8/2/23 Yamaha DD-10 + Metasonix RK8 & R-57 + Zerosum Inertia 6AS6 + Synthwerks FSR-2P + PCM 70

video upload by Cfpp0

"Yamaha DD-10 plays its 'Computer Swing' beat, with Intro/Fill 2.

The left output of the Yamaha goes straight into the audio in on the RK8. The right output of the Yamaha goes to the Synthwerks FSR-2P and then into CV in on the RK8 (though it is not used in this video). The mix audio out of the RK8 goes to the Mazzatron pass through to the EWI bay to the Samson bay to the Mackie Onyx 16:4, where it gets PCM 70 Gated palate on an aux. Two bands from the RK8 go to the Zerosum Inertia 6AS6 (it matters which goes to which input). The 6AS6 out goes to the Synthwerks FSR-2P and then to the R-57 and through the Mazzatron pass through into the EWI bay into the Samson bay into the Mackie. Towards the end, it actually sounds better when the Yamaha volume is reduced, so more or less input gain is critical to the RK8 like it is with Metasonix TM and TX boxes."

Yamaha DD-11 with Custom Patch Bay and Sound Storm Switch Mods.

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"Rare 1990 stereo drum machine featuring a custom 'sound storm' switch which generates a deep, rumbling, soundscape which glitches and evolves until the unit is switched off. The 25 point patch bay modulates the onboard rhythms and sounds to generate an array of original effects and rhythmic variations. Making a single connection can dramatically alter the output but applying multiple connections produces an increasingly complex range of fractured, reversed, tonal, bit crushed, flanged, distorted, aliasing and delayed effects, arcade sounds and digital noise, alternative rhythmic patterns and additional accents. The five included patch cables can also be stacked for further sonic manipulation.

Features:
8 velocity sensitive drum pads.
100 preset rhythms.
10 drum kits.
1/4" stereo output.
2 x onboard speakers.
608 mm x 281 mm x 105 mm.
Takes a 9v power supply or batteries.
MIDI In, Out."

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JHS Pedals Spring Tank, Kodiak and Fuzz Series 3 deeper review (Korg Drumlogue, Moog CDX, JX-3P, ...

video upload by Knobs & Switches

"Here is my deeper Review about the JHS Pedals: Spring Tank Reverb, Kodiak Tremolo and the Series 3 Fuzz with the help of my Korg Drumlogue, Moog CDX (White Elephant), Roland JX-3P, Yamaha GS-2, B.Box Modulation Delay and Auto Wah, Malekko Scrutator, Boss DD-5, OBNE Rever, Maestro Ranger and TC.Electronics SCF.

Original title track "cat" by dkdent from the album "360 MB Grand Cru":
https://music.apple.com/de/album/368m...
https://amazon.de/music/player/albums...


https://www.jhspedals.info

00:00:00​ Intro
00:00:34​ Title Track
00:01:24 Epilogue
00:03:19 Sound Demos with Moog CDX & Korg Drumlogue
00:05:04 Spring Tank Reverb
00:10:06 Kodiak Tremolo
00:17:50 Series 3 Fuzz
00:24:35 Conclusion
00:26:33 Outro Track "Cat"

Used Equipment: Apple iPhone 11 & 14 Pro Max, Sony ZV-1, Sony ECM-W2BT, Universal Audio Apollo Twin Solo, Steinberg Cubase 12 and Final Cut Pro X"

Yamaha DD-10 Vintage Drum Machine (Japan,1988) SN 014712

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You can find demos of the DD10 including some X1L3 circuit bent models in previous posts here.

"The Yamaha DD-10 is a great stereo digital drum machine with 8 touch sensitive drum pads, 98 preset rhythms played on some 26 or so drums. It comes with one demo pattern and the ability to store 2 user patterns.

It responds to MIDI and the channel for MIDI can be set. It runs on 9-12 volts and can be powered by C batteries (power supply or batteries not included!). We recommend using it with batteries because all compatible power supplies are always a bit noisy.

