Analog Drum ‘n’ Bass meets blurry cam synth porn in this video from K X. Details on the video: This is my imagining of what circa ’98 era minimal tech step drum ‘n bass may have sounded like had it been invented before modern samplers and digital synths / fx. All the sound is being… Read More Analog Drum ‘n’ Bass On Vintage Gear
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
Producer J.Force bangs out the beats, with a whoppin’ 256 KB memory, on the EMU SP-1200 Sampler. The E-mu SP-1200 is a classic drum machine and sampler released in August 1987 by E-mu Systems as an update of the SP-12, which was originally created for dance music producers. It became famed for its gritty texture… Read More The EMU SP-1200 Sampler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46UVivJ-lhQ What would you do if you had a vintage, classic LinnDrum Drum Machine? If you’re this crazy half-naked guy, you’d blow it away with your S&W .500 Magnum. I say crazy not because LinnDrums routinely sell for hundreds of dollars, even for parts, but because he could have at least given a little speech,… Read More Half Naked Guy Shoots His Drum Machine Until It’s Very Dead
Microscopics’ Mat Jarvis shares a collection of extreme close up vintage gear porn of the Roland AP-2 Phase II, a superb phaser from the 70’s that is used on a lot of classic recordings. Unfortunately, it came with some vintage kinks: I decided to treat myself for my birthday (Friday 26th) and bought a vintage… Read More Vintage Gear Porn: The Roland AP-2 Phaser
This is a short documentary look at Chandler Limited of Shell Rock, Iowa. Chandler specializes in remaking and reintroducing classic recording equipment based on classic EMI and Abbey Road designs that are no longer available or in some cases never were.
