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Emu Emulator Standards Vol.1 sample library

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SND SAM-16 Sequential Analogue Memory Sequencer CV/Gate & Midi

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"The SAM-16 is a high-end analogue and MIDI-sequencer with special emphasis on tightness and intuitive handling. It has 16 steps, each with the following controls:

3-position toggle switch for trigger/mute/reset
12-position rotary encoder for semitones/chords
3-position toggle switch for transpositions
control for second parameter (i.e. filter)
control for third parameter (i.e. volume) or gate/step length
3-position toggle switch for audio/CV routing between 2 busses and individual input/ouput jacks

- A fundamental problem of all sequencers using pots and electronic quantisation, is that a control may be (unknowingly) set close to a switching point of the quantizer, such that even a small (and inevitable) drift will cause sudden and unwanted changes in the sequence. The use of rotary encoders for setting the notes eliminates this problem, and - in conjunction with the transpose-switches - it also allows a much more intuitive and predictable control of the sequence.

- The second row of knobs controls MIDI-velocity. In addition to the normal mode there are 6 special modes, in which the SAM-16 simultaniously or alternatingly transmits on 2 MIDI-channels to allow velocity -crossfades and -switching.

- The third row can be used for various functions. It controls either step or gate length, but can also generate another control voltage and/or MIDI-controller (#1-14). In addition it is possible to feed it 1 or 2 audio/CV signals, that appear at the rows output with a different attenuation/mix for each step.

- With the lower row of toggle switches audio and/or CV-signals can be routed from or to 2 busses and 14 individual jacks. This can be used to create ´wave-sequences´ by routing various waveforms of a modular system´s oscillators (or other audio sources) to the filter, or to activate CV-modulations only for certain steps of a sequence. The row can also control the gate length, or generate MIDI-switch-controllers.

- All rows have CV-outputs (0-5V, pitch 1V/octave), rows 1 and 2 also have a CV-input that is added to the values produced by the sequencer. These modulations also influence the MIDI-output data. The input attenuator for pitch modulation doubles as a global tranpose control with a 2-octave range.

- The build-in MIDI-interface syncronises the SAM-16 to MIDI-clock or MIDI-notes (!) and translates all settings into MIDI-data. Thus it is possible to control classic analogue equipment as well as modern sound generators. Also sequences and their transformations over time can be recorded into a software sequencer for further editing, storage, and recall.

A special feature of the MIDI-section is the possibility to ´re-define´ the 12 positions of the pitch encoders, that is to assign any note or chord (up to 7 notes) to each position. The timing control of the SAM-16 also has some advanced options, such as the possibility to wait untill the end of the current measure at any given step. This allows convenient syncronisation even when changing the sequence length. An ´alternating´-mode allows the sequence to be split into 2 halfes, and to switch between them by hand or automatically after 1 - 15 runs.

- Only high-grade controls and components are used in the SAM-16. The internal MIDI-software has been carefully optimized for speed (latency < 0.1 mS) and reliability.

- All CV-inputs/outpus through 1/4"-jacks on the frontpanel, MIDI-In/Thru/Out on the back

- 19", 5 rack units, depth (behind frontpanel): 105mm + plugs, external power supply"

Rare Roland SH-3 Synthesizer with Moog Filters

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Note this is the SH-3 and not the more common SH-3a with updated filter.

SN 27079

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ARP Odyssey - Model 2813 SN 28130596

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CWEJMAN BASS LEAD DRUM GENERATOR EURORACK MODULE

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Cwejman BLD

Cynthia ZEROSCILLATOR in MOTM Format

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PongFu - on the list

YouTube Published on May 3, 2012 by PongFuTube

"monomachine recording"

Custom painted with gold knobs and buttons.

Serge Modular Drone from TKB

YouTube Published on May 3, 2012 by DrOctave1

"Serge Modular TKB Drone."

Update:

Serge Modular Drone with hexinduction patch take 2

YouTube Published on May 3, 2012 by DrOctave1

"serge modular drone with the hexinduction patch tkb take 2"

My Man w/ Red Steam makes Quantum Relabi

YouTube Published on Mar 21, 2012 by petermopar

Let me explain. The new Laboratory Roolz-Gewei will have an added bonusius, namely a vintage ciat-lonbarde module-idea called "The Man with The Red Steam". OK, let me say also that "The Man w/ Resteam" appeared in several songs by the gongs, a band from Oberlin. The idea of steam, of course relates to both urban city streets, and the idea of "noise". As a drum machine, this nexus-name can offer us two facets:
-noise, shaped with an envelope as our hi-hat
-dust, an idea by Paul McCarthey in Supercollider 2, which is a special way of viewing noise as incidents.

The noise is created directly from transistors, reverse biased in classic noisy zener noise. This is in fact "quantum" noise due to the stochastically random nature of electrons jumping potential wells. Incidentally the core concept is patented as a "steam simulator for model railroads" here:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3913097.pdf

We have added one nice twist- instead of using single transistor (quite coarse) amplifier blocks, we have converted this idea to using balanced transistor pairs, in the differential pair model. Thus there are two noisy junctions, proceeded by a balanced amplifier (rejecting common mode spurious anti-noises), and so on. For convenience, this is termed "Tektronix-Style", named for the early engineers there who pioneered the use of balanced stages.

In this video, the output of the dust generator is pulse-modulating a roll (simple transistor multi-vibrator), so you see hear, "quantum relabi"

Of course a definition of relabi can be had on John Berndt's website:
http://www.johnberndt.org/relabi/

John uses the chaos-lever modality of relabi, which is more related to the Sidrazzi organ, being a circle of oscillators that modulate each other. This seen-here "quantum-lever" may differ on a psychological level. I don't know? Do you?

The placement and stance of this module in the Laboratory Roolz-Gewei Modular Synthesizer is similar to that of the "Source of Uncertainty" in the Buchla.

In this video, I am also dancing with my feet to the beat of the uncertainty.

"The Gongs" use "The man with the red steam", which was one of the first synths i ever made, a drum synth!:"

The Gongs - Rob Reich

Uploaded by oliver8bit on Jan 15, 2010

"The Gongs 'Rob Reich'
from "Rob Reich"
American Patchwork Records 2002

Ampatch 004

The Gongs were an avant garde folk act in the early 20th century who released this single album on Momus's American Patchwork label. All the instruments they play are hand-made by Peter Blasser, who now plays in the group Skeletons and the Girl-Faced Boys.

Read about The Gongs here:
http://imomus.com/thegongs.html

Read about more of Peter Blasser's synths:
www.ciat-lonbarde.net"