/shbobo-studies

research, tutorials, software for Shbobo instruments by Peter Blasser and Steve Korn

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shbobo-studies

About

The shbobo-studies repository is a compilation of research notes, tutorials and software for instruments of the Shbobo collection by Peter Blasser.

The shbobo-studies repository is a project by Aarón Montoya-Moraga, started in 2020.

In late December 2020, Shbobo was published as open source at https://github.com/pblasser/shbobo.

Structure of this repository

  • archive/: .zip files with old versions of the Shbobo software.
  • fish/: Fish is a graphical user interface for programming Shlisp.
  • shlisp/: Shlisp is the name of the programming language used by Shbobo instruments.
  • shnth/: Shnth is the first instrument released by Shbobo. These notes include its history, design principles, and manual for use.
  • shtar/: Shtar is the second instrument released by Shbobo. These notes include its history, design principles, and manual for use.
  • software/: .txt files with software written for Shbobo instruments.
  • todo/: files found on the internet, not organized yet.

Shbobo

Here are some selected quotes about Shobo by themselves:

Shbobo description at shbobo.net

Shbobo was founded around 2010 by Peter Blasser and Steve Korn. An alternative name for the company was KORNBLASSER. We decided Shbobo was better because it sound-symbolizes "sh" for data and bobo is the bouncing and alive sound of human gestures. As you can see by the picture, I leaned on Steve a lot and he facilitated a bunch. It was his original idea of taking the analog inventions of Ciat-Lonbarde and making them USB.

Retrieved from the About section of the shbobo.net website, available at https://shbobo.net/about.html, accessed on Monday March 23 2020. )

Shbobo description at synthmall.com

Shbobo creates warm and wooden digital synths that connect to your computer for gaming, soundmaking, and other host-side worldmaking applications.

Retrieved from the Ordering section of the synthmall.com website, found at https://synthmall.com/ordering.html accesed on Monday March March 23 2020.

Technical specifications

Power supplies specification at synthmall.com

Shbobo instruments are powered off of the USB connection. You will need USB type-A to type-B cable (not included). The instruments have built-in, NiMH batteries, that can run it for many hours on a full charge. They automatically trickle charge when connected to USB. When storing, make sure the power switch is off to save batteries.

Retrieved from the Ordering section of the synthmall.com website, found at https://synthmall.com/ordering.html accesed on Monday March March 23 2020.

Images

kornBlasser.jpg

Retrieved from the About section of the shbobo.net website, available at https://shbobo.net/about.html, accessed on Monday March 23 2020. )

Reference