Modded Roland TR-606s are a comin'

A while back, I posted on the knob laden Roland TR-606 on the *bay. Julian announced on AH that he will be offering the full units as finished packages for sale. He's shooting for under 500ukp, which translates to under $871 US. Title link takes you to a bigger shot of the below; no website yet.



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The feature set will be:

24 voice controls
8 trigger outputs (fully buffered)
7 trigger inputs
individual switched outputs on all voices, with volume pot on each (toms /
hats no longer share an output)
various outputs and inputs to/from multi oscillator array and noise
generators
trigger leds
3 position kill switches on each voice (off, on/no accent, on/accented as
accent track)

Modular System Workshop - Paris

via Denis on AH. November 18-19. Title link takes you there.

Analog Solutions Vostok


"Each year, Marc Sirguy (the guy behing MESI, the French importer of
most analogue stuff, and also behind Eowave.com) organize an analogue
day(s) and this year it's a Modular Workshop at MESI premises.

There will be "old" modulars around (ARP 2600, Roland system 100m…)
There will be new modulars around (Doepfer, ASys, ASol, Cwejman,
Macbeth M5, Curetronic…)
There will be soft modulars around (Arturia)
There will be some Moog too…

Will be around too, Mr Ken Macbeth himself (cheers!) and some top head
from Arturia (sorry, can't remember the name, oops), and me of course!
;)

It's a very good idea to register (it's a free workshop) before as the
place is not expandable unfortunately, either on phone using +33 (0)1
45 15 41 95 or using info@mesi.fr

18-19/11/05
14h - 20 h
6, rue Marceau - 94200 Ivry/Seine - France
Métro : Pierre Curie - BUS n°132

If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them :)

Denis =G)"

DSI Evolver Video

Update via the comments:

"Axiom said...
Thread updated with two new videos :)"

Cool.

Nice LONG DSI Evolver video. This is literally like testing out a new synth for the first time. You basically get to sit there with him and check out a full range of sounds the Evolver is capable of. Very, very cool. It's a great example of of how bold and full an Evolver can sound as a lead instrument. Via Axiom, via electro-music.com. Title link takes you there.

Minimoog Shot

Great Minimoog shot. Title link takes you to the VSE post where I found it.

EMS-Rehberg Video Synthesizer

This popped up on my randomn picture viewer. I checked the EMS site (title link) and couldn't find this exact unit. I see the EMS Spectre, but it doesn't quite look like this. I did a quick search and didn't find much. If you know anything about it or a good site on it, please feel free to comment.

Emax SE Page and Tribute

Chris Strellis put up a page on his Emax SE with a really nice track featuring nothing but the Emax SE. Nice and gritty. Has a very heavy weight to it. Not completely 4AD, but the weight on tracks of This Mortal Coil definitely come to mind. Well worth checking out. Title link takes you there.

The PorchBoard - Analog Bass

Trip. In via Synth80 on AH, via Harmony Central.



"Designed to revive the lost art of self accompaniment, the Porchboard Bass is an analog rhythm instrument designed to allow low-end, player controlled, self accompaniment using the natural technique of foot tapping. Because it's player controlled, the Porchboard Bass is legitimately accepted in the concert venue. Each tap of the foot produces a low-end, full-bodied, bassy beat that is more percussive than a bass guitar, yet sounds fuller and more resonant than most bass drums."

TR-909 Mod Page

Via Jonodo on AH. Title link takes you there.



The following mods extend the range of the Tune and Decay controls, and add three new controls:

Pitch - controls the frequency of the bass drum oscillator
Drive - allows waveform adjust from normal to square, for hard clipped sounds
Tune Depth - varies the amount of initial pitch sweep (decay set by TUNE control)

Jiggity's XOXBOX

Via this post on Sonic State's the-gas-station. Damn, that looks nice.

Moog Satellite - New Flickr Shot