Telecom Family
The telecom family is based on a low-tech lo-fi vocoder and pitch shifting circuit similar to those found in toy voice changing megaphones. The circuitry however, is higher quality with a much wider range of effects and more controls. Each has the ability to alter any incoming audio source - mic or line, to a great degree. Gives sounds a tonal quality that new devices only try to emulate, but the real thing adds much flavor. A great tool to alter beats live for a lo-fi sound.
These works were created by Ben and Arius as collaborative and/or individually. Currently not in production - will likely come back around.
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Bicomm
An early work; This is the same as the tricomm that Arius Blaze made for Mike Patton but simplified a ...
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Cataract
Pitch shifter, same as the glaucoma. We did a few of these. Ben Houston, Ablaze collab.
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Cataract Delay
Here is a work combining the lo-fi bit and pitch shifting/ring mod of the telecom with a delay section ...
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Cataract ver. 2
a simple version of the telecom - patchable pitch shifting and glowing eye
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Droid
Another of the telecom/cataract works - simple but effective for lo-fiism
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Dune Shaper
Antoher of the telecom family - intended to shape incoming signals via lo-fi pitch shifting and ring modulation
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Glaucoma
Pitch shifter, same as the cataracts. This was extremely difficult to put together due to the lack of depth in ...
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Innercom
An early telecom work.
from the archive;
The Innercom was one of the finest of the Telecommunicator series. It's ...
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Optic Nerve
Another of the later telecom series - this one adopted by Ben Houston.
"This piece entitled "optic nerve" is a simple ...
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Prima Delay
An older telecom-time machine hybrid.
from the archive;
"This particular piece is in the hands of Tim Skold (Marilyn Manson ...
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Primateria
Many of these were made back in 2003-04(?)-ish. The prime version of the lo-fi wave shaping of the telecom ...
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Primateria 08
An early telecom work - much of the info including some photos and sounds were lost.
from the archive;
The "Prima ...
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Romulan noise factory
Here is a very odd folktek collaborative effort by Ben and Arius. This has step-based pitch shifting on the lo-fi ...
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Telecommunicator
One of those early telecom works...Many of these were made in the early 2000's - a production series of ...
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Tricomm
This is one of the pieces Arius Blaze made for Mike Patton. Three separate sections to control vocals - all bit ...
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