Analog Music Electronics
Due to a complicated bit of jiggery-pokery, which is unlikely to become clear again in the foreseeable future, I am selling TWO brand-new IK Multimedia Uno synths.
Naturally I am undercutting the standard IKM price of £199.99. My price is £175 including UK shipping.
Click here to view my ebay listing for these two items..
Don’t hang about.
I’ve fixed a technical problem whereby images were not being displayed correctly.
The issue was traced to Jetpack. (wordpress plugin).
Normal service has bee resumed.
I have added Soulsby Synths to the “Links” section.
You REALLY need to see this – a range of synthesisers based on Arduino hardware and using 8-bit technology.
The ATMegaTron stands out – it’s really four synths in one – you can change the software and overlays.. I want the special edition OdyTron..
There’s also a cut-down, kit version called the MiniATMegaTRon..
I am considering BOTH.. however my funds are locked into Amazon, and there is NO Soulsby gear on there..
Silent Witness was “doing my head in”, so I thought I’d build this Haynes Amplifier Kit.
While I admit I haven’t done any work on any music-related stuff for a while, I HAVE been messing about with one of these:
It’s a new version of the standard Haynes retro radio kit, but with all the components arranged as an advent calendar, so you get new components every day for 24 days. Neat.
Anyway, I have FOUR of these for sale on AMAZON UK, all brand new and sealed. And for less than half the price Haynes were asking..
Click the image or link above if you fancy having a go..
You may also be interested in this: Haynes Retro Camera Kit Advent Calendar
I’ve rejigged the top menu a bit, as it was getting unwieldy.
The “contact” and “about” pages are now under the “Home” item, and “Cookies” is now under “Legal”.
I have added very prominent “I am not a robot” recaptcha verification to all contact forms.
It’s also added to comments and logins.
(Believe it or not, I was getting spam from contact forms and comments – FFS!)
Right. Here we go.
The Akai Timbre Wolf appears to be a cheap, but capable “analog” synth. It has FOUR separate voices which can be used separately or combined.
There are separate controls for each voice.
There are NO ADSR or LFO controls for any of them!
What the hell use is a synth without LFO or ADSR?
So we have four voices. But you can’t change the ADSR settings and you can’t manipulate the sounds with LFO.
Yes, there are settings for “Decay” and “Filter Envelope”. Where are the LFO and ADSR? Nowhere.
I have bought and sold a Korg MicroKorg XL+, a Boss DS-330, an iPhone 5c, bought TWO iPhone 5Ss, and an Alesis Photon.
However, I have done absolutely bog-all in terms of fixing things lately. (Ok, I ordered knobs for the Photon, and 3d-printed the joystick knob for the Delta)
I hope to have the Ion IDM02 drum machine fixed and sold shortly. It will probably take me half an hour all-in, but it’s just finding the urge to do it.
Maybe if there’s only “I’m a celebrity – get me out of here” on the telly, maybe that will work.. but tonight, it’s TOTP 1986..
I bought an Alesis Photon x25 midi controller, the one with the light-beam controller that responds to the position of your (left) hand…
This one was described as “grotty”, with a couple of missing knobs, a dodgy security sticker, and decades of dirt and smeg.
I’ve cleaned it up, but ran into trouble finding replacement knobs..
Alesis directed me to a seller of second-hand spares, who wanted $33 for one black knob. No-one has the clear “volume” knob.
I ended up buying 11 black control knobs from CPC. (ordered) to replace ALL the black knobs AND the white one..
Should be a nice unusual controller.. for £25 all-in.
idm02_-_reference_manual_-_v2.0
I bought an Ion idm02, with a dicky power supply, for peanuts. (from my usual source of bargains)
Basically, these are Alesis SR-16 units, but with trigger inputs so you can make an electronic drumkit with this as the controller.
They also function EXACTLY the same as an SR-16, which is my digital drum machine of choice..
This one has an issue with the power socket: wobbling the power plug makes it go on and off. Either the socket needs “tweaking” to make a better contact, or it’s come loose and needs re-soldering.
Either way not difficult.
This project is probably next, now I have shifted the Boss DS-330, MicroKorg XL and Alesis SR-16 (the one where I fixed the PSU).
My balance is looking decidedly healthy.
I need to buy some stuff, or I’ll end up spending it on a clutch replacement on the Megane..!