SIMMONS SDS-3 DRUM SYNTHESIZER MODULE by MUSICAID c1978 SN 0124

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"Simmons SDS-3 drum synthesizer module that was made for the Musicaid brand.This early drum synthesizer was the first purpose built machine by Dave Simmons from 1978.The synthesizer is in good clean condition and it all seems to work fine."

You can find a demo of the SIMMONS SDS-3 here, and additional posts mentioning the SDS-3 here.

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Simmons SDS-9 Analog Digital Drum Synth & EPROM Library

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You'll find the list of roms and a link to demos and other resources at the bottom of this post.

"Simmons SDS-9 Analog Digital Drum Synth & EPROM Library
Includes 66 SDS Drum EPROMs, for SDS-1, SDS-7, SDS-9

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Simmons SDS-1 Drum Synth Pad & Huge EPROM Library

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Note the cover for the knobs to prevent damage when striking the page in the pic below.  You'll find the full list of EPROMs at the bottom of this post.

"Simmons SDS-1 Drum Synth Pad & Huge EPROM Library
Includes 66 SDS Drum EPROMs, for use with Simmons SDS-1, SDS-7, SDS-9

Up for auction is a white vintage Simmons SDS-1 EPROM-based electronic drum pad in working condition, including 66 different Simmons EPROMs that are also compatible with Simmons SDS-7, and SDS-9 drum synths.

The EPROMs included with this auction are reproductions of original Simmons EPROM chips, most of the chips are original Simmons sounds, and is rare to see such an expansive library of Simmons EPROM chips being offered on eBay. I have posted recordings of all of the chips in this auction being performed by the SDS-1 in the link below.

The Simmons SDS-1 is a single voice drum synth that uses 8k or 16k EPROMs. The drum synth can be triggered by hitting the drum pad or via an external trigger input. There is a modulation section on the drum synth that allows you to set the pitch and pitch bend direction, then a separate runtime generator allows you to dial in a random pitch generator that can range from subtle to extreme. Please check out my link below to some MP3s I made with the SDS1 drum synth.

The Simmons SDS EPROM drum pad is confirmed 100% working, ZIF, LED, external trigger, output, and knobs are all functioning properly. All 40 drum sound EPROMs included with this auction have been verified and are also confirmed working. Battery functionality has not been tested, and the unit does include the batter cover that is often missing on these vintage drum synths.

PLEASE READ: The SDS-1 is in very good shape for its age, and there are some minor scratches on the Simmons SDS-1, please see pictures posted with this auction for more detail. A 6v power adapter is included with this auction.

This auction includes a Simmons SDS-1 drum synth, 66 EPROMs in 7 protective EPROM cases with non-conductive foam, and a new 6v power adapter. The Simmons SDS-1 User Manual can be downloaded from the link below."

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Simmons SDS-1 Drum Synth Pad & Huge EPROM Library

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"Includes 66 SDS Drum EPROMs, for use with Simmons SDS-1, SDS-7, SDS-9

Up for auction is a red vintage Simmons SDS-1 EPROM-based electronic drum pad in working condition, including 66 different Simmons EPROMs that are also compatible with Simmons SDS-7, and SDS-9 drum synths.

The EPROMs included with this auction are reproductions of original Simmons EPROM chips, most of the chips are original Simmons EPROM sounds, and is rare to see such an expansive library of Simmons EPROM chips being offered on eBay. I have posted recordings of all of the chips in this auction being performed by the SDS-1 in the link below.

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Simmons SDS 3 Analog Drum Brain and Pads

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Simmons Drum Synthesizer SDS3 Demo Published on May 26, 2013 Mike Broers

"direct in, no effects."

