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SOCIAL ENTROPY RELEASES QUICKSILVER 606 CPU UPGRADE FOR THE TR-606

Quicksilver 606 Introduction

Published on Apr 4, 2013 ripe909·21 videos

"The Quicksilver 606 CPU upgrade for the TR-606 is now available! [Press release below] The soundtrack is by Syn303, track available here: https://soundcloud.com/syn303/kontakt..."

Quicksilver 606 Features Overview
Published on Apr 4, 2013

"We go over some of the new features of the Quicksilver 606 CPU upgrade for the TR-606. We cover individual instrument accents, 32 step patterns, MUTE and ROLL, randomize, rotate, reverse and some MIDI capabilities."

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PRESS RELEASE:

"Dallas, TX, April 04, 2013 - Exactly one year after the successful release of the Quicksilver 303, Social Entropy is pleased to announce the Quicksilver 606 CPU upgrade. Quicksilver 606 is a completely new replacement CPU for the classic TR-606 drum machine. The operating system has been rewritten from the ground up.

The Quicksilver 606 introduces the capability to accent individual instrument triggers. A mix of accented and unaccented triggers can be placed on the same step. This ability makes it possible to program much more expressive patterns that weren’t possible on the original TR-606.

A new MUTE/ROLL mode has been added specifically for realtime performance.
MUTE mode allows muting of individual instrument tracks. Mutes can be applied in realtime and stored with a pattern or applied globally across patterns.
ROLL mode creates a note repeat of selected instruments. The time division of the roll can be changed in realtime for dynamic build-ups and variations.

Patterns can now be up to 32 steps in length, split across two 16 step sections. When extending a pattern from 16 to 32 steps, pattern data can copied automatically into the new section. Up to sixteen patterns can be chained for playback.

The sequencing engine supports standard grid and tap programming methods. A new realtime record capability also allows patterns to be entered live with a MIDI controller, with incoming velocity used to dynamically set accents.

Functions like copy and paste, randomize, rotate and reverse can be applied to individual instruments or entire patterns.

The extended track mode allows for complete songs to be constructed using patterns. Each track step has settings for instrument mutes, multiple repeats or pattern chains.

Changing between modes can be performed without stopping the sequencer. All data is stored in EEPROM memory, eliminating the need for batteries.

Enhanced MIDI connectivity provides synchronization, sequencer input and output, as well as a new "MIDI Control Mode" which allows the buttons of the TR-606 to be controlled remotely by any device that can send MIDI note messages.

Full MIDI System Exclusive support means that pattern and track data can be dumped to external devices for backup or sharing. USB MIDI can also be used for direct connection to various USB host devices.

USB connectivity is also used for easy operating system upgrades.

The Quicksilver 606 is available for immediate purchase. Price for the base CPU is $275 USD, with free installation for a limited time.

For more information, please visit http://www.socialentropy.com/quicksilver"

Hellcore - Live Video Jam #2 :-)

Elektron Analog Four, Waldorf Blofeld, DSI Tetra, iPad
Published on Apr 4, 2013

"Listen to this on some decent speakers or cans.

Jam #2, had a few drinks and thought it a good idea to play around, no synths were hurt in the filming. Lots of sloppiness but happy to put this up to look back on when I'm somewhat more competent. :-)

Audio @ http://snd.sc/16uGLz9
Random News & Blog @ http://www.hellcore.co.uk
Twitter @ http://twitter.com/HellcoreUK

Gear:

Elektron Analog Four
Waldorf Blofeld
DSI Tetr4 (controlled by E-MU controller)
iPad running Animoog & Magellan - Output via USB connected to Edirol UA-25 interface
iPod running Alchemy - Via mixer into Analog Four for effects
PreSonus AudioBox 1818VSL
Macbook Pro.
PC running MIDI-OX and Camera
Sequencing for some parts done in Live, else in hardware."

Part 1 here

ARP 2600 on a Napkin

via The Guvnor

"Basically, my ARP 2600 has been in pieces about 10 years, since I took it apart to service it. The disaster happened when my basement was cleared out and I lost the service manual for it. The online service manuals found on the popular sites do not have the circuit/wiring diagrams for all the PCBs so mine was not included. Recently I have located my original service manual after 10 years, and I am now ready for the great 2600 rebuild and resurrection. The napkin was intended to show the years of angst through the eyes of PackRat himself when the only 2600 I had was made by Arturia!"

Get your own at AnythingNapkin.com

Electric Blanket

"All Ensoniq SQ80 with some VST effects to make things a bit punchier, LOVE THAT THING, I only wish there were slightly more drum patches available.."

"Electric Blanket is the new musical disc by New Zealand's perpetually inventive Disasteradio. An isometric-topdown contemplation on post-synthpop, a collection of complex puzzles made of twisting pre-web 2.0 nostalgia. Experiments in alt. time signature danceability, mundane simulation computer-jazz and high-tech/low-tech life augmentation solutions. Electric Blanket is that virtual-companion, Iolo as musical consultant, guiding you through the treacherous terrain of NOW-MUSIC. Six songs of simple-as-Mandelbrot melodies, refill-brain-maze grooves and complex-strategies as life affirming anthems.

Disasteradio (Luke Rowell) has been crafting his self-informed pop-music for the last 10 years. A career of effortless DIY fortified with Rowell's innate knack for imbuing his songs with an unrivalled stoner-academic wit. Coming off the back of his debut release under his other adult-contemporary/new-age pseudonym EYELINER, Luke has donned the Disasteradio moniker again to challenge you to not-not dance along with Electric Blanket.

Comfort yourself today with the lcd-radiance that is Disasteradio's Electric Blanket, like the prerequisite space-adventurers towel it's ill advised to be on-line without it.
credits
released 05 April 2013
All songs recorded and produced by Luke Rowell
www.disasteradio.org

Album Sleeve Art by Daif King
daifking.tumblr.com

Special Thanks to Dugal McKinnon"