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Audio Damage ADM10 Kompressor Overview...

Published on Sep 7, 2015 Audio Damage, Inc.

"This is a quick(ish) look at our ADM10 Kompressor module.

More information available at http://www.audiodamage.com/hardware/p..."

"Kompressor is, as the name implies, a DSP-based buss compressor for the Eurorack format, with two operating modes: true stereo, or mono with sidechain. Equally at home taming your master outputs or drum mix, or sidechain-pumping a bass or synth line, Kompressor brings our incredibly popular dynamics code, used in many of our plug-in products (including Rough Rider, Rough Rider Pro, and Kombinat Dva), in to the realm of hardware.

» The THRESH knob controls threshold (sensitivity) level, from 0dB to -60dB.

» RATIO is a scaled control. The first half of the rotation goes from 1:1 to 1:10, and from 12 o'clock to fully clockwise, it goes from 1:10 to 1:1000 (infinite).

» The SPEED knob controls both the attack and release of the dynamics. At fully anti-clockwise, attack is 5ms and release is 50ms. At fully clockwise, attack is 100ms and release is 500ms.

» The MAKEUP knob adds gain to the final signal to compensate for attenuation in the compressor, from 0dB to +30dB. This leads directly to a soft-knee saturation stage; overdriving this stage provides everything from a mild "tube-like" saturation sound to full-on distortion, depending on the settings of the compressor stage.

» The MODE switch determines the unit's style of operation. In L/R mode, Kompressor is true stereo, while in M/SC mode, the LEFT input and output are the monophonic compressor. If a cable is plugged in to the RIGHT input, then the sidechain mode is activated, and the RIGHT input's level controls the gain reduction. The RIGHT input signal is passed through to the RIGHT output, for convenience's sake.

» Kompressor is a DSP-based effect that runs at 48kHz sample rate and 24 bit depth, via a high quality Cirrus-Logic codec.

» USB port (on the PCB board) for easy firmware updates.

» High-quality 100% Made In The USA construction, including panel-bolted 100,000-cycle BI potentiometers and custom stamped Rogan knobs.

» Power draw is 40ma from the +12V rail and 9ma from the -12V rail. This module has an on-board regulator and does not require +5V. Module depth is 25mm.

» Kompressor, like all Audio Damage hardware products, includes our lifetime unconditional warranty."

Ice Machine - Depeche Mode cover intro

Published on Sep 7, 2015 alternatingbitmusic

"Just a snippet of what could be a cover version of Depeche Mode's "Ice Machine." This track is my favorite song by them and so I decided to see what I could do with my gear. The notes aren't entirely accurate, but it was fun to do anyway.
Original song copyright 1981 Mute Records."

KORG MS2000, Arturia MiniBrute & KORG EMX-1.

Vintage KORG MS-10 SN 135329

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via this auction

Cool patch cables.

Some details on this one from the listing:

"I plugged it in and messed around with it for about 10 minutes the other day. the only issues I could find were: the highest key all the way to the right sticks sometimes (note it is bent or angled up a bit. someone was telling me that there might be some rubber back there that needs to be replaced), and a couple knobs are a little static-y . Also, of the four screws holding the faceplate on, the one in the lower right corner seems loose, like it is stripped behind there or something.

fun vintage synth. previously owned by Carla Torgerson of the Walkabouts.

measures approx. 19 5/8 inches by 12 1/8 inches by 9 7/8 inches.

little red light blinks/works.

some cosmetic issues/wear. see pictures. I could have cleaned it up a little better before taking pictures, but there you go."

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