"Jomox XBASE 888 Analog Drum Machine Synthesizer 2024 Serviced and Updated by Jurgen Michaelis at Jomox
Several months back I bought an 888 and sent it to Jurgen at Jomox to tune it up and essentially fortify it, fortunately Jurgen responded cause I believe he normally doesn't service the vintage and discontinued Jomox instruments, then after a busy few months I finally got the email that the 888 is ready, has been updated with every modern up to date hardware improvement available, all the presets restored back to factory etc and in Jurgen's words is good for the next decades. Also listed was a brand new internal battery, changing/updating the scanner firmware and new power supply. This is very likely the best Jomox XBASE 888 available currently.
Before I sent it to Jurgen, after having used mainly Elektron drum machines, I plugged the 888 in and was blown away by the boom, heaviness and power from the machine. There is no harder drum machine and kick drum in my opinion.
In my opinion the 888 is the coolest looking and sounding Jomox drum machine with the grey and red finish and its raw sounding samples etc.
I paid 1100 plus shipping for the XBASE 888 before shipping it to Jurgen, then paid to ship it to Jomox, then finally for the service of course and to ship it back, so asking price is very fair in the end."
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"Running through some basics of operation for the Oberheim DX drum machine. Programming a sequence, changing tempo, tuning the voices and testing the various audio output jacks."
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Introducing the Magerit GALEA, a compact 5HP dual headphone output module for your Eurorack system. GALEA drives headphones and headsets with impedances from 40Ω to 650Ω, ensuring top-notch audio quality and protecting your gear from high voltages. With two independent outputs (ζ and η), each featuring mono inputs (L and R), GALEA effortlessly creates stereo from mono sources or provides dual headphone outputs from one input. Perfect for any Eurorack setup, GALEA delivers safe, high-fidelity sound
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Presentamos el Magerit GALEA, un módulo compacto de 5HP con doble salida para auriculares, ideal para tu sistema Eurorack. GALEA soporta auriculares de 40Ω a 650Ω, garantizando una excelente calidad de audio y protección contra altos voltajes. Con dos salidas independientes (ζ y η) y entradas mono (L y R), convierte mono a estéreo o permite dos auriculares desde una sola entrada
"Melbourne Instruments NINA gets the live Techno workout from @Honeysmack in his studio. Here the NINA provides the swirling cinematic pad sounds that glues the rhythm of the drums and bass sounds. There's 12 voices of analog synth goodness from NINA and all with motorized knobs and morphing control.
NINA combines the functionality, versatility and compatibility of modern digital equipment with the hands-on tactility and lush sound of classic analog synths. The result is a massive sounding analog polysynth, with an intuitive interface and workflow that gives you more control during composition and live performance."
"I recently restored an EMS VCS3 and DK-1 keyboard, and put them through a recording workout. This video has an easter egg of sorts in it. More details in the upcoming repair video."
Dystorpia is Noise Engineering’s digital fuzz/overdrive pedal. Utilizing wavefolding and rectification, along with flexible tone controls, Dystorpia offers up a diverse sonic palette to work with for recording or live performance."
Los Angeles, CA — Noise Engineering, known for their innovative Eurorack synthesizer modules, has made their first foray into guitar pedals with the announcement of Dystorpia, an entirely unique take on digital distortion and drive for guitar.
Noise Engineering has a reputation in the world of synthesizers for putting their own spin on classic concepts, and they’ve now brought their expertise to the guitar world. Having designed over a dozen modules that make use of distortion, Noise Engineering has taken ten years of experience creating new tones and brought it into an expansive overdrive toolkit.
“From the start, we knew we wanted to make something designed with guitarists in mind. Our testing initially focused entirely on how Dystorpia sounds with the more complex dynamics of guitars. Once we got there, we started trying it on other instruments and we were excited at how well we’d hit our mark; Dystorpia sounds great on guitars, but also basses, synths, drums, and more,” said Stephen McCaul, co-owner and Chief Noisemaker.
Dystorpia features three different distortion parameters. Gain sets the input level going into the rest of the pedal, and can overdrive for classic driven timbres. As the Blend knob is turned up, it adds in a slight saturation for some gentle distortion on its own. This makes it easier to timbrally balance the unaffected dry sound with the heavily processed wet signal. Fold controls a wavefolding algorithm, a technique taken from the world of synthesizers that creates a unique flavor of harmonic distortion. Pura adds a full-wave rectifier to the mix, another unique distortion.
Along with all of that distortion, Dystorpia features an expression-controllable Tone control with variable mid-band frequency, a switchable noise gate, and an optional suboctave generator. Dystorpia also features two foot switches. On the right, a buffered bypass turns off and on the distortion processing. The left foot switch activates a latching or momentary freeze effect, infinitely sustaining a sound until it’s unfrozen again. While a sound is frozen, the pedal can still process new sounds at the input, allowing the performer to play over a frozen signal.
With so many tone-shaping options and performative features, Dystorpia is much more than just another fuzz or overdrive pedal. Dystorpia encompasses an entire pedalboard worth of distortion and tonal effects in a compact and fun package.
Features ● Three unique distortion effects ● Expression-controllable Tone parameter ● Optional noise gate to reduce hum and add dynamics ● Add in suboctaves with the DOOM switch ● Infinitely freeze a signal with the left footswitch ● Sounds great on guitar and synths
Availability and pricing: Dystorpia: In stock. Shipping from Noise Engineering and retailers starting August 22nd, 2024; MSRP US$399
"Jomox XBASE 888 Analog Drum Machine Synthesizer 2024 Serviced and Updated by Jurgen Michaelis at Jomox
