The Casio XW-P1 Appreciation Video

Published on Dec 24, 2018 ProckGnosis

"This is just an appreciation video for the Casio XW-P1, which I decided to sell. Like a lot of Casio products, there is some really inventive and creative work that went into the synth that often goes unnoticed or underappreciated (by myself even).

I bought it mostly as a cheap keyboard option for gigging with a "classic rock" band, and though I was curious about the sequencer, arpeggiator (which I don't mention in the video at all, unfortunately), and phrase sequencer, I had little reason to use any of those features, and therefore I didn't explore them so much. And that's unfortunate, because I think they are some of the stronger features on the synth, and would likely be appealing for someone wanting to get started with some DAW-less sequencing for not much money. I'm just more of a DAW-full kind of guy.

Loose Timeline for the Video
Intro - 03:08
The Step Sequencer - 11:30
The Phrase Sequencer - 16:16
The Drawbar Organ - 18:00
The Hex Layer Synth - 20:16
The Solo Synth - 22:58
Some Final Thoughts - 27:06
Bonus - Alt versions of ProckGnosis Theme with the XW-P1 - 28:22

For folks even more curious about the keyboard, I've copied Casio's specs on the XW-P1 below, though the formatting was mostly lost.

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In transition

Published on Dec 24, 2018 Jörg Schaaf

"The moment you realize that the past is lost and the future is unattainable, you will feel the confidence to re-think each day as your day."

Breadboarded TR-606 - wip

Published on Dec 24, 2018 Stereoping

"Some work in progress of a learning project ... a TR-606 on breadboard with the TR-808 Cowbell and the DR-110 clap - all voices heavily modded. The finished result will be 606ish Midi-Drumexpander in 2 units 19" rack. No sequencer, no CV inputs.

The mods will offer wide ranges but staying in 'safe' areas to avoid unpleasant sonic surprises. The ringing Oscillator (HH&CY) and Cowbell squarewaves are made with an AtMega8 reading 6 pots and offering wide ranges of timbre and tune manipulation for Cowbell, Cymbal & HH. Clap burst management (Count of bursts and time between them) also made with the Atmel MPU. The clap has 2 individually tunable bandpasses (original DR110 just got 1): one for the bursts, the other for the Clap reverb.

Further features: Miditrigger, Accent, pot to adjust level of non-accented triggers (between off and accent level), individual outputs and clean PCB design with all pots, switches and jacks directly on PCB."

Moog DFAM Acid Basslines [Synth Recipe #69]

Published on Dec 24, 2018 hicut cake

Hicut Cake proudly presents:
Recipe #069

Cirklon / Volca FM / MBase 2

Published on Dec 24, 2018 ljs8888

Sonic LAB: Arturia Pigments Wavetable Synth

Published on Dec 24, 2018 sonicstate

DUNE 3 WIN10+6700K

Published on Dec 24, 2018 PXE02321

"DUNE 3 SMF DEMO"

Music from The Nutcracker.

Arcano NES Chiptune Synthesizer R4

Published on Dec 24, 2018 Arcano Synthesizers

"All of the audio track was created with the Arcano NES Chiptune Synth R4 prototype. There are no immediate plans for a production run of the R4; however, five R4 prototypes will be available for purchase at https://chiptunesynth.com/ starting on Wednesday, January 2, 2019."

23 12 18 Buchla Modular System

Published on Dec 23, 2018 batchas

"It's been quite a while since I played with the Buchla. I started this session from scratch and decided to save some presets while patching and changing settings.
Here in this video scanning through presets for fun.
No overdub or anything. Stereo out goes to YAMAHA AW4416 mixer. The reverb is from the WAVES plugin nstalled in the mixer.

Here's another one I made before with slightly different memorized settings:"

23 12 18 Buchla Modular System [01]

Uploaded on Dec 23, 2018 batchas

"Here in this video scanning through presets for fun.
No overdub or anything. Stereo out goes to YAMAHA AW4416 mixer. The reverb is from the WAVES plugin nstalled in the mixer."

VoiceLive Touch 2 Pedal 7 Project - Eurorack Interface

Published on Dec 23, 2018 freshnelly

"Today I was testing out the first 3 outputs for the Eurorack Modular Interface. The Triggers/Gates can output generic beats (as here) until the actual Clock and MIDI clock starts (set at 16 beats)

I have refined timing some and coincidentally just fixed a RIT_M clock start problem that I would have discovered today had someone not mentioned there was a problem a couple of days ago.
The perfect storm!!

This thing is so much fun it's hard to do work on it now ha ha. The new piezo pedal setup is:
Stopped:
2 or more taps to start & set tempo
1 Tap will abort if not playing yet.
Once Playing:
1 Tap = drumLoop bridge to alternate or if Song, loop to last marker
2 Taps= Jump to an Alternate drumLoop
3 Taps=Pause, 1Tap will re-start (+ Taps will re-sync)
4 Taps=Stop All
5+ Taps= resync
This scheme seems pretty easy to get used to so I'll stick with it a while :)
Next I'll be moving into menu diving and that stuff. Have made the sampler framework (PIC18F46K22) and it's probably going to take a few days to get that running, but hope to have a running pedal in time for New Years Slam Bam thank me maam
Cheers!"