MIDI retrofit for CR-78 Part 1

YouTube via MusicMiK

"This is the documentation of retrofitting MIDI into a Roland CR-78 using my MIDItriggs project. The first 4 parts include the mechanical work, modifications to the CR-78 and installation of the board in a good detail level.

Next year (read as tomorrow or so :), i will add the hardware driver for the planned CR-78 features to the firmware and create a last video showing the features of this retrofit. With the last video, the project will be available again on my website, being completely open source, including schematics, documentation and board layout, so you can make your own kit.

One more thing to say - i had some bad experience because there are people in the world interpreting „open source as „he does your custom development for free. This is not the case. I dont sell kits, i dont adapt MIDItriggs for your beatbox and in general i stopped answering questions about all my DIY stuff, as this eats up so much time that i no longer have time for the DIY hobby.

So if you contact me, dont be angry if you dont get any response. I just dont have the time and motivation to work for others, i want to make my own DIY ideas come true, not yours.

If i get another beatbox (i dont have a CR-78, its from a friend, i just have the Hohner Automatic Rhythm Player, which was the start of the MIDItriggs project), i will add it to MIDItriggs. But i still will not make and sell kits. This is your job - using the material you soon can find on my website again.

I wish you all a good start into 2010, happy new year!"

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APC 40 Techno Slam

YouTube via SuicideServer
"This is my entry for Akai´s European Video Contest. Due to some trouble with my neighbours (seems they dont like my new monitors ;) i had to mix this on my headphones.
Cheers"

Kegel - A Concern for Dust

YouTube via arthurpainter
"Another brief archive sequencer track that tickled my fancy enough to take out the mylar and shoot this video. Its sequence is provided courtesy my vintage Roland SH-101 synth, while a Machinedrum thumps away in martial mode. A Gristlelizer and a Korg Mini Kaoss Pad process the lot. A sample of a reversed Nord Lead line is in there somewhere. Many thanks to Andy Warhol for inspiration via his "Clouds" (1966)."

Última tocada Nortec en 2009! con Bostich+Fussible

YouTube via pepemogt. Check out the Future Retro Revolution in the custom case behind them at :38 on. I originally put this up on MATRIXSYNTH-C for the music, but thought I'd put it up here as well as it's a New Year's post and it's cool to see synths used in this context. I love it. Be sure to click here and scroll for more synth goodness by pepemogt.

"Feliz Año 2009!!!
Nortec Collective Presenta: Bostich+Fussible
26 de Diciembre 2009 en Teatro Voilá Acustique
México D.F.

Track: Borderland"

Deadstar Assembly - Send Me An Angel

YouTube via DarK27. synth spotting. via Mubotics

and the original:

Real Life - Send Me An Angel (1983)

YouTube via nzoz1983
"Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1983:

Real Life's promo-video for the hit single 'Send Me An Angel' taken from the 1983 album 'Heartland'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Lif..."

Buchla Model 266e Source of Uncertainty

via this auction
"The Buchla Model 266e Source of Uncertainty provides a noise source, random voltages, and can be configured to provide pure sample and hold. There are four sections to this module: noise source, smooth fluctuating voltages, quantized random voltages and store random voltages with voltage control of probability (really cool feature once you figure it out and this is how you can achieve pur sample and hold). The module is in excellent condition and is both physicially and electronically sound. The firmware memory card is included with this auction.. Other features include:

* Noise comes in three flavors. White noise is electrically flat, but acoustically balanced toward the high end of the spectrum (+3 db/octave). Integrated white noise has a low spectral bias (-3 db/octave). Musically flat noise has a flat spectrum (constant energy per octave) and is a particularly useful source for subsequent processing.
* Fluctuating Random Voltages are continuously variable, with voltage control of bandwidth over the range of .05 to 50 Hz, making possible changes that vary from barely perceptible movement to rapid fluctuation.
* Quantized Random Voltages change on receipt of pulses. Their number of states is voltage controllable from two to twenty-four, and their distribution can be varied both spatially and temporally.
* Stored Random Voltages have three parameters under voltage control. Degree varies the amount of randomness; chaos alters the distribution from just a little uncertain to total chaos; while skew biases the randomness toward one extreme or the other.
* All settings of the 266 may be stored and recalled under control of the model 225e or 206e preset manager."

