via the seller: "At the risk of sounding like a used car salesman, this Jupiter-8 is the equivalent of a car owned by a little old lady and only driven on Sundays. Ok, we've all heard these stories, but the truth is, I bought this Jupiter brand new in the 80's used it on a few gigs and in my home studio, then it went into storage. It has been recently serviced (new battery, etc.) and is fully working. I took the original anvil case back to the factory where they did an absolutely brilliant job of replacing the cases' foam lining and removing stencils. As you'll see from the photos, this Jupiter and its case are in near-mint condition. This is one of THE great synths of all time and you will not find a better example."
"Early this morning I built a new module: a CMOS-based metallic noise generator. Inspired by this awesome Hackaday post by Elliot Williams: http://hackaday.com/2015/04/10/logic-...
A series of 6 40106 square wave oscillators get mashed up with each other through a 4070 quad XOR, and what comes out sounds metallic and noisy and great! I don't really understand what the XOR is doing, but it sounds a lot like ring modulation.
From what I gather this is similar to the analog cymbals on the famous TR-808 drum machine. It even uses the same chip for the oscillators! Who knew you could build it yourself for about $2?
I tweaked the circuit a bit: Instead of a pot for each oscillator, 3 pots control 3 oscillators, 3 oscillators have a fixed frequency, and I added an external input to add additional cacophony (with a switch to go back to 3 oscillators). Soon after installing the module in my synth I realized a running a melodic sequence into that input makes it sound like pitched metallic drums. Cool! Depending on 3 knobs that control the oscillators it can sound like a single tone, cowbell, toms, noise, cymbals, and even dialup-style sounds.
Here is a quick iPhone (and iPhone mic) video of the module in action. I'm running the noise through a low pass gate that is controlled by audio clicks coming out of my computer– a super lo-fi synchronization, but it works. The bass drum and snare are TR-808 samples playing in Ableton Live, everything else is my new CMOS Noise module. This could go great with a bass drum and snare drum module.. Guess I better get back to soldering.
Thanks Elliot Williams @ Hackaday!! What a great circuit."
"another tweak&joy on the elements @ SchneidersLaden
the audio quality is not the best as the mic settings were not optimal an there was quite a bit of bg-noise
next time i try to get a line-recording"
"Only 1 oscillator, only 1 envelope and LFO, only 1 voice...
This little beast is one of the most clever, powerful and best sounding synthesizer in a tiny package! I love it!"
"My live instrumental version of the Pet Shop Boys' "Love Comes Quickly".
Download the audio from Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/tony-horgan/ps...
Tech details... The Roland TR-8 is the master, which starts, stops and syncs the Korg Volca Keys and two Cyclone Analogic TT-303 Bass Bot units (TB-303 clones). The Korg Volca Bass is playing the chord sequence. To get the Volca Bass to play a long enough sequence, it's synced manually, with its tempo set to 30bpm (a quarter of the track's tempo of 120bpm).
I'm playing everything with one hand and recording via a camcorder in the other.
All the patterns were programmed directly into the onboard sequencers of each unit. The second Bass Bot is going through a Danelectro FAB Distortion pedal.
I'm not exactly using "best pratice" with the fader levels here (fading up on the devices instead of fading up on the mixer), but it works for me when I don't have much time.
It was mixed and recorded on the Tascam DP-24, using its internal compression and delay effects. I could have done another mixdown and improved the sound (because it records each track dry and lets you adjust the levels and effects after the performance) but I haven't had time. It sounds good enough to me for now!"
"Many times my students ask me how to compose a song. My answer is that the only way of getting better at composing, is composing. There are so many ways, and in this case I wanted to try to start a new song with this beautiful app "Musyc" and a Digital Delay 7. Hope you like it!!
In next videos I'll develop this clip I got today, so stay tuned!!
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Stay strong Nepal!!!
Muchas veces mis alumnos me preguntan como componer una canción. Mi respuesta es que la única forma de mejorar componiendo, es componiendo. Hay muchas formas diferentes, y en este caso quería intentar empezar una canción con esta app llamada "Musyc" y un pedal de efectos Digital Delay 7. Espero que os guste!!
En próximos videos desarrollaré este clip que he conseguido hoy, así que estad atentos!!
No os olvidéis de compartir y suscribiros!!
Nepal mantente fuerte!!!
via the seller: "At the risk of sounding like a used car salesman, this Jupiter-8 is the equivalent of a car owned by a little old lady and only driven on Sundays. Ok, we've all heard these stories, but the truth is, I bought this Jupiter brand new in the 80's used it on a few gigs and in my home studio, then it went into storage. It has been recently serviced (new battery, etc.) and is fully working. I took the original anvil case back to the factory where they did an absolutely brilliant job of replacing the cases' foam lining and removing stencils. As you'll see from the photos, this Jupiter and its case are in near-mint condition. This is one of THE great synths of all time and you will not find a better example."
