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PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:58 pm
by alien_brain
theres a lot of you looking at this thread without posting. come now, dont be afraid. i know i didnt look at it 500 times! i hope someone is learning something!

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:02 pm
by lordtoranaga
I just scored a yamaha TX16w
w/ 4.6MB ram and typhoon OS

$50

it is a lot of fun.

i am transferring my drum library to it

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:31 pm
by alien_brain
ok... i have heard about those... can you tell me what is special about them? you have piqued my interest!

when was the typhoon os released for that one? is it particularly nimble with sampled loops?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:11 pm
by lordtoranaga
12 bit sampler that supports up to 6MB of RAM

That is huge for a 12bit.

the original yamaha OS was a total dog

Typhoon, a software company in Sweden, decided to write a third party OS

this new os made the Yammy easy to use.

10 outputs
16part multitimbral
8 voice

mine was made in 87
the drive stil works, the baclight still bright.

yamaha makes quality buit products that last a long time

http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/tx16w.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_TX16W


there are three on ebay right now one with a $59 buy it now


I am doing flawless midi sample dumps with it, using dsp quattro on a g4



I have not got into the filters yet, but they are nothing special.


I love 12bit sound for drums, real character .

I sold my sp-12 turbo, for $500, and picked up the TX16w for $50

I have some soft-samplers, but i love to use this thing

I am going to start collecting these

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:41 pm
by alien_brain
how are you using it? recycle style? bits and pieces? what realtime control does it allow?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:53 pm
by lordtoranaga
bit and pieces ,

,I don't really know about real time control yet.

I think just 2, not sure

PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:48 pm
by gcoudert
I have just sold this on Ebay to a famous band. Thought I'd share this with you. ?155, all proceeds to charity.

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Gilles

PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:21 pm
by alien_brain
sweet man. what is it?

:grin:

PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:40 pm
by gcoudert
Philips Philicorda GM752 electronic organ (1968). Just sold it to Razorlight!

PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:59 pm
by alien_brain
cool. looks like it makes some funky organ sounds! would you use something like that for drum and bass?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:08 am
by alien_brain
i found out that the gravis ultrasound is a bear to use. i think ill stay away from it and just use my AWE64Gold. its much more compatible with a variety of uses anyway.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:30 pm
by alien_brain
yes indeed folks, this is the way the ancients did it (the AWE32/64+tracker), it definately sounds very 90s. im glad i looked into it, and think i will keep on my quest for a better understanding of this method. i find it refreshing and intriguing to say the least. it certainly yields a sought after result and opens the door to other similar methods. you are forced to be in the now so to speak, with 4ppqn (i think) and some special commands you can glitch out breaks easily. im still learning tho. one cool thing about the AWE64gold is that it has a 20bit spdif out, giving it high fidelity... the AWE32 has a 16bit spdif, and all the other AWE cards seem to have a place on the circuitboard where an spdif jack would go, perhaps allowing a modification...

nothing you couldnt do in another way, but the point is that this is a classic tool and its limitations are food for creativity and innovative pattern writing. its weaknesses