"This is an analog drum voice module from 1985, meant to be used with Tama Techstar electronic drum kits. Here I am triggering it with drum gates from an Arturia Beatstep Pro. I've also successfully used it with homemade piezo triggers on a drum kit.
"I've always enjoyed my Drumbrute. The impact has a great sounding snare in comparison, and a great price point, but I've never regretted picking the Drumbrute up because it's fun to play with. My biggest gripe was always with the snare and toms. Not having decay on the toms always bothered me. The Drumbrute holds its worth to me over the Impact with the individual outputs. So I decided to put them to work!
The Tama Techstar is originally meant to be used as a module for electronic drum pads. On this video I used the Drumbrute's individual outputs on its toms and zap sound and placed them inside the Techstars toms and synth trigger inputs. The Techstar has way more controls for its analog voices than the Drumbrute does. So I decided to play with some of the modulation and have some fun!
Hope you enjoy some of my audio experiments. Please subscribe if you're into it!"
"Tama Techstar TAM500 drum module / drum synth in very good condition.
The tom1 trigger led does not light (but the trigger and the channel works perfectly) and the phones level knob is not original. Otherwise everything is perfect. All functions are working perfectly."
"This is a cool rack unit that can be triggered via pad or a trigger pulse from something like the Arturia Beatstep Pro or Behringer RD-8 drum machine. I have used both to trigger it as well as Simmons pads. The hand clap can't be tweaked much, but it's nice and clappy. The Synth on the other hand is bonkers. It has a longer release than any other Techstar drum sound. I have one of the bigger 6 channel Techstar units as well and this one is the longest. It has an LFO which no other Techstar sound has either."
"The Division Department 01 / IV is a beautiful drum synthesizer with many possibilities, inheriting genealogy such as Pearl Syncussion SY-1, Vermona DRM-1, TAMA TECHSTAR.
Digitone is only used for sequences and effects (reverb)."
(c) 2019 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi
all synthesizer sounds: #Sequential Circuits Pro-One #Analog #Synthesizer (1981)
drums: Simmons SDS-8 e drum module (1984)
all is triggered by the TAMA Techstar TSQ-1000 trigger sequencer
recording: multi-track
fx: reverb and delay
"Compatible with Ableton Live Lite 9.7.7 and above.
Theres a lot more than a simple analog drum sound set here. I was able to create musical instrument racks from the voices of the drum machines.
Analog drum machines are not sample based. Each drum sound is its own analog synthesizer voice, able to be manipulated, though not the extent of your standard keyboard synthesizer. This made it possible for me to tweak the drum voices to create melodic sustained pitches. With those samples, I was able to create key based instruments.
One of my favorite things about this pack was how fun the creation process was. Often when I'm making a pack, theres a thought in mind to how the instruments should sound, due to the synths reputation or style. With this pack it was like working from scratch. As I created my showcase jam, I also created the Instrument racks. So they're based more on my taste rather than what I think a drum machine sample pack should be. If you like the sound of the jam, you'll dig this pack.
I used two Techstar units to create this pack, the TS 202 and the TS 306. Also included in the project are all the samples I did not use that I created. Each sample is in a properly marked folder, so feel free to use them in your own drum racks!
Thanks for checking out this vid and make sure to check out some of our other packs!"
"I decided to share the creation process of my next mega pack, the Tama Techstar Series! I have 2 of these vintage analog drum units, one with 4 toms, a synth and clap voice, and the other with snare and rim shot voices. While the pack will include several drum racks, I decided to try and create playable instruments out of the samples as well. After all, an analog drum machine is just a polyphonic synthesizer, with a certain set of voices dependent on the amount of drums it is creating. This video showcases my process. I record samples, map them across a key bed in Sampler, play with the modulation and create a melody. Hope you find it useful as you create your own packs!
This is using Ableton 9.7.7, even though I have 10 I'm not sure everyones ready to upgrade so I don't want to shut anyone out on my packs!"
"Here the Deluge is controlling the Tama Techstar 306 using the Gate outputs to the Trigger ins.
How are the settings done, and what does the result sound like?"
And one more:
AFC STYLE DELUGE VS TECHSTAR 306 Z3
Published on Dec 2, 2018 VJ FRANZ K
"This machine might show up on the AFC collab CD! So here I am testing some of the possibilities. ( Also featured are the Volca Bass, and FM synthesized banjo sounds from the Deluge. )
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!"
"This listing is for one Tama Techstar TS-305, an analog drum synth module that features six independent voices (bass, snare, rim and 3 toms). It can be triggered either via drum pad, voltage gate or audio. Unit has some scratches here and there but ultimately works great."
"This listing is for one Tama Techstar TS-202, an analog drum synth module that features two independent voices (snare and a rim). It can be triggered either via drum pad, voltage gate or audio. Unit has some scratches here and there but ultimately works great. Power LED is blue (worth mentioning I suppose)."
I believe this is the first TS-202 to be featured. It might look familiar, but you are likely mistaking it for the TS-204 as seen here.
"This is a 1980's Tama Techstar TS 204 analog percussion synthesizer rack mount unit (without ears) featuring a "Synth" channel and a "Hand Clap"channel. It has some typical signs of use and one of the ends is a little bent on the edge. Everything works and sounds great."
