX rack but clever use of repeat notes /velocity on my Atari ST Cubase, made delays and phasing possible. The results were great even though notes cut etc. We're spoilt for riches now. But artificial limits can help focus on what matters, the music.
Happy Birthday to the ingenious Mr Brian Eno. An inspiration machine of a man.
May 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Happy Birthday to the ingenious Mr Brian Eno. An inspiration machine of a man.
Power plays, bluster and greed. It's all just noise…. my DIY kraakdoos experiment adding the crackles, wails and textures to this ambient piece. Power comes at a cost. #modularsynths
Full music video here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=diPh...
Full music video here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=diPh...
March 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Power plays, bluster and greed. It's all just noise…. my DIY kraakdoos experiment adding the crackles, wails and textures to this ambient piece. Power comes at a cost. #modularsynths
Full music video here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=diPh...
Full music video here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=diPh...
Another cool still frame from my new music/ art piece - video here -
youtu.be/diPhf0FlnFQ?...
Using a DIY kraakdoos/cracklebox for textures and Tiptop/ Buchla oscillators for the drone and beeps and boops.
Music available on my bandcamp - link in bio.
youtu.be/diPhf0FlnFQ?...
Using a DIY kraakdoos/cracklebox for textures and Tiptop/ Buchla oscillators for the drone and beeps and boops.
Music available on my bandcamp - link in bio.
February 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Another cool still frame from my new music/ art piece - video here -
youtu.be/diPhf0FlnFQ?...
Using a DIY kraakdoos/cracklebox for textures and Tiptop/ Buchla oscillators for the drone and beeps and boops.
Music available on my bandcamp - link in bio.
youtu.be/diPhf0FlnFQ?...
Using a DIY kraakdoos/cracklebox for textures and Tiptop/ Buchla oscillators for the drone and beeps and boops.
Music available on my bandcamp - link in bio.
Powerstations. The art in electricity. A still from my 'kraakdooswetenschap' video. Artistic explorations using a cracklebox with selected eurorack modules. Really happy how this turned out.
youtu.be/diPhf0FlnFQ
youtu.be/diPhf0FlnFQ
February 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Powerstations. The art in electricity. A still from my 'kraakdooswetenschap' video. Artistic explorations using a cracklebox with selected eurorack modules. Really happy how this turned out.
youtu.be/diPhf0FlnFQ
youtu.be/diPhf0FlnFQ
Kraakdoos Textures! Here's my ambient/drone art experiment with my DIY made cracklebox triggered with a @herzlichlabs.bsky.social MMI Matrix. A Tiptopaudio Buchla 258t oscillator and a @makenoisemusic.bsky.social QPAS provide the drone and shaping. Full video here www.youtube.com/@volkerfirma
February 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Kraakdoos Textures! Here's my ambient/drone art experiment with my DIY made cracklebox triggered with a @herzlichlabs.bsky.social MMI Matrix. A Tiptopaudio Buchla 258t oscillator and a @makenoisemusic.bsky.social QPAS provide the drone and shaping. Full video here www.youtube.com/@volkerfirma
Amazing piece of work. Saw this simple but effective Tomita patch in Allen Strange's Electronic Music book.
January 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Amazing piece of work. Saw this simple but effective Tomita patch in Allen Strange's Electronic Music book.
Finally finished my customised DIY Kraakdoos/Cracklebox! Sounding good and works great with the herzlichlabs MMI Matrix, especially to modulate other modules.
January 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Finally finished my customised DIY Kraakdoos/Cracklebox! Sounding good and works great with the herzlichlabs MMI Matrix, especially to modulate other modules.
It doesn't look much but this vintage LM709CH op amp will soon be my custom Eurorack'd Kraakdoos/cracklebox. Easier to have bought the Erica Synth's version, but not as much fun.
January 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It doesn't look much but this vintage LM709CH op amp will soon be my custom Eurorack'd Kraakdoos/cracklebox. Easier to have bought the Erica Synth's version, but not as much fun.
Seems a good day to remember the awesome Janey Godley.
