Thursday, 12 September 2019

Manuals

Personal notes & manuals

 

Abelton Live
 
Access Virus
+ Access Virus -The different versions 
Akai

Alesis


Arturia


Buchla
+ MARF
+ 222e
 + 225e
      *My notes re the 225e 
+ 250e
      * My notes on the 250e
+251e
       *  My notes on the 251e
+ 252e
      * Notes on the 252e
+ 261e
       * Notes on the 261e VCO
+ 266e
       * Notes on the 266e
 + 200e Firmware upgrade 

Coffee


Compressors
+ Modular Compressor -using eurorack modules 

Chords/ scales
Basic Chords for synths - C, F, G, A minor.
+ Basic Chord theory - major chords & their progressions



DaFM Synth
+ My notes on the DAFAM

Deluge (Synthstrom Audible)
 + Arranger View - deluge
 + Song View - Basic
 + Isomorphic Keyboard
 + Resampling - How to Record your performance
 + Basic Freeform Looping & Sampling of Audio
 + Precise Looping & Sampling 1 (Metronome)
 + Precise Looping & Sampling 2 - using a recorded drum kit 
 + Clip view - Sampling - adjusting the end point of a loop 
 + Clip View - basic controls 
 + Loading samples - Browse shortcut - waveform view
 + Loading Single Cycle Wave Forms (to use as oscillators) 
 + Kit section - drums
 + Deluge Scales
 + Effects - Chorus Flanger Phaser (Mod FX)
 + Effects - Filters & EQ
 + Effects - Distortion 
 + Effects - Reverb
 + Effects - DELAy
 + Parameter Automation
 + Sound design - making acid /303 sounds
 + Sound design - Grid shortcuts
 + Deluge - factory reset 

Elektron
  + Digitakt & Korg Volca FM - patch notes sending / receiving CC messages


 Eurorack
+ Endorphin.es
        + Shuttle Control  
+ Expert Sleepers 
        + Expert Sleepers - FH-1 - MIDI Note On/off 


+ Fairlight


GenoQs Octopus
 
Herbs & Stone
+ Liquid foam - instructions (personal)
 
Keith McMillen
 
Kenton

MakeNoise - 0-Coast/Control
 
 
 MaxMSP
 
 
Misc
+ Philosophy index 


Moog General

Moog - Mother 32/ DFAM/ SubHarmonicon
+ Moog Mother 32 - set up mode - assignable output, midi channel, tempo input settings
+ Moog sub harm & DFAM 10 ..... live jam with patch notes


Moog Modular
+ 901 VCO


Oberheim
 
Philosophy
+ Philosophy index

Pioneer
 +Toraz Squid
        + 1. The different modes
        + 2. Randomiser
        + 3. Projects 
        + 5. Pattern Set - Song Mode
 
        + Linn Drum - Cooper Midi 
 
PolyEnd
 
 
Polyfusion


Python 
+ Python for beginners
+ Python for Beginners 2


Roland

+ All my Roland Synth pages can be found here


Snazzy Effects
 
Synton (Fenix)
 
Teenage Engineering
    OP-Z
   KO II
 
XOR



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Monday, 9 September 2019

Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm - Repair pics

Some repair pics of a Roland drum ..the  CR 78



Just 4 screws need to be removed from the base if you want to open her up.

The drum has been in storage for many years ... in mint condition ... at least externally.


However, it looks like the battery has leaked.


Hopefully, the damage will be easily repaired.

tHIS  is the underside of the drum:






Links:
+ Synth Peter - replacing battery
+ Synth Peter - repairing a Cr 78


Oberheim Xpander - notes

Revisiting the Xpander

 It's a beast. Some of the fattest sounds ever. (I'd love to hear a matrix 12 one day).


The Xpander has 6 voices which are completely independent
tHE voices can have different sounds and can be controlled on different midi  or CV/gate channels.


tHE interface can be quite intimidating at first.


tHERE are 6 individual voice outs on the back




The synth is made up of 3 sections (working from left to right):
1). The Master & programmer section
2). Modulation Source X select & Page Modifier
3). Single / Multi Patch Page Select


1). The Master & programmer section


The Master section contains volume, tune page & Master page controls.
The programmer selects & stores patches.

In the programmer, patches can be recalled by pressing 2 digits or using the + or - buttons on the keypad.

The patch can be single or multi ( the left most digit will show "M" or "S".)
The next digits show the patch number & name.
The xpander is always in edit mode.
Once a parameter in a patch has been changed, a little dot will show up next to the patch number.

