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EMS Synthi - The Envelope Generator
In the EMS world, the Envelope Generator is called a "Envelope Shaper".This is not the only difference.... it's definitely not your usual ADSR envelope generator.It's actually a Envelope Generator + a...
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Fatehpur Sikri - India
Fatehpur Sikri was founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar. It's in the state ofĀ Uttar Pradesh. It's a short 40Ā km drive from AgraThe Emperor (1556-1605) decided to construct it on the same site...
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Korg PS 3200 sequenced by a SQ-1 (patch 1)
What a awesome sequencer is the SQ-1I'm totally in love with it.This is the first in a series of videos using these two classic pieces of gear. Hopefully wecan come up with some finished pieces.
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The Boss DR-660 (Dr Rhythm drum machine)
This drum is very under rated.... and cheap too.It hails from 1992 ... so it's over 20 years old.Roland/Boss were byĀ then using digitally sampled sounds.Gone were those analogue days.This was I feel...
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NonLinear Circuits - Dual OTA VCO - Build notes.
I was listening to a friend's NLC VCO the other day.I loved it so I decided to record the build of one. I hope this will help youall get those soldering irons out of the draw and onto the bench where...
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Korg DDM 220 - Drum machine
This drum was the big brother & the complement to the Korg DDM 110 (Super Drums).It's full name is the " Korg DDM (Digital Drum Machine) 220 Super Percussion.TheĀ Korg DDM-110 had the sounds: Bass...
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Super Sloth & Chaos - NonLinearCircuits - Build notes
A nice and easy build today.The NLC Sloth/Chaos is a really cool module to have.I have one in Serge format but it's equally useful for my Eurorack gear.I can best describe this as a very slow LFO....
View ArticleNon Linear Circuits - NCL - Index
My build notes, videos & posts for my NLC Eurorack & Serge modules are all over this blog.They are sometimes hard to find. So I thought it would be good to put them into some sort of order.Thus...
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Ace Tone / Roland - Rhythm Ace FR-2L
This beautiful drum machine was produced in 1967. It was the second drum to be manufactured by Ace Tone, which was destined to become Roland (1972). The Rhythm Ace was developed by Ikutaro Kakehashi,...
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Nazcar Peru - Chauchilla Cemetery
Nazcar is famous for two things:The Nazcar lines (more about this later) and the Chauchilla Cemetery.The Chauchilla Cemetery contains mummies - some dating to 200AD. The bodies are well preserved due...
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Roland MC 505 - Groove box
The Roland MC 505 came out in 1998.This is much larger & heavier that the MC-303 which kicked off theGrooveBox family for Roland in 1996. It's starting to become collectable.I picked up this on...
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Seven Minutes - Buchla, Euro & a CR-8000
This track heavily features the Roland CR-8000 with some glitch.Also very present is the Buchla 208r and Eurorack Braids.Ā It's a mostly live performance which has then been tweaked and enhanced in...
View ArticleTravel Postcards - Jondent - Index
Travel Postcards - IndexĀ My travel postcards are all over this blog.Ā They are sometimes hard to find. So I thought it would be good to put them into some sort of order. Thus this index:*Ā Bolivia...
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Roland Phrase Lab - MC-09
The Roland MC-09"PhraseLab" was first manufactured in 2002.Roland describes it as a TB-303 emulator featuring an effects processor, a step sequencer and a 4 part phrase sampler.It's basically a single...
View ArticleKorg PS 3200 sq1 & volca beats - upload 2
Playing Around with the Korg PS 3200.It's been midified. The SQ-1 is a great little sequencer.The full unedited version is here:http://youtu.be/Ge53NtsYXJA
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New Sound Waves Performance - 21st March, 2015
A New Sound Waves live performanceSorry for the poor audio & video.This was a trial run for an up comingĀ gigHere are a few snippets of video taken on the 21st March, 2015 in Sydney Australia. This...
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Truth - A modified Roland TR-77, some Buchla & Euro.
A new remix from Cobramatic using a modified Roland TR-77, some Buchla & Euro modules.There is a bit of Roland CR-68 in here too plus a short sample off the TVĀ where the guy says "just tell the...
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Chittorgarh and the legend of Lady Padmini
It's hard to separate fact from fiction in regard to the first sacking of Chittorgarh on August 26th, 1303.Many details of the historic battle & the eventual fall of this great city are lost in...
View ArticleKorg PS-3200 & a Roland MC-09 sampler
This is a bit experimental.All the sounds are from the Korg PS3200 which I sampled into the MC09. I'm trying to keep the sounds pure Korg PS-3200.The Roland MC-09 is a very simple phrase sampler and...
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Roland MC-09 Phrase Sampler - Acid Demo
A few demos of the Roland MC-09.It's often called the poor man's TB-303.I reckon t's not too shabby ... but I'll let you decide.
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