Buchla Model 259e Complex Waveform Gen.

via this auction
"The Buchla Model 259e Complex Waveform Generator is the original incarnation of the 259e. The 259e is just that: complex. With 16 continuously modifiable AND blendable waveshapes, wavefolding, hard and soft sync, pitch tracking, linear FM, built-in LFO, cross-fade and full voltage control of all parameter, it is one of the most, if not most complex hardware oscillators ever built. The module is in excellent condition and is both physicially and electronically sound. The firmware memory card is included with this auction.. Other features include:

* voltage-controlled modulation of pitch, amplitude, and timbre, both hard and soft synchronization, and pitch tracking.
* in conjunction with the model 225e MIDI Manager, the 259e's pitches respond to internally routed MIDI messages. Up to four 259's can peacefully co-exist in a single system, each with its private MIDI channel.
* the settings of the 259e's pots and switches can be memorized as a part of a preset configuration. Provided you have a 225e or a 206e in your system."

Verbos Model 258v Dual Oscillator

via this auction

"The Mark Verbos Model 258v Dual Oscillator is designed to duplicate the sound and response of the highly regarded Buchla 258 and does so. The 258v is fully compatible with Buchla 200 and 200e systems. It connects to the same power supply, outputs the same signal levels, and responds to the same voltage control. You have never heard gurgling, burping, watery, klanging FM like that produced with the 258v. This module features two seperate VCO's, continuously tunable from 5 Hz to 20 kHz. Each VCO has two processing inputs and a frequency modulation input.l Waveshapes as well as frequency can be voltage controlled. Model 258v oscillators feature low sine wave harmonic content. There is no memory card with this module, it is fully analog and cannot store presets. Other features include:

* Processing inputs: Two processing control inputs permit multiple control of pitch without need of separate external processor.
* Processing controls: Used to set desired range of frequency control. Expansion, compression, and inversion of scales are accomplished here.
* Frequency modulation control: For adjusting vibrato depth or creating clangorous or bell-like tones, rich in non-harmonic partials.
* Output: Signal amplitude is +4 dB. Output impedance is 600 ohms.
* Oscillator frequency control: Spans the audio spectrum of 5 Hz to 20 kHz with no range switching. ( Applied control voltages can extend limits to .1 Hz and 30 kHz.) (this means that the modules also function as VCLFO's).
* Waveshape control input: Waveshapes can be varied from sine to saw (osc 1) and sine to square (osc 2). Voltage control of waveshape enables powerful dynamic control of timbre."

ROLAND S-50 Synth 9 SOUND BANK Disks Original

via this auction

For those interested in packaging, fonts, marketing design.

Evol Audio Fucifier

http://evolaudio.com/
"The Evol Fucifier is a distortion synthesizer & sound shaper, designed to give you many colors with which to create and shape your palette of sounds. Everything in the signal chain, from the Mic Pre, the Vintage Germanium Preamp, the Filter, and the inductors in the Equalizer to the output transformer, is designed to be overdriven, saturated, overloaded or distorted in a pleasing way. Mix & match the Vintage Germanium Preamp for a little warmth or overdrive, the Tape Saturation overdrive for a little compression and limiting or a bit of saturation, the Filter/Crossover (which in itself sounds great overdriven or even pushed into self oscillation with a sufficient amount of resonance), the Dual Band Distortion which allows you to mix many different kinds of distortion, and the vintage-style inductor based equalizer to shape the overall tone and color of the sound." More info and samples on site. via wire to the ear


Update:


Evol Fucifier Distortion Synthesizer | Vintage King Audio YouTube via vintagekingproaudio

"The Evol Fucifier is a distortion synthesizer & sound shaper, designed to give you many colors with which to create and shape your palette of sounds. Everything in the signal chain, from the discrete Mic Pre, the Vintage Germanium Preamp, the Analog Filter, and the inductors in the Equalizer to the output transformer, is designed to be overdriven, saturated, overloaded or distorted in a pleasing way. Mix & match the Vintage Germanium Preamp for a little warmth or overdrive, the Tape Saturation overdrive for a little compression and limiting or a bit of signal saturation, the Analog Filter/Crossover (which in itself sounds great over-driven, and can be driven into self oscillation), the Dual Band Distortion which allows you to mix many different types of distortion, and the vintage-style inductor based equalizer to shape the overall tone and color of the sound. http://vintageking.com/Evol-Fucifier"