• TEMPO: The Tempo can be generated from a manual entry system where you merely tap a button and the unit plays at the tempo you are hitting the button.

• PADS: The pads are assignable from the kits available. All the pads can sound at the same time. The green purple and white buttons choose from the 3 sets of instruments available for each pad!

• MIDI: The Channel for the DD10 can be set by pressing the MIDI MODE button and the numeric buttons for the channel. Entering 00 means the DD10 will respond to each drum note sent to it individually - entering 99 means it will respond to a MIDI clock signal and program numbers will change which rhythm is playing. MIDI channel response is good and ability to swap to note mode or clock mode makes it easy to configure to any setup!

• RHYTHMS: The rhythms cover all the usual patterns. There are 100 patterns, two of which (98 and 99) are user programmable by using the pads! There is also a built in metronome.

• USER PATTERNS: The user patterns are selected using number 98 and 99 for the rhythm number and can be overdubbed as the sequence loops."

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Buchla 252e Polyrythmic Delays

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"This is a tough one to write up and summarize. It certainly evolved into something rather different than intended.
The primary reason being that the 252e and/or 251e lost their programming twice! Twice for the 252e (the core of the show) and once for the 251e.
I’ve never had the Atmel products lose their minds like this before. I think that they are rather sensitive to low voltage conditions (brown outs) as they power up as this when they lost their minds. The currently loading preset gets scrambled or wiped. As can be see in the short ancillary video below, the 252e became unresponsive.
That’s two trips to the 10-panel case in order to be reflashed with firmware and three runs at programming the damn thing.

I was so exasperated that I nearly pulled everything so that I could start on the other 3 ideas that I wish to explore and execute. I did promise myself that I would endeavor to be less concerned with perfection and be more concerned with simply getting anything of interest out into the world. It doesn’t have to be novel. It doesn’t have to be world-changing. It just needs to get out there if there is even anything 51% interesting in the recording; I do have some standards after all!
I brewed up a double espresso and hit ‘record’.

It started as an E Minor progression with evolution to… Fuck if I know anymore. That stuff got deleted. I eventually threw in some Whole Tone stuff (especially noticeable toward the end) and smashed it all together in gobs of delay via new toys from X1L3: a Shard, an Underwurlde (messed up delay), and a circuit bent and high augmented with Korg MS20-ish circuits (plus a delay) drum machine that used to be a Yamaha DD-7. It is now a rather more interesting and useful X1L3 DDX.

Basically,
the BLUE rings on the 252e went to the upper macro oscillator of the 1979 DAO
The GREEN rings to the lower part of the DAO (ratcheted bell sounds)
Both using their internal VCAs, which I also used to modulate “Color” & “Timbre” at times.
Both voices went into the Analogue Systems RS-290 delay. The Blue voice also went, in parallel, to the Underwurlde which then went to the 290. It’s a cheat for keeping delay nonsense in synch even though the Underwurlde was hand synced to tempo.
RED rings were the 259e into a 292e LPG. Lots going on there and the Pendulum/Ratchet was acting as a burst generator. I was using the 251e for that but didn’t want program that again.

Studio.h

CSR doing its scaling job plus attenuation of audio signals along with manual muting of both audio and gates/triggers. Love it.
254e was being controlled by the Buchla 266e to quasi-randomly filter out some of the drum rolls/fills for the Green ring. It also had a manual Gate voltage connected to it so that I could inject tones into the X1L3 Shard.

Northern Light Modular 2TT
Taking the clock from a channel of the 251e and distributing it, mangling it, and doing its thing. All Eurorack connects to this as well.

X1L3 (pronounced “Exile”) DDX:
It provided percussion in 3/4 via Malekko Varigate 4. I also played it manually at times. It ran into the TipTop Áudio Z-DSP with the Valhalla “Shimmer” card but set to program #8 for pitched echo.

https://x1l3.bigcartel.com

Lots of Eurorack. Some mentioned specifically at the end of the video. I left out a lot as I wanted to get this video posted. Best Supporting Cast:
2x Folktek Matters. All Even Beat Count percussion.
Tyme Sefaris Mk1 & Mk2… Connected to Matters
Audio Damage (I know, right?!) Grainshifter on one of the Matters.
Lots of Eurorack sequencing.
As I look back on what was used, much of the processing was changed due to reprogramming things. All compression pulled and I just mixed it ‘live’ without multi-tracking.

