"I thought I would share this with you and your readers. I recently purchased a Roland TR-505 drum machine and sadly the back panel was missing. I hear this is a very common issue so I designed one in TinkerCad. The 3D files are free for download and anyone with access to a 3D printer can make one.
thank you"
"Last time we looked at programming synth sounds on the LXR. This time we take a synth-heavy custom kit of four synth sounds and two drum sounds and team it up with the Midicake Arp. The Arp plays the four synth channels. Later we feed all four synths tracks into the LXR in one pass over 64 steps. While the Midicake is ideal for this you could use any sequencer or arp that can satisfy a few basic requirements: It needs to be able to send note information on different MIDI channels and be able to act as the Midi clock master - pretty basic powers. One tiny caution if you're going to use a Keystep-37: When you press the stop button for the arp or sequencer it sends a value '0' on Midi CC51 - which also happens to be the Midi command on the LXR for amp envelope decay on voice 1.
Feeding pattern data into the LXR is a good idea imo given how many options there are on the Midicake. One of the strengths of the Midicake is that it constantly saves its state as you work so there's no need to ever actively save anything. The downside is that there's no saved version to revert to in case you wander off on some promising but ultimately unsuccessful adventure. The lesson is to copy your patch to a new slot as you go. Same holds for the LXR - I've lost many interesting sounds in furious twiddles or too-confident "save kit" actions that turned out to be 'load kit' instead. Stay organized. For my honoured Patreon friends the LXR kit used here is available for download.
The synth sounds on the LXR are really starting to grow on me. They're pretty harsh and digital but respond well to effects. They're also not like your standard synth sounds so you tend to end up in odd places. It makes a good partner for the Midicake. Another obvious partner-candidate would be the Roland 4D. Not a fan of the superb blandness of Roland sounds but spec-wise it seems like a perfect fit. I only have one criticism of the Midicake Arp: They're now made in black and I've got a white one :/
As usual there is absolutely no extra effects, EQ, compression or alteration of the sound other than what you see.
0:00 Example arp 2:20 Drum pattern 2:45 Each synth sound 4:04 Midicake tracks demo 6:50 How to input data 10:02 LXR playback
"The folks from @PlayTronica sent me a Touch Me to review on my channel. This device is a bioelectric MIDI controller that interacts with online synthesizers through your web browser. In this video, I unbox it and try interacting with it a few different ways.
"We've added stereo samples to the Tracker Mini factory packs.
We've started updating our factory sample packs to Stereo. We've now added stereo versions for the House, Lofi Hip-Hop 1 & 2, and Techno packs, with more to come.
These new stereo samples can be easily found in the 'Sample Packs Stereo' folder on our website. This folder is exclusively for registered Tracker Mini owners and can be accessed in the factory SD card content in the downloads section. Register your devices on polyend.com/my-account and get access to free stuff like new sample packs and factory content.
"Demoing just the piano sounds on the Pianophonic module, with the controls set to neutral for a natural tone. Going from Preset 1 to Preset 7 we explore the core sounds behind the module that are based on various types of Piano: Grand Piano, Upright Piano, Bright Piano, Felt Piano, Toy Piano, Wurlitzer EP200a Electric Piano, and DX7 Electric Piano."
