Eventide Harmonizer H949 Demo with Sequential Circuits drumtraks

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"Eventide H949 Harmonizer demo of functions/capabilites with a Sequential Circuits Drumtraks. Recorded straight into a UA Volt interface.

Restored at Synth Tailor Electronics. Visit our website for sales, repairs and sending in your vintage synthesizers, drum machines, outboard gear, vintage effects and tape machines to get restored.
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1985 Sequential Circuits TOM 4-Voice Drum Machine

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"Fantastic working unit, fully serviced by our in-house technician. Recapped, all buttons cleaned and rebuilt external power supply. Fully functional.

In 1985, the TOM was a really advanced drum machine, fully programmable and featuring digitally recorded drum sounds. It is similar to the DrumTraks, but much more advanced. Its sound fidelity is very electronic and it offers just eight of the most basic drum kit sounds. However, each drum sound has a much more flexible tune control than any other drum machine of its time, allowing you to change cymbals into gongs, for example. All sounds can also be layered, allowing for chord-like drum tones, tom rolls and all kinds of wacky sounds. You can also play its sounds in reverse and program the pan position and volume of each sound. Sounds on EPROM cartridges can add up to eight additional drum tones for different sounds. This machine is also MIDI equipped, able to transmit and receive all of its controller information including volume and tuning."

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Roland Juno 60 + Sequential Circuits Drumtraks DEMO

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"Roland Juno 60 synthesizer restored by Synth Tailor Electronics in Columbus, Ohio.

Sequential Drumtraks drum machine is in the background, being used with an old Boss Digital Reverb/Delay pedal."

Sequential Circuits Pro One Synthesizer + Drumtraks DEMO for Trevor

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"Here's a Sequential Circuits Pro One that was overhauled and upgraded by Synth Tailor Electronics in Columbus, Ohio. Visit our website to get in touch for repairing your vintage synths, drum machines, tape machines, and outboard gear. We service vintage items made before 1991!

Restorations done:
-Installed Fatar TP/9S keybed from TechsMechs Vintage Synth (potentiometer Prophet 5 caps from TechsMechs as well)
-MTG Turbo CPU Midi Upgrade installed
-Potentiometers cleaned/ new pots installed
-Power Supply Rebuilt and Full Calibration/Tuning"

Roland CR-78 eproms inside a Sequential Circuits DrumTraks! Detroit techno style.

video upload by Program 17

"This took me about a week to design. And about 4 more days of programming to get right!!!! Some kid said it only takes 5 minutes to make full sets of eproms. (i wish!!!!)
this came out really good. wow!!! now i can program these for a dmx,dx,linndrum,drumtraks and simmons.

hit me up on I.G program17 or write a comment if you're intersted in a set!!"

Elektron MachineDrum ii Eproms inside a sequential circuits drumtraks.

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"Ok. I’m sick of the eprom wars. So I decided to make something totally new!!! I made binary files from a Elektron machine drum ii and programmed them for a Druntraks.

(Man I love this.) this is so cutting edge. And no one has this set. It remained a me of having a whole brand new machine. But a drum traks."

Funk LeBlanc - Sequential Circuits Drumtraks and Prophet 6 Sound Demonstration

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"♥️ Support the funk, check out the store, and get the coolest stickers in town!! https://funkleblanc.com 😎

I really love Sequential Circuits. When I heard that Dave Smith was going to come out with a completely new polyphonic synth, I had to have it. I got inspired to create an original song only using the Sequential Prophet 6 and the Sequential Circuits Drumtraks."

Sequential Circuits DrumTraks with Linn, DMX, & Simmons Extra Sounds

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"Upgraded with extra eeprom card containing Linn and Simmons snares and claps.

Extra banks can be accessed with 4 way switch on the back.

Sounds great and punchy, all works well except accent button."

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Sequential Circuits Drumtraks with LinnDrum EPROMs

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"A few beats featuring the Sequential Drumtraks with LinnDrum EPROMs"

Sequential Circuits Six-Trak & Drumtraks User Manuals & Warranty Cards

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"Sequential Circuits Six-Trak; has unfilled warranty card included. A few of the pages in the back of blank patch or preset sheets and loose. There is some lose paper on the spine, I haven't repaired this, but this will be packed very carefully so it doesn't get worse.
Sequential Circuits Drum-Traks - Full colour four panel, ie one A3 sheet folded"

Note this is supporting member, Loscha's listing.

