circuit bent alesis hr-16 drum machine

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"circuit bent alesis hr-16 by spunkytoofers
here are the modifications:

1. 2- rotary pad select banks on vintage chicken head knobs

2. 2- trigger rate knobs

3. trigger rate indicator lights via vintage dialco led lenses (lights always on for continuity)

4. 2- trigger lock switches

5. 2 momentary red trigger buttons

6. overall sample rate (pitch) of drum sounds on knob (does not effect midi or tempo)

7. power indicator blue vintage jewel lens with bright led lighting

8. 19 bending switch array (various effects, drum mangles, bit crushers, digital aliasing, filters, etc)

9. new lithium memory battery installed with battery clip mod for easy replacement (battery should last 10-15 years)

10. ac adapter included (north american countries only, if you will be using a convertor and want me to include the adapter for shipping to your country or need more info about the kind of adapter please contact me prior to bidding. you will need a proper adapter as this is a ac power supply and has a smaller barrel type connector then most adapters.

all original functionality retained with all modifications deactivated

all buttons, sliders, menus, menu and jacks has been tested to make sure everything on the unit is fully operational. just a few menu buttons require a little more pressure to operate then the others but everything checks out and is fully operational.

pdf and bend diagram jpeg emailed to winning bidder

this interface is a design to optimize the live playability of the original user interface as well as making the most use of the onboard sequencers as well. the switch array was chosen over a patch system as patching is a bit cumbersome with a rhythmic device.seems like patching is great for set and forget patches but not rhythmic sound manipulation in real time as there are quite alot of variants that can be used at once. the switches were selected to be stable, to provide the most array of sound manipulations, and to avoid redundancy.

the triggering system can be used alone or in conjunction with the onboard pads or with use of the onboard step sequencer. the triggering offers machine gun speed control of drum rolls to a continous control of speed to several seconds via the rate knobs. this allows some interesting drum patterns to be played or recorded on the sequencer in real time as well as some strange polyrhythms to occure. if you are using midi tap tempo you can slave the sequencer and your recorded or live beat creations to tap tempo.

drum pad sounds are selected via chicken head knobs and triggered either momentary with the push of the buttons or locked with the switches. the rate knobs are always flashing so you know where the drum beat lands the moment you activate the drum sounds.

this interface is meant for control and manipulation in real time but is also designed to play chaotically both tonally and rhythmically as well.

midi implementation is well done by alesis as well as customizing pans, sound setups and patterns. this makes it good to integrate in your midi studio or as a stand alone unit."

circuit bent alesis hr 16 drum machine

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circuit bent alesis hr-16 dsi evolver + akai ewi4000s

"circuit bent alesis hr-16 by spunkytoofers has a circuit bending switch array, a triggering interface along with overall pitch control by a getlofi ltc1799 precision oscillator. the bent alesis hr-16 synchs with the evolver on tap tempo. on the dsi breath controls lfos based on breath and pitch ping pong modulates the other lfos along with the foot controllers to effect the sounds from it's onboard sequencer.."