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Our recording quality

Our sounds samples

 What is Circuit Bending?

 Fractal's take on circuitbending and history

 Descriptions  of FractalStudios bends 

More on Raymond Scot

 Video / Audio clips




Fractalstudios High-Quality Audio Recordings: A Cornerstone of Effective Content

The quality of our audio recordings is paramount. The fidelity and clarity of our recordings can make all the difference in captivating your audience. At our company, we understand the importance of delivering audio that is not only informative but also pleasing to the listener's ear. Our state-of-the-art recording equipment and meticulous post-production processes ensure that every inflection, and every subtle nuance is captured with the utmost precision. By investing in our high-quality audio, you're not only elevating the overall production value of your content, but you're also demonstrating a commitment to your audience's experience. Crisp, clear, and professional-sounding recordings convey a sense of expertise and attention to detail that can set your content apart from the competition. Embrace the power of exceptional audio and unlock the full potential of your content.

Fractalstudios Samples

At Fractalstudios, we take pride in our recording and possessing of our samples. Some of our samples are unique because we also make our own circuit bent items for some of the samples. Some of our other sounds are taken from our extensive library of synths, arcade, and everyday sounds we have recorded. We are proud to announce a few free sample packs, to get you started. Fractalstudios Free sound Packs are, as listed; 10 kicks, 10 909Kicks, 9 909 Snares, 10 arcade sounds , and 10 Bent sounds, and I also have refill files for propeller head reason. These are one hits packs for drum samplers, and audio samplers. All our samples are royalty free. Most of these samples are Compatible with Electron Modal Samples, recorded at 48khz at 16 mono, some files are not compatible. In the future we will have more sound packs available here to purchase Ether as a digital download, or buy one of custom made DVD packs. Thanks for looking!


Sample pack 1

Propellerhead Reason files 1


What Circuitbending Is


    Circuitbending, Circuit-bent or Bending, is the act of Glitching the electronics of a toy, keyboard, or any electronic device.  To get new sounds, passages, or effects of sounds never herd before, by modding a device.  Most of the time the sounds are very harsh, scary, or down right nasty.  At the beginning, performances with these items were for avant-garde art, or noise music in the 70's, 80's, and 90's.  Now since the advancement of electronics circuitbent samples have made it into mainstream music.  Lots of of music stiles now benefit from Circuitbent samples, and you wont even know it may be in songs you listen to.  Artists insert them as a blip, a keyboard part, or even the guitar effects.  Now pedals have been circuit bent to give different timbers or feelings to guitars or other instruments. JHS Muff Mod's are,  Electro harmonix big muff, fuzz pedals modded by JHS.  They make new Effect Parameters to Classic stompbox effects.      

Video  link:  what is Circuit Bending  Youtube Circuitbending      

Fractal's take on Circuitbending:

 Circuit bending is "the art of unleashing the ghost in the machine," R. Ghazala.  Circuit bending is the hacking or short-circuiting of consumer electronics to create new sounds for music and audio visual art.  Musicians like Richard D. James of Aphex twin, Tom waits, Masami Akita of Merzbow, and Mike Patton of Mr. Bungle and tomahawk; use circuit bent items in their music they make, and in their live performances. Circuit bending is usually associated with different types of electronic music, but has recently broken into mainstream music. A man named Reed Ghazala was the first person to coin the term of circuit bending.  When he found out in 1966 the awesome sound a transistor amplifier made in his desk drawer when it shorted out against a metal object, in said drawer.  He then went on to write about the discovery of his founding's in EMI magazine and for Wiley and Sons publishing.  Later they would published his book  Circuit Bending, building your own alien instruments by Ghazala.  Circuit bending was also experimented on by other pioneers of electronic music such as Bob Moog, and Raymond Scott,  (Raymond Scott doesn't receive as much credit as he should for his work in Electronic Instruments and electronic music.)   A young Bob Moog and his father made Theremins for Raymond Scott.  Raymond Scott would turn Moog's Theremins into one of the first electronic keyboard instruments called the Clavivox. This keyboard was patented in 1956.  Later Clavivox models used light shining through photographic film onto photocells as a source of control voltage to control pitch and timbre.  (If this isn't circuit bending then I don't know what is.)  The Moog's (Bob & his DAD) would also make circuits for many of Scotts Instruments, witch later would evolve into circuits that would later used in Moog's instruments.  Raymond Scott was also the inventor of the first Electro- mechanical sequencer.(1)   Raymond Scott also wrote music for Tom & Jerry and bugs bunny cartoons, as well as; for his jazz quintet, TV commercials, and projects done for Jim Henson.  For more on circuit bending go to Wikipedia's page on circuit bending, and for more on one of the GREATEST pioneers on electronic music Raymond Scott  go to the Raymond Scott site.  For other links and sites as well go to my Links Page!

 

More additional Raymond Scott info from Electronic Musician Magazine article;

Raymond Scott may have been the inventor of the first Electro- mechanical sequencer.(1)   According to Robert Moog; Raymond Scott also wrote music for Tom & Jerry, and bugs bunny cartoons, as well as; for his jazz quintet, TV commercials, and projects done for Jim Henson. (The Organized Mind Here) For more on circuit bending go to Wikipedia's page on circuit bending, and for more on one of the GREATEST pioneers on electronic music Raymond Scott  go to the Raymond Scott site.  For other links and sites as well go to my Links Page!


   FractalStudios.net Circuit bends

FractalStudios.net bends & sounds

  I make Circuitbent instruments, and call them FratalStudios Bends.  I make them out of toys, keyboards, drum modules, or just about any electronic device that makes noise.  I take the item and glitch the electronics, inventing new sounds, and samples, for music and media.  I have been doing this for several years now.  I take those instruments and  record samples of there sounds and use them in the sample CD's & DVD's we make, at FractalStudios.net  I also use the sounds in the music we make at FractalStudios.  The sounds and samples are Wave, or REX (and more) samples.  These sounds can be loaded into Reason, Fruity Loops, Acid, Logic or any other DAW or Sampler.  I will be putting up Videos and sounds of more bends I make HERE .  For more info check out our about us page.           

   

    FractalStudios bends, as well as links to their purchase,  on our eBay page.  Links to bent sounds, and Bent Refils Go Here.  Check back for More on Fractals take on circuit bending as well as links to bends.