A group of owners of the Dave Smith Instruments Tempest have launched an online petition, asking the company to make updating the operating system of the drum machine a priority. Signees feel that “there is still a sizable list of problems and glitches to address” with the Tempest.
Elektron has introduced the Vintage Drum Machine Sound Pack for Analyog Rytm. Elektron says that this collection of vintage drum machine samples, created by Goldbaby, offers ‘sounds that have proved to be just what we wanted to hear’ They’re vintage for a reason.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Peter Maas, captures a synth jam, Chicago Love, that explores using the Buchla Music Easel in a context in which it’s rarely heard – old school techno.
Sunday Synth Jam: Here’s something a little different – a live looping tabla jam, by Neybuu.
Developer Jan Ostman let us know that he’s released source code for an Arduino-based Minipops 7 clone. The Korg KEIO Minipops was featured prominently in Jean Michel Jarre’s classic electronic album, Oxygène. Ostman says that the code should work unmodified on any Arduino.
This video, via HardtekStudios, captures a demo of the sound of the Akai Pro Tom Cat drum machine. It’s not a technical overview, but instead focuses on exploring the tweakability of the Tom Cat’s sounds.
This short video, via zack dagoba, captures a quick demo of using a Moog Modular 960 Sequential Controller to control a Simmons SDS200 drum synthesizer.
This video, via Mark Steiner, documents and demos three Korg Volca Beats snare mods.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live hardware techno jam by Calle Nilsson at Debaser Medis, Stockholm.
Elektron has announced permanent price cuts to the Machinedrum UW, Machinedrum and Monomachine. “Our shelves contain too many Machinedrums and Monomachines. Simply put, we are a tad over-stocked,” they note. “To remedy this we permanently lower the prices for these venerable machines.”
