Roland SH-101

Published on Dec 20, 2016 BeatFlux Music

"Vintage monophonic analog synthesizer Roland SH-101"

Roland SH-101 Analog Synthesizer SN 375384

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Roland Juno 60 with Original Box & MD-8 MIDI DCB Interface

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Acidlab Miami Analog Drum Machine Synthesizer

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Yamaha CS01 Analogue Synthesizer w/ Original Box

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Behringer DeepMind 12 Synthesizer Demo

Published on Dec 20, 2016 SweetwaterSound

"Daniel Fisher, Sweetwater’s in-house Mad Scientist of Synths, takes a deep dive into the Behringer DeepMind 12 Analog 12-Voice Polyphonic Synthesizer. After a brief introduction, Daniel starts playing each of the parameters at 2:00. At 18:09 Fisher begins playing some of of his own presets as well as many of the factory presets."

Writing a new track with the Arturia Drumbrute.

Published on Dec 20, 2016 Chris White

"I'm working with the Drumbrute for a new Shadyzane album. Using the mono out into protools. The drum track has compression (UAD API 2500) on it and the track has a bit of mastering compression. I used the Drumbrute output filter to roll off the highs.

See http://www.shadyzane.com for more info on the album."

Reflex Looper Sampler Korgs Minipops 7 Peak mode sliced sequenced 1/2 - eurorack modular synth

Published on Dec 20, 2016 DavidH

See this post for details on the SDS Digital Reflect Looper.

Reflex Looper Sampler Korgs Minipops 7 Peak mode sliced sequenced 2/2 - eurorack modular synth

Dave Smith Instruments "In The Spotlight with the OB-6" with Body in the Thames

The next in Dave Smith Instruments' "In the Spotlight with the OB-6" is up with Body in the Thames here.

"Born in Manchester, lived 8 years in London, 2 years in Paris and now 13 years in Stockholm, Body in the Thames is quite the journeyman. From composing jingles for Microsoft CD-ROMs, to soundtracking Haute-Couture catwalk shows to playing in stoner rock garage bands with (then) future stars, to being a multi-instrumentalist on tour with well-established international stars, he is an artist who has been around the block enough times that he doesn’t need to namedrop any more.

Now a little older and more of a studiohead, he has spent the last few years in an actual former cold-war nuclear bunker under the Stockholm streets, crafting and releasing electronic explorations that cover a fairly broad range of genres and sub-genres which are mainly instrumental and 'aimed at the dancefloor between your ears.'"

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New PC-2 Clone - Analog Percussion Synthesizer from midierror

Published on Dec 20, 2016 midierror

"A little demo of the analog Percussion Synth from sxityfourpixels! Available as a kit here: https://www.tindie.com/products/hotch...

Triggered by a built in Piezo, or by external CV. Space on the PCB for mods...and a eurorack version on the way!"

Details:

"A clone of the Boss PC-2 / Amdek PCK-100 for bleeps and bloops galore!


PCLONE2 is a recreation of the (now rare) PC-2 percussion synthesizer which was made by Boss during the 1980s (and also released in DIY kit form under the Amdek brand name as the PCK-100)

The PCLONE2 kit is based on the original schematic (with a couple of changes due to the scarcity of some now obsolete components).

The kit includes all the parts neccessary for the build; printed circuit board, electronic components, wire for internal connections, potentiometers, knobs, switches, sockets, fitting screws etc. It includes a custom designed, laser-cut, case (made from 3mm acrylic sheet with 5mm acrylic side cheeks) and a laser etched acrylic laminate fascia.

Assembly by soldering is required! I would describe this as an intermediate complexity kit for experienced solderers, if you are a novice I would recommend getting some experience on simpler kits before you build this one.

This is a completely analog synthesizer with a single VCO. There is a pitch sweep function, a decay envelope and an LFO with rate, depth and wave shape (triangle/square) control. Unusually for a percussion synth there is no noise source, but you'll soon realise this isn't your typical percussion synth!

Sounds are triggered by an input pulse (5V-9V works fine) or by tapping on a piezo sensor which is mounted behind a pad on the front panel.

There are three unconnected 3.5mm sockets labelled CV1, CV2, CV3. These, together with a prototyping area on the PCB, are to make the box easily mod-able. I will be documenting some simple mods I have already found (including a pitch CV input using a single resistor), and plan to get a growing list of mods together.

The box has the following controls:

TRIG LEVEL - Sets the sensitivity of the trigger input. The voice circuit responds differently depending on the intensity of the trigger pulse (this is especially nice when tapping it with a finger). The TRIG LEVEL knob controls this response.

PITCH - Sets the basic pitch of the oscillator. This works alongside the SWEEP controls.

DECAY - Controls the decay of the volume envelope (so how long the sound takes to fade out after it is triggered) and also controls the sweep time. Sweep, pitch and decay interact in ways that reward experimentation.

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