Time to tear this patch down!"

X1L3 - circuit bent Yamaha DD-10 - meadow black

X1L3

"DD-10 redux. A one off. A run of this take on things will be made when i've got enough of them to justify doing it :)

Bleak observation and a piano........"

Reverb Drum Machines | The Complete Collection Sample Pack for Free

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Songs on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer prof.Miki

Published on Jul 20, 2019 Miki

Playlist:

1. Kerber Songs- 1- on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer prof.Miki

Only for Education and Entertainment;-)Kerber Songs 1 on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer by prof.Miki

Kerber Songs 1 List:
1.Ratne Igre-Kerber
2.Na Raskrscu-Kerber
3.Bolje da sam druge ljubio-Kerber
4.Hajde da se volimo-Kerber

Prof.Miki keyboard covers and original work on the Electronic keyboards Roland D-50,Yamaha Dx-7,Korg M-1 Casio Cz-5000 Casio Ap-45,Casio Wk-3500 Roland Va-7,Roland VP-550
Drum Machines;Roland R-8,Boss Dr-660 mk2
Mixer and hd recorder;Yamaha Aw-16g+Zoom H1
Post Production;Adobe Audition 1.5

2. Kerber Songs 2 on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer prof.Miki

Samo za Obrazovanje i Ucenje;-)Kerber Songs 2 on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer prof.Miki Casio Sintisajzer Cz-5000 sa Pd sintezom zvuka sa 2 oscilatora ako se dobro programira moze da zvuci ovako;-)

Kerber Song List;
1.Sutrasnji dan -Kerber
2.Poslednja -Kerber
3.Izmedju jave i sna-Kerber
4.Jos samo ovu noc mi daj-Kerber
5.Zauvek slobodna-Kerber
6.Tvoja pesma-Kerber

Prof.Miki born in Kragujevac Serbia(1975)Serbian New Age Composer Equipment;-)Casio Cz-5000(1985)Phase Distortion Synthesizer

Roland D-50- Linear Synthesizer(1987),ROLAND VP-550-Vocoder-(2006),Roland Va-7 Arranger Synthesizer(2001)Roland Cube-30x amplifier(2006),Roland R-8 Drum Machine(1989)Boss Dr.660 Mk-2 Drum Machine(1993),Yamaha DX-7-Digital Programmable Algorithm Synthesizer(1983) KORG M-1- Sampler rom synthesizer-(1988)Korg-sustain pedal,Boss DD-6 Digital Delay Pedal(2002),Digitech X-Stereo Phaser Pedal X-Series(2002)Boss RT-20 Rotary Ensemble Pedal(2005) Boss Tr-2 Tremolo Pedal(2001)

Casio AP-45-Digital Piano(2007),Casio WK-3500-Arranger Synthesizer(2003),YAMAHA AW-16G-Mixer+Hard Disc recorder(2002),Zoom H-1 Handy Recorder-(2010),,AKG-K-240 Studio Headphones-(2011);-)Used Software:Adobe Audition 1,5;-),Power Director 11 and Microsoft Office Picture Manager+Google Images;-)

3. Queen songs on the Casio Cz 5000 prof.Miki

Only for Education and Entertainment;-)
Queen songs on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer custom sounds by prof.Miki
Queen Song List
1.Back Chat
2.A kind of Magic
3.Vultan's Theme
4.Who wants to live forever
5.I want it all
6.Save me
7.Spread your wings
8.Scandal
9.Under pressure
10.Radio Ga-Ga

Deep House on Vintage 80's Yamahas - Yamaha PSS580, PSS380, DD-10

Published on Sep 2, 2018 ChrisLody

"Had fun this afternoon rigging up a few old timers and making a bit of old school deep house, dawless style.