To compare the edited patch to the original hit the single or multi-patch (depending on which patch mode you are currently in) button again.
(if you are in single mode and you press the multi button, you will switch to the multi patch mode)

To save a patch hold down the red store button while typing in the 2 digit number location of the new patch.




The last 3 digits  will read out the name of the current patch page.

Pressing any two digits on the keypad, will select a new (multi) patch.

2). Modulation Source / X select & Page Modifier

 

You access the modulation page parameters by pressing one of the (single or multi) page buttons for the function you want to modulate.

Modulation Source & X select
This is where you select or delete modulation sources (like levers, pedals & keyboards) and envelopes (LFOs, ramps, or tracking generators). Above the buttons are labels indicating possible sources.
Below these buttons are numeric X-select buttons used to choose a source that has multiples (like one of the 5 envelopes or one of the 5 LFOs)

If you want to delete a modulation, press and hold that modulation button, and then press "clear".(extreme right button).

The Page modifier
The buttons are used like on/off switches to access modulation pages.
The knobs change settings.


3). Single / Multi Patch Page Select

These are also refered to as the "primary pages"
This is where you select the patch pages. (single or multi).

There are 6 main pages or sets of controls.
Single patch pages are used to program single sounds. (ie, they are assigned to each voice).
Multi patch pages control all 6 voices in tandem.

If you press a page button, the last 3 digits of the name of the patch page will be displayed on the Programmer LED display (1) & the controls for that page will appear in the Page Modifier section.


If the Xpander is in Single patch mode these are the pages (they correspond to the 9 buttons):
1. VCO1
2. VCO2
3. VCF / VCA
4. FM / LAG
5. ENV X
6. LFO X
7. Track X
8  Ramp X
9. Misc

If the Xpander is in Multi Patch mode these are the pages:
They are shown in grey on the right side of the front panel and are accessed by 7 buttons)
1. Transpose
2. Volume
3. PAN
4. VIB (vibrato)
5. CV/Midi
6. Zone
7. Misc

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Tuning the Xpander
1.Go to the tune page.
2. Select all
3. wait for each item to pass the test.


Links
+ Music radar
+ VSE
+GForce


Happy 909 day

It's the 9th of September and you know what that means:



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Friday, 30 August 2019

Balter - NLC - Build notes

Some pics of a recent nonlinear circuit module build.
Its a delay -- for gates .. will help to loosen up my rigid drums.
The CV controlled delay  has a huge range..... from 7 milli-seconds to 1 minute.

You can get longer times by replacing the 1uF caps with larger values, say 10uF


This module is in Eurorack format.
gET  the SMD stuff on first.


RL = 10k

José Luis Torrente is a fictional character created by Spanish actor and director Santiago Segura and the main character in the Torrente scatological and dark comedy-action film series.






Links:
+ Wiki NLC
+ NLC Build Guide & BOM











Links:
wiki

BOM




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Roland SP 808 Groove sampler

The 808 groove sampler came out in 1998 ... it's 21 years old.
There is a whopping 100MB of memory on a zip drive.
 {;-)

The SP 808 shares the same digits are its illustrious  brother the famous TR 808 drum.
This however was marketed as a workstation
You can still pick these up on Ebay quite cheaply.. if you are into vintage gear, this is still a good buy.


I think the machine is very underrated and I really like how it sounds.

It's a phrase sampler, sequencer, synthesizer, hard disk multitrack recorder with lots of studio quality effects. I think the market were DJ remixers ... musicians who wanted to sample.
In 1988, computers were basic and computer based sampling really difficult and expensive.
Plus, there is nothing like a real hardware machine that hardly ever crashes.
Daft Punk and The Prodigy used this on stage back in the 1990s

 The 16 pads reminded everyone of the AKAI MPC
The Sampler is 44.1kHz and 32kHz. It can  hold up to 1,024 samples. 
This is spread over16 pads x 64 banks.
Max sampling time is 25mins (stereo) at 44.1.
32 mins at 32khz

Roland used zip disks to store the samples. ... this is one of its weaknesses .......the zip can break down and be hard to repair. sadly WAV and AIFF formats aren't supported.


 The D-beam controller -- ITS A BIT LIKE A tHERMIN,
Just wave your hands above it.
You can  tweak effects,  pitch and volume


tHIS is the zip drive
Back in the 1990s, 100MB was a big deal.
Only SCSI drives could compete with this.

 The drive is both a blessing and a curse.
Over time , these break down, Its the Achillies heel.


mIDI  IN /OUT / THRU

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For more info on the history of Roland Drum Machines click here