Monster Man - Forbidden Places, Forbidden Friends

video upload by John L Rice

"A quick synthesizer doodle with video collage.

Modular Synth:
SSL - Scat-Talker
Modcan - Touch Sequencer 72B
COTK - C914B FFB
Free State FX - Supra Resonator

Other:
Expressive E - Osmose
Roland - A-88, Integra7
Strymon - BigSky, Timeline
Lexicon - MX400
Allen & Heath - Mix Wizard 20S
Tascam - SD-20M

#modularsynth #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic"

Another brief taste of The Matrix Algorithmic Composer

video upload by John L Rice

"Gear used:
Synthetic Sound Labs - 1660 The Matrix Algorithmic Composer and 1235 EG/VCA
Oakley Sound Systems - Diode Superladder Filter
Allen & Heath - MixWizard 20S
Strymon Engineering - Timeline and BigSky
Lexicon - MX400"

Allen & Heath AHB Inpulse One vintage ultra rare drum machine SN 1024

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via this auction

You can find a video of one previously posted here, and a resource site posted here. Only one other was listed for sale back in 2007.

"Up for sale is a (1) Allen & Heath AHB Inpulse One drum machine, made in England around 1985. There are 140 units produced of this drum machine and most of them don't work properly. This one is been completely overhauled and in good working condition now (service report included in the sale). Notice that the gold plated contacts of the expansion connector are damaged, the connector is not longer usable unfortunately. Optical it's in good condition for its age, but there is some wear and tear on the housing, rusty spots on the back side and some scratches (see photo's). It's working on 220 - 240V and the serial number is: 1024."

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Rare AHB (Allen & Heath) Inpulse One drum machine

Published on Dec 18, 2015 djhombre

"Ultra rare UK drum machine from 1985. Flight cased & enormous, it's a digital drum machine with plenty of outputs & MIDI. The only downside with mine is that it's currently not working!

Hopefully looking to get it restored back to working order soon!"

Allen & Heath AHB Inpulse One Resource Site

via geextreme in the comments of this post.

"For Inpulse One users, I have put together a page with history and details. I originally did this in 2002, but at the time did not have sample tapes or info, it's taken... a while.

http://geextreme.com/?page_id=851

You can download samples of the sounds, sounds to load into the Inpulse One (tapes 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the 11-tape catalogued library - in a 1986 interview Bill Nelson suggested that Allen & Heath would produce custom samples for you, so original Inpulse One users may have sounds that aren't documented on forgotten tapes somewhere).

As a bonus, there are also Inpulse One drumkits to load into the excellent Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer/sequencer."

Allen & Heath AHB Impulse One E-Drum Synthesizer

via this auction

Novamusik.com - Allen & Heath Xone DX!

YouTube via Novamusik | September 27, 2010
http://novamusik.com/
"Ben Davis shows us the Allen & Heath Xone DX!"

Allen & Heath XONE:VF-1 Review

Carbon111 just put up a review of the Allen & Heath XONE VF-1 filter. You can find the review with a nice shot of the front panel controls here. The following is just a short snip from the review:

"The VF-1 can be an extremely subtle effect, maybe just adding some phase movement, or it can be totally in-your-face with squelchy lowpass sweeps and scorching tube distortion. That said, I still wouldn't generally classify it as an "extreme" processor like say a Sherman filterbank, but more as a surgical sound-sculpting tool that is also capable of imparting quite a bit of warmth."

via the XONE VF-1 product page, controls include: Filters, Resonance, Mono/Stereo, Invert Filter, Valve, Envelope Follower, LFO and MIDI.

Allen & Heath AHB Inpulse One

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"Allen & Heath's records suggest only 140 of these instruments were completed, some with MIDI functions, some without, and some with 64K RAM as specified in the handbook.

This example has MIDI and 256K RAM.

AHB released this machine in the early 80s - you can read my article about it in the August 2004 issue of Sound on Sound, which is available online. I'm also including this issue of the magazine with the drum machine. (Incidentally, at some point during creating that article I was given the wrong name for one of the project members - it should be Simon Bohanon, not Simon Jones, as the sound engineer).

Features:

The Inpulse One is exceptionally pleasant to program - if you look at the pictures you'll see the zoned, large control panel, and the step-sequencer method of programming in action. The pads are velocity sensitive, and designed to be played with sticks - former Argent drummer Bob Henrit was a consultant during the development of the Inpulse One.

The sounds are quite compressed, very early 80s Cure in feel.

MIDI implementation is patchy. You can assign each pad (16 voices in all theoretically) to a range of keys and play the pad across that range with pitch variations, but it doesn't send MIDI note data - it appears to send MIDI timecode. It has a timecode display as well; I haven't fully explored this feature since I have no use for it.

It has 256K RAM, which should allow for some fairly impressive sounds!

It has individual outputs, trigger inputs, mix output connections, as well as tape I/O, pedal and MIDI interfaces. Stereo placement can be adjusted per pad (copy one sound to another pad, pan them left/right, and make sequences with panned drums!), volume and accent can be set in programming mode as can pitch. Patterns can be chained into songs and it has a substantial memory for these.

Built like a tank - as you can see, the PSU is an example of how well made this drum machine is. There is nothing else like it, and probably never will be again."

Allen & Heath XONE:VF-1

"The XONE:VF-1 is a high quality, 1U rack analogue filter unit equipped with a wide range of input and output connectors, which features an enhanced version of the legendary XONE Filter circuits. An RIAA preamp version - the Xone VF-1R - enabling direct connection to turntables, is also available.

Live Perfomance
The VF-1 is designed with live performance in mind. It offers the artist control over the music and the creative experience. The valve overdrive option gives the “dirty” sound to bass and synthesized sounds giving added depth and “fattening” of the sound. The filters can be linked to another VF-1 for control of both VF-1 units by one control as well as the ability to link VF-1's to a Xone:92 and control the VF-1 filters from the Xone:92. As well as the valve overdrive there is an envelope follower giving added effects to a live performance. LFO is also included for an automated response of the filter cutoff, and many filter types are included. Superior sounding Filters associated with valve analogue circuits (e.g warmth, clarity and depth) with the features and control of digital equipment.

In the Studio
The VF-1 is an ideal addition for the studio, be it project or professional. The Filters can be used to remove unwanted sounds (e.g. low frequency rumble) or as an effects processor with tube (valve) front end for added warmth. MIDI implementation means that filter sweeps can be recorded and replayed from a sequencer. The VF-1 can be controlled from external MIDI equipment and can also manipulate MIDI equipment, offering exceptional flexibility from an analogue filter."
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