Title link takes you to images pulled via this auction.Anyone know more about these in general? The auction claims this to be vintage analog. These old rhythm boxes fascinate me as the sound and analog synth technology is there producing sound, yet the target audience for these were totally different than that of the pro synth market, or was it?
this is the target market for these: lounge musicians.
ReplyDeleteyeah it's easy for lowpass gate fans to laugh at the original intended application for these, but i've got a record of Chuck from the 70s when he was using a Korg Dork-o-Matic and it's so much nicer than the SR-16 which he uses now.
some of us play techno or prog rock, some of us patch aleatoric organisms, and some of us just cover pop tunes in a piano bar. i happen to dig any of it as long as it's got heart, and Chuck has it in bundles.
I used to have one. The perc sounds are pretty good, and it's also easy to open to tweak the trimpots to change their tuning and decay.
ReplyDeleteThe rhythms aren't that amazing, but as it is with a lot of these older boxes, you can combine them by pressing two buttons at a time.
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suit & tie guy, what you say is definitely true. It reminded me of Jimmy.
ReplyDeleteI used to have one I got from a flea market for $5. Had tolex on the case instead of the wood finish.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing: after about 30m of being on, it'd add an extra beat in some of the rhythms, so you'd randomly end up with a 5/4 bar in an otherwise 4/4 preset.
Wonder if this was the inspiration for the R-5/R-8 'feel' settings? ;)