acidlab miami bassline tr-909

YouTube via pac209. "more shuffle here"

midi-din sync jam session

"tr727 is master, midi goes to miami, from there din to 909 from there midi to bassline from there din to 606, it all works with no glitch or delay in timing. I chose this "exotic" wiring on purpose to demo the whole "hook up some din sync" thing. Some live programming is hard to do with one hand sorry! at the end you can see the 909 and the miami both in shuffle mode, really great."

muzik4machines's QuickCapture Video - March 16, 2009, 07:17 PM kaossilator and Mini KP

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muzik4machines's QuickCapture Video - March 16, 2009, 05:58 PM kaossilator and mini KP

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The FREAKENSPEAK CIRCUIT BENT SPEAK & SPELL

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"Features Of The 'FREAKENSPEAK':
The Versatile Texas Instruments Speak & Math Electronic Voice Chip Is The Basis For Synthesis.
Candy Colored Soft Grip Base Pitch Knob.
Opto Theremin For Wild Pitch Swooping & Whammy Style Effects.
Loop Engage & Hold Switches For Creating Looping Electronic Rhythms & Repeating Percussive Effects.
Synthesizer Sound Freeze & Sustain Switches.
Two Glitch Switches Generate Random Speech & Synth Effects Dependent On Mode Of Operation.
Gold Body Contact Dish & Gold Hologram Contact Sensitive Facade For Sensitive Whammy Style Effects, Warbles & Natural Musical Phrasing.
1/8 Inch Output For Connection To Recording, Effects & Amplification Devices.
Twin Bright LEDs For Dramatic Performance Gestures In Low Light & Dark Venues.
Anamorphic Design With Positionable Segmented Legs & Segmented Claws; & Two Holographic Eyes Make This A Truly Unique Display Object Device When Not In Use.
Runs On Four 'C' Batteries... Not Included To Lower Shipment Cost To The Buyer.
Secure Fitting Battery Compartment Cover & Clean Battery Compartment."

ROLAND GR88 NECK THROUGH BASS + GR77B MIDI SYNTH

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Roland TR77 Rhythm Machine

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"Roland TR77 Rhythm synth.
The Roland Rhythm 77 drum machine was Roland's first product (formerly Ace electronics) - released in 1972. It is actually an updated and relabelled Rhythm Ace FR-8L.

It was one of a trio of drum machines released by Roland that year, offering features intermediate between those of Rhythm 33 (TR-33) and Rhythm 55 (TR-55).

It comes in a flat wooden case with a metal base and has a holding for scorebooks - was dedicated to put at top of an organ for rhythm accompaniment.

General Product Information:
Contents
* 1 Rhythms:
* 2 Instruments:
* 3 Some technical inside:
* 4 External Sync

Rhythms:
· Latin: rhumba, beguine, cha-cha, mambo, samba 1&2, bossa nova, baion, bolero, tango
· Rock: rock'n'roll 1&2, slow rock, ballad, western, march, jazz waltz, waltz, cancel
· 2beat & 4beat: bass drum, snare, fox trot, swing, parade, shuffle

Instruments:
Bass drum, snare drum, lo conga, low bongo, high bongo, rim shot, maracas, high hat, cymbal, tambourine, guiro, cow bell. Rim are used for metronome, too.
has a little mixer for: bass drum, snare drum, guiro, high hats.
has a tempo & volume fader; and a fade-out option : for start there's no button, it's a finger-sensitive touch-bar, supports double tempo.
the power switch is not a primary AC-switch.

Some technical inside:
There's no IC inside - only one VCA...
Left: transformer, rectifier, softstart.
Mid: master clock, 5 dividers, reloop & down-beat LED, diode matrix.
The 1st divider is connected to the tempo-up switsch for a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio, the 2nd ones for switching between the 4/4 and 3/4 clock - 1:2 or 1:3 ratio.
Right: the voice board, mixer & output stage. BD, LC, LB, HB, rim are passive circuits.
Bottom: the rhythm switches...
External Sync
There's a little possibility to use din-sync on this device.
Logic board: leftest transistor, on its right the base resistor, solder on lower pin the clock line. For start/stop - its like a pedal switch - just put a transistor serial into the male connector: gnd=emitter, top=collector, base=start/stop line.

Works best at 8 ppm clock, up-tempo off for best results. On up-tempo on the guiro & tambourine it sounds bad as they have a 2nd trigger input which they get from the 1st divider."

KORG MS2000R

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Alesis ION Reversed

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Roland MC505 Groovebox

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Key takeaway: Roland owns the term "Groovebox"

"MC-505: Groovebox
Features
The MC-505 Groovebox® builds upon the successful MC-303 as a self-contained, retro-styled dance music sequencer and sound module with powerful new sounds and realtime controls. New features include the revolutionary D-Beam light-sensing controller and a MEGAMix function for intuitive realtime pattern mixing.

* Professional Groovebox featuring high-performance sound engine: 64-voice polyphony, steeper multi-mode resonant filters, front-panel ADSR envelope controls
* Revolutionary D-Beam controller allows for effects and sound/note control via hand movement over infrared light beam
* 714 onboard dance music patterns developed by cutting-edge sound designers worldwide
* 512 built-in sounds and 26 rhythm sets, including the latest dance, hip-hop and techno music sounds and classic drum and synth sounds (TB-303, TR-808, JUNO, Jupiter, etc.)
* Three independent, synchronizable effects processors with powerful new effects
* Onboard arpeggiator
* MEGAMix function allows for intuitive pattern creation by combining rhythms and parts of one pattern with another
* Enhanced MIDI implementation, powerful sequencer section with increased note storage, multiple outputs (3 stereo/6 mono), new assignable part Mixer sliders
* SmartMedia slot accepts external 2MB and 4MB SmartMedia cards for unlimited pattern and patch storage and direct pattern playback"

Sequential Circuits Six-Trak

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Magneticring (synthi AKS) & Osama "Sam" Shalabi

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"Feed&Seed Records just released 2 CDrs featuring some music made by humans with rare synths.

Magneticring (synthi AKS) & Osama "Sam" Shalabi

also a rare live recording of Shasta Cults an elusive modular synth duo who use Buchla and Serge performance instruments.

info here"