AK Drummer and M3 (Emthree) Pulsatron

Published on Jan 20, 2019 Italian Vintage Stuff!

AK Drummer

"AK drummer - A very simple analog drum machine, not much info online.No fills - no frills. Made in Korea, but which?

Pulsatron - amazing Italian, multi-effect manufactured by M3, or Emthree, from the early 80s.

On board:

Spring reverb
Presence with frequency control
Fuzz (!)
Graphic EQ
Phaser/vibrato/tremolo with depth and speed controls.

Instant garage /surf rock, cumbia, very 60's sounding."

AK DRUMMER MODEL CRM 260 MODIFICATION PART 1 ANALOG DRUM MACHINE MODIFIED

Published on Jul 30, 2015 HOX808

Update:

AK DRUMMER MODEL CRM 260 MODIFICATION PART 2 ANALOG DRUM MACHINE MODIFIED

Published on Jul 30, 2015 HOX808

Happy New Year! The Year in Synths 2013

Happy New Year Everyone!

What a busy year it has been in the world of synths.

This is going to be one doozy of a post, so bear with me. This post is a review of the year in synths for 2013. We begin with Tributes to Those We Lost This Year, followed by New Manufacturers & Makers, Older Manufacturers Added to the Site, New Gear Announcements, Top 10 Posts by Traffic,  My Standout Posts for the Year, and finally This Years' Synth Events. I did my best to keep things as short and concise as possible.

Let's begin with the hardest part of the post.

Tributes to Those We Lost This Year

RIP Bernard Parmegiani - Electronic & Acoustic Composer
Lou Reed RIP
RIP Dick Raaymakers aka Kid Baltan
RIP George Duke - DreamWeaver
RIP Ralph Dyck, Sept 28, 1941 – May 20, 2013
RIP Ray Manzarek

All missed and never to be forgotten. Take a moment to remember them.

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New Manufacturers & Makers

Starting last January, I decided to keep a running list of every new manufacturer and maker introduced to the site during the year.  This is something I haven't done before and I thought it would be interesting to see how many there were in the year.   It's easy to focus on the big synth announcements throughout the year, but what about all the new makers and brands? I shouln't have to go considerably into the significance of new designers on the scene, so I'll just say two things regarding them.  One, the number of new makers is a direct reflection on the interest in our scene, and two, these are the creators of new gear which directly translate into new designs not previously available to us.  Think about that for a moment.  These are makers and designs that did not exist before.  They are part of our synth history.  So what is the total count of new synth designers for the year? A whopping 113. Think about that a bit. One hundred and thirteen new synth designers and brands this year alone.

Here they are (note a handful date back to 2012, but 2013 marked their momentum and availability):

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AK Drummer Model CRM-260

Published on Dec 4, 2013 LESINDES·137 videos

"Vintage analog Beat Box
Handy: works with 9-V-battery!
MADE IN KOREA"

AK Drummer

Published on Oct 17, 2013 fonitronik·27 videos

"A short demo of the AK Drummer transistor drummachine.
Even though it was sold as a kind of toy in the 80ies (?) it has very interesting innards: the actual sound circuitry is obviously kind of a 70ies transistor species. i did not trace it down or re-engineer it, however, i bet these are kind of simplified ace tone or roland wiedergangers.

So just imagine this would be housed in a tolex box (double the size) with an ace tone, roland or korg logo on it. you would be fine..."

This is the first AK Drummer post.

Update via Michael in the comments: "according to this link it was sold under different names; 'AK', 'Super Sound' and 'Cort'"