The DD-10 provides the drums with it's 2 programmable patterns, the PSS-580 provides the FM bass and organ sounds programmed into it's basic pattern sequencer and the PSS-380 provides the FM string sound. No external effects here, I like a nice dry house sound!"

X1L3 - Circuit bent Yamaha DD-10 - R3 - Pitch and filter CV automation

Published on Jan 5, 2018 manufacturedZ3R0

"Third and final DD10 revision. Added CV control over pitch. Mostly robots doing the work here. The only laying on of hands being laying off of the delay at the end.

The DD is being triggered via midi from the daw and CV is coming in on two channels via a yarns midi to CV interface in the euro rig to animate the pitch and filter cutoff of the DD10. These are also controlled from the daw. Meandering set that shifts subtly for the durastion to let the DD shine through. Wearing the obvious nine inch nails fragile/spiral influences on both sleeves. The sound set of the DD10 is a wonderful thing for sexy old school art of self destruction dirt when pitched and filtered. As is a shining example here.

All percussion over the daw backing is the modified DD10. No additional fx applied."

FADE TO GREY VISAGE COVER SYNTH AND PIANO

Published on Mar 21, 2017 LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

"This is nearly 2 years old! just saw it on my unlised folder in youtube. so here we go!
FADE TO GREY VISAGE

Think i taped the drum pads to my shoes. yeah pretty basic back then haha."

KORG MS20 & Yamaha DD-10 mini drum synth.

X1L3 - Circuit bent Yamaha DD-10 - R2 - evolving glitch percussion

Published on Feb 4, 2017 manufacturedZ3R0

"Updated version of the circuit bent DD10.

Sequenced via MIDI from propellerhead reason.

It can also be synced to midi clock if you want to program patterns and run them internally.

Replacing the original distortion found in the older works with a 'ruiner' hybrid ring modulator / distortion which gives it greater command of and a more dynamic range within the bizzare. Under pinned with a Korg monopoly drone, microwave pad and sid chip arpeggio. Shifting form clean to increasingly damaged as the set runs.

Adhereing to a formula of creating machines that are capable of hitting extremes but at the same time maintaining a very high degree of control. Once mastered they're fluid and capable and unique instruments. Perfect for those with a liking for experimentation, blured boundaries and none linear workings.

X1L3 shop:
http://www.x1l3.bigcartel.com/"

YAMAHA DD-10 DEMO

Published on Oct 25, 2016 Audio Wanderer

"A demo of the late 80s programmable drum machine YAMAHA DD-10
This drum machine is in auction here:
http://www.ebay.es/itm/172385615335
Download its sounds for free here:
https://audiowanderer.bandcamp.com/al..."

Circuit Bent DD-10

Published on Oct 26, 2016 Robin Rimbaud-Scanner

"A circuit bent modified Yamaha DD-10 Drum Machine, built by Shane Williams of X1L3. Although a DD-10 won't yield to rom glitching, a number of features have been added to it to bring it up to spec with some of the more unruly machines listed in the shop. It takes on it's own unique character and is now unlike any of the others. Two oscillators which can be set up as drones or set to follow the amplitude envelope of the drum machine output, an external input with bufferd/none buffered input selection which allows you to feed line level equipment and passives such as guitars, mics and contact mics into the effects chain. The effects chain consists of a resonant filter with high pass and low pass bands, a digital delay which is open to abuse and is the heart of the machines ability to create ambient, harsh and noise wall sound scapes as well as data crash type glitching and strange effect. It has a dual mode distortion with diode clipping and direct modes. All of these can be used to manipulate the internal sounds as well as anything fed into the external input. The external input can be used while the machine is active and the machine, oscillators and external source can be mixed up as desired in the mixer section. The pitch control features a coarse and fine dial. When the pitch is dropped via the coarse control it dives into dirt and sludge which plays well with the filter and distortion.

More information here:
http://www.x1l3.bigcartel.com/product..."

X1L3 - circuit bent - synth mod - yamaha DD-10 drum machine with midi

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Published on Jun 26, 2015 manufacturedZ3R0 .