January 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Seems a good day to remember the awesome Janey Godley.
"ITS A RACK!". Thanks for the warning Admiral Rackbar.
January 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"ITS A RACK!". Thanks for the warning Admiral Rackbar.
My desk may seem like a mess but I see it as Coffee and Inspiration.
January 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My desk may seem like a mess but I see it as Coffee and Inspiration.
Trying to keep chilled on the busy run up to the big day with my old Buddha Machine's ambient tones. Have a great Christmas holiday everyone!
December 23, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Trying to keep chilled on the busy run up to the big day with my old Buddha Machine's ambient tones. Have a great Christmas holiday everyone!
Eh?! Anyone for a radioactive Uranium Ore powered Eurorack module. Take your random voltages to 1.21 gigawatts, while everyone slowly backs away. £599 apparently. www.nervoussquirrel.com/ore-some_vol...
December 21, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Eh?! Anyone for a radioactive Uranium Ore powered Eurorack module. Take your random voltages to 1.21 gigawatts, while everyone slowly backs away. £599 apparently. www.nervoussquirrel.com/ore-some_vol...
Raided my synth collection in storage! The @novationmusic.com Supernova sequenced with my Polyend Tracker sounds amazing! Some cool ring modulation going on.
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Raided my synth collection in storage! The @novationmusic.com Supernova sequenced with my Polyend Tracker sounds amazing! Some cool ring modulation going on.
Kitchen table operating theatre. Needed to calibrate the old oscillators on my Moog Voyager.
November 30, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Kitchen table operating theatre. Needed to calibrate the old oscillators on my Moog Voyager.
Just found out the ITV beach ident was filmed at Lytham St Annes! Thought I recognised it. This is my photo of rain on the rig from a beach huts at St-Annes. Not quite as sunny as the ident..
November 28, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Just found out the ITV beach ident was filmed at Lytham St Annes! Thought I recognised it. This is my photo of rain on the rig from a beach huts at St-Annes. Not quite as sunny as the ident..
Sometimes you've got to go back to go forwards. Perusing Alan Douglas' 1973 Electronic Music Production and amongst all the gems of information were theses cool EMS VCS-3 patch ideas.
November 26, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Sometimes you've got to go back to go forwards. Perusing Alan Douglas' 1973 Electronic Music Production and amongst all the gems of information were theses cool EMS VCS-3 patch ideas.
In honour of the musical pioneer Delia Derbyshire I've cranked up the old Wobbulator! Happy Delia Derbyshire Day and Dr Who Day too!
November 23, 2024 at 12:46 PM
In honour of the musical pioneer Delia Derbyshire I've cranked up the old Wobbulator! Happy Delia Derbyshire Day and Dr Who Day too!
The poor man's Gamechanger Motor Synth. I'm driving a motor with voltages from Tiptop Buchla 245t through a Koma Electronic Field kit. With a shed load of reverb. Sounds great!
November 16, 2024 at 12:01 PM
The poor man's Gamechanger Motor Synth. I'm driving a motor with voltages from Tiptop Buchla 245t through a Koma Electronic Field kit. With a shed load of reverb. Sounds great!
Quick and easy Mid/Side Processor patch on the ksoloti.
November 14, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Quick and easy Mid/Side Processor patch on the ksoloti.
I first posted this a year ago and I'm still proud of the relaxing vibes I created here. Perfect for a chilled Sunday Afternoon. #ambientmusic #relax #electronica
November 10, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I first posted this a year ago and I'm still proud of the relaxing vibes I created here. Perfect for a chilled Sunday Afternoon. #ambientmusic #relax #electronica
Simplicity is often awesome. Just recreated Isao Tomita’s Whistle patch on the ksoloti. Triggering using a Plinky synth with a load of reverb, sounds amazing! Will post some audio later.
November 8, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Simplicity is often awesome. Just recreated Isao Tomita’s Whistle patch on the ksoloti. Triggering using a Plinky synth with a load of reverb, sounds amazing! Will post some audio later.