MAM ADX1 Analog Drum Percussion Synth

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via the seller: "Very rare, Music and More analog drum synthesizer. Very unique drum and percussion tones can be created here with all of those sound shaping parameter knobs.

It can make sounds similar to the Vermona DRM1 and 80's electronic drum modules (Simmons & Tama), however, it has it own very unique sound creating palette and character, which I will definitely miss.

Sounds are triggered by MIDI and there are separate outputs for each channel.

This unit is in nice used functional condition. See pics for the cosmetic details. The top left corner got dinged resulting in some paint chipping, I placed a little black electrical tape over it, which looks nicer."

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Mode Machines ADX1 Demo 4

Published on Jul 8, 2016 acidjack303

"ADX-1_Analog_Drum_Machine_Modemachines (7)ANALOG DRUM MACHINE

Mode Machines brought again the ADX 1, a powerful 5 channel Analogue Drum Expander with individual outputs, MIDI control and infinite amount of sound tones thanks to its generous amount of knobs to control its parameters.
The 5 Channels provide different sound palettes.

Metal: Metal is used to create cymbal sounds and consists of two different metallic-sounding Generators. Two filters, Envelope/modulation options, Decay and Release.

HiHat: HiHat consists of one metallic-sounding noise generator and one “clean” signal, Pitch control, mix, modulation, filter, Envelope modulation, Decay and Release.

Snare: The sound of Snare is created by one metallic-sounding noise generator through two band pass filters connected in parallel, Decay and Release.

Synth: Is used to create sounds like bells or synthesizers and consists of 3 sinus Oscillators. FM and Bend for a wide palette of sounds, Attack and Release.

Bass: Consists of one sinus oscillator, with pitch control. Additional Overtones can be created by frequency modulation. Attack simulates the 'Pluck' of a bass string, Release to control the length and Distortion available for dirtier sounds."

Duophonic ARP Odyssey Jam

Published on Jan 12, 2018 spoinkel

"I found a duophonic sweet spot on my new Korg ARP Odyssey and had to make a new gear video immediately. Excuse the amount of hair.

Strings: Roland JX3p.
Pad: Oberheim Matrix 1000.
Lead: Moog Slim Phatty.
Drums: Vermona DRM1 Mk3 and MAM ADX1.
2nd Lead: Yamaha CS01.
Delay: Strymon Timeline.
Spring reverb: Knas Moisturizer.
Sequenced on Cirklon."

MAM ADX1 ANALOGUE DRUM MACHINE

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Not the best pic but you don't see these too often. This one sent in by the seller. Remember you can send in your auctions as well. They will go up either here or MATRIXSYNTH-B depending on the rarity of the item and the quality of the pics. Be sure to check out B daily as stuff goes up all the time.

"These drum machines are very hard to come by and are fantastic to use. 5 drum channels - bass, synth, snare, hihat and metal. Separate outs for each drum, or stereo out to mix them together (and pan!) MAM were bought by vermona who ended up developing this machine into the DRM III. A very unique feature of this drum machine is that each channel features a randm (sample & hold) modulation of either the voice pitch or filter cutoff. (see vid below) All analogue, all phat. Very sad to see it go but I need the money! Front panel is immaculate, minor scratch to the underside. Comes with UK power supply, there is electrical tape around the wire directly next to the wall wart section of the power supply unit, due to the wires becoming exposed."

MAM ADX1 Drum Synth

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Flame Echometer Prototype Part1

YouTube via flameampere
"Preview of the FLAME-"ECHOMETER"-Prototyp, the new MIDI-Sequencer/Looper. Session with Moogerfooger's FequBox/RingModulator and MAM "ADX1" (Analog-Drum-Soundmodul)"

Mode Machines ADX1 (ADX-1) Analog Drum Machine / Synthesizer

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MFB 501 Rhythmusbox

YouTube Uploaded by uNTERHOLz72 on Jul 31, 2011

"a small & affordable german analog rhythm machine.features:
-9 mutable analog instruments.
-64 presets with 64 fill ins.
-can play 1, 2 or 4 bars in the loop.
-mono/stereo out
-trigger in & out
-foot control for start
-foot control for fill in

watch it at work (hidden link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B70McaT3KfY [below]
u- resista 2011
http://www.myspace.com/unterholz"

U Resista - Ambient Live Pt.1

Published on Mar 4, 2012 by uNTERHOLz72

Unterholz Resista 2012 (http://www.myspace.com/unterholz)