"Improvised percussive set utilising the internal sounds and the additional oscillators that have been added. The oscillators can be set to drone or to follow the amp envelope of the output as shown here. A very simple drum pattern in order to show how much this can do on such a basic foundation."

X1L3 - Circuit bent Yamaha DD-10 - power electronics / noise wall

Published on Jun 26, 2015

"Improvised set of PE / noise wall and ambience generated with the embedded oscillators and fx in the DD-10.

Since the DD-10 is near 'unbendable' and seeing a modified one is a rarity i thought i'd give it a go and see what i could come up with."

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"Circuit bent - midi retrofit - yamaha DD-10 drum machine.

Modifications and embedded circuitry:

Analogue resonant filter with high pass and low pass bands
Gain, resonance, low pass/high pass toggle and cutoff
A nice warm filter based on the synthacon.
Lot's of resonance and a unique character of it's own.
Violent, squelchy and crunchy when overdriven in this machine.


Digital 'death industrial' delay
Rate, noise, feedback, off/on toggle
This delay variant is based on the formula applied and the output of circuit bent delay pedals which have been sold in the past.
A versatile and if desired aggressive set up that can drift between ambience, echo and all out harsh noise wall and power electronics.

Analogue distortion
Dual mode distortion with diode clipping, filter and gain.

PSU - DC hum suppression circuitry
A regulated psu is now built into the machine.
This gives a stable and quiet power supply to both the drum machine and additional circuitry as well as
providing a quiet output and excellent noise floor.
Input voltage is +12V tip positive running 2 amps.
Please be aware of the amp rating of your adapter. It MUST run 2 amps or above.
Suitable adapters are available at low cost on ebay.
If shipping within the Uk i will suppply and adapter free of charge.

Master pitch control
Gives a large global pitch range - demonstrated in the demo videos The pitch has a high and low setting and a coarse and fine control. The fine control gives you conventional pitching of the drums, the coarse will take them down to vicious noise, droning and glitching. The drum machine now serves not only as a percussive instrument but a generator of abstract sounds and textures.

2 X Drone oscillator section.

The oscillators can be set up as drones or as amp envelope followers. In the first instance they turn the machine into an interesting drone and noise synth, with the features of the FX chain at hand to liven things up. In the second mode they add a tone to the drum patterns which will follow the amplitude of the pattern envelope and add a low end growl to the pattern when the distortion is engaged. Both modes are demonstrated in the videos below.

External input and mixer section.

An external input has been added which has line level and pre amp selection. You could if you wanted to plug a guitar or microphone into it now and apply the effects to the incoming signal. You can also mix this external signal in with the drum sounds and oscillators via the mixer section. Everyhting can be faded in and out as desired.

Cnc machined aluminium panel work with black anodize and engraved text and graphics

The DD-10 comes with midi as standard. It has a good and varied range of sounds and although it can't glitch as with a lot of other old DD drum machines it's been reworked here with a number of additional features to give it a warped character which can hold it's own when put side by side with the machines which are open to rom glitching. It's quite unique in how it behave and sounds now. They're something of a rarity in modified form due to how difficult they are to modify. With some forethought and synth diy application it can now hold it's own amongst the most unruly and bizzare of circuit bent instruments.

Watch the demo videos below for some examples of what it can do.

The first video is a very simple percussive pattern. Intentionally simple in order to show what the machine can do with something very basic. The second video is an improvised noise set. Constantly shifting and evolving. Quite violent at times. It shows what the DD-10 can now do outside of the confines of it's original drum machine format. Harsh noise wall, ambience, fx and power electronics are all within it's grasp."

Chilled Out Summer Synth Jam

YouTube Published on May 25, 2012 by snolan1990

"I haven't put anything up in a while because I have been away from home and more importantly my synths at Uni. I'm not a 100% happy with this but I have been working on it flat out for the past few days so I thought I would record a version before I pulled out all the patch cables.

