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DRE4MTR4CK Eurorack Sequencer User Guide 3/3

Published on Apr 2, 2017 gstormelectro

All parts here.

"Audio and Video by G-Storm Electro c.2017

The DRE4MTR4CK is a simple and intuitive Pitch CV sequencer.
It has 4 steps, and it has 4 Individual tracks.
Each track has its own clock input, clock output, and Pitch CV output.
In this way, it can behave like 4 completely independent sequencers.

In this video I show how to use the DRE4MTR4CK in more detail.

0:00 Introduction
1:23 Installation Options
3:06 Boot-Up Defaults
3:32 Connections and Operations

DRE4MTR4CK is built by hand in limited quantities and will be available on Reverb soon. Full specs available on my blog.

**BLOG** http://gstormelectronica.blogspot.com/"

The Simplest Thing

Published on Apr 2, 2017 android dreams

"Roland Sh101 and Roland Tr606 together for a night time jam. Simple beautful melody amidst the chaos of a home renovation long, long over schedule and months without music."

Intellijel µMIDI Tutorial 4 - Vel Mod & CC

Published on Apr 2, 2017 intellijel

"In this video we learn how to add more life to our patches using the Vel, Mod and CC outputs on the Intellijel µMIDI."

All parts here.

Kate Tempest - Full performance (Live on KEXP)

Published on Dec 30, 2016 KEXP

Mellotron, DSI Pro-2 & Prophet-6, Novation Launchkey controlling an iPad.

"http://KEXP.ORG presents Kate Tempest performing live at Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves. Recorded November 4, 2016.

Songs:
Picture A Vacuum
Lionmouth Door Knocker
Ketamine For Breakfast
Europe Is Lost
We Die
Whoops
Brews
Don't Fall In

Hosts: Cheryl Waters & Kevin Cole
Audio Recording & Mixing: Alex Grant, Kevin Suggs & Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D'Alessandro, Luke Knecht & Justin Wilmore
Director: Scott Holpainen
Editor: Alaia D'Alessandro

http://kexp.org
https://www.katetempest.co.uk"

A Tribute to Ikutaro Kakehashi from "R is for Roland" Co-Author Florian Anwander

In case you missed the news on Ikutaro Kakehashi's passing yesterday, see this post.

via Florian Anwander, co-author of R is for Roland:

"I owe him so much, and I learned a lot from him about believing in an idea. Thank you Kakehashi-San!"

Florian tells me Ikutaro Kakehashi signed his book for him just last year in 2016.

Drôles de Machines 'StarFunk' (Msq 700 Prophet 5 Tr808 Matrix6 Ob xa)

Published on Apr 2, 2017 AnalogSynthMuseum

Oberheim OB-XA : Rush bass & lead
Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 : bass & harp
Sequencer : Roland MSQ-700
Drum machine : Roland Tr808
Electro harmonix Small Stone Phazer

Recorded live no over dub, no blue light , no synth plugins !!!!

DX5 playing DM "See You"

Published on Apr 2, 2017 DX5

Gear:
Left top: Roland Promars
Left Bottom: Emu EMAX II
Right: Yamaha DX7
Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools. Also used: Virus TI

Composed by Martin L. Gore
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara

Patchblocks Launches minijam studio Kickstarter Campaign

Exploring the tek.drum Published on Apr 2, 2017 Patchblocks

Kickstarter campaign here.

"Mindflood Ltd., the company behind the Patchblocks brand, was founded back in 2013. It was a result of the academic research of Sebastian Heinz, the founder, CEO and CTO. During his research he developed the idea to Patchblocks and brought it to a prototype state, which ended up to be the content of the first Kickstarter campaign (12/2013). This became one of the most successful synthesizer campaigns on Kickstarter.

In 2014 Sascha Goetz, an old high-school friend of Seb, joined the company as co-founder and started to take care of the all operational tasks. From then on Patchblocks were promoted heavily on key trade shows and many events all over Europe. That allowed the team to build a global retail and distribution network, as well as extending the Patchblocks product line. Those extensions are the Midiblock (2015), which enables connectivity with MIDI equipment and the Keyblock (2016), a miniature Midi Keyboard, which can directly be connected to the Patchblocks.
Besides the new minijam studio (details below) there was also a brand new 3-channel mixer added to the product portfolio. PBMIX3 is a battery powered, portable audio mixer with send and return chain.