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"Up for sale, the very rare Simmons SDS 3 analog drum brain complete with pads, cables, and manual. Considered by many to be the holy grail of analog drum synthesizers. It sounds rich, deep, punchy, weird, and fantastic. Here is a youtube demo of the actual unit for sale, where each voice/parameter is tweaked to show it works"

"Some minor issues:
The volume sliders are scratchy. The knobs are all smooth so this wasnt an issue for me.
I could not get the pads to trigger the unit, I'm not sure if this is user error, old cable or something else. The connectors to the pad are verified internally to be wired to the same solder pads that the mic input use, which is what I used when connecting this to drum machine outputs to trigger, so it is probably a non-issue. Using the mic inputs with a drum machine worked fine.
Cosmetically it is in great shape, just two areas in the wood on the front have worn down a little. One of four screws in the bottom of the unit is stripped so only 3 screws hold it together.
One other confusing feature seems to be the way input 1 can trigger input 2 if nothing is connected to input 2, and the same for 3 and 4 being tied together. I think this is a feature that can be managed easily but I'm not sure if its incorrect wiring."

Simmons SDS-9 Analog Digital Drum Synth & EPROM Library

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"Simmons SDS-9 drum synth, soft case, 30 EPROMs in a protective EPROM case with non-conductive foam, 3 slim profile ZIFs, a CD-ROM with a digital PDF copy of the SDS-9 owner’s guide. A printed guide can be included on request but will increase the shipping charges.

The Simmons SDS9 is a 6 voice drum synth: analog bass, digital snare, digital rim-shot A/B, and three analog toms. The digital voices uses 8k or 16k EPROMs with analog filters. The drum synth can be triggered by connecting external drum pad triggers (drum pads not included) or via any external trigger input. There is also MIDI IN/OUT that has been fully tested and working (the MP3 SDS-9 recordings posted below were created with the SDS-9 and Pro Tools software).

The digital drum synth also includes is a modulation section that allows you to set the pitch and pitch bend direction. In addition to pitch and pitch bend, there are analog effects such as filters, with resonance, and a unique delay effect. The SDS-9 is a very powerful drum synth and highly recommend downloading the SDS-9 Operation Manual (link below) to read more about the functions available on this Simmons synth.

Simmons SDS EPROMs included in this auction:
TR-606 Snare
TR-808 Clap
TR-808 Rim
TR-808 Cowbell
TR-808 Snare
TR-909 Rimshot
TR-909 Snare
SDS800 Snare
JoMoX 909 Snare
909 Hand Clap
Cowbell
Cymbal Medium Crash
Cymbal Hi Hat
Fat Snare
Flange Snare
Gated Snare
Gunshot Snare
Hand Clap
HR-16 Snare
Linn 9000 Snare
Percuter Hand Clap
Percuter Rock Snare
Rock Snare
SDS9 Rim A Cross-Stick
SDS9 Rim B Rimshot
SDS9 Snare
Soul Snare
Snare Crash
Tight Rock Snare
Wood Snare

I have posted some recordings of the SDS-9 here

You can view and download the Simmons SDS-9 Operation Manual here

You can read more about Simmons SDS-9 on the web here [& here]"

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Vintage Synth Scans

Click here for pdf scans of various synth brochures and articles. I tried to list all models below. Apologies for the long list but if you are searching for this stuff via your favorite search engine, this is the only way it'll come up, and finding that oddball rare scan can be absolute gold.


