The Sequential Circuits Studio 440

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F8sAgcnHCA Overview The Sequential Circuits Studio 440 is a classic music production center from 1986 that combines the best features of drum machines and samplers, and has a crunchy 12-bit sound that people still respect: If you combine a high quality digital sampler featuring individual outputs with a 50,000 note SMPTE/MIDI based sequencer, all you… Read More The Sequential Circuits Studio 440

Four Tiny Drum Machines

Eric Archer demos four tiny drum machines with analog sound, IR wireless network, and photocell control. One drum is running through a DigiTech Synth Wah pedal. The other three are mixed dry. The mix is playing through a guitar amp. See the recent post on minimal drum machines for more info.

Synesthesia Updates Virtual Brain For Mandala Drum Synthesizer

Synesthesia has announced that it’s updated the Virtual Brain for the Mandala drum synthesizer to support multiple pads. The new Virtual Brain v1.50 was developed from requests made by Mandala players and has been tested extensively in multipad experiments with Danny Carey of the rock band TOOL. The new “Virtual Brain” v1.50 software is available… Read More Synesthesia Updates Virtual Brain For Mandala Drum Synthesizer