For the minijam, the project team was extended by Filip Vandueren (Sounddesign), Andy Wilson (Engineering), Gnichi Mohamed (Engineering) and Carsten Bellan (Design consultant).

The company currently has its main office in Holywood, just outside Belfast, Northern Ireland.

minijam studio
The project started in early 2016 with the idea of creating something that still follows the Patchblocks philosophy in terms of accessibility, affordability and fun. Feedback from customers and retailers pointed to something more hardware, less software. The result was not just one single unit, it ended up in a whole product line, which combines a lot of different studio hardware in a small size.

minijam is based on the idea of what happens when you boil down a hardware studio or live performance setup to very compact and affordable products. Maybe compromising pro-features, but not compromising the enjoyment of noodling and jamming with such machines.

The studio includes a drum machine, a wavetable synthesiser, an analog filter, a mixer and a speaker. It gives you the feel of jamming with hardware equipment, all bundled in a ready-to-use set with impressive sound.
Each device is powered by a rechargeable battery and can be used standalone or as part of the set. You don’t need any software or mobile phone. The mixer keeps all connected devices synchronised and also allows for the integration of other hardware with it’s sync triggers on the second channel of the stereo connectors. (e.g. Pocket Operators, Volcas,etc.)

Product details
tek.drum - Drum Machine:
8 Drum-Synthesis tracks with 4 parameters per track
8 Patterns with 16 steps
automation and parameter locks of all 32 parameters
pattern chaining up to 128 steps
global delay send effect
save patterns and automation to flash
up to 12h battery life (rechargeable via Micro USB)
Dimensions (l/w/h): 15.5 x 6.5 x 3.2 (cm), Weight: 100g
Kickstarter price 45.00 GBP (MSRP 60.00GBP)

tek.waves - Wavetable Synthesizer
16 fully automatable sound parameters divided into 4 pages
3 wave table banks (vowel, classic, harmonic)
arpeggiator with hold, octave range and arp mode settings
4 patterns with up to 128 steps per pattern
scale select, and 2 octave keyboard within selected scale
global delay send effect
save patterns and automation to flash
up to 12h battery life (rechargeable via Micro USB)
Dimensions (l/w/h): 15.5 x 6.5 x 3.2 (cm), Weight: 100g
Kickstarter price 45.00 GBP (MSRP 60.00GBP)

tek.filter - Analog Filter
audio input and output
2 pole resonant low-pass / band-pass filter
up to 40h battery life (rechargeable via Micro USB)
Dimensions (l/w/h): 11.5 x 6.5 x 3.2 (cm), Weight: 65g
Kickstarter price 40.00 GBP (MSRP 50.00GBP)

.hub - 3 Channel Mixer
3 mono channel input with sync trigger output per channel (stereo cable)
digital encoder and display to set tempo
44.1kHz 16bit .wav recording to micro SD card
up to 8h battery life (rechargeable via Micro USB)
Dimensions (l/w/h): 14.0 x 6.5 x 3.2 (cm), Weight: 95g
Kickstarter price 45.00 GBP (MSRP 60.00GBP)

.boom - Portable Speaker
small, battery powered speaker
integrated 3.5mm audio cable
Dimensions (dia/h): 5.0/7.0 x 6.0(cm), Weight: 130g
Just included in the set

The whole studio will be priced with 130.00 GBP on Kickstarter (MSRP 170.00 GBP).

Double Studio, one for you & one for a friend 250.00 GBP on Kickstarter.

All units will be shipped by September 2017.

There are also 100 limited Early bird Kits for 99.00 GBP and 40 pre-production sets for 150.00 GBP (shipping in May 2017)."

Roland Super JX-10 1986 + M-64C RAM memory card

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via this auction

"Up for sale is the last Roland analog synthesizer from the 1980's, the Roland Super JX-10, recently acquired from a vintage synthesizer aficionado with a smoke-free home studio. It features digitally controlled analog sound synthesis, full MIDI functionality and a quality keyboard of 76 weighted keys.

It has just been looked over by one of the leading Latvian keyboard engineers. With his written confirmation this Roland Super JX-10 (serial No. 662699) is in full working order, has all original parts and the most problematic elements like display, keyboard, buttons and sliders are intact.

Visually it is hard to believe, that this synthesizer is around 30 years old - it has been very well looked after and therefore is preserved in excellent condition, apart from a few light scratches and blemishes around the edges (for a closer inspection please take a look at the attached photos)..."

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