Roland
JX-8P and PG-800, JX-3P and PG-200, Jupiter-6, Juno-106, Synth Plus-60 (HS-60), SH-101 and MGS-1, EP-50, MPU-101, MPU-103, TR-707. TR-909, TR-606, TB-303, CR-8000, CR-5000, SBX-80, MSQ-100, MSQ-700, JSQ-60, BOSS Dr. Rhythm DR220A and DR-220E, Alpha-DRUM DDR-30/PD-10/PD-20, Alpha Juno-1 and Alpha Juno-2, DEP-5, DG CMU-810 Compu Synth, Juno-106, Juno-6, Super JX JX-10, MKS-100, MKS-50, MKS-7, MKS-70, SBX-80, SDE-3000/1000/2000, TR-505, Octapad PAD-8, TR-727, Jupiter-8, MC-8, System 700, CPE-800, VCA-800, System 100M, System 100, Jupiter-4, Promars, SH-2, SH-09, CSQ-600, CSQ-100, SH-1, SH-5, SH-2000, SH-7, SH-3A, SH-1000, VP-330, RS-09, RS-505, SA-09, SIP-300, SIP-301, SPA-240, SPA-120, SPV-355, SVC-350, SBF-325, SDD-320, SPH-323, SMX-880, SRE-555, RE-502, DC-30, DC-20, CR-78, CR-68, TR-66, MKB-1000, MKS-30, MKB-300, MKS-10, MKS-80, MPG-80, JX-3P, MC-4, MM-4, MC-202, MIDI-DCB, MTR-100, CV Interface, Piano Plus-400 HP-400, Piano Plus-300 HP-300, RE-150, RE-501, RT-1L, MPU-104, MPU-105, Cube-100 (CK-100), Cube-60 (CK-60), Cube-40 (CK-40), KS-2, KS05, KS-6, KS-11, KS-1000, TB Series Carrying cases, PSA AC Adapters, KS-1100, SC series soft cases, AB series resin-molded cases, MR-1, RH-10, DP-2/6, FS-1/2/3, M-16C/64C, BR-2/3, RD-1000, MKS-20, MKB-200

Yamaha (note the documentation adds the - in the descriptions. So you CS70M in the title, but CS-70M in the body). I thought that was interesting.
CP-30, CP-20, GS-1, CP-10, CP-11, CS-70M, CS-40M, CS-20M, MQ802, CP-80, SK-50D, SK-15, CS-15D, CE-20, CS-01, CS-15, CS-5, SK-30, SK-20, SK-15, SK-10, GS-2, CE-20, MA-10, MM-10, MH-10, KS-50, KS-100, E1005, E1010, MQ802, CP-80, CP-70B, CP-35, CP-25.

Korg
PS-3300, PS-3200, PS-3100, PS-3010, PS-3040, PS-3050, PS-3001, VC-10, MS-10, MS-20, MS-50, SQ-10, MS-03, MS-02, MS-01, 800DV, 700S, 900PS, M-500SP, PE-2000, PE-1000, KA-180, FK-3, FK-1, V-C-F, Mr. Multi, SE-500, SE-300, EM-570, SP-2035, SM-20, Mini Pops 120W 120P, Mini Pops 7, Mini Pops 45, Mini Pops 35, Mini Pops Junior, Korg Quartz, WT-10A, GT-6, RT-10,

Vintage Synth Story - magazine scans
Crumar DS2, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, RSF Kobol, Roland TB-303 and TR-606, TR-808, PPG Wave Computer, PPG Wave 2, Oxford Synthesizer Company OSCar, EMS Polyvoks, Oberheim OB-X, Octave-Plateau Voyetra Eight, EMS Polysynthi, Moog Minimoog, LinnDrum, Korg PS-3100, Korg MS20, EMS Synthi AKS, ELKA Synthex, ARP Sequencer, ARP Quadra, Korg Polysix, Korg PS-3200, Moog System 3P, Korg Trident mkII, Moog Liberation, Memormoog, Mutron Bi-phase, Oberheim 2 Voix, Oberheim Xpander, PPG Wave 2.3, Roland CR-78, Roland VP-330, RSF PolyKobol, Moog 960 and 961, Sequential Circuits Prophet 10, Vox Super Continental, Yamaha CS-15, ARP, Chroma, Sequential Circuits Drumtraks, EMS Vocoder 5000, E-MU Drumulator, Korg Story, Yamaha CS70M, Korg, Synton Syrinx, Roland MC-4, Oberheim 6 voix, Simmons SDS V, Simmons SDS.3, PolyKobol RSF, Keyboards Synthe Story Part 1 and Part 2.

