Saturday, January 26, 2019
Korg Volca Drum And Modular Quick Hits From NAMM 2019
Published on Jan 26, 2019 anode8
"Just a quick peek at the Korg Modular and Drum from the Volca series, while I'm here at NAMM 2019."
Volca Modular Hands-On Demo
Published on Jan 26, 2019 Synthtopia
"At the 2019 NAMM Show, Korg introduced the Volca Modular - an affordable, Buchla-inspired modular synth in the portable Volca format.
Here's a quick overview and demo."
Heavily Modded Deep Bass Nine
Published on Jan 26, 2019 Stereoping
"Demo for my Analogue Solutions Deep Bass Nine (DB9) with many useful mods, drums from Pearl SC-40. It's still not a 303, no. But it's much more useful now.
While the DB9 got a nice CEM3340 oscillator (like Roland's SH-101) there are some 'features' of the DB9 which i did not really love. I made lots of changes to lift it on a more useful level. Some mods are simple like replacing resistors with pots (glidetime, keytracking) or changing values (cutoff range, modwheel range on cutoff). Others need some additional electronic parts (PWM, Octave-switches). The most elaborate was to 'repair' the glide. It is normally engaged by CC#65 and not(!) by legato played notes. I had to add a 2nd midi interface to fix this - for the benefit of an additional feature: permanently activating or 'muting' glide and accent by midi notes sent on another midichannel. The video shows most of the mods. I also offer an article on my website with schmatics and additional infos on all the mods i made on the DB9:
https://www.stereoping.com/deep-bass-..."
NAMM 2019 Omnisphere 2.6 With Eric Persing
Published on Jan 26, 2019 sonicstate
"Eric Persing gives us an exclusive walk through with the new Keyboard profiles and arpeggiator.
2.6 will be a free download."
Access Virus B Classic Desktop VA
WALDORF PULSE + (PLUS) SN 96240276
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via this auction, also on Reverb
"The Pulse has V. C. O.'s . Voltage controlled Oscillators , pure analog !
Wolfram Franke at Waldorf says:
the three waveforms are made differently, and only have one thing in common -- they aren't processed by a D/A converter. The oscillators are not digital, but analogue. The pulse waveform is controlled digitally; the clock stipulates when the pulse waveform has to be at its maximum or minimum point. If you use pulse width modulation or cross modulation, this is also generated by the clock itself. The clock has only a 0 and 1 position, so the Pulse's cross modulation is mathematically identical with ring modulation. The sawtooth waveform is voltage-controlled; the voltage is generated from the D/A-converted clock signal, with additional parts creating the ramp. The triangular waveform is the most complex one; it's a combination between the sawtooth waveform and additional parts that process the down-ramp.
The PULSE sounds different because it is newly engineered for MIDI control of everything, pre-NRPN. It is far more stable than 70's analogs.
Yet with correct programming this thing can sound HUGER THAN A MINIMOOG when you use the LFO's and MOD properly. The Pulse's VCOs are THICK."
via this auction, also on Reverb
"The Pulse has V. C. O.'s . Voltage controlled Oscillators , pure analog !Wolfram Franke at Waldorf says:
the three waveforms are made differently, and only have one thing in common -- they aren't processed by a D/A converter. The oscillators are not digital, but analogue. The pulse waveform is controlled digitally; the clock stipulates when the pulse waveform has to be at its maximum or minimum point. If you use pulse width modulation or cross modulation, this is also generated by the clock itself. The clock has only a 0 and 1 position, so the Pulse's cross modulation is mathematically identical with ring modulation. The sawtooth waveform is voltage-controlled; the voltage is generated from the D/A-converted clock signal, with additional parts creating the ramp. The triangular waveform is the most complex one; it's a combination between the sawtooth waveform and additional parts that process the down-ramp.
The PULSE sounds different because it is newly engineered for MIDI control of everything, pre-NRPN. It is far more stable than 70's analogs.
Yet with correct programming this thing can sound HUGER THAN A MINIMOOG when you use the LFO's and MOD properly. The Pulse's VCOs are THICK."
YAMAHA TX81Z FM Tone Generator/ Rack Mount Synthesizer NEW! In Original Box SN ON02292
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via this auction
"Rare Find. Been sitting in the original box, in a closet, untouched, for 30+ years. Plugged in it, everything looks perfect."
via this auction
"Rare Find. Been sitting in the original box, in a closet, untouched, for 30+ years. Plugged in it, everything looks perfect."
EMU Emulator I sampler synthesizer
Syntecno TeeBee Mark III Analog Synth
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via this auction
"A really great-sounding synth with an all-analog signal path based on the the Roland TB303. It also features some cool and uncommon MIDI/CV features that might come in handy depending on your set up, including 2-channel MIDI merger and four channels of MIDI to CV/Gate conversion that can be set to function with either V/Oct ot V/Hz synths with either of the two common trigger types. If you have old Korg and Yamaha synths lying around this thing will let you play four of them via MIDI. Definitely worth looking up the manual online to read about how it can be worked into your setup.
And, of course, it produces great TB-303-esque tones and slides that you can access via a MIDI keyboard or MIDI sequencer. This Mark III version includes a Korg MS-20 style ring modulator in addition to the usual TB-303 saw and square waves. The filter sounds amazing. It's a very solidly built 1U rack unit with probably the most sturdy knobs I've ever gotten my hands on.
Ultimately, this is a wonderful unit if your starting point is MIDI (DAW, sequencer, etc.) and you want to access great analog sounds, both with this unit itself and with vintage synths that aren't already MIDI controllable."
via this auction
"A really great-sounding synth with an all-analog signal path based on the the Roland TB303. It also features some cool and uncommon MIDI/CV features that might come in handy depending on your set up, including 2-channel MIDI merger and four channels of MIDI to CV/Gate conversion that can be set to function with either V/Oct ot V/Hz synths with either of the two common trigger types. If you have old Korg and Yamaha synths lying around this thing will let you play four of them via MIDI. Definitely worth looking up the manual online to read about how it can be worked into your setup.And, of course, it produces great TB-303-esque tones and slides that you can access via a MIDI keyboard or MIDI sequencer. This Mark III version includes a Korg MS-20 style ring modulator in addition to the usual TB-303 saw and square waves. The filter sounds amazing. It's a very solidly built 1U rack unit with probably the most sturdy knobs I've ever gotten my hands on.
Ultimately, this is a wonderful unit if your starting point is MIDI (DAW, sequencer, etc.) and you want to access great analog sounds, both with this unit itself and with vintage synths that aren't already MIDI controllable."
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