Cyclone TT-78

Published on Jul 26, 2019 ljs8888

Cyclone TT-78

Cyclone Analogic TT-78

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Roland TR-66 Rhythm Arranger, CR-68 & CR-800 CompuRhythm, & Cyclone Analogic TT-78 Comparisons

Roland TR-66 Rhythm Arranger vs CR-68 CompuRhythm

Published on Apr 15, 2017 京浜マテリアル - Keihin Material

"Comparison of the tones and rhythms."

Roland CR-800 CompuRhythm

Published on Apr 19, 2017 京浜マテリアル - Keihin Material

"CR-800 is in between CR-68 and CR-78 as a rhythm machine, but has an amp and a speaker. Recorded with SHURE SM58 and Roland GO:MIXER."

Roland CR-68 vs Cyclone Analogic TT-78

Published on Apr 9, 2017 京浜マテリアル - Keihin Material

"CR-78/68 is great, but TT-78 is not bad as a 400 dollars rhythm machine."

Health Club MFOS Synth With TT-78

Published on Aug 29, 2018 Perfect Circuit Audio

"This odd synthesizer is a Health Club Micro Game, the front panel looks like it is designed more for a day at the beach than in the studio, there is even a rope handle. The circuit is based on a design from MFOS (Music From Outer Space). The drums are from a Cyclone Analogic TT-78 drum machine and a Doepfer Dark Time is used to sequence the Micro Game.

Health Club here: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/m...
TT-78 available here: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/c..."

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TT-78 With Geiger Counter Pro, Excess, Rainbow Machine and Shallow Water

Published on Mar 22, 2018 Perfect Circuit Audio

"For this video we ran the Cyclone Analogic TT-78 Drum Machine through three parallel effects chains and then mixed them back together with the Bastl Dude. One chain is the EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine V2 into The Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water, The other two effects are the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Excess and WMD Geiger Counter Pro.

TT-78 available here: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/c..."

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Cyclone Analogic Beat Bot TT-78 Sound Demo (no talking)

Published on Jun 5, 2017 Bonedo

"Cyclone Analogic Beat Bot TT-78 Live Performance and feature demonstration."

Cyclone Analogic TT-303, TT-78 and TT-606 Sound Demo (no talking)

Published on Jun 1, 2017 Bonedo

"TT-303 Bass Bot, TT-78 Beat Bot and TT-606 Drum Drone live tweaking. Pure Sound, no external effects used."

Elektron Analog Heat

Published on Jan 31, 2017 Perfect Circuit Audio

"Here we are jammin' with the Elektron Analog Heat and the Cyclone Analogic TT-78. The Analog Heat is a unique tabletop Stereo effects processor that includes filtering, EQ and various types of distortion. It is designed to work perfectly in the studio, or for live performance. Along with the stereo inputs and outputs, there are also dual expression/CV inputs for interfacing with any modern modular gear, MIDI In/Out/Thru, as well as sync generation for interfacing with vintage gear."

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Cyclone Analogic TT-303 MKII Demo with TT-606

Published on Jan 5, 2017 djthomaswhite

"This is a demo of the newly released Cyclone Analogic Mark 2 TT-303. This is the same Bass Bot engine that has been out on the market for a couple of years in an all new enclosure and with new sequencing features similar to those used on the TT-606 and TT-78 machines, also from Cyclone Analogic. The acid tones are really nice in this analog bass machine, and you will certainly satisfy your acid cravings with this family of machines. The new Bass Bot includes new features named "Mute" and "Hammer" which can also be described as "shorter gate" and "sustain of sorts" with both of them being great for performance, but also being available to program in sequences like DUAS (Down, Up, Accent, Slide). The built-in Shuffle feature is quite well done, and having swung out acid bass is not something you commonly hear or that the original TB-303 from Roland was capable of. I love it, slick polished case and all. Maybe it's not for you, but if you're curious take the leap. It's a solid piece of analog kit. Thanks to Perfect Circuit Audio for making these units available in the US."

TT-78 vs CR-78

Published on Jan 1, 2017 Joel Braverman

"Cyclone-Analogic TT-78 vs Roland CR-78"

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!