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A LM-1 LinnDrum (PRINCE KNOCK) inside a Sequential Circuits DrumTraks

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"After 25 years I figured out how to get a DrumTraks to sound like a LM-1 Drum Computer. I program binary files. And I realized you have to take the LM-1 Snare/Rim Eprom and put it inside the Clap Slot.
a lot of people been asking me to do this to there machines. you can email me at going.up.up.up.up@gmail.com for further info.

thx for all your support

17"

Soon by My Bloody Valentine but with Synths, No Guitar

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"Trying out an idea for Loveless songs but with only synths and drum machines.

Sequencing my ARP 2600, Roland JX3P and Sequential Circuits Drumtraks with my Arturia Keystep Pro."

LM-1 (Linndrum) Chips inside a Sequential Circuits Drumtraks & Tears for Fears Digi Rock Set

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"These are the original LM-1 Binary Files I programmed inside a Sequential Circuits Drumtraks. if you like to purchase Eproms for your machines contact me" going.up.up.up.up@gmail.com

Tears for Fears Emu Drumulator Digi Rock set for a Linn Drum LM2

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"I designed these sounds for a Linn drum using the original binary files from the Emu Emulator Digi rock set. famously used by Tears for fears. I can burn these for your linn drum too."

And one more:

Oberhiem Prommer Linn Drum Sounds

Solton Arranger Plus

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You can find demos in previous posts here.

"The Solton Arranger Plus was produced in Italy by Ketron in 1987. It has single outputs for bass and drums. Small brother of the cult SOLTON PROGRAMMER 24 / 24S arranger. They share the same audio engine but this one lacks the more advanced editing possibilities. To those who are into Italo Disco music they know these machine rule ! Consisting of a rhythm unit (digital 8bit PCM samples very like the LinnDrum, Oberheim DMX, Sequential Circuits Drumtraks etc) and a analog synth engine made of: 1 bass sound, 2 "chords" tracks, 1 "solo" track and 1 organ track."

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1987 Solton Arranger Plus - Italo Disco Machine

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You can find demos of the Solton Arranger Plus here.

"Brother of the cult Programmer 24. They share the same audio engine and style.

It has a rhythm unit (digital 8bit PCM samples very like the LinnDrum, Oberheim DMX, Sequential Circuits Drumtraks) and an analog synth engine made of: 1 bass sound, 2 "chords" tracks, 1 "solo" track and 1 “organ” track.

It has single outputs for bass and drums. You could also play all sounds via MIDI and MIDI-sync to other drum machines.

This arranger is the perfect machine if you are into Italo Disco/Pop music, it has that specific 80’s sound you won’t find anywhere. It is also pretty rare to find, so don’t sleep on this."

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Sequential Circuits 1984 synth brochure 600, Drumtraks drum machine, Six-Trak

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Make – Sequential Circuits SCI

Models – Six-Trak synth, Drumtraks drum machine, model 64 sequencer

Language – English

Number of pages – 4 pages

Update via the comments: "If you just want to read this instead of owning it, it's scanned and available at [link]"

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All Sequential kit - style 1984

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All Sequential Circuits instruments, Italian '80s style:
Synth Lead: Prophet-5
Synth Bass: Pro-One
Drum machine: Drumtraks
Digital Reverb processor: MXR 01
Digital Delay processor: Lexicon PCM41

Roland SVC 350 Vocoder | Where You Lie

Published on Apr 1, 2020 Alex Ball

See the Behind The Mix walkthrough below.

"In 1979 Roland released one of the most famous vocoders of all time, the VP-330, but some may not realise that it had a lesser known sibling; the SVC-350.

The 350 is essentially the same vocoder found in the 330, but in rackmount format and without the synth parts. That said, it does have some unique features that don’t appear on the 330.

The 350 went on being made quite late into the 80s and the serial of this particular unit dates to July 1985 which ties in with Roland’s move towards rack mount and module-based gear at that time.

Here’s a 1980 article on “The Roland Rack”: http://retrosynthads.blogspot.com/201...

SVC-350 features: Starting on the left there’s a microphone input section (xlr and jack) which is the modulator and then an instrument or guitar input section that acts as the carrier. The Guitar input also has a “harmonics” knob to balance the incoming sound.

Your modulator and carrier then run through the 11-band vocoder that has 11 corresponding sliders that can boost or cut that particular band to sculpt the sound. These are labelled “voice character control”.

There’s then a balance knob to blend between the direct modulator signal and vocoder as well as quite comprehensive outputs and remote (footswitch) controls for different live or studio applications.

In also has the classic Roland stereo ensemble.

