ROLAND MC202 MICRO COMPOSER

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New Roland Tr-808 Transparent Overlay

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"The original Roland Tr-808 drum machine transparent overlay protection layer with full colour reprinted controls and legends

This is a faithful reproduction of the overlay that came in the box when you bought your new 808 and protects the surface of the machine from scratches, dust, liquids and foreign objects

Sits flat on the top plate and is held snugly in place with cutouts for pots and switches, it's completely transparent and all the control legending is reproduced as per factory issue

Made from a heavyweight CNC cut clear acrylic to drop onto the rotary controls, tuck underneath the knob caps and sit tightly around all the drum pads for a secure non slip surface

Very rare to see an 808 with these on these days they add an extra level of security for the finish of the top plate, paintwork and control indications, protecting your investment

Easy to clean durable finish with a nice heavyweight feel, lays flat on your 808 and locks itself into place around the controls

Keep your pride and joy looking as good as it can, just like new!

All the switch and dial functions are professionally printed with the original colouring and lettering for that original fresh out of the box factory look"

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uncle zo²

Published on Jan 14, 2014 Ebotronix·914 videos

4ms Peg, QCD & Expander, RCD, VCA Matrix
Analogue Systems RS100²,RS110²²
Cyndustries ZO²
Doepfer R2m, A118, A134²², A143-2,A 149-1, A151²²,A156, 14x A185-2, A 138c
Flame Chord Machine²
flight of harmony choices
Make Noise PP, Maths², Moddemix²²,Optomix,QMMG,René, Wogglebug²
Malekko Anti Oscillator²² ,Uncle³
Moog Freqbox²²,B murf & CP251~ noise , MP201
Oberheim Sem
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tip Top Audio Z8000 manual voltage source
Toppobrillo Quantimator²,Sportmodulator
Logic masterclock to Kenton Pro 2000² , QCD,Peg, RCD
FX :Boss VF1,Lexicon MX 400,PCM 80, Line6 echopro,TC M one XL
mackie the mixer³

Propellerhead ReDominator Alpha Juno 1/2 Emulation

ReDominator Intro Published on Jan 14, 2014

"ReDominator is an emulation of the classic Alpha Juno 1/2 (JU-1/2), a polyphonic DCO (digitally controlled oscillator) based synth from 1986. The JU-1/2 became popular in the early 90's techno and rave scene particularly by the classic Hoover sound (which ReDominator attempts to emulate accurately). But beyond those niche sounds there lays a versatile synthesizer that does bass, pads, leads, organs and a lot of other sounds waiting to be discovered!

Available at the Prop Shop:
https://shop.propellerheads.se/produc..."

TEK'NO'ME - Electronic modular synth jam

Published on Jan 14, 2014 alternatingbitmusic·51 videos

"I've done enough chill vibe sessions, it's time to juice up the pace...
I hope you enjoy my modular techno session."

Low Pass G.A.S.

Published on Jan 13, 2014 John L Rice·242 videos

"A rough and loose comparison of six different low pass filters:

00:23 MOTM-440 http://www.synthtech.com/motm440.html
06:05 MOTM-490 http://www.synthtech.com/motm490.html
11:59 Croglin http://www.oakleysound.com/croglin.htm
16:07 Sea Devils http://www.stgsoundlabs.com/products/...
21:44 9504A http://www.uaudio.com/blog/moog-ladde...
28:18 M506 http://www.noisebug.net/site/effects/...

The basic patch was:
3 x MOTM-300 VCOs, PWM'd by a MOTM-380 LFO and pulse outputs into a STG Mixer, then to one of the VCF's and then to a MOTM-190 VCA. Two different MOTM-800's were used, one for the VCA and one for the VCF. Sequencer was a Moon Modular 569. On the first couple VCF's I also used a COTK C964 Ratchet Sequencer module and a third MOTM-800 into the VCF but, I forgot to use it on the last 3 or 4 VCF's! :-/"

New Nord Keyboard Coming to NAMM?

Currently on the Nord Keyboards site. My first thought was it could be the Nord Lead 4, but notice there are no ins or outs on the back.  Why photoshop them out if it is the Lead 4? One rumor is this might be a controller. A new Nord Modular with dedicated iPad editor would be nice. :)

This one in via Soviet Space Child.

Roland AIRA - Something New From Roland Coming to NAMM?

via trademarkia.com

"Effects processors; sound modules for reproducing and creating sound; voice effectors

Electronic sound effectors for musical instruments; electronic musical instruments, namely, music synthesizers, rhythm machines, and bass machines"

"On Tuesday, November 05, 2013, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for AIRA by Roland Corporation, Shizuoka 431-1304. The USPTO has given the AIRA trademark serial number of 86110447. The current federal status of this trademark filing is NEW APPLICATION - RECORD INITIALIZED NOT ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER..."

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Analog Synth Resurgence Featured in Forbes Online

Forbes has an article up on the analog synth resurgence.  The MacBeth M5N above gets the top image for the article, however other manufacturers are covered including KORG, Dave Smith Instruments, Arturia, Moog, Oberheim, and Buchla.  Yamaha and Roland are referenced as well.

"Imagine if Tim Cook fired up the production lines and started churning out the Apple II instead of the latest Macbook Pro. The world would think he had gone barking mad. After all, what company in its right mind would decide to start rebuilding technology last manufactured in the 1970s?

But in 2013, that was exactly the business decision made by the bosses at Korg, a Japanese multinational corporation that is one of the world’s biggest musical instrument manufacturers. Rather than spend their R&D cash on developing a digital instrument of the future, they decided to start once again building an analog synthesizer called the MS-20, which was considered cutting edge when it was released in 1978 before being dismissed as worthless trash less than a decade later. Their gamble clearly worked, because the instrument sold out across the world. Now its competitors are widely tipped to be considering making the same move, with synth fans hoping that other Japanese giants like Yamaha and Roland will bring much-loved designs back from the pre-digital past..."

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Yamaha FB-01 Editor for Windows

Yamaha FB-01 Editor for Windows - Explained

Published on Jan 11, 2014 midierror·63 videos

"A summary of the FB-01 editor I made using Max/MSP."


Published on Jan 11, 2014

Yamaha FB-01s on eBay (image below via this auction).  It's great to see a dedicated editor for the FB-01.