Please excuse the sloppiness of that synth guitar, I have to record that bit live because quantization messes up the flow of anything like that and the JX-3P can't receive pitch bend data which is obviously pretty important.

I'm not too sure why the video is all hazy and laggy but I think it might be something to do with my camera adjusting to the light out my window before I moved it into the relative darkness of the room, anyway you get the idea with the footage.

For those interested in the technical side of it all.

Drums are a combination of Roland TR-626 and TR-707 samples in the Akai S900. Bass is Roland Juno-60. The pads are Roland JX-3P through the RAK DD-2000 digital delay. The faux electric piano is a Yamaha TX81Z preset through a Guyatone PS-013 chorus pedal (I love the combination of FM and that chorus) The Lead is a very simple patch on the HackMe Rockit which I recently constructed from a kit. The Choral patch thing towards the end is a Kawai KC-10 preset with loads of delay from a Frontline DDS-20 digital delay. Finally the synth guitar is the JX-3P "Dist Guitar" preset through a DigiTech Hot Head distortion pedal, then through the Noise Gate of the Alesis 3630 and finally with a bit of the RAK DD-2000 delay. (The waves were just dragged in next to the track in Audacity, I had tried sampling it in the Oberheim DPX-1 but it lost too much fidelity to work, I could have put it in the E-mu ESI4000 but It would have covered about 4 floppies and I couldn't be bothered to load for 10 mins every time I wanted to work on it)"

Yamaha DD-10 Drum Machine Synth with Original Box

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Voltron Meets Moog

And I'll Form The Head - Voltron Music by Praxis Axis

YouTube Uploaded by PraxisAxis on May 8, 2011
[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]
"Voltron. Yeah! This video proves once and for all that Chuck Norris *can* be beaten. Original music by the Axis of your Praxis. Don't forget to subscribe, you PUNKS.

Dedicated to Sprinklerhead.

Gear I used:
Little Phatty
Voyager
Electribe S mk II
TX81Z
MU80
Casio SK-1
Some other stuff I've forgotten.

By the way there's some fairly straightforward arithmetic encoded in this tune... 10 points to anyone who can figure it out."

Powerup Happytime

Uploaded by PraxisAxis on Nov 25, 2010

"This track is just one from our upcoming album; it's not available yet but it will be soon. If you had fun, please subscribe... we'll be doing more videos.

Info:
"Powerup Happytime" Performed by Praxis Axis.
Composition/recording/mixing/editing etc Thomas Green
Video and artwork by Thomas Green
Trumpet: Clint Allen
Guitar: Paul Henderson
Keys: Thomas Green
Bass: Sam Vincent
Drums: Mark Henman

Principle Artistic Concept Advisors, and additional artwork:
Charlie Green and Toby Green

This track has not yet been professionally mastered. If you like it, stay tuned for its online release on an upcoming album by Praxis Axis. Note that this video's audio quality is better at higher definition settings (bottom right of the video screen).

Synths used:
Moog Little Phatty
Nord Stage EX 88
Korg Electribe SMKII
Roland EM-101 Sound Plus
Hammond Autovari 64
Yamaha TX81Z"
And the gear candy:

Just Stay Home (and play synthesizers)

Uploaded by PraxisAxis on Mar 7, 2011

"A line out of the song Inner City Pressure by Flight of the Conchords served as the inspiration to this tune. The Flight of The Conchords is a totally rad duo from NZ. You can see their song here http://www.youtube.com/user/FOTC0123

For fellow synth geeks here are the ones I used:
Moog Voyager Electric Blue
Moog Little Phatty
Korg Electribe ES-1 mk II
Yamaha DD-7
Yamaha Portasound PC-50
Yamaha TX81Z
Roland Sound Plus EM-101
The delay, reverb and vocoder are audio plugins.

Starring:
Thrusterhead and Friends"

YAMAHA DD-10 with Original Box

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Yamaha DD-10 Digital Drum Bank Synthesizer

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"FEATURES INCLUDE:
Eight Pads
100 Programmed Loops
MIDI In
Foot pedal Provision
Headphone Jack
Aux Out L/R"

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