Analog Percussion Shootout

Published on Dec 23, 2016 Joel Braverman

"MFB TANZBÄR vs Arturia DrumBrute vs Cyclone Analogic TT-78"

New Cyclone Analogic Bass Bot TT-303 MK2 Coming

This appears to be the original Cyclone TT-303 in their new case format, reminiscent of Roland's TB-03 & TR-03 oblong cases.

via Perfect Circuit Audio

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"Bass Bot TT-303
Now with the same case as the TT-606 and TT-78!

The TT-303 from Cyclone Analogic is a reproduction of the most coveted bass synthesizer units, the TB-303. It is an analog, monophonic synthesizer with a built in sequencer, perfect for generating phat acid basslines for almost any style of electronic music. Its layout and circuit design is identical to the original, as well as its functionality, but has been made using 21st century technology and components.

The sequencer uses the classic step-entry programming that was present on the original TB-303, and holds up to 224 editable patterns, along with another 224 non-editable patterns. 'Songs' up to 127 bars can be saved in a bank of 7, all being stored in flash memory, which means it will stay programmed even after the unit is powered down.

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Cyclone Analogic TT-78 Demo & Beat Creation

Published on Dec 1, 2016 Perfect Circuit Audio

"This video demonstrates some sequencing features of the TT-78 and shows the creation of a beat from scratch."

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Cyclone Analogic TT-78 Beat Bot

Published on Nov 29, 2016 Perfect Circuit Audio

"The TT-78, from Cyclone Analogic, is the next step in their collection of classic reproductions of iconic drum machines. The TT-78 is modeled after the classic CR-78 drum machine from Roland, produced in 1978. The TT-78 contains all the modern upgrades one would expect, while also being housed in a sleek shell, similar to the TT-303 and TT-606. It has the same intuitive sequencing functions as the previous Cyclone Analogic unit, but with a completely different sound palette, using sounds like Bongos, Congas, Maracas, and Guiro. There are seven individual outputs, providing independent jacks for most of the sounds. It also comes complete with MIDI In, Out and Thru, for synchronizing the TT-78 with all one's other gear."

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NEW CYCLONE ANALOGIC TT-78 BEAT BOT Based on the Roland CR-78

On the heels of the TT-606, Cyclone Analogic releases the TT-78. This one spotted by Doug, via Perfect Circuit Audio.

Details:

"Cyclone Analogic TT-78 Beat Bot

The TT-78, from Cyclone Analogic, is the next step in their collection of classic reproductions of iconic drum machines. The TT-78 is modelled after the classic CR-78 drum machine from Roland, produced in 1978. The TT-78 contains all the modern upgrades one would expect, while also being housed in a sleek shell, similar to the TT-303 and TT-606. It has the same intuitive sequencing functions as the previous Cyclone Analogic unit, but with a completely different sound palette, using sounds like Bongos, Congas, Maracas, and Guiro. There are seven individual outputs, providing independent jacks for most of the sounds. It also comes complete with MIDI In, Out and Thru, for synchronizing the TT-78 with all one's other gear.

TT-78 Beat Bot Features
CR-78 Modelled drum machine
21st century Transistor Technology
Same layout as other Cyclone Analogic units
Classic trigger sequencing interface
Individual audio outputs per drum circuit
64 Patterns available for storage"

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Roland R-8, Bass Bot TT-303, Korg Synthepedal FK-1 demo by Jordan Passmore

Published on Oct 23, 2014 Jordan Passmore

"This demo features the Roland R-8 drum machine (w/ "Dance" card, featuring a few of the sounds of the Roland CR-78 and TR-808 Hand Clap), Cyclone Analogic Bass Bot TT-303 (as you can guess by the looks of it, a Roland TB-303 clone) bass synth and Korg Synthepedal filter module. The first portion of the video features the normal sound of the TT-303, then, the 303 ran through the Synthepedal. The Synthepedal is a bandpass filter similar to those found in the very early Korg analog synths (770, 800dv, etc) with an envelope follower to track incoming audio. The envelope modulation affects both the high and lowpass filters at the same time creating a fairly unique squelching sound that suits the 303 very well. All of the hardware is mixed on my Studiomaster Pro Line mixer (I am using the multi outs of the R8 to to control the levels of each drum separately via the mixer). On the aux busses I have a DOD R-845 Spring Reverb and a Washburn A-09 Analog delay.

The Synthepedal was modified by the previous owner. If anyone has some original spare Korg knobs/sliders around (early Korg prefered but even if it's MS-20/Polysix-ish) I am interested!"