MATRIXSYNTH: KEIO DoncaMatic DE20 Rhythm Machine (1966)


Sunday, January 03, 2010

KEIO DoncaMatic DE20 Rhythm Machine (1966)


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"KEIO (later Korg) DoncaMatic DE20 from 1966.
Keio's first rhythm machine was the semiautomatic Doncamatic DA-20 in 1963 with disc rotary electric auto rhyhtm, followed in 1966 by the full electronic Doncamatic DE-20.

The Doncamatic DE-20 came in a solid Wooden cabinet (72,5 x 39 x 24cm weight 17kg.) with build in speaker and amp.
The machine has a total of 20 preset rhythm stored into two benches: Swing/Foxtrot, Rock1/Rock2, Rock3/Rock4, Ballad/Western, Bossanova1/Bossanova2, Tango/Habanera, Rumba/Beguine, Mambo/ChaCha, Samba/Baion, Waltz1/Waltz2."


Posted by matrix at 1/03/2010 12:10:00 AM
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  1. Unknown5/8/19, 10:00 PM

    Buying one tomorrow if I’m lucky, not working but coincidently met a guy today who may be able to fix it.

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