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Another, stunning, way-too-short-documentary (and demo), this time on the Prophet T8 by Alex Ball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd2aYOIs7aY

#Synthesizer #SequentialCircuits #Prophet #AlexBall #ElectronicMusic

Review: Proxima by Synapse Audio https://rekkerd.org/review-proxima-by-synapse-audio/

#AAX #AU #Reviews #SequentialCircuits #SynapseAudio #Synthesizer #VST

I went for two classics: my Sequential Circuits Six-Trak, my EMU Drumulator, and two fairly recent machines: the Behringer RD9 (Roland TR-909 clone) & the Donner D1.

Picture is from my Korg KR-55 Pro which I didn't use, just to throw everybody off... The D1 is what I used for the breakbeat (it is a sample based drum machine).

I'll have to tackle soon a track with a lot more #drummachine

#Roland #tr909 #Behringer RD9 #Donner #D1 #SCI #Sequential #SequentialCircuits #SixTrak #DrumTraks

What I did there, was to record the 808 kick on one channel, the rest of the drums on a stereo pair with a ping pong delay, the bass chords under a ton of reverb and super long phaser on another channel, and finally the lead sounds on another stereo pair. The goal was to create the flows for the drums and the leads by proper timing of adjusting the volume sliders at mastering time down to stereo.

#electronicmusic #tr808 #drumtraks #sequentialcircuits #sci #sixtrak

Empfehlung zum Wochenende: „Forest Edge“ von „Leopards of white“ https://leopardsofwhite.bandcamp.com/album/forest-edge
„All compositions by Pete Anderson & Sebastian Newton.
*Dedicated to the memory of #MarkShreeve.

Instrumentation: #Korg #Polysix (VST), Behringer Pro-1, #Roland #SH01A, Roland TR8S (x2) using #TR606 kit, Roland #Jupiter 8 (Roland System 8 / Arturia VST), Cre8 Audio East Beast, #Moog Sub 37, #SequentialCircuits #Prophet 600 and Pro 12.“
#BerlinerSchule #BerlinSchool #electronicmusic #sequencermusic

@xylander you'll get to hear "Craft Pundit" , featuring the #Hammond #Novachord (used on "Candy Store" album). A good bit of sound design on the track, including the mellotron like flute played by a #sequentialcircuits #sixtrak (and creative use of magnetic tape). A dual personality #tb303 clone for both bass sections. Drums come from a Roland #tr606 clone and a more unusual suspect, the original #Linn Adrenalinn #music #ElectronicMusic #noise #noiseasinstrument

[FROM THE ARCHIVES] En 2015 j'ai conçu l’environnement sonore électronique de l'opéra Il Re Pastore de W.A. #mozart , Théâtre du Châtelet. Le spectacle alternait pages symphoniques avec séquences vidéos et récits électroniques.
Une "serenata", façon manga SF dont voici un extrait musical.
Mise en scène Olivier Fredj, scéno Nicolas Buffe, direction JC Spinosi.
Design sonore entièrement réalisé avec le synthé Dave Smith #Prophet08
#opera #davesmith #sequentialcircuits

https://youtu.be/IAtrR3h0Z2I?si=N3lv2ZFFdSWCU6oA&t=57

The risers used in this #music #track are #tr909 cymbals, reversed. The only samples i used for this track, but technically that is not 100% correct:
First, the cymbals on the 909 are samples. Roland couldnt get realistic cymbal sounds out of analog circuits (808 cymbals, anyone? As an aside, check out https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/125044847/tr_808_cymbal_a_physically_informed_circuit_bendable_digital.pdf) so they used samples. The #drumulator & #sequentialcircuits #drumtraks also use eprom based samples, & i use a few custom eproms in them (with ZIF sockets). #jam #jamuary

In the end i did end up using the #tb303 for my latest #jamuary2025 track, in a dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde dual use. From borderline mysterious #ambient electronic bassist to intransigent #techno screaming banshee, it ended up filling its role perfectly, after sidetracking me for hours. #tb303 #tr606 #adrenalinn #sequentialcircuits #sixtrak #crumar #bit99 #hammond #novachord

https://soundcloud.com/francois_dion/jamuary-11-2025

Cherry Audio releases P-10 software synthesizer https://rekkerd.org/cherry-audio-releases-p-10-software-synthesizer/

#AAX #AU #CherryAudio #SequentialCircuits #Synthesizer #VST

This weekend, i finished the second full song of my WIP album “Candy Store”. This track is called “Childhood” and features a toy grand piano as a counter balance to a ton of vintage analog(ish) gear from the 1970s and 1980s.

#tape #piano #toypiano #drummachine #music #synth #analog #roland #sequentialcircuits #korg #boss #yamaha #soundcloud #electronica #electronicmusic @synth @music

I just put it up on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/francois_dion/childhood?in=francois_dion/sets/candy-store

A grand piano outdoors. A toy grand piano to be precise, in all its glorious red paint, against a backdrop of nature

So I copied the windows vst folder to my linux wine vst3 folder, added the path to yabridge, ran sync and Carla sees the Full Bucket Music Drumtraqs plugin. It complains about it but it works. Other plugins I tried didn't work so far.

A native plugin would be best, but at least it works. I can use the real drumtraks, the windows or Mac plugin, or the windows plugin in linux. I think I got all base covered!

#linux #vst #yabridge #sci #sequentialcircuits #drumtraqs #drumtraks #drums #drummachine

Full Bucket Music Drumtraqs drum machine for Windows running inside Carla host on linux

It was just a matter of time that a free vst would replicate the experience.

Full Bucket Music drumtraqs runs the z80 code and sticks close to the original functionality. Interface is pretty much a clone, but with a few extra buttons in the middle, to cover extra menu options. No options for alternate prom sets, afaik.

#sequentialcircuits #drumtraks #drumtraqs #fullbucketmusic #vst3 #clap #plugin #virtualdrummachine #software #midi

Full bucket music drumtraks vst3 plugin GUI, just like a real Drumtraks

The sound samples were stored on EPROMs. To make the swap easier for kick and snare, i had installed ZIF sockets. With the lid on hinges, that made things real easy.
#sci #sequential #sequentialcircuits #drumtraks #eprom #samples #hardware #drummachine #drums #drummer #midi

Drumtraks motherboard, highlighting bass, rim shot/snare and tom eproms. First two are in ZIF sockets

40 years ago… The Sequential Circuits Drumtraks offered a MIDI drum machine that could have up to 99 songs and 99 patterns, had individual outputs and had accent and tuning. Well built, 40 years later, mine still works fine.

#sci #sequentialcircuits #drums #drummachine #drumtraks #midi #hardware #music #studio #production #drummer

Sequential Drumtraks drum machine in its travel bag

@rekkerd he also has a Six-Trak plugin. Also free. On the downside, still no #linux version of any of his plugins. #sequentialcircuits #sci #Sixtrak #drumtraks