The OT is a 8 channel sequencer
Saturday, 2 May 2015
Elektron Octatrack sequencing a Virus TI
The OT is a 8 channel sequencer
Sony DMX - R 100 Digital console
Aunty, as we like to nickname the ABC, was getting rid of superseded equipment at knock down prices.
I just couldn't resist this. Either I just bought a lemon with no chance of servicing or I got a bargain.
Time will tell.
I'm more used to analogue consoles but when these first came out in 2001 they were sold for around $30,000 (AUD). Mine : $3500
I really like the EQs & filters.
AUX SEND - It's a 8 channel BUSS
The screen is touch sensitive - just like a i-pad -- remember, this is 2001 technology.
A touch sensor for the surround pan :-)
All the functions are mirrored on the assignable panel
Extra Links:
1. SOS - Version 1
2. SOS article - version 2
3. The Sony promo video
4. Quick Reference Manual
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Roland D2 - Groove Machine
And yes it's orange too !!! :-)
I laughed at this thing when it first came out. But now I think its a awesome
performance synth. It's sequencer is tight and they are still so cheap ($150) on ebay.
I understand that the D2 has the same synth engine as MC-505 and MC-307.
It has the same 8 part setup as the MC 303 (7 sounds plus one drum part).The synth engine is based on theSuper JV. It's like JV-1080 with different ROM waveforms - more techno oriented samples.
The D-Field Controller - this is the heart & soul of the D2
The D-pad is fun. You can do things like reverse the beat in real time, play arpeggiators and adlib instruments using your finger, use the filter etc.
Wanna spin your sequence backwards? This baby can.
Drum sounds: BD, SD,HH,Clap,Cymb,Tom/Perc, Hit.
There are 600 Preset patches and 30 Preset drum kits (from the MC-505).
The Jog Wheel.
I use this mainly as an 8 part multi-timbral sound module, and sometimes as a sequencer.
All the synth parameters can be controlled by MIDI CC - which includes 3 ADSR envelopes! (Amp/Filter/Pitch).
There are 3 modes: Sound, XY & Spin.
You can tweak the sounds and save your own creations into one of the 256 users patches.
The rear of the D2. Midi In/out & RCAs & headphone out.
Would be nice if these were 1/4 inch jacks. The RCAs are aimed at the DJ market.
The PSU is a 9V DC.Centre negative
Monday, 13 April 2015
Spike - the Acid Cat
Well here's Spike playing her favourite synth - the old Roland classic - the SH 101.
What good taste she has.
Monday, 6 April 2015
Roland MC-09 Phrase Sampler - Acid Demo
It's often called the poor man's TB-303.
I reckon t's not too shabby ... but I'll let you decide.
Korg PS-3200 & a Roland MC-09 sampler
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 though it has its own unique character
I'm enjoying sampling the 3200 for it's own special sounds.
For more info you can read my earlier post on the 09 here:
http://djjondent.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/roland-phrase-lab-mc-09.html
Here is video 2 of the demo:
Friday, 3 April 2015
Chittorgarh and the legend of Lady Padmini
Many details of the historic battle & the eventual fall of this great city are lost in legend.
At the time, most of Northern India was ruled by the Mughals of Delhi. The period came to be called the "Sultanate of Delhi". It's ruler, Alauddin Khilji came to power after murdering his uncle Jalaluddin Khilji.
A. Khilji was a great strategist and military commander. He is remembered in history for being one of the few rulers in the world to have repeatedly defended his empire against Mongol invasions.
After suppressing these invasions in the north, Khilji began expanding his empire by subjugation first of Gujarat in 1299 and then Ranthambhor in Rajastan in 1301.
He then turned his attention towards Chittorgarh in Mewar, Rajasthan which was ruled by Ratan Singh.
The Rajput King, Rawal Ratan Singh.was described as a brave and noble warrior, a loving husband and a just ruler. His wife Padmini was renouned throughout the land for her ravishing beauty. It appears that the sultan managed to convince King Ratan to accompany him back to Delhi. Maybe his was a condition for lifting the seige ?? Anyway, looks like Khilji tricked him, for once they were outside the walls, the sultan declared the King of Chittorgah hostage. (Well, what can you expect from a man who kills his own uncle). The ransom for this safe return was none other that Padmini herself.
Chittorgarh's troops were heavily outnumbered. Supplies to the city were cut. Rather than slowly starve to death or be eventually invaded, the women of the city chose mass suicide ( by fire.. called jauhar).
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Truth - A modified Roland TR-77, some Buchla & Euro.
The TR77 (In the form of the earlier Bentley Rhythm Ace 8 with sync mod),
There is a bit of Roland CR-68 in here too plus a short sample off the TV where the guy says "just tell the truth!". The voice was pitched down and reverse reverb added..
Buchla and Euro inc. 808 modules and a CR68.
New Sound Waves Performance - 21st March, 2015
Sorry for the poor audio & video.
Here are a few snippets of video taken on the 21st March, 2015 in Sydney Australia.
