DIY Drum / Rhythm Machines by ДМИТРИЙ Р

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Echo & The Bunnymen, Aphex Twin and Jean-Michel Jarre pictured as users of the original KORG Minipops in the demo.

Dendy 8bit drum

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DRUM Rhythm Arranger

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Also see the марк1 Maestro Rhythm King MRK-1 - Drum Machine Replica posted below if you are coming off the main page.

VAI 6: Crumar Multiman S/2 / Maestro Universal Synthesizer System

video by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"Crumar Multiman S/2 gets sliced up by the modulation section of the Maestro Rhythm King 4, then on to the envelope filter of the other Maestro machine: the Universal Synthesizer System - an early, maybe the very first, multi-effect for guitar.
Spring reverb brought to you by Telefunken Echo Mixer.
The other output of the Multiman gets phased by the Mu-tron phasor.
Steelphon S900 and noise routed to the Binson Echorec."

Maestro Rhythm King MRK-4 drum machine

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"This is an analogue drum machine from the mid 1970s. It uses inductor coils or "tuned tanks" to produce its sound in a similar way to the Roland TR-77 and the Korg Mini-Pops.

It is quite rare especially in the UK and in this condition. All sounds work, all rhythms work and all sliders are nice and crackle-free. There are 10 sounds and 16 rhythms plus an intro/break feature. The rhythms can be combined as is typical with these older 'diode matrix' rhythm units. The two cymbal sounds have various decay amounts depending on the rhythms chosen ranging from a short maracas type sound to open high-hat.

There is a 'modulation' feature that takes an external input and modifies it (probably gating it rhythmically). However, I must stress that I have not been able to test this and the unit is now well and truly boxed-up and ready to go. I have absolutely no reason to suspect that it doesn't work and would be surprised if it didn't, but please assume that it doesn't and bid accordingly, then you won't be disappointed. This unit is first and foremost a drum machine and that part of it is fully working. There is also a multi-pin socket on the back for a foot controller I believe, but I do not have the controller and so haven't been able to test it. I wasn't able to find a service manual on-line so don't know each pin's function."

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7/16/23 Hewlett Packard 3310A + Maestro Rhythm King MKIV + CXM 1978 + Coppersound Telegraph Stutter

video upload by Cfpp0

Follow-up to this post.

The Maestro is currently listed on Reverb here.

Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2

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Audio demo at the auction while up.

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NOT NAMM: FunkBox Drum Machine iphone app demo

YouTube via syntheticbits

"Demo of the FunkBox Drum Machine iphone app from Synthetic Bits. FunkBox is a pocket-sized emulation of classic vintage beatboxes, along with all their dirt and quirks. Grab a Funkbox and get busy making yourself some funky beats. Available now from the Apple iTunes iphone app store!"

on iTunes here:


Official Press Release:

"Sometime late last night the FunkBox Drum Machine dropped on the iTunes App Store, bringing some much needed fun and funk to grateful humans across the planet Earth. The latest release from iPhone developers Synthetic Bits, this app brings all the sound, feel and features of a vintage drum machine to your iPhone, without letting the slick iPhone interface detract from the quirky charm of the original boxes blinky lights, clicky buttons, and sticky sliders.

"Putting in all the most useful parts of a classic beatbox was important, but what we really wanted to do was capture the real feel of using these things. They aren't cut and dry and precise - they are quirky, they're dusty, they're funky." says Art Kerns of Synthetic Bits. "Mostly we tried to make something that people could have fun just playing around with, because it can have all the features in the world, but if it isn't fun you'll never actually use it."

The idea for FunkBox came while Art was working on recording a retro-styled electronica album (Submodern's 2009 release "Slowburn") where he used an assortment of old vintage drum machines from the 70's and 80's. Rather than mousing around with the latest drum plugins, or triggering samples from within a modern digital audio sequencer, he sat down and recorded all the beats for the album using those original dusty, finicky, and funky decades-old beat boxes, giving him a new appreciation for their quirky interfaces, classic sounds, and limited but inspiring feature sets. Synthetic Bits' goal in making the FunkBox app was to create something similarly fun, funky, and easy to use.

"It's cool because you don't have to be an electronic musician to enjoy this thing," explains Synthetic Bits' co-founder Chris Kerns. "I didn't have any experience with drum machines and still had a lot of fun messing with the different beats and boxes in there, even if I didn't understand what everything did at first. And then when you're ready, you can also get a little deeper and really tweak things."

FunkBox brings everything you need to make your own dirty, funky beats on your iPhone, anywhere you go. A variety of preset beat patterns, tempo adjustments on the fly, classic drum box sounds, a live mixer, and for those who want to really get in there a classic x0x style drum programming grid. Beat heads everywhere can use the Funkbox to drop dirty beats sampled from Synthetic Bits personal collection of coveted vintage drum machines: the Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909, Roland TR-606, Roland CR-78, Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2 (the drum machine that Sly Stone nicknamed "the Funkbox"), and Korg ER-1. Yep, all the classic beatboxes that were used on all your favorite old school electro, techno, hip hop and synthpop tracks, and that are still being heavily used and namedropped to this day by artists like Beck ("Bangin' like an 808..."), Outkast ("I know y'all wanted that 808..."), the Beastie Boys ("...nothing sounds quite like an 808!"), and others.

