Sunday, March 07, 2010
Metasonix D-1000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine
YouTube via bigcitymusic http://bigcitymusic.com/
"Here is the latest from Metasonix, the all new D-1000 vacuum tube drum machine. It is the first all tube drum machine since the Wurlitzer Sideman was introduced 51 years ago in 1959."
6 comments:
Note: comments that insult people will be removed. Critique on gear is allowed. Do not ask if listings are still available. Click through auction links to check yourself. Posts and pics remain for historical purposes. To reduce spam, comments for posts older than one week are not displayed until approved (usually same day).
PREVIOUS PAGE
NEXT PAGE
HOME
© Matrixsynth - All posts are presented here for informative, historical and educative purposes as applicable within fair use.
MATRIXSYNTH is supported by affiliate links that use cookies to track clickthroughs and sales. See the privacy policy for details.
MATRIXSYNTH - EVERYTHING SYNTH
© Matrixsynth - All posts are presented here for informative, historical and educative purposes as applicable within fair use.
MATRIXSYNTH is supported by affiliate links that use cookies to track clickthroughs and sales. See the privacy policy for details.
MATRIXSYNTH - EVERYTHING SYNTH
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Keio's (Korg's) earlier Donca Matic models had tubes.
ReplyDeletehttp://nonsolosynth.blogspot.com/2008/10/korg-doncamatic.html
true, other beat units had tubes but none of them had EXPOSED tubes-->
ReplyDeletefor the extra cool effect of cut and burned hands...
what ever happened to R&D?
They should have given this the title of "Finger Fryer", ya know, to go with Ass Blaster, because of those exposed tubes?
ReplyDeletewell the ass blaster tubes are hardly burning hot - they're hot but not like power tubes on a guitar amp
ReplyDeletedoes the hum come with the machine?
ReplyDeletevia metasonix:
ReplyDelete"a) never seen a Doncamatic, they are much scarcer than the Sideman, and Wurlitzer made Sidemen until the end of 1964. Besides, all the historical records I've seen indicate that the Doncamatic was a blatant copy of the Sideman.
http://totallyambush.co.uk/2008/06/15/analogue-dreams-1959s-wurlitzer-sideman-rhythm-machine/
b) the tubes do not get hot enough to burn fingers, and they do not have sharp edges. You're being unreasonable.
c) Yes, there's a bit of hum. It's because the D-1000 is a full-up primitive monster with too much gain. Use a noise gate if it bothers you that much. (The Sidemen I've seen all had some hum in their outputs, even after the filter caps were replaced. They were rarely used with external PA equipment, so the internal speaker was the only way people listened to it--and that speaker has terrible low-frequency response, I wonder if that was intentional, to keep the hum from being audible.)"