Tuesday, September 01, 2015
MFB Dominion 1 (analogue synthesizer: first impression)
Published on Sep 1, 2015 Sensenwerk
"First test recording with the Dominion 1. Arrived today."
Roland Juno-60 with Little Animal Stickers
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How many of you have put stickers on your synth? I'll admit I've been guilty in the past... My Z1 has butterflies on it.
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How many of you have put stickers on your synth? I'll admit I've been guilty in the past... My Z1 has butterflies on it.
X1L3 - circuit bent - synth mod - yamaha DD-6 drum machine with midi
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See the recent videos on the X1L3 channel.
Modifications and embedded circuitry:
Analogue resonant filter with high pass and low pass bands
Gain, resonance, low pass/high pass toggle and cutoff
A nice warm filter based on the synthacon.
Lot's of resonance and a unique character of it's own.
Violent, squelchy and crunchy when overdriven in this machine.
Digital 'death industrial' delay
Rate, noise, feedback, off/on toggle
This delay variant is based on the formula applied and the output of circuit bent delay pedals which have been sold in the past.
A versatile and if desired aggressive set up that can drift between ambience, echo and all out harsh noise wall and power electronics.
Analogue distortion
Dual mode distortion with diode clipping, filter and gain.
PSU - DC hum suppression circuitry
A regulated psu is now built into the machine.
This gives a stable and quiet power supply to both the drum machine and additional circuitry as well as
providing a quiet output and excellent noise floor.
Input voltage is +12V tip positive running 2 amps.
Please be aware of the amp rating of your adapter. It MUST run 2 amps or above.
Suitable adapters are available at low cost on ebay.
Midi retrofit & Gate output
The drum machine now has midi capability by means of an embedded microcontroller.
The four drum channels can be triggered via a sequencer or daw.
Trigger notes are: C3, C#3, D3, D#3 and F3 for the gate output.
Midi is set to CH16 but if you'd prefer a different channel for convenience i can flash the firmware before shipping for you
and assign it to what ever channel is most convenient for you.
The gate outputs at +5v and can be used to trigger other devices such as adsr's and also drive eurorack sequencers.
One of the videos below demonstrates the gate output driving a sequential circuits pro one sequencer.
The gate isn't locked to a time signature so if driving a sequencer you can advance it however you want.
Master pitch control
Gives a large global pitch range - demonstrated in the demo videos
The pitch has a high and low setting and a coarse and fine control.
The fine control gives you conventional pitching of the drums, the coarse will take them down to vicious noise, droning and glitching.
The drum machine now serves not only as a percussive instrument but a generator of abstract sounds and textures.
4x4 glitch matrix
The glitch matrix disrupts the percussive sounds and warps them into various forms of data crash and glitch.
A very interesting modification on it's own. It takes on a whole new level when the fx chain is applied.
Cnc machined aluminium panel work with red anodize and engraved text and graphics"
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See the recent videos on the X1L3 channel.
Modifications and embedded circuitry:
Analogue resonant filter with high pass and low pass bandsGain, resonance, low pass/high pass toggle and cutoff
A nice warm filter based on the synthacon.
Lot's of resonance and a unique character of it's own.
Violent, squelchy and crunchy when overdriven in this machine.
Digital 'death industrial' delay
Rate, noise, feedback, off/on toggle
This delay variant is based on the formula applied and the output of circuit bent delay pedals which have been sold in the past.
A versatile and if desired aggressive set up that can drift between ambience, echo and all out harsh noise wall and power electronics.
Analogue distortion
Dual mode distortion with diode clipping, filter and gain.
PSU - DC hum suppression circuitry
A regulated psu is now built into the machine.
This gives a stable and quiet power supply to both the drum machine and additional circuitry as well as
providing a quiet output and excellent noise floor.
Input voltage is +12V tip positive running 2 amps.
Please be aware of the amp rating of your adapter. It MUST run 2 amps or above.
Suitable adapters are available at low cost on ebay.
Midi retrofit & Gate output
The drum machine now has midi capability by means of an embedded microcontroller.
