| Small rant about nerfed (artificially weakened) engines |
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Posted by: SynthWizard - Today, 12:51 AM - Forum: World Wide Gear News
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Small rant about nerfed (artificially weakened) engines
Technically synth related, as the engines I'm upset about are doing synthesis, modeling acoustic and electric pianos. Both the Korg Grandstage, and the Yamaha CP module, have some great sounding, but MUCh less featured/customizable versions of engines that they have in other hardware they make or have made. Yamahas older CP line , including the CP1, 4, and 5, allowed for editing of a good number of parameters. Their new CP module does NOT. Now, I get, most people dont need the customizability, but Yamaha already has great samples, why make the module with the modeling engine and leave out the parameters? Or at least make a deluxe module that does and costs a bit more? Ans Korg has done the same. Their $2400 Grandstage is using the modeling engine from the Kronos, but again with hardly any editing of the sound, instead just having presets. Its one thing to not clutter the interface, fair enough, but the engine is NOT accessible at all! Truth is i do like Korgs sound a lot, but they are asking a lot of money for an inferior keybed and just presets.
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| Drummer Perf/X Interactive Drum Pattern Sequencer |
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Posted by: SynthWizard - Today, 12:51 AM - Forum: World Wide Gear News
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Drummer Perf/X Interactive Drum Pattern Sequencer
Drummer Perf/X Interactive Drum Pattern Sequencer
Specifications
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32 Patches RAM / 64 Patches ROM
erson" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Naomi Bolton
Mon, 12/20/2021 - 09:15
Drummer is an interactive drum pattern sequencer manufactured by Oberheim in 1991. It was part of the same Perf/x range as the Systemizer, Strummer, Cyclone, and Navigator by Oberheim, which means it shares the same compact design and lightweight casing.
All of the buttons for the Drummer are situated on the bottom half of the front panel, with the top half reserved for a group of ventilation slits. The rear of the unit has the power switch and jack to connect the power supply, the MIDI In jack, MIDI Out jack, as well as multiple footswitch input jacks. Footswitches are used for remote control of Drummer, but none are included with the machine. Once connecting your own, they function as a start/stop, break/interrupt, add percussion, and fill-in, respectively. Care should be taken with the power switch as it protrudes from the casing and could get damaged if not handled properly.
On the lower left side of the front panel, there is a two-character LED display, which is bright and clear. It also has two dots in the display that flash when MIDI data is being received and serve as a visual metronome. Next to the display are the Start/Stop button/ decrement and increment buttons, Mode button, and five function buttons. The parameter list is situated above the buttons in a 4 X 5 matrix format. These are split into sections for Song, MIDI, and Preset, and pinpoint LEDs help to indicate selected parameters.
Although Drummer features preset rhythms, it does not have drum and percussion sounds of its own, which means it has to be connected to a MIDI sound source. Drummer can store up to 16 different kits, and 13 of these are factory programmed to match with popular drum machines of the time, such as the Alesis SR16, Roland R5, Kawai K4, and more. In addition, to make your own custom kits to match whatever drum machine or sampler you are using to play drum sounds, you can also replace the factory-programmed ones with your own settings.
You also have 100 presets to choose from, and these can be assigned a pattern, rhythm, kit, time signature, tempo, follow setting, and more. Overall, the idea was to create something that sounds more realistic than a drum machine. Oberheim attempted to make this as simple as possible, and it was also relatively affordable for its time. It was undoubtedly an attempt at something different from the typical drum machines of the time, which makes it appealing to collectors.
Files
Title
Drummer Interactive Pattern Sequencer User's Manual
Description
User's Manual
YouTube
Oberheim Drummer Demonstration
Texture
Monophonic instruments
https://www.vintagesynth.com/node/14201
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| Accessing Behringer Semi-Modular back panel when racked? |
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Posted by: SynthWizard - Today, 12:51 AM - Forum: World Wide Gear News
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Accessing Behringer Semi-Modular back panel when racked?
Hey all. I've got a Neutron and a K2 Behringer Semi Modular and recently took the plunge and bought Beads and a 6U case that will arrive soon. After pulling the trigger on the case I've realised I will lose access to the USB, MIDI thru and separate input/output jacks of the Behringers if I rack them and I do use these all the time. I get that I can use the front mounted MIDI inputs however I like the fact that they come up as named devices in my DAW rather than just MIDI device 1 2 3 etc and it's one cable each for in/out. I'm surprised more people didn't have the same question online! I dug up a separate module that brings the back panel into a 1HP thing you can have next to it but then I feel aggrieved at having to buy ANOTHER module to make something that already works, work! EDIT: I wonder if I can just detatch the PCB in the original case and mount it inside the Euro case?
