via this auction. Yes this is a dealer auction. I like the shot."Welcome to the House of Jomox!
The new Jomox MBase01 V2 is a MIDI bass drum module with storable presets. It does basically one thing, but it does that one thing in a most excellent way, create killer kick drums!
The MBase01's presets feature analog bass drums, from extremely powerful to soft and tender and covers the entire range from 808 to 909. The MBase01 was designed to sound different than the XBase09, making it a true expansion if you already own the XBase09.
The MBase01 can also be used as a bass module since the decay can be lengthened and the pitch can be played on the keyboard in semitones over three octaves.
Jomox includes a very useful feature in the MBase01, the kick drum can be triggered by an external analog trigger input. This can be any audio signal, for example a club vinyl or the electronic pads of a live drummer. For only $349 you get a tool that helps you to create great kick sounds, without the time consuming searching associated with most inferior-sounding sample libraries. If ever there was an argument against using sample libraries, here it is! You save time & energy while getting better sound quality than you could have ever imagined.
* Bass Drum All bass drum parameters and the sound production are 100% identical to the XBase09 and the AirBase99. But the value ranges and the sound are different. The decay can be turned to 2 seconds and makes it possible, in combination with split mode 2, to play real semitone basses. The pulse sounds sharper and has a noticeable click in the beginning, and the eq also has a wider range for obtaining smoother 808 bass drums. The decay envelope isn't compressed as in the XB/AB/JB, so that the decaying sound has a true exponential curve.
MIDI
* The MIDI controllers of the MBase01 are 100% identical to the XB/AB/JB. All parameters can be remote-controlled by midi. The MBase01 is also compatible with our midi editors and templates in the bass drum department.
LFO
* The MBase01 has an LFO which works on the pitch of the bass drum. The LFO speed can be edited in BPM or be synchronized by midi clock. As with the XBase09, the LFO can be synced on a note trigger or can run free. The wave forms are saw up, saw down, triangle and rectangle.
* Check out a demo video. [this one]
Features
* Technical specifications Presets: 10 User RAM, 64 ROM
* Pure analog sound with storable parameters
* Analog Envelopes: Externally trigger the env amount and threshold
* LFO: modulates the pitch, midi synchronizable
* Display: LED 7-segment 3 digit
* MIDI: Midi In, Midi Out
* User Interface: 1 data wheel, 5 buttons, 16 LEDs for parameter and functions
* Outputs: 1 mono out 1/4" RCA jack
* Output Level: about 0dBu
* Input: External analog trigger
* Supply: External wall wart 9V DC
* Weight: approximately 1.2 lbs."
Has anyone used these? I'm way interested but have heard mixed things (and I can't understand the need for an LFO)
ReplyDeleteYou could use the LFO to slightly modulate pitch so that not every kick sounds the exact same therefore sounding more real and less like a sample. I'd assume its the same circuit as the 09 or 999. Assuming thats true I'd say it sounds pretty amazing. I'd think it would compliment the Machine Drum crowd very well.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone else think this machine is overpriced at $299? I think the better price point is $179... then I would buy one.
ReplyDeleteAgreed on the price!
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