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2026-10-19
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In this setup, the digital and analog circuits of the synthesizer system's mixer were housed in separate cases to reduce noise. A control or pulse-width modulation signal output from a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device is input into the digital circuit. The digital circuit divides this input signal, performs logical operations, and outputs three control signals. These control signals are fed into an analog multiplexer in an analog circuit housed in a separate case. This configuration improved the sound quality of the synthesizer system. The fourth track on this album uses a Korg monotron DUO, two digital delay units, and vocals in addition to the conventional synthesizer system. The conventional synthesizer system consists mainly of a computer, USB device, line selector, buffer, analog filter, and mixer. Here, the two digital delays are referred to as Delay 1 and Delay 2. The output signal from the monotron DUO is fed into Delay 1, where a delay is applied. Delay 1 and Delay 2 are connected in a cascade, allowing the output signal from Delay 1 to be looped and played back. In addition, the vocals are fed into Delay 2 via a microphone, where a delay effect is applied. The output signals from the monotron DUO and the vocals are mixed in Delay 2 and recorded to the computer via a USB audio interface. The file format used for recording is the Waveform Audio File Format (WAV). This WAV file is played in a loop on the synthesizer system's computer. Finally, the signal output from the computer is fed into the mixer via a digital-to-analog converter. The fifth and sixth tracks also use the monotron DUO, effectors, and vocals. Additionally, the fifth track uses a violin, while the sixth track uses a thin metal sheet to add variation to the timbre. Using the monotron DUO and effectors with the conventional synthesizer system made it possible to create a richer sound and produce novel noise music.
Ichiro Tsuji was born in 1966. He started working on noise/industrial music for his band named "Dissecting Table" in Tokyo in 1986. He returned to his hometown of Hiroshima in 1998, and has been pursuing musical activities ever since. His records and compact disks have been released under the independent label of the UPD organization, and under labels in Europe and the United States. In the first and middle stage of his career he controlled the synthesizer and sampler by the sequencer, but since 2012, the works have been produced by controlling PWM signals output from a USB device on a computer. Lately the work is being made by developing an original synthesizer system.
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