My original intention was to do a talkthrough of its features and also compare it to my Seekers Voice Spectra vocoder which I absolutely love. I started trying out some test sounds for that video and was laying them down and multi-tracking for comparisons and basically I wound up making a whole track so, I decided to follow where that was going and abandon the original talkthrough idea.

There is already a talkthrough video here anyway: https://youtu.be/cOO6xTXTeiA

At the very start of the demo you actually hear a Juno and Seekers Voice Spectra (a bit weird I know, but it was intended as a comparison and this video unfolded in an ad-hoc manner). From 28 seconds we overdub with the SVC-350 and you can hear its mellower sound which compliments the more crystal-like Spectra.

From about 41 seconds I ran a Roland System 100m through the 350 with its own noise generator as modulator and an oscillator as a carrier which gave a slightly unusual texture to the ostinato I’m playing (controlled by the SH-101).

From around 55 seconds I tried a lower part singing an alternative melody and used a sawtooth from the Sequential Pro~One. I also ran a Sequential Drumtraks through the 350 as the modulator with a guitar as the carrier. The cymbals with the guitar created some particularly interesting sounds I thought (heard on the downbeat of every other bar).

As a contrast, in the middle things go acoustic in terms of voices and guitars. I quite like that moment as it’s as though we come out of electronics and into more natural sounds.

Gear / Sounds used:

Roland SVC-350 Vocoder (1979)
Seekers Voice Spectra Vocoder (1999)
Roland System 100m (1979)
Roland SH-101 (1982)
Roland Juno-6 (1982)
Sequential Circuits Pro~One (1981)
ARP Odyssey Mark II 2813 (circa 1976)
Musicaid Simmons SDS-3 (1978)
Sequential Circuits Drumtraks (1984)
Roland TR-606 Hi-Hats (1981)
Alvarez Baritone Acoustic
Squier Jagmaster Vista (1997)
AKG C414S
Stagg SDM-50
G-Force Software MTron Pro (Flutes)
G-Force Software VSM (Solina)
Spitfire Audio Joby Burgess Percussion (Orchestral Snare / Rain Sheet)
Fairlight CMI III Drum samples (end solo only)


Mixed by Jakob at Sonic Peak Studio.

In fact Jakob has done a walkthrough of the mix of this track:"

Behind The Mix : "Where You Lie" by Alex Ball

Published on Apr 1, 2020 Sonic Peak Studio

"In this video I'll take the viewer through most of the work that went into creating this mix and master. It'll also form the basis for future videos in the series.

1:15 Playthrough with soloing and un-grouping
5:30 Basic EQ details
9:58 : Parallel Compression - more on that later
11:56 : Compression/Limiting/Transient Designing/Clipping
17:33 : Vokal Processing
18:34 : De-essing
18:43 : Dynamic EQ
19:32 : EQ
19:39 : Limiting
20:01 : Bus Compression/Limiting vs "Normal" Compression/Limiting
20:54 : Acoustic Guitars, bussing and processing
21:39 : Send/Returns
21:55 : A Word of Warning....
22:35 : Parallel Compressor
22:45 : Chorus
24:34 : Tal Chorus demo using acoustic guitars
25:10 : Waves Doubler
26:50 : Short Reverb
31:24 : Long Reverb
32:48 : Automation of Reverbs
36:27 : Delay
38:16 : Mastering"

Vintage analog Synth Session

Published on Mar 1, 2020 heckenschreck

"A session with: Yamaha SS-30, ARP Explorer I, ARP Odyssey III, Sequential Circuits Prophet T-8, Oberheim OB-8 and the Bass monster Roland MKS-80. Drums: SCI Drumtraks and Korg Monotribe. Midi clock Master: Garfield Master Beat. MKS-80 Sequencer: SEQ-12. T-8 Arpeggiator: Arpie. FX on Explorer I: Eventide Eclipse, FX on SS-30 and OB-8: T.C. Electronics M-3000."

Sequential Circuits Six-Trak Polyphonic Synthesizer SN 000531 w/ Original Box

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"...original owner. Bought in Dallas very early after it hit the market along with the SCI Drumtraks which I'll be selling too. It's been stored in it's original box for several years. Used only in a home studio to write and record during the 80's. Still works as it did when new. No major issues that I can find other than some paint that has chipped off along the front under the keys exposing the metal (Yep, built of metal, not plastic!) Minor scratches on the back where it rested against the keyboard stand. Really good condition since it never was gigged. From a smoke-free home. Manual included in great condition."

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