Origins of a Legend - The Simmons SDS-3 Drum Synthesizer from 1978

Published on Feb 28, 2020 Alex Ball

"A look at the original Simmons Drum Synthesizer, the SDS-3 from 1978.

This instrument was built by Dave Simmons when he was working for a company called Musicaid in the late 70s and it served as the precursor to famous SDS-V with its distinctive hexagonal pads that cropped up on many hit records in the 1980s.

Free sample pack: http://bit.ly/SimmonsSDS3

Thank you to EvilDragon for scripting the Kontakt patches

Check out Simmons Museum which is a great online resource on the Simmons story: https://www.simmonsmuseum.com/

Here's the 2017 interview cited in the film: https://drummagazine.com/dave-simmons..."

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Best of ARP ODYSSEY Synthesizer ~ RetroSound Demo

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Best of Vintage ARP ODYSSEY mk.3 Synthesizer (no KORG reissue!)
all synthesizer sounds: ARP ODYSSEY mk.3 Synthesizer (1978)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707, Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:24 The Year 1978
1:33 Modulation
1:42 Odysseus
2:32 Oddy Lead
2:37 Number 3
3:05 Hard Sync
3:14 Machine
3:38 Sample/Hold
3:49 External In
4:32 Hypnotic
4:52 Cool Day
5:08 Water Drops
5:17 Scope
5:32 Oddy Filter
5:41 Oddy Bass
5:46 Sequenced
6:05 YMO1
6:17 YMO2
6:35 Outro


The ARP ODYSSEY Synthesizer is one of the legendary synths in music history. Used by many pop and rock groups in the 70s, 80s and today. Here can you find the full ODYSSEY playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.

The ODYSSEY playlist:"

Behringer Teases New Simmons SDS-3 Desktop & Eurorack Format Drum Synth

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"That’s the stuff I love the most. Whenever i get a new prototype on my desk, I’ll set it up and connect it to my speakers. I can’t tell you how much fun it is to bring one of those new babies to life and listen to them for the first time. This SDS-3 looks and sounds so amazing.
That’s what I love about my job:-)"

Musicaid Simmons Drum Synthesizer SDS 3 SN 0118

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"Monster drum synth - a triumph of British engineering. Serviced and working perfectly. Comes complete with 4 original drum pads in excellent condition.

NOTE: This synth is awaiting service and will ship within 15 working days of purchase.

The Simmons SDS 3 is just one of those machines that we can't get enough of. Not polite or shy and retiring, but it has some sounds that absolutely cut through and enough features to make it endlessly inventive.

CONDITION: Excellent. Has some very minor dings to the face. The wooden end cheeks are clean with only minor dings around the edges and some small scratches scattered across both cheeks. The original shop sticker has been left on the front but can be removed upon buyer's request. See photos for more information on cosmetic condition."

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Simmons SDS 9 Synth Drum Kit -- 5 Yellow Pads + MIDI Brain

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"vintage, working Simmons SDS 9 Drum Kit, with brain, four tom pads, and piston-loaded bass drum pad (with spurs), and a print-out of the manual (that you can also find online)...

My favorite part of the feature-laden SDS 9? That's hard to say. You can trigger any of the brain's 40 kits (20 factory set, 20 user-programmed) by MIDI, or by sequencer, or by the iconic hexagonal pads (in the coveted yellow color); you can play around with all sorts of ADSR/tuning parameters on the individual channels, then save your drum kit settings onto a Data Cassette! (I've included a sealed, unopened maxell cs-500 hd data cassette in this auction for the lucky winner); there's a built-in, fully programmable delay feature, 1985-style, that's not found in other SDS brains; there are individual outs for all of the channels, and you can replace the snare and rim shot EPROMs with whatever other Simmons EPROMs you can win here on the 'bay... and all that's very cool... but to me, perhaps the coolest part of the SDS 9 is the fact that it combines 3 types of vintage synth-drum sounds into one kit... the gritty "computer generated" sounds of the bass drum, the analog circuitry of the earlier brains for the three toms, and the EPROM early-sampling technology for the snare and the rim shot."

