REVOLUTION! | Hardware Weekend James challenge submission

A dawless, improvised synthesizer performance for the Hardware Weekend Jams challenge of 4-5 July 2026: Revolution! These are always messy, confusing, and threatening - hence the dissonant chaos in this piece! #hwj #hardwaresynth #dawless ABOUT THIS CHANNEL: Telantas Changxo is the musical side project of quantum physicist Jorge Quintanilla. It features DAWless music made using hardware synthesizers, ranging widely from experimental drone pieces to original synth-pop songs. Gear used (no affiliation with any retailers or manufacturers): Synthesizers: Yamaha CS-5 (vintage analogue synthesizer) Behringer Crave x 3 (analogue semi-modular synthesizers) Yamaha TX81Z (vintage digital FM synthesizer) Casio VL-1 (digital toy synthesizer - my first synth!) Yamaha PSR-36 (FM synth with sliders - in storage right now) Drum machines: Behringer RD-6 (analogue drum machine - Roland 606 clone) Alesis SR-16 (digital drum machine - a classic - in storage right now) Eurorack: Arturia RackBrute 3U case Befaco A*B+C v2 (axbc2) utility module Behringer 1027 Clocked Sequential Control Module Dopefer A-170 Dual Slew Limiter Clacktronics filter Ladik U-201 Hz/V to V/oct converter Mixing, effects, and audio routing: Behringer 1202FX mixer (with digital effects) EHX Platform (compressor - used mostly for drums) EHX V256 (vocoder) Behringer Ultrapatch Pro PX3000 Zoom R4 (digital recorder) MIDI: Roland A-500Pro (very flexible MIDI master keyboard w/velocity & channel aftertouch) Yamaha QX5 (an extremely powerful sequencer and MIDI router from the 1980s) Kenton Pro Solo Mk3 (extremely reliable MIDI-to-CV converter) 64-pixels Banana Split and Orange Squeeze (MIDI thru and merge boxes) Anatek Pocket Channel (vintage re-channelizer) Other: A Jaspers synth stand All music composed, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jorge Quintanilla.