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"A recreation of a typical '80s-style sports / action movie soundtrack. Picture an underdog boxer in grey shirt running up stairs, jumping rope, lifting tree stumps etc."
"Whether positioning a clap and snare hit just slightly off time, or using a ripped up piece of paper for percussion, it's the little things that give Robot Koch's beats such a deep, unique signature. Koch demonstrates the many individual tweaks in Live that make up his unique grooves.
"A first run with the new Moog Minitaur. 4 audio tracks, no MIDI (and sloppy playing). I just recorded a track, tweaked the sound and went for another. Very stream of consciousness.
Some observations:
The low end is VERY nice (duh).
There is an upper range limit to the oscillators, which is pretty low. Makes sense for a bass synth. If you tune oscillator 2 up an octave from osc 1 and play in the upper octave, oscillator 2 stops at it's upper limit allowing it to drone a single note, no matter where you play in that octave. Seemed like something was wrong at first, then I understood what was happening. You can hear the effect in the middle range repeating riff above.
While there's no noise generator, you can crank the LFO all the way up and get a "nearly noise" effect (heard in the "drum" sounds above)
I expected this to sound exactly like the Moog Little Phatty. Not so. The filter has a more growly sound. I dig it."
"The SH-1000 was the first instrument made by Roland, so therefore it is also their first keyboard! It is a monophonic analog synth with a single oscillator feeding a low-pass filter, an A.D.S.R. envelope, and two LFOs. It has 10 preset sounds. While this is a fully functioning keyboard, as you can see from the photos it shows some use. It has 2 plastic control knobs (Pitch and Rate) that are cracked, but each one still rotates completely. Also, the "Noise" and "Tremolo" keys have some side by side action. The wood body shows some wear as well. However, it is fully functional. Every key works and produces a sound, all ten preset sound tabs work. Every knob on the control panel works as intended. "Glide" does not seem to do very much though. All in all, it is a super cool vintage Roland that is easy to play and easy to manipulate sounds on. This Roland weighs 41 pounds and comes in the original hard case..."
"- 8 control knobs: Delay Time, Gain, High and Low Equalizer, Modulation with Rate and Depth controls. - Record option activated with On/OFF button.
Like most Russian analog gear this signal processor produces sound that differs from well-known processor brands. Unit sounds really fantastic - very wide, warm and clean delay! Soviet technologies in 80's were absolutely different from their western analogs.
- Connectors: Line IN, Line OUT - 1/4" mono jack, Pedal In (5DIN) - Body made of metal, rack size - Power : 220/240 V AC."