"I was just trolling around the iTunes App Store this morning, and realized something was different," observed Chris. "Do you smell that? I think someone just brought the funk."

The FunkBox Drum Machine is available for download in the "music" section of the iTunes App Store today."

New 2011 Optigan Disc - VIBRASCAPE

YouTube Uploaded by optigandotcom on Nov 28, 2011

"New 2011 Optigan Disc - VIBRASCAPE
Now available for pre-order at http://www.optigan.com/shoptigan/new-optical-discs/optigan-discs/new-2011-opt...

Like our popular PIANOSCAPE disc, VIBRASCAPE presents the sound of the vibraphone in a uniquely Optigan fashion. The keyboard tones are arranged as a series of rhythmic patterns that create hypnotic, pulsating soundscapes when chords are played. (This disc is not particularly suited to melodic playing). The chord buttons feature sustained bowed vibraphone chords. The special effects switches help keep the groove going with a selection of rhythms from the Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2, an old-school beatbox and technological contemporary of the Optigan. Optigans equipped with a spring reverb will provide the most haunting sound, which is further enhanced by inserting the disc upside-down for backwards play.

LEFT HAND: Bowed Vibraphone.
RIGHT HAND: Vibraphone Rhythms.
SPECIAL EFFECTS SWITCHES: 1. Samba, 2. Rhumba, 3. Bossa Nova, 4. Bolero, 5. Go-Go.

Vibraphone played and recorded by Mark Greenberg
Music produced, edited, and mastered by Pea Hicks.
Disc creation software, disc production cover artwork and jacket layout by Robert Becker.
Photography by Pea Hicks."

TUCKER played electone & roland sh-3 / FERNANDO GELBARD /Didi ( Hola Didi )

Playlist:
1. Tucker played Electone.....Song/Robert Hall Productions - Do You Care?
2. TUCKER/手動リズムボックス💨
3. TUCKER played electone & roland sh-3 / FERNANDO GELBARD /Didi ( Hola Didi )
4. TUCKER/ Maestro rhythm King & Roland juno106Song/Meu amigo ricard :Celia Vazquez’s
5. TUCKER played ELECTONESong / The Boneschi Electronic Combo /Cantabile for drum
6. TUCKER /ナログシンセサイザーを使ってスクラッチ演奏をしました。I used an analog synthesizer to play scratch.
7. TUCKER/😴 寝ながら作曲する試みAttempting to compose in my sleep。。。。

Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2 SN 13423

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Maestro Rhythm King MRK4 Modulation Poly800

Published on Jul 9, 2014 Christopher Anderson

Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2

Published on Apr 14, 2013 mick frigerio

"MRK 2 Drumbox, 62 Trigger Out, 11 Trigger In, Cymbal/HiHat Short, Long"

Deltalab DL-5 Harmonicomputer Demonstration

YouTube via caffeinatedrecording
"This guys has a very noisy signal path, but here's what one of these weird contraptions sounds like. I am running a Maestro Rhythm King into it."

Vintage Maestro Rhythm King Drum Machine MRK 1

YouTube via bobbybot2000 | January 29, 2011

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FunkBox Drum Machine for iPad Demo

YouTube via syntheticbits | July 25, 2010

"Demo of the FunkBox Drum Machine iOS app from Synthetic Bits. FunkBox emulates the look and feel of a vintage drum machine, using classic beatbox sounds including the TR-808, TR-909 and Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2. It works on the iPhone, iPod Touch and now the iPad. FunkBox is a universal app, so you only need to buy it once and you can use it on any of those devices. This demo is of the iPad version, especially designed for the iPad to be fun and super easy to use. Available now in the Apple app store"

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The iTunes link above is for both the iPhone or iPad version. I have had the iPhone version for a while now and it's a great app.

Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2

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Click through the listing for the rest of the pics and be sure to see the sellers other items for more. Cutting these short due to NAMM.

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Maestro MRK-4 Rhythm King SN 45342

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"Uncommon beatbox which features the superb and unique modulation section which allows you to groove an external signal (e.g. guitar, synth etc) using the on board rhythms. This is stunningly-effective and a great creative tool.

Modified with separate outputs for the rhythm and the modulated signal."

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Vintage Maestro Drum Machine Rhythm King

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Vintage Gibson Maestro MRK-2 Rhythm King

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More pics of the inside below.

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Vintage Gibson Maestro MRK-1 Rhythm King Drum Machine SN 08838

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"This unit has a cable built-in with 1/4" male end, so using your own cable isn't even necessary to hook it up to an external device, as well as having a built-in foot switch..." [pictured below]

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