"Analog Drums :MFB 501, MAM ADX1
Analog Synths: Roland SH101, Roland MKS50, Sequental Circuits Sixtrak, Yamaha CS5 Digital Synths : Hohner HS-2/E a.k.a. Casio VZ10m
Sequencer: Cubase LE , MFB 602 (SH101 & MFB 501)
Effects: Ensoniq DP/4 Multi Effects (SH101), Vesta Fire RVD 901 Digital Reverb (MKS50), Dynacord DDL12 Digital Delay (CS5), Digitech DSP 256XL Multi Effects (Hohner HS2/E) durch MAM Phaze2 Stereo Analog Phaser
Audio Interface: Echo Audiofire12"

MAM ADX1 all analog retro drum synth with MIDI

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"This german made all analog drum synth features five parts: Metal, Hi-Hat with open a close, Snare, Synth, and Bass drum, with individual outputs, and a total of 51 knobs for live control of all sound parameters! There are also random modulation generators that effect the pitch of each sound. The synth section alone is a whole universe unto itself of frequency modulation madness. It sounds great too!"

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Luss - Morning Session (Digitakt/Abyss/ADX-1/Monologue/MS20/Space Echo/Blue Sky

Published on Mar 13, 2018 LUSS

Free Download: https://lussdub.bandcamp.com/track/mo...

Gear: Elektron Digitakt
Mode Machines ADX1
Dreadbox Abyss
Korg MS-20 Mini
Korg Monologue
Roland RE-201 Space Echo
Boss RE20
Strymon Blue Sky
Soundcraft LX7II
Akai Midimix
Cymatic Audio Utrack24
Reason 10

MAM ADX1 Drum Synth Analogue Drum Machine SN AD10801008

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MAM ADX1 DEMO 1.1

YouTube via popitem

"Here is another demo of the ADX, still midied via korg es1 and now with better audio, camera runs out of battery at 3min so image freeze."

MAM ADX1 Midi Drum Machine Synthesizer SN AD13001052

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MAM ADX1 Percussion Desktop Drum Synth

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Music And Machines ADX1 Drum Synth

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MAM ADX1 DEMO

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"Here' s a quick demo of this nice little drum module, it 's midi trigged by korg es-1. sorry camera mic."

MAM ADX1 Analog Percussion/Drum Synthesizer

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"MAM ADX-1 Rare All Analog Drum Percussion Synthesizer

German Synth Manufacturer

50 on board knobs

Midi input to trigger the drums"

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Happy New Year From MATRIXSYNTH! - A Quick Look Back at 2016

Happy New Year Everyone!

This post is a little late going up, but better late than never! :)

I'm going to keep this one a little shorter than usual as I am aware I have a tendency to get a little too wordy at times.

First of all, I want to thank you all for taking a little bit of your day out to visit the site. I want to thank those that contribute to the synthesizer scene and actually give me something to post! Finally, I want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all the individual supporters of the site, and the sponsors you see on the right and above! Your support literally makes the site as it is possible!

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And a look back at 2016...

Update: I forgot to mention, we had a total of 13,679 posts in 2016!
Update2: also, as always take a look back at the exclusive label for the most interesting bits of synth history.

First a look back at some of the people (and companions) we lost last in 2016.

2016 was rough. On the maker front we lost Don Buchla, who along with Bob Moog, was undoubtably the creator of the synthesizer as we know it today. We lost Ray Wilson of Music From Outer Space, arguably one of the greatest, if not the greatest, influencers in synth DIY. Many makers out there started with his projects.

On the musician front we lost some of synths' greats including Keith Emerson, Isao Tomita, Bernie Worrell and Jean-Jacques Perrey. We lost a couple of pioneers of electronic music as well, namely Jean-Claude Risset and Pauline Oliveros.

The following is the list:

David Bowie - January 10, 2016
Else Marie Pade - January 18, 2016
Stanley Lunetta - March 3, 2016
Keith Emerson - March 11, 2016
Isao Tomita - May 5, 2016
Bernie Worrell - June 24, 2016
Ray Wilson - July 21, 2016
Don Buchla - September 14, 2016
DJ Spank-Spank - September 21, 2016
Jean-Jacques Perrey - November 4, 2016
Jean-Claude Risset - November 21, 2016
Pauline Oliveros - November 24, 2016

And never to be excluded, a couple of the companions we lost:

nonlinear circuit's Bill - March, 2016
CatSynth's Luna - October 31, 2016

Note the above are only those I could tie in with synths. Two artists you might notice missing are Prince and George Michael. Both deserve a mention. Prince I could have tied in with an Oberheim connection. I still remember lusting after an OB-8 after seeing his videos in the 80s.

RIP posts are the hardest to write. Not only because you are mourning the loss of someone great, but because you know your post will never be good enough.


