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Super Rare Vintage Chamberlin Rhythmate Drum Machine

via this auction
"super rare Chamberlin Rhythmate Drum Machine. This is an early model 35 with el84 tube amp, 12 inch speaker and 16 track tape loop. This IS the one! I haven't seen a Rhythmate for sale in over ten years on Ebay. These were Chamberlin's first designs and the predecessor to the Melotron. This is a must for any Chamberlin, Melotron, Optigan collector or avid fan... as am I. I hate to sell this as it was in my collection of things..."I'll never sell" but things happen, babies get made, and this too shall live on someone else's record. Here is a recording I did with it a couple months ago:
SONG SAMPLE OF ACTUAL MACHINE: MP3

It runs extremely smoothly and all 16 tracks play as seen in video. The back of the amp has controls for treble, bass, and volume as an addition to the volume knob on the top. The tempo stick is a little finicky though I have been told this is how they are. I believe it works similar to an optigan tempo which controls the voltage. 16 beautifully recorded drum tracks on to tape!"

iPad App by Smule: Magic Piano [initial tour]

YouTube via smuleage — April 03, 2010 — "Magic Piano, by Smule, exclusively for iPad. http://magicpiano.smule.com/"

smule on iTunes
Magic Piano on iTunes

BTW, I just picked up my iPad today. I didn't pre-order and actually waited in line four hours starting at 7:30 AM. The wait wasn't as bad as I expected chatting with like-minded people. I can't wait to explore the iPad and get my hands on Magic Piano actually. Need to catch up on posts as quickly as possible. :)

Update:

iPad App by Smule: Magic Piano [Fur Elise]

iPad App by Smule: Magic Piano [Turkish March]

GrooveMaker iPad Free

YouTube via ikmultimedia — April 03, 2010 — "A quick video of the new GrooveMaker for the iPad with GrooveMaker Free."

GrooveMaker iPad Hip-hop

GrooveMaker iPad House

GrooveMaker Free for the iPad on iTunes

ikmultimedia on iTunes:

Update:

More info on the full version here.

"In GrooveMaker for the iPad the user will find a convenient mixer-like environment with large slider controls for volume, pan and master level of the 8 controllable loop tracks as well as more immediate track controls such as tempo, solo, mute, etc… all available from the same screen.

There are new functions available such as the ability to switch the snapped grooves with a simple touch or control the number of loops that are automatically combined during a random mix. These push the limits of what you will be able to do with GrooveMaker in a live situation such as, for example, integrating the iPad into traditional DJ setups.

There are 4 GrooveMaker packs for the iPad available now: Free (a 120-loop pack with a mix of House and Hip-Hop), House, Hip-Hop and D’n’B with over 300 loops each for a cost of only $9.99 from the iTunes App Store."

Neptune 2 plays Roygbiv (BoC) Bassline

YouTube via Dogboy73 — April 03, 2010 — "Short vid of the Neptune 2 doing the Roygbiv(ish) intro.

Higher quality audio here;
http://soundcloud.com/dbdog73/roygbiv..."

Roygbiv Neptune 2 by dbdog73

dotcom quantizer.wmv

YouTube via angelometz — April 03, 2010 — "First Patch with the new synthesizers.com quantizer set Q171,"

Printed Circuit Board (home made)

YouTube via nathanielscott — April 03, 2010 — "This video shows the multi-step process I use to print my own circuit boards that I use in my synthesizers and other audio circuits."

Owl City Fireflies - Monomachine

YouTube via schokokontrol — "April 03, 2010 — The mighty Monomachine doing a live cover of Owl City's hit record. The holder of the copyright for both composition and lyrics is of course Adam R. Young (and maybe Postal Service, LOL)."

"Doepfer III-P"

via Frederic Gerchambeau

Knob Solo

Knob Solo from Charlie Visnic on Vimeo.

" A simple patch using the A-156 Quantizer and my favorite module the A-129/3 Attenuator / Offset module. It always comes in handy when trying to have a little more subtle knob control of a particular voltage"
See The B-Roll for more info, pics, and posts.