Festival Details: http://107projects.org/event/
This was part of The New Sound Waves crew performing live modular audio and video synths.
http://nswaves.tumblr.
https://www.facebook.com/
NSWaves have their own blog on Tumbler
Here is the link to their meeting on the 21st March:
http://nswaves.tumblr.com/post/113773249199/new-sound-waves-performance-meet-this-coming
Video 3:
Video 4:
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Korg PS 3200 sq1 & volca beats - upload 2
It's been midified. The SQ-1 is a great little sequencer.
The full unedited version is here:
http://youtu.be/Ge53NtsYXJA
Sunday, 22 March 2015
Roland Phrase Lab - MC-09
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 DSP monosynth. .... ie, it's a digital synthesizer that uses digital signal processing (DSP) techniques to make musical sounds.There are bass (TB-303 emulator), lead and drums parts. There are six control knobs for tweaking the sounds.
They control tuning, Env Mod, Accent,cutoff, reso & decay for the lead & bass.
The rhythm section is the drum. The bottom 3 knobs set the volume for the bass drum, snare & high hats
There are 4 DSP effects : filter, Isolator, Phaser, Slicer.
You can apply these effects to any of the four audio loops (or to live inputs).in real time by tweaking the knobs C1,C2 & C3.
The audio looper is a bit limited in length (6 seconds) but it makes for excellent sounding one-measure techno.
You can either capture audio internally (from the bass, lead & rhythm sections) or externally via the RCA jacks. Once in the looper, the sounds can be layered and effects applied, live.
Pattern sequencer for up to two measures with 16 beat per measure resolution
Midi in & out. (not thru). Smartmedia storage.
If you purchase a SM card make sure it meets these requirements:
Power Supply Voltage : 3.3V
Capacity: 2MB - 128 MB
RCA connections - a bit low quality.
Links
1. Roland MC-09 Original Demo
2. Manual download
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Travel Postcards - Jondent - Index
Travel Postcards - Index
My travel postcards 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 this index:
- Tathra (Southern NSW)
- Bodalla - old cheese factory NSW
- Tilba Tilba (NSW)
- Joadja Distillery - NSW Southern Highlands
- Skydiving Mission Beach - Queensland , AUSTRALIA
* Bolivia
- Lake Titicaca
- La Paz & Bowler hats
- Tiwanaku Ruins
* Cuba
* Egypt
- The Great Pyramid (Cairo)
- The White Desert Camp
- Karnak Temple (Luxor)
- Luxor Temple
- Balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings (Luxor)
- Medinet habu - Luxor
- Philae Temple - Aswan Dam
- Temple of Kom Ombo
- Abu Simbel - Aswan
- Felucca - Nile boat
- The Step Pyramid - Saqqara
- Mt Sinai - hike up the mountain (St Catherines)
* India
- Kumbhalgarh Fort - Rajasthan
- Akbar's Tomb - Agra
- Udaipur - India
- Flying Fox - Jodhpur - India
- Amer Fort - Jaipur, Rajasthan - India
- Jodpur Markets - Rajasthan, India
- The Tower of Victory - Chittorgarh Fort - Rahasthan
- The Baby Taj - Agra
- Fatehpur Sikri - Uttar Pradesh near Agra
- Chittorgarh and the legend of Lady Padmini
- The Separation Wall - Israel/Palestine
- Israel - Golan Heights - Mt Bental
- Masada - Israel
- The Herodium - "Herod's Tomb"
- Bethlemen - Street Christmas lights
- Bethlehem - The Palestinian Territory - West Bank
- The Church of the Nativity - Bethlehem
- Tower of David - Jerusalem
- Mount of Olives Cemetery panorama pics - Jerusalem
- Italy 1995 - journal - drawings etc
- Synthesizer shopping in Tokyo
- Bonsai - Narita
- Tokyo Akihabara Radio Center
- Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) - Kyoto
- Kyoto station
- Nara
- Pachinko - Hiroshima
*Jordan
- Petra
* Mexico
- Teotihuacan - "birthplace of the gods"
- Monte Albán
- MUSEO FRIDA KAHLO
- Palenque
- Uxmal
*New Zealand
- New years eve 2016 NZ
- Petone (Hattersley Loom) - a early sequencer
- Franz Joseph Glacier (South Island)
- The Separation Wall - Israel/Palestine
- The Herodium - "Herod's Tomb"
- Bethlemen - Street Christmas lights
- Bethlehem - The Palestinian Territory - West Bank
- The Church of the Nativity - Bethlehem
* Peru
- Cusco
- Inca Trail
- Machu Picchu
- Lake Titicaca
- Nazcar Peru - Chauchilla Cemetery
- Arequipa - NYE celebrations 2011
- Acclimatizing to high altitudes
*Singapore
- Marina Bay Sands hotel view
- Clifford pier
*Thailand
- Chiang Mai - Temples
*Vietnam
- Ha Long Bay NYE 2019
- Hanoi 1 - Vietnam
- Hanoi 2
- Vietnam's first capital - Hoa Lu
- Ninh Binh - Tam Coc - Vietnam
- Hue - Imperial citadel
- Han Van Pass
- Hoi An - Day Pics
- Hoi Ann - night pics
- My Son - Hindu Temples
- Saigon - War Remnants Museum
- Saigon Central Post Office



