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SDS MIDI Merge Build 3x3 Arduino-based

Published on Oct 24, 2019 freshnelly

"At last, I got around to making a MIDI merger!
It did take 4 days of programming and even after filming this video I found 3 more bugs (well during the video as they always show up then!)

It's a nice little unit with Clock routing, channel re-defining, 3 way keyboard split on each input, up to 10 user configurations can be saved, Input to Output blocking of transport messages, Program changes, and CC's.

The SPLIT is the really cool part as instruments (PC) can be assigned to each region, note offsets (start note) per region, any channel, any output per region, and a 0 to 14 note upward overlap setting. One SPLIT can be assigned to each input so theoretically, you could have 3 splits fanning out to 9 synths.

The output drive is 25mA so hard wire splitting between 2 MIDI synths is easy. I have tried 3 but you get one that's a pig and it's game over ;)

I will be posting the .ino, 3D Print .stl, and some diagrams & data on parts etc. It's really simple as there's hardly any parts.
The OLED is i2c (wire) 128x32 chinese type.

The whole thing is guitar pedal powered but also runs for a long time on a 9 volt battery... well several hours, not really sure

Links:
Program:

http://www.freshnelly.com/midimerge/M...

3d Print files (obj & stl):

http://www.freshnelly.com/midimerge/3...

Info & manual (doc):

http://www.freshnelly.com/midimerge/S..."

Best of Roland JX-3P Synthesizer ~ RetroSound Demo

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Best of Roland JX-3P Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: Roland JX-3P Synthesizer (1983)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707, Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:18 Analogous
1:00 Bittersweet https://retrosound.bandcamp.com/track...
1:33 Pulsator
1:38 1983
2:12 JX Pad
2:28 December 83
2:54 Deep Bass
3:03 Life Cycles
3:32 Sample/Hold
3:45 Sweet Wave
3:51 Talking JX
4:04 Analog Wave
4:12 Berlin Night
4:32 Diva
4:38 The Lab
5:00 Retrowave
5:19 Shy
5:26 Doctor
5:34 Axel
5:41 Life
5:51 Drive
6:01 Nice
6:09 Happy
6:16 Forever

The Roland JX-3P Synthesizer from the year 1983 is a fantastic analog synth with the typical 80s sound. Here can you find the full JX-3P playlist with single sound demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The JX-3P playlist:"

Best of Moog Prodigy Synthesizer

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Best of Moog Prodigy Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: Moog Prodigy Synthesizer (1979)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707 Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:20 Syncronisation
0:42 Maschinenmensch
1:29 Singing Swan
1:36 I Dig Prodigy
2:04 Pulser
2:18 LFOrgy
2:25 Model 3...BX
2:57 Hard Syncronisation
3:24 Dark Mode
3:36 Rockwell
3:54 Sequenced
4:08 O Solo Mio
4:16 Motion Synth
4:39 Old School
4:59 Blood Sport
5:22 Romantic Mode
5:51 Outro

The Moog Prodigy Synthesizer from the year 1979 is my favorite Moog synth. Here can you find the full Prodigy playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The Prodigy playlist:"

SIMMONS SDS9

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Details:
"Simmons then made the SDS-7. It now featured digital sounds, rubber pads, and a sophisocated module. Simmons then made the SDS-8, a cheaper model with no digital sounds. Their next big leap was the SDS-9. This had real-sounding drums, changeable shells, and a new pad surface. The surface had more rebound. It also allowed the use of E-PROMS for the snare, rimshot, and crossstick sounds. It even had a built-in delay effect. The SDS-9 was popular due to its acoustically sampled snare sound which made it virtually indistinguishable from an acoustic kit.


