WeevilsThe range of Weevils has been growing and mutating over the last five years. The sonic-heart of the Weevil is a bank of simple squarewave oscillators that are ring-modulated together to give a large range of sounds from drone to crackle. A range of circuit-bend techniques are then added - power starvation to make the oscillator section spin into chaos modes and body contacts which allow the player to touch parts of the circuit and directly alter the electronic flow. Lick your fingers!
The resulting instruments are full of variety, the circuits coming to life in unstable manners but which can still be coaxed along using dials and touch. It is like a rolling play-fight, with constant surprises and new directions. Currently in 2009 there are only two production designs. Both the Weevil08 and AudioWeevil08 are now archive devices, though continuations of their ways may appear later in the year. You can also check the archive for older Weevil designs.
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