MATRIXSYNTH

DSI Pro 2 & Intellijel Atlantis

Geylo Follen

Yamaha Portasound PS-1 - bonus demo

Alfonse

"Yamaha Portasound PS-1 keyboard (1980)

This tune was my first (or was it second?) attempt at writing something on the PS-1, before scrapping it in favour of the one I eventually put out a few months back: [posted here]

One of the first three portable keyboards that Yamaha produced for the home market in 1980, the PS-1 was the most compact, with only 4 voices and 4 rhythms to work with.

All sounds you hear in the track were made using the PS-1 and run through various single effects pedals (TC Electronic Sub Up octaver, the very synth-friendly Yamaha SDS CH-10MII chorus pedal, and the Vestax DDX vintage digital delay). Parts were recorded to a DAW, where compression, EQ, and reverb were added as required. Individual drum hits were sampled from slowed-down rhythms and processed to allow fresh beats to be built, rather than using the rhythms found on the PS-1 itself.

Music (C) Copyright 2019 Alfonse
Available as a bonus track on this Bandcamp release: https://alfonse.bandcamp.com/album/l

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Korg Minipops 7 Jam

mick frigerio

"Korg Minipops 7 with Tubbutec Midi-Interface, Moog Grandmother, Westbury Track 2 Bass, Korg MS20. All Drumsounds MP7- except the Crash"

Korg ds-10 syncing the korg nts-1, the teenage engineering op-z & ipad: Setup, settings & tutorial

michaelnervous

"Using the Korg ds-10 as a clock source I show you how to setup and sync the ds-10 to the korg nts-1 and the teenage engineering OP-Z (as well as the ipad app for the op-z -motion Graphics).
by making a click track and sending that audio signal into the sync in of the nts-1 and then having the nts-1 send a midi clock signal to the op-z.

And if you are using the iphone/ipad op-z app you then have video in sync to the ds-10 also.
The great thing here is you can basically turn the audio clock source from the Korg ds-10 into midi data and use with ipad apps or an external synth.

VIDEO CONTENTS :
1:41 1st sync methOD - y adapter w/panning
2:10 VIDEO SYNCING TO KORG DS-10
5:52 EXPLAINING THE y adapter methOD
7:01 KORG DS 10 CLICK TRACK SETTINGS
8:09 KORG NTS-1 SETTINGS
9:09 OP-z SETTINGS FOR MIDI IN / EXTERNAL CLOCK
9:27 NOTES (pause 2 read)
9:37 2nd sync methOd -TWO DS UNITS SYNCED THRU WIFI
12:16 3rd sync methOd 1 DS Click Out ONLY

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BOSS DR-220A LIPO-BATTERY MOD

Robin Sutcliffe wrote in to let us know of a battery mod he completed for the BOSS DR-220A. You can find full details and additional pics for the mod here.

"Last year I bought a DR-220A (A=analogue; the drum set samples, E=electronic) It's a beefy drum machine for it's size, I really enjoy it. With programming the accent and (closed hat cuts off open hat) , you can program some quite swingy beats, even though it's all quantized on the 16th. Also useful (to me) is the trigger in/out functions, where you can step a sequencer, arpeg, or LFO retrigger (anything that accepts a trigger) with the RIM shot in playback mode. (so not just by tapping the RIM shot pad)

The battery compartment had been cleaned up after some obvious leakage and corrosion. This meant that the contacts did not hold well against the batteries themselves, and presets were not saved, even with batteries in the device! Obviously this also meant intermittent performance on battery power.

I decided to replace the 6 AA cells with a 3.7v Lipo battery, charge board, and boost circuit. The boost circuit is needed to take the 3.7v up to 6v needed for operation of the 220A."

You can find 3.7v Lipo batteries on Amazon here, and
via this auction. Be sure to get to the right size.