The official description:
The SDS9 is a 5-drum kit, comprising bass, snare and 3 tom-toms, triggering up to 40 complete “drum kits” (20 factory and 20 programmable presets).

Hitting a specific pad triggers the corresponding channel on the ‘electronics’. A microprocessor controls the dynamic (or volume) of each individual ‘hit’ giving a sensitivity to playing previously unheard of in electronic drums: a ‘real’ drum feel, in fact!

The Simmons SDS9 gives you the sounds, feel and control of acoustic drums plus all the sounds and advantages of electronic drums.

To add to all this ‘reality’, the small pads (snare and toms) have a floating head, the snare also has a rim shot/cross stick facility and the bass pad is piston loaded – giving you the feel and playability of acoustic drums.

The SDS9 electronically synthesises the sounds of each drum. The bass, snare and toms use different methods of synthesis – each the most appropriate for the sound and control you require. The bass is software generated directly by the computer. The snare/rim are digital samples of acoustic drums. The tom-toms are synthesised using analogue circuitry. The tom also have unique ‘second skin’ switch to match the sound and response of a double headed acoustic tom.

The program/store memory facility allows you to build up your own drum sounds. These programmed sounds can be saved to tape, giving you almost limitless capacity to store new sounds, or recall previously stored sounds.

There is also a sophisticated automatic trigger that allows sounds to be reviewed without hitting the pads, and a mode where the drums can be triggered by button tapping.

The SDS9 is the first drum kit that has a built in MIDI interface. This is completely assignable in terms of voice changes and note values. By using the MIDI interface you can directly interface with many available keyboard synthesisers and play their voices from the pads. You can also use MIDI real time recorders/sequencers to record your playing and then playback the SDS9 exactly as you played it.

Another interesting feature of the SDS9 is its built in programmable echo. This programmable effect can be used for single slap-back echo or for long repeating echoes to produce stunningly unique rhythmic-ic-ic patterns and eff-eff-ects-ects.

We have done a lot of work using the latest high technology and computer aided design tools to develop the SDS9 – a new instrument, using new voicing techniques and new materials to give you everything any acoustic kit has to offer and much more besides – the kit that’s destined to add a whole new dimension to your art."

Best of Roland JD-800 Synthesizer

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Best of Roland JD-800 Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: Roland JD-800 Synthesizer (1991)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707, Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist
0:06 Machine Run
0:37 Nightcrawler
1:05 Baltika
1:38 My Church
1:45 Coffee Filter
2:06 D-50 Memories
2:12 Amber Sea
2:30 Old PPG
2:33 Berlin Night
3:04 Digital Filter
3:11 Friends
3:29 Fairlight Express
3:38 Road Trip
4:12 On The Way
4:35 Dance Hall
5:00 Nordic Memories
5:22 One Man`s Dream
5:36 The Lounge
5:54 The Eye
6:18 Positive Vibes
6:35 Lost In Time
6:52 Viktor
7:06 The Good Old 70s
7:22 Train Station
7:47 Genesis

The Roland JD-800 Synthesizer from the year 1991 is one of my favorite digital synths. Very useful for film scoring. Here can you find the full JD-800 playlist with single sound demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The JD-800 playlist:"

SDS Digital Sequarallel 8HP MIDI2CV Sequencer Module!

Published on Aug 30, 2019 freshnelly

"Well, I'm at it again! I have long wanted a decent sequencer that uses recorded to MIDI to make sequences for modular without a computer.

It started out as a simple MIDI2CV but then my trademark "what if..." kicked in and here we are. I just had to show it off a little.

This video is rather hap-hazard and was just testing a couple of functions, Bar looping and Transposing.

In FL Studio I made a 16 bar test sequence with changes every couple of bars from 1 channel to 2, then 3 & 4 channels (and very different parts although stuck with the same key) to test the various CV-MIDI Channel modes and note-order selection (Time, Range, Cycle). That was mentioned to explain why the instruments and cadence changes so much from one bar to another.

