Roland MBD-1 Bass and Drum Module

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"Pretty self explanatory module. It does bass and it does drums. Its 8 part multi-timbral and is chocked full of that 90 Roland goodness!"

Korg Mono/Poly Synthesizer SN 378220

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"Excellent Condition Korg Mono/Poly from the early 80's. 100% checked out and everything is working as it should. I hate to use the term "mint", but this is as close as you can get. No wear at all. No wear on keys. No wear on front panel. Just beautiful! Sounds amazing This is Korg's finest analog. FAT, FAT, FAT! Tunes perfectly. No mods. 100% original except for the bottom and the sides. Pro built cabinet. Walnut on sides and under keys. Bottom is birch plywood. Very nicely taken to the next level. Looks fantastic.The original had contact paper on sides, and particle board for the bottom."

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Novation Supernova 2

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Cool skull.

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Roland Jupiter 8 w/ Stardust Synth Cover

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BTW, you can find Stardust Synth covers here.

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1989 QuickShot Music Wiz Keyboard Tape Player

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"QuickShot Music Wiz keyboard tape player mod# QS-2080. 1989 Spectravideo International Ltd.

Powers on and works, though the tape sounds a bit warbly (like a tape player from 1989). Missing one of the slider knobs.

Beats are very basic blip-blip, and the "piano" is a somewhat vibrato (maybe squarewave-ish) mono-sound. It has an input for an external mic."

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Repair of the Soundmaster STIX ST-305 analogue drum machine

Published on Feb 6, 2020 Mindburner
Re-Published on Feb 5, 2020 Mindburner

"This little analogue drum machine was realised by the Italian company Soundmaster in the early 80's

This example was purchased on eBay for around £25 in dodgy condition and operation unknown.

Bodges galore and lack of a service schematic make repairing this machine a bit of a nightmare.

I think the bodges are factory fitted as they use the same kind of enameled resistor as the main PCB.

Part 1 of a 2 part series

sorry about my plosive popping on the commentary.

Also the TA5558 in not a timer, rather a dual op amp

music: Crystalline Stricture, Harbour, No Time, Secret Remix"

Repair of the Soundmaster STIX ST-305 analogue drum machine PART 2 OF 2

Published on Feb 7, 2020 Mindburner

"This little analogue drum machine was realised by the Italian company Soundmaster in the early 80's

This example was purchased on eBay for around £25 in dodgy condition and operation unknown.

Bodges galore and lack of a service schematic make repairing this machine a bit of a nightmare.

I think the bodges are factory fitted as they use the same kind of enameled resistor as the main PCB.

Part 2 of a 2 part series"

Live Techno Eurorack Modular Synthesizer | Sworn64

Published on Feb 5, 2020 sworn64

"Live Eurorack Modular Techno Synthesizer | Sworn64

This is my first patch with the WMD Crater kick drum module and MSCL compressor. The bassline is going through the MSCL with the kick in the sidechain input. The bass is a Roland 512 oscillator through a System 80 860 Filter (The smaller version of the JOVE filter). Intellijel Dual ADSR is controlling the filter and the VCA output which is an Intellijel Quad VCA. Snare Drum is the Hexinverter Mutant Snare. The lead synth is the Noise Engineering Manis Iteritas with various voltages sources mixed t an Intellijel Scales quantizer to sequence pitch. The voltage sources are a clocked Mutable Instruments Marbles, a stepped random from a Make Noise Wogglebug (also clocked) and a cycling Make Noise Maths. These are all being mixed through an Intellijel Triatt. Noise Engineering Lapsus Os is used to perform the range of pitch to the Manis Iteritas via the Wogglebug’s External input. Wintermodular Eloquencer is the main sequencer and I’m using the EME expander for performance of kick and snare drum fills and mutes. The whole mix is sent through a WMD Overseer filter. The Intellijel Plannar is used to perform the filter cutoff as well as mix in some white noise from the Steady State Fate Quantum Rainbow. Mix is through a WMD Performance mixer with the Halls of Valhalla reverb on the Tip Top Audio Z-DSP and a Make Noise Mimeophon for Delay effects. The bassline is also going through the 4ms DLD for some stereo delay. The atmospheric background synth is the Mutable Instruments Plaits through a Strymon Engineering Magneto. Xaoc Devices Batumi is modulating lots of things. I am tweaking some random samples from the 4ms STS that have a really short loop on them to create some interesting sound effects here and there.

The LED lightbar is a Strange Electronic Lightstorm, a eurorack module that controls the LED bar via incoming CV. Thanks to Strange Electronic for providing the prototype arms to hold the lightbar above my modular so it lights up all of the gear. It looks awesome!"

Meet the Awesome Gecho Loopsynth

Published on Feb 5, 2020 Olivier Ozoux

"One of the 3 music boxes that were waiting under the tree this year, 'The Awesome Gecho Loopsynth' from Gechologic is probably one of the most wonderfully bizarre sound processing devices I've ever owned. I'm still completely sure how it works, but I hope you'll enjoy this little introduction as much as I did making it."

一念而就 / one take, not an end

Published on Feb 5, 2020 Meng Qi

"A moment seized without decoration, and a story to extend the moment.

Rotary Tetrax is based on Ciat-Lonbarde Tetrax. 360º potentiometers enable new gestures, patch bay layout accepts banana shorting bars. With built-in reverb.

Tetrax has Harmonic Locking behavior with audio at “FM Input”, which works great with unlimited single direction rotations. I’ve embedded a Teensy 3.6 for 2 channels of audio to voice 1/3, tuned 660Hz / 880Hz for this track, with symmetry control over variable shape triangle waveform.

If you want to mod your Tetrax / Sidrax for droning, the potentiometer mod schematic is here : https://www.instagram.com/p/B8L9cD5Hi6_/

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Demo :: Lexicon 224XL on TR8 + TB-03 (Plastikman Riff)

Published on Feb 5, 2020 SOLON Music

The Lexicon 224XL looks like a little white retro calculator. Curious how much they go for. Time to check:

"Demo of the Lexicon 224XL using Roland TR8 Drum Machine and Roland TB-03 synth playing riff from the track 'Plasticity' by Plastikman (Richie Hawtin). 7 presets demo'ed:

BRIGHT HALL VARIATION 1
ROOM VARIATION 4
PLATE VARIATION 1
RICH CHAMBER VARIATION 8
DARK CHAMBER VARIATION 1
CHORUS & ECHO VARIATION 4
SOLON CONCERT HALL

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About SOLON:

Matt Singmin is an English musician based in Sydney, Australia, composing and producing meditative electronic music. He is the DJ & Co-founder of The Future Sound of Yoga, and an explorer of the magic in vintage & modern audio gear.

► Web: http://bit.ly/solonwebsite"