The four drum channels can be triggered via a sequencer or daw.
Trigger notes are: C3, C#3, D3, D#3 and F3 for the gate output.
Midi is set to CH16 but if you'd prefer a different channel for convenience i can flash the firmware before shipping for you
and assign it to what ever channel is most convenient for you.
The gate outputs at +5v and can be used to trigger other devices such as adsr's and also drive eurorack sequencers.
One of the videos below demonstrates the gate output driving a sequential circuits pro one sequencer.
The gate isn't locked to a time signature so if driving a sequencer you can advance it however you want.
Master pitch control
Gives a large global pitch range - demonstrated in the demo videos
The pitch has a high and low setting and a coarse and fine control.
The fine control gives you conventional pitching of the drums, the coarse will take them down to vicious noise, droning and glitching.
The drum machine now serves not only as a percussive instrument but a generator of abstract sounds and textures.
4x4 glitch matrix
The glitch matrix disrupts the percussive sounds and warps them into various forms of data crash and glitch.
A very interesting modification on it's own. It takes on a whole new level when the fx chain is applied.
Cnc machined aluminium panel work with red anodize and engraved text and graphics"
Oberheim Prommer vintage eprom burner SN 670384 / T670384
OBERHEIM OB12 with Original Box
Buchla 296e Spectral Processor
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"Buchla 296e Spectral Processor (pre BEMI) in excellent condition with very minor wear. Module is fully functional and is running latest firmware (V30.2)"
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"Buchla 296e Spectral Processor (pre BEMI) in excellent condition with very minor wear. Module is fully functional and is running latest firmware (V30.2)"
Oberheim Strummer Perf/x Keyboard to Guitar chord MIDI Converter with Original Box & Manual
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"Your looking at buying a Rare hard to find used Oberheim Strummer Perf/x Keyboard to Guitar chord MIDI Converter.The unit comes with 2 MIDI Cords,Power Supply and Original Manual and Box.The unit work's great with no issues.The converter listens to the chords played on your MiDi keyboard and plays them back to your Midi sound source just as they would be played from a guitar.The sound is like a realistic guitar.
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"Your looking at buying a Rare hard to find used Oberheim Strummer Perf/x Keyboard to Guitar chord MIDI Converter.The unit comes with 2 MIDI Cords,Power Supply and Original Manual and Box.The unit work's great with no issues.The converter listens to the chords played on your MiDi keyboard and plays them back to your Midi sound source just as they would be played from a guitar.The sound is like a realistic guitar.Elektron Sid Station
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"The Elektron SidStation is a musical synthesizer sound module, built around the MOS Technology SID mixed-mode synthesizer chip originally used in the Commodore 64 home computer. It was produced by the Swedish synthesizer company Elektron, and was introduced in 1999. As the SID chip had not been manufactured for years, Elektron allegedly bought up nearly all the remaining stock. This is an original Elektron Sid Station in great working condition."
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"The Elektron SidStation is a musical synthesizer sound module, built around the MOS Technology SID mixed-mode synthesizer chip originally used in the Commodore 64 home computer. It was produced by the Swedish synthesizer company Elektron, and was introduced in 1999. As the SID chip had not been manufactured for years, Elektron allegedly bought up nearly all the remaining stock. This is an original Elektron Sid Station in great working condition."
Ensoniq Fizmo Rack
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"Very Rare Ensoniq Fizo Rack! These units are extremely hard to find. This unit belonged to a former employee who bought the unit as the company was closing. It was the first unit made and was the production test unit. The Fizmo was ahead of it's time with very original analog modeling sounds plus a mic in feature for vocoder effects."
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"Very Rare Ensoniq Fizo Rack! These units are extremely hard to find. This unit belonged to a former employee who bought the unit as the company was closing. It was the first unit made and was the production test unit. The Fizmo was ahead of it's time with very original analog modeling sounds plus a mic in feature for vocoder effects."7 Minutes with an Ipad Synth Special - WaveTable Synthesizer
Published on Sep 1, 2015 Synth Anatomy
"This week a roundup of my favourite WaveTable Synthesizer on IOS."
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