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Roland Tr 808 repair - Part 2 - replacing the switches
How to open up the TR-808 .....continued from the last post:Repairing a Roland TR-808 - Part 1 Now that you have opened up the beast you'll need to unplug the board from its various connectors. You can...
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Happy 909 Day
Happy 909 day.I love this machine almost as much as my 808. As if inventing the TR 808 wasn't enough. Initially, the 808 was a flop so Roland thought they had better try something new. Little did they...
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Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Mercy & Ancillary Sword - Ann Leckie
I just finished reading the Imperial Radch Trilogy. Highly recommended. The first book, Ancillary Justice won the Hugo, the Nebula, the BSFA, the Arthur C Clarke and the Locus awards. I don't think any...
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Erica Synths Syntrx - battle patch
Jam with a Erica Synths Syntrx View this post on Instagram#battlepatch #syntrx #ericasynthsA post shared by jono (@dj_jondent) on Sep 11, 2020 at 8:14pm PDT Sounds great. We tried to copy a patch...
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ARP 2500 - The 1027 sequencer
The ARP 1027 sequencer It's the 50th anniversary of this magical synth. So I'm exploing the different modules. A sequencer is one of the essential components of any modular synthesizer. The ARP 2500 is...
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How to Program a Roland TR-808 - Quick start guide
Roland TR 808 - Quick StartThe 808 is a pretty basic machine that isn't too complicated to program, though it has a few odd quirks that are good to know. Before, you write any new patterns, it's...
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Arp 2500 - 50th anniversary virtual symposium
Wow 50 years Looks goodHere is the event link in Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/events/445378383100502/ Sep 27 at 2 AM UTC+10 – Sep 27 at 4:30 AM UTC+10Australian Eastern Standard...
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Makenoise 0-coast/0-control - Patches 2
The 0-Control is a very flexible controller.I love it. Responsive, tactile & beautiful to behold.It's good to remember these voltages when you're patching it into a modularIt can be clocked really...
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Make Noise - 0-control / 0-coast Patches 3
This is a continuation from patches 1 & 2+ 0-Coast - Basic Notes+ 0 cONTROL - pATCHES 1+ 0-coast/0-control - Patches 2 10. Strength to control ratcheting.Interupt is on. Start the sequencer.Use...
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Pemberton WA - Fire Lookout Climbing Trees
We in New South Wales are looked out of Western Australia until this virus is done.So I can only dream for the moment.I visited Pemberton many years ago. It's famous for it's great wine and super tall...
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ARP 2500 - 1005 ModAMP Module - Ring Mods vs VCAs
The 1005 is a really interesting module. At first glance it seems simple... a ring-modulator (Balanced Modulator) connected to a VCA (Unbalanced Modulator). Actually ARP (and Tonus) often combined...
View ArticleElectronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers - The Design Museum
If you're in London, don't miss this: The Design MuseumHope the exhibition comes to Australia one day.
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Online 808 . 303 emulation from Roland.
There is no excuse not to add this to your bookmarks.https://808303.studio/ Its from Roland, sounds great & is free. Roland and Yuri Suzuki have joined forces with the Design Museum to create...
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ARP 2500 - 1026 Preset Voltage Module
The 1026 is a rare module. I think only a few were produced and Ive never seen a originalthough there are a few reproductions around.Probably the year of production of the originals was about 1970 ???...
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Elk Electronics DIY Workshop - Elmyra Synth
Some pics from yesterdays DIY electronics workshop.https://www.elkelektronik.com.au/ We started with a beginners synth build : The Elmyra by Neutral Labs.https://neutral-labs.com/elmyra/ The workshop...
View ArticleAllinaire - Hacking into Max for Live Video Device
Allinaire latest track. He told me the video was produced using a 'hacked' or modified existing Max for live video device (details to follow). Learning by experimenting with existing Max devices is a...
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EMS Synthi-E - Trapezoidal Envelope Generator
Playing around with the Synthi-E's envelope shaper.It's an unusual beast. We are all used to a 4 stage ADSR style of envelope.EMS however used the Trapezoidal Envelope.This also has 4 stages. They are...
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Part One of the shootout between the Erica Synths Syntrx and an original Synthi AKS.Simple patches are compared highlighting a single Oscillator, FM, RingMod, Filter, Reverb & Noise. This video...
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EMS Synthi E - VCO sequenced with a Korg SQ-1
The Synthi E is quite a rare synth.I think there are only about 200 of them around. I understand, the year of production was 1975. Designed by Tim Orr (Tim also designed the EMS Vocoder 5000, worked...
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Testing out a MFOS Sound Lab Mini Banana Synth - Elk Electronics
Thanks to Ed for testing out one of my old Banana Synths. It's a MFOS Sound Labs Mini Synth. I've had this for a decade at least and it still sounds great. http://musicfromouterspace.com/ Some pics...
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