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808 Day
Inside an 808
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Mochika: bleeps und bloops
YouTube via TantacleEU. via AtomoSynth
"Playing with my new Atomosynth Mochika... I ran it through a lame reverb effect on my mixer, but that's pretty much it. I was going to add some drums and stuff, but it doesn't sync via midi, and I don't have a midi sync to gate adapter yet. :(
Richard Lainhart's LUX
LUX from Richard Lainhart on Vimeo.
"An abstract HD film animated in After Effects. The soundtrack, "The Beautiful Blue Sky", is a realtime electronic synthesizer improvisation for Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum."
http://www.otownmedia.com
Kawai R100
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"1985 Kawai R100 drum machine. Forget about the Roland TR 707 or the Oberheim DMX, the Kawai dominates over these machines for several reasons. First and foremost, THE SOUND! This box has the absolute deepest digital 12 bit kicks, toms, and snares I have heard in a drum machine. The sound is very deep and ranges from chesty, impact hits to aggressive and biting high's in the hi hat and cymbal department. Aggressive is probably the best word to describe the overall sound and feel of this machine. And if you are a fan of industrial music look no further. This is the EXACT sound of Ministry, KMFDM, and pretty much the bulk of Wax Trax! Records. I have sat with my copy of Twitch, Land of Rape and Honey, and What Do You Know, Deutschland and have recreated the rhythms and sounds VERBATIM! This is the box that did it. Pretty much every sound was featured on those records and the inexplicable aggressive movement of the machine's sequencer is what makes that industrial feel!
This was recorded with no outboard straight into Ableton Live and using only the R100 internal sequencer to sequence everything including the melodic content. There are no fx added other than a delay on the orchestral hits and Beat Repeat to stutter and filter the beat. It's a quick and rough demonstration with no mixing (the levels are off I know :) ) but demonstrates but a fraction of the feel and the general sound of this box! I used maybe about 5 of the 48 different sounds and two patterns! When you process this box with some proper mic preamps and a slamming compressor see what happens :)"
via matia
Update via natefrogg in the comments:
"awesome little box! one of the most under rated 80s digital drum machines!
they're going for pretty decent prices on ebay, i just won one for about 50$, should get it in a few days and am excited =)
one of the coolest things about the kawai r 100 is that you can tune the drum hits on a step by step basis in your sequence, that can result in wackiness and oddities!
there seem to be tons of cool mods for them too, one of which allows you to switch between 4 different rom sound sets
here's the manual and sorry for replying to something so old hehe =)
www.kawaius-tsd.com/OM/MODULE~1/R100.PDF"
MOOG Polymoog
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"Polymoog Synthesizer 203a
Serial Number - 3965
Date written under the cover - 9/25/79"
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Inside a Polymoog.
"Polymoog Synthesizer 203a
Serial Number - 3965
Date written under the cover - 9/25/79"
Be sure to check these out full size.
Inside a Polymoog.
UNIVOX VALVE SYNTH/ORGAN
via this auction
"UNIVOX 1940'S VALVE SYNTH/ORGAN. A 6 WATT VALVE AMP WITH VARIOUS ORGAN STYLE SOUND TABS, CROCODILE SKIN STYLE CASE."
"UNIVOX 1940'S VALVE SYNTH/ORGAN. A 6 WATT VALVE AMP WITH VARIOUS ORGAN STYLE SOUND TABS, CROCODILE SKIN STYLE CASE."
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