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| Two midi din controllers into an mpc one |
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Posted by: SynthWizard - Yesterday, 02:53 PM - Forum: World Wide Gear News
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Two midi din controllers into an mpc one
I’d like to use two older synths as controllers into my mpc one, neither of which have USB. The mpc one has 1 midi input.
I’ve been reading up on midi merge boxes, midi splitters, midi y cables, midi to USB converters, hosts... I’m a little confused on how to make this work. Ideally I’d like to convert the midi out (of my microkorg) to USB and plug that into the mpc to use as a controller. Would this be possible?
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| Minilogue xd 6 multi engine nobs cc#72-77 mapping |
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Posted by: SynthWizard - Yesterday, 02:53 PM - Forum: World Wide Gear News
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Minilogue xd 6 multi engine nobs cc#72-77 mapping
Im trying to map the multi engine's 6 usr nobs to a midi fighter twister's nobs. ive confirmed im doing it right because the osc 1 pitch nob 33 i think it was , would turn in my vst and change sound output. But the USR multi engine controls won't budge. Is this possible? Any help setting this up? I am just trying to pull out all the nobs stuck in settings onto my twister.
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| Tracker for Android/Chromebook? |
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Posted by: SynthWizard - Yesterday, 02:53 PM - Forum: World Wide Gear News
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Tracker for Android/Chromebook?
I'm curious to mess around with a tracker on phone (Android) and/or tablet (Chromebook, which is also Android). Browser based is fine. An offline mode would be great, but not required. It would be even better if I could write something in the tracker and use it to sequence an external midi synth (if it were USB class compliant this seems feasible at least). Not a requirement though. Mostly a curiosity at this point, just want to see if the tracker workflow clicks with me. Thanks!
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| Drummer Perf/X Interactive Drum Pattern Sequencer |
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Posted by: SynthWizard - Yesterday, 02:53 PM - Forum: World Wide Gear News
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Drummer Perf/X Interactive Drum Pattern Sequencer
Drummer Perf/X Interactive Drum Pattern Sequencer
Specifications
Memory -
32 Patches RAM / 64 Patches ROM
erson" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Naomi Bolton
Mon, 12/20/2021 - 09:15
Drummer is an interactive drum pattern sequencer manufactured by Oberheim in 1991. It was part of the same Perf/x range as the Systemizer, Strummer, Cyclone, and Navigator by Oberheim, which means it shares the same compact design and lightweight casing.
All of the buttons for the Drummer are situated on the bottom half of the front panel, with the top half reserved for a group of ventilation slits. The rear of the unit has the power switch and jack to connect the power supply, the MIDI In jack, MIDI Out jack, as well as multiple footswitch input jacks. Footswitches are used for remote control of Drummer, but none are included with the machine. Once connecting your own, they function as a start/stop, break/interrupt, add percussion, and fill-in, respectively. Care should be taken with the power switch as it protrudes from the casing and could get damaged if not handled properly.
On the lower left side of the front panel, there is a two-character LED display, which is bright and clear. It also has two dots in the display that flash when MIDI data is being received and serve as a visual metronome. Next to the display are the Start/Stop button/ decrement and increment buttons, Mode button, and five function buttons. The parameter list is situated above the buttons in a 4 X 5 matrix format. These are split into sections for Song, MIDI, and Preset, and pinpoint LEDs help to indicate selected parameters.
Although Drummer features preset rhythms, it does not have drum and percussion sounds of its own, which means it has to be connected to a MIDI sound source. Drummer can store up to 16 different kits, and 13 of these are factory programmed to match with popular drum machines of the time, such as the Alesis SR16, Roland R5, Kawai K4, and more. In addition, to make your own custom kits to match whatever drum machine or sampler you are using to play drum sounds, you can also replace the factory-programmed ones with your own settings.
You also have 100 presets to choose from, and these can be assigned a pattern, rhythm, kit, time signature, tempo, follow setting, and more. Overall, the idea was to create something that sounds more realistic than a drum machine. Oberheim attempted to make this as simple as possible, and it was also relatively affordable for its time. It was undoubtedly an attempt at something different from the typical drum machines of the time, which makes it appealing to collectors.
Files
Title
Drummer Interactive Pattern Sequencer User's Manual
Description
User's Manual
YouTube
Oberheim Drummer Demonstration
Texture
Monophonic instruments
https://www.vintagesynth.com/node/14201
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| I/O on the new tiptop buchla system |
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Posted by: SynthWizard - Yesterday, 02:53 PM - Forum: World Wide Gear News
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I/O on the new tiptop buchla system
I'm going from semi modular to my first modular case starting with the two new tta buchla modules. Everything I have has a line out somewhere. I know there are a million modules I could buy, But as far I can tell the 200t system doesn't have anything dedicated to the task. Do I need to pick up something to run into 1/8 or 1/4 TS/TRS cables for use with my headphones or computer speakers?
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