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Spherical Sound Society brought us the Opera Rotas Experimental FM Drum Machine posted here.
"ARCANE is a generative synth that lies somewhere between a synth, a sequencer and a drum machine, depending on how you interact with it.
It is based on an authentic Yamaha YM2413 FM chip; the one used in some arcade coin ops, MSX and in the japanese version of the Sega Master System.
To control it it has 6 potentiometers and 3 buttons. The pots are:
-Tempo. It controls the tempo/speed
-Base Register. It determines if the machine is more musical or glichy
-Intensity. The higher this pot, the more amount of notes and percusions sounding. This is a veru playable way of alter the generative composition by transitioning between the simple and complex sound explorations
-Sequence. It let you browse between sequences.
-Dispersion. the higher this pot, the most registers that we are writing on the chip, so the sequences get more complex and chaotic
-Combination. It multiplex, demultiplex and recombines sequences, keeping the output related but always fresh and different
It has 3 buttons, Left, Right and Reset. Reset is located in the arduino and is self explanatory. Left and Right buttons are to be determined as the firmware is still in development.
It has Clock In and Clock Out so you can synch it with external gear
It comes fully assembled and ready to play.
You can listen to some demos on soundcloud:
You can get assembled units, kits and PCBs at:
https://www.tindie.com/products/jc204..."
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