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Saturday, April 28, 2007

orgon enigiser sherman qmf modular tr606 tb303 synapse



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"Ramon using the orgon enigiser,sherman qmf fliter,tr606, tb303, analogue solutions synapse. The Enigiser is a single-oscillator monosynth module whose sound can be beefed up somewhat by a sub-bass feature (more on this later) and treated via a very comprehensive Voltage Controlled Filter section, three envelope generators and an LFO. The oscillator has a selector switch for sine wave, triangle wave, square wave, variable square and variable sawtooth -- the last a nice touch, and a source of of some of the richest sounds available from the Enigiser, especially when the sawtooth width is modulated by the LFO. The selector switch is a little tight and I'm that sure the knobs on this review model are smaller than on others I've seen. They vary in response from smooth to rather stiff but do free up with use. Main pitch can be set over an 8-octave range, with fine-tuning the expected plus or minus a semitone. Slide (portamento) can be added and even switched on or off via the jack input.What is the Sherman QMF ?

4 Sherman Filterbanks in 1 box, numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. The numbers also apply to the MIDI channel at which the 4 filterbanks are programmed. E.g. filterbank 1 has MIDI channel 1, filterbank 2 has MIDI channel 2 etc...

The TB-303 (named for "Transistor Bass") was originally marketed to guitarists for bass accompaniment while practicing alone. Production lasted approximately 18 months, resulting in only 10,000 units. The TB-303 is considered a collector's item today, often valued at US$800 to $1000. It was not until the mid- to late-1980s that DJs and electronic musicians in Chicago found a use for the machine in the context of the newly developing house music genre.

And so it is... the Revolution

A true analog monophonic synthesizer with an easy to use step-based digital sequencer, analog and DSP effects processing, and various interfacing for controlling MIDI, CV/Gate, and Din Sync devices.

Continuing in our tradition of building quality products, this unit is housed in a rugged aluminum chassis, with aluminum side panels, high contrast black on white finish for superior viewing of controls in dark environments, and topped off with bright blue LEDs all around.

Din Sync out is included for syncing up the playback of the early Roland TR and TB type devices to todays MIDI sequencers. Garfield Electronics Dr. Click, audio-cv-trigger-midi converter."

3 comments:

  1. The TB-303 (named for "Transistor Bass") was originally marketed to guitarists for bass accompaniment while practicing alone. Production lasted approximately 18 months, resulting in only 10,000 units. The TB-303 is considered a collector's item today, often valued at US$800 to $1000. It was not until the mid- to late-1980s that DJs and electronic musicians in Chicago found a use for the machine in the context of the newly developing house music genre."

    And then not until the early-to-mid-1990s when the sound the damned thing was run into the ground by every bedroom wannabee who thought the key to techno stardom was to have THAT BOX that would enable them to create automatic ACIEEEEEED. This, of course, is what led to them costing so damned much.

    I thoroughly expect that somewhere around the middle part of the next decade, there will be a glut of cheap TB-303s littering the landscape as said candyravers and other bedroomers grow up and get rid of the toys that got consigned to their closets years ago.

    And when that happens, I STILL won't buy one!

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  2. Yo, this guy stole that whole "history of tb-303" paragraph:
    http://tinyurl.com/37o6aq .

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  3. why do you insist on file orgon synths under 'organ' ??

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