There was also 3 program changes on channel 1, and a couple of percussion sequences.

There is only 1 VCO hooked on Gate/CV 3 here but it's pretty funky with all 4! It plays certain notes when in certain channel/order modes as you can hear in the video.

In percussion mode, where up to 12 triggers are brought to the panel, the display changes to visualize that. Note numbers are in each percussion box. Eventually the fixed notes can be set to automatically assign Jacks as they come in.

The really cool thing about this module is that the sequences are played internally, under modular clock control, just as they were recorded. So some channels may be recorded that, if not blocked, can come out of the MIDI jack, plus play when a different Channel Mode is selected (1+1+1+1, 3+1, 2+2, All 4)

This sequence has no loop points (Note#121) in the sequence or manually assigned Loop/JumpTo points so looping just defaults to inside the present bar. Even this was a lot of fun though!

This sequence took about 1% of the memory so I think it would be possible to get near 100 sequences in there.

It's a powerful little module and has been a bit of work over the past couple of weeks but now seeing results."

Best of CASIO CZ-101

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The Best of Casio CZ-101 Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: CASIO CZ-101 (1984)
drums: Boss DR-55, Roland TR-707, Roland TR-808 , Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist:
0:06 Intro
0:16 Dancing
0:48 80s Music Party
1:03 Strange
1:14 Machine Run 1
1:40 Mobility
1:53 Islands
2:08 Machine Run 2
2:22 Take A Break
2:35 Waverider
2:44 Alert
2:56 Cut Off
3:11 Swimming
3:23 CZ Duett
3:33 Sub Bass
3:48 Oberheimi
4:12 Drama
4:20 DCW Sweep
4:27 Wave Police

The CASIO CZ Synthesizer from the year 1984 is a very interesting synth. Here can you find the full CASIO CZ playlist with single sound demos, sound tutorials and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The CASIO CZ playlist:"

SDS Digital Reflex LiveLoop & ModEM-1 LFO & ADSR Eurorack Modules

Published on Sep 14, 2016 freshnelly

The above is a playlist of all the videos currently featured on the freshnelly channel. The first 29 are on the SDS Digital Reflex LiveLoop eurorack module, followed by four on the ModEM-1 LFO & ADSR, followed by a few DIY videos.

The following is some info on SDS Digital Reflex Liveloop module via freshnelly.com. I couldn't find additional info on the ModEM-1 LFO & ADSR as the home page requires Flash which I do not have installed.

"Introducing the Reflex LiveLoop! The tradition of sampling in the modular world has always been guitar pedal loopers, offering no external control, or a large complex external box, or modules with only 3 or 4 seconds of sample time. The Reflex LiveLoop breaks all of these barriers by gracing your rack with only 16HP, but sporting a full 174 seconds of sampling time @48KHz 16 bits, in stereo! This is better than CD quality sound, ready to manipulate with CV's and triggers in multiple layers, and record all at the same time.

The Reflex can slice up a long sample using the unique "peak slicing" algorithm, a trigger, or just a button. The power of these slices is then accessible via CV and trigger. Furthermore, they can be modified with the PlayFX button to tune the start and end points for each slice. These slices, or even samples, can also be Granulized into a micro loop, which then can move reverse or forward at varying rates up to 2 times. This also allows for pitch shifting a sample without changing the beat, or changing the speed without changing the pitch.

With 3 different Modes, Record/Play, Echo, and Layer, all with the ability to sync to an external clock, almost every sampler /looper requirement can be realised. Imagine an echo, synced by a trigger/ clock/ foot switch/ Record button, with controlled feedback and even a 3 band EQ. Then imagine it being 30 seconds or 8 bars long! The echo can be switched to an infinite echo that will continue forever, or can degrade according to feedback settings, EQ settings, or a feedback insert that can run through any filter or FX that you can imagine!

The Reflex LiveLoop can take you intuitively on a sonic voyage you don't want to miss!

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