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PIANA - Bristol Raspberry Jam presentation, October 15th 2012

Published on Oct 25, 2012 by Pi Synth

"A quick talk-through of the slides I presented to the 2nd Bristol Raspberry Jam a week ago. Demo to follow once I recompile and plug all the kit back in!"

MOTM e580 DIY

flickr By sduck409

"This is my version of the Synthesis Technology e580 Resampling Mini-Delay. In MOTM format."

Doepfer A155 Sequencer and 154 Sequential Controller Modulation Part One

Published on Oct 25, 2012 by raulsworldofsynths

"Video Demonstrates Basic Modulation of Doepfer A154 sequential coontroller when used with the Doepfer A155. Sound and Description by Raul Pena."

All parts here.

Zennhiser Sample Pack: 909 - The Machine

"The Ultimate Roland TR-909 Sample Collection. 1168 Samples & Beats Ready To Use & Abuse!

Price: $30.00 AUD

http://www.zenhiser.com/products/909-%252d-The-Machine.html"

Herb Deutsch Double Duty on Dueling Minimoogs.

via Moog Music Inc. on Facebook

"Synth legend Herb Deutsch in the Moog Factory before Moogfest 2012!"

Below: "The Calm Before The Storm."

Century Classic djlace original house mix

via Lace Dj on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Classic bigroom house track using a Roland TR-909, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707, Sequential Circuits TOM, Kawai K3, Korg M3r, Moog Micromoog and a Sequential Circuits Pro one. Mixed at Canmarc on a Tascam DM4800, TC electronics reverb, Intersound Spring.

The track started out as a test of the recently arrived Kawai K3. We've been looking for this synth for a while and it did not disappoint.
The K3 is a hybrid analog/digital synth. It has digital wavetable oscillators, yet the whole back end of the synth's sound making architecture, filters envelopes & LFOs, is analog. This gives it a less perfect tonal shaping with more noise and random harmonics. This is nice. In this track there is a big "u2" style tempo delay on the Kawai chord line, which gives it the old school techno feel and nice tones in the delay that create complementing melodies.

The tr909 was used for kick, clap and open hat. The kick was recorded 3 times and squished with an ssl bus compressor to bring the tone out. A bit of notch at around 200hz took the knock out and gave it room for the bass line to come through in the middle of the mix.. The hat was gated to close with a bit of swing. The crunchy sound of the open hat is inherent to the 909. When the instruments are detuned from their original pitches, The original 909 has nowhere near the top end clarity that you hear in most 909 samples libraries.

The XOXbox bassline had a mono delay added and was lightly sidechaned to the kick, so it would not compete too much with the note embedded in the kick on the first beat. It tended to still pop out a bit, even with some notching so the side chain helped. Also The XOXbox is a roland sounding box so it's missing a bit in the mids. It was pushed a bit at 600hz to give it a bit of honk that would trigger it's delay a bit more, carrying the bass note to the next beat. Most Roland gear is like that. It's seems they like the "happy face" eq curve sound.

The 808 was run for it's kick, closed hats, Rim shot, And snare. The Kick drum was compressed at infinity to 1 to get it's tail to last a bit longer. It was reversed in post. The snare is pretty much stock. The rim has a tight room off the TC reverb. The hats are detuned 300 cents down. 808 hats are much brighter than the 909s, And they have a great crunch that doesn't lose too much brightness if you pitch down the recording. Always a nice thing to do if you want your hats to get a little sloppy and get that "sha sha" sound. They are also sidechained to the kick. Only a bit, just enough to create small volume variations that ride above and below the mix masking point.

The Sequential TOM was used for the metal drums that play as a background rythm in the main beat loop, and the metal drums and bongos that swing out the first break. They were played & recorded live by jamming & banging on the drum pads with the track in loop mode until a couple rythm ideas stuck out. The TOM latin percussion card is great for adding percussion lines that sound like old samples. It's all 8bit samples that gain all sorts of VInyl like artifacts when tuned away from the basic sample pitch. They also have a lot of lo-fi ring. So with a bit a of plate like reverb added, you can get that "sampled off a record" sound.

The m3r (Korg m1 in a rack form) was used for the uber classic Korg M1 piano sound heard in the break. It starts out stock and gets filtered out of existence by the time the song drops back in full. After trying a few other machines, It seemed the only thing that could do the classic house piano & sampled string held high note effect so prevalent in 90s techno & house was the original machine itself. Go figure. :)

As usual the intersound spring reverb was used. The eq on it really makes it sound old school cool. It this track it used mildly the accentuate the explosion kicks in the break. Coupled with a gate, it's tail can break up like a digital effect, yet retain a lot of mud. This puts it in the desirable, "not sure what kind of verb that was..." category. Great for adding details to a mix.

Enjoy!
Lace"

Analogue Systems Modular Featured in 2013 NAMM Registration Video

NAMM Show 2013 Registration and Travel

Published on Oct 25, 2012 by TheNAMMShowChannel

"The 2013 NAMM Show is just around the corner! Register now and book your travel for the world's premier music products trade show. http://www.namm.org"

It's from the Big City Music Booth pictured here.

TEENAGE ENGINEERING OP-1

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Sequential Circuits Drumtraks with Rare Extra Chips

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via the seller: "It's in great shape, but cosmetically and working order. It was fully serviced earlier this year by Wine Country Sequential, a company made of the same people who built this unit 30 years ago, and to prove that I will include a copy of the receipt. Since it came back to me from Wine Country it has been kept in a smoke free home studio.

But the thing that sets this particular auction apart is a set of very rare extra sound chips. I've included twenty six extra chips that you can easily swap out with the included original set to create some amazing programs. Includes conga, bomb toms, alter bass, african drum, clang, clave/bell, car horn/dog bark (lol), and many more. There are some I can't even find info about online. Some labels are faded and I can't even tell what they are, it'll be yours to discover. I tried almost all of these and they worked great, but there are some I didn't even get to myself. Swapping the chips is easy, you just undo two screws on the front, pop the original out and the new one in. I'm an electronics simpleton and I can do it in 10 seconds with just a screwdriver."

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Sequential Circuits Model 400 Drumtraks

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"This SCI Model Drumtraks is in great cosmetic and working condition, it comes all the vintage goodies you would want including:

Owners Manual, Vintage Warranty Card (obviously expired), Fold Out 2 Sided Poster/Diagram, Original SCI Backup Tape, Sound Chip Installation Guide, 2 Extra Sound Chips w/ case (both are different tom sounds).

The unit has factory MIDI installed. All triggers react first time every time. The unit has been well maintained throughout the years, and even had some of the buttons replaced. The factory power cord is in excellent condition. The wood side panels look great. All the twist knobs are the big original ones, no replacements here. Please take a look at the high resolution images, they show everything the unit has to offer."