As for new gear in 2016, you might have noticed all of the "New in 2016" labels that have gone up in posts throughout the year. I created the labels back in 2015 as a means to keep track of all the new gear coming in. I also thought it would be a quick, easy, and interesting way to get total counts of everything at the end of the year. Here are the numbers (links will take you to posts for each):

New in 2016 (753)
New Cases in 2016 (18)
New Controllers in 2016 (38)
New DIY in 2016 (108)
New Makers in 2016 (101)
New Mobile Apps in 2016 (65)
New Modules in 2016 (299)
New Old in 2016 (21)
New Soft Synths in 2016 (55)
New Sound Machines in 2016 (34)
New Sound Packs in 2016 (24)
New Synth Effects in 2016 (9)
New Synths in 2016 (112)
New Tools in 2016 (51)

Note, as with anything, labels can be a little tricky. Sometimes there will be overlap, sometimes items will be announced one year, but released in another if at all, and of course, if I'm not made aware of an item it gets missed. You'll likely see a few items from 2015 in the 2016 list for that reason. I also found it can be difficult to categorize certain items. Drum machines for example get bucketed under synths, but I think for 2017 I will create a new label for them and just use both.

All that said, if you look at the numbers above we had 753 new products/items appear on the site last year. Always of notable interest were the items from vintage synth history that were never featured on the site before. Last year there were 21. An interesting side note is that matches the 21 we had the year prior in 2015. I won't go into any in detail as you can take a look at the label yourself and as I mentioned above I'm going to try and keep this post short. You can check out any of the categories above.  Also worth noting is there were 101 new makers to the site in 2016!  Check them out via the link above.

I was never one for top 10 lists, as although they can be fun, I'm a firm believer that all gear has something to offer. It's up to us to use the gear and find out. That said I do think it's worth mentioning some of the major synth releases this year. Not only does it gives us a quick look at what the major players released but it also lets us see when they were released in the year.  The following is a quick list:

1. Korg Minilogue - January 8
2. Yamaha Montage AWM2 & FM-X - January 11
3. Clavia Nord Piano 3 - January 18 & January 21
4. Roland A-01 - January 19
5. Korg Limited Edition Kronos Platinum
6. Make Noise 0-Coast - January 20
7. Artuia MatrixBrute - January 21
8. Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 - January 21
9. Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators - January 21
10. MFB Tanzamus & Tanzbar Lite - January 22
11. Mellotron Micro - January 22
12. Modal 008 Rack - January 25
13. Anyware Instruments Modulator - March 23
14. Nord Drum 3/3P - April 4
15. New Minimoog Model D - May 18
16. Moog Brother From Another Mother - May 18
17. Audiothingies Micromonster - May 27
18. Mini GRP A2 - May 28
19. DSI OB-6 Desktop - June 22 & June 23
20. Mode Machines ADX1 - June 28
21. New Black Oberheim TVS - June 28
22. Ninstrument SynthBoy+ July 2
23. Behringer Deepmind 12 - July 7
24. New Red & Blue Korg Electribes v2 - July 20
25. Yamaha FM Synth for iOS - July 21
26. Jomox Alpha Base - July 23
27. Korg Desktop Odysseys - August 28
28. Percussa Remote - August 29
29. KORG MicroKORG-S - August 31
30. Korg Volca Kick - August 31
31. KORG Odyssey Desktop Modules - August 31
32. Roland System-8 - September 3 and September 9
33. Roland TR-09 & TB-03 - September 3
34. Roland VP-03 - September 3
35. Synthstrom Audio Deluge - September 8
36. CMS 2607 - September 23
37. Dreadbox Murmox V2 - September 25
38. Arturia Drumbrute - October 7
39. Bastl Instruments Kastle - October 7
40. Korg Monologue - November 1
41. Full Size Korg Arp Odyssey Keboards - November 4
42. Cyclone Analogic TR-606 Clone - November 16
43. Tangible Waves AE Modular - November 16
44. Modal Electronics CRAFTSynth - November 18
45. Cyclone Analogic TT-78 - November 23
46. The White Schmidt Synthesizer - November 25
47. Plankton Electronics Ants! - December 9
48. Dreadbox NYX - December 15
49. Cyclone Analogic TT-303 MK2 - December 15

Note this is only 49 of the 112 items in the new synths in 2016 category. I'd recommend checking them all out.

What stood out for you in 2016? What are you looking forward to in 2017? Leave a comment or two below.

I want to end this with a humble thank you to everyone that makes this site what it is!

Thank you and Happy New Year!!!  On to 2017!

New Mode Machines ADX1 Demos 5 - 8

Demos 5 - 8 have been added to the playlist in this post.

MAM ADX1 Analog Drum Synth

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"You can trigger the sounds with MIDI or with the buttons on the front. It has Bass, Snare, Hi Hat, Metal and Synth sections. It sounds great."

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