"Amazing analogue string machine Logan/Hohner "String Melody II" by Ing. Giuliano Costantini.
Just completely reviewed, perfectly working, in very good conditions despite the 45 years of age.
Tt was sold under both the Logan brand name and re-badged as both a Hohner and Vox product. The Vox version was called The String Thing but still featured the Logan brand name on the back of the case."
"This 1986 Matrix 6 is in superb condition! Purchased from Switched On in Austin, TX over the summer. Techs there replaced the LCD, internal battery and updated the IOS & reinitialized the presets :) all keys and membranes work great. selling because i recently moved and no longer have the space."
"Today is about two things: 1) how can use and sync very long samples (e.g. a stem) to a clock in BitBox and 2) what's a day anyway. In the very long sample, Mike Degrasse Tyson explains how long a 24 hour day really is."
"Hands-free setup using #musikraken app running on my old iphone6s for handtracking, converting the x-position to midi cc and sending these values over bluetooth to #idensity on the ipad. So it’s possible to scrub through the sounds by waving the hands."
I was jamming with the Roland JX-08 on this beautiful and sunny - but cold - morning of Saturday, with two modified factory presets, testing the #sequencer, and it sounded too good not to recording it and share it with you!
This recording starts with PART B - a bass sequence that has a mono delay (dly1) on it. PART A starts two minutes later, having a stereo delay (dly2) and the reverb (hall2) as effects. No external effects were involved.
I recorded this session via USB Audio, on all the available audio channels that the Roland JX-08 comes with: the master - that includes the two Parts and the reverb also in one stereo channel, and I also kept each individual stereo channel of the two parts - that only have the delay as effect, resulting the original master output of the Roland JX-08, but backed by the individual channels!
Synopsis: Even my first choice was the Roland JD-08, since I always wanted a full size Roland JD-800, as I was waiting for my order to be delivered (about 14 weeks starting in November 2021!), I changed my mind and found this beauty on stock, locally (thanks Jutas!)! I had a Roland JX-8P on my hands, a few years ago, and maybe it was a (bad) repaired unit, since the sound was really unattractive (had some knob and functions replacements on the panel), and that kind of made me to be reserved with the JX-08. ...Until I played my friend's Roland JX-8P, a near mint unit, and that's was all: the sweetness and warm of the sound made me want to have such a synth in my studio (but I'm not gonna pay the crazy prices from the SH market!).
Conclusion: Maybe the sound of the #RolandJX08 is not the same with the original, but I really don't care: the extras that are packed in it, makes the JX-08 perfect for my studio! Arpeggiators, sequencers, a bunch of great effects, dual and split playing, 3 types of filters and so on!
Oh, and yes: my next move is the Roland JD-08! Definitely!
Chapters: 0:00 Part B - Bass 2:50 Part A - Sequence Line 6:00 Hands not shaking, but dancing! 7:20 A Moment of Tranquility 7:45 Frequence Dancing 8:30 Calm lines 9:05 Logic Pro X 9:20 Resonace & Filter Silk 11:15 Noise 12:15 Noise Percussion & Bass 13:30 Back to Old School 14:30 Ending
SLOVAK DESIGN AWARD 2021
MAIN AWARD — SPORT & LEISURE TIME
Winner: Nikola Beim (CDO) for birdkids GmbH
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Organized by Slovak Design Center — Slovenské centrum dizajnu
Video produced by and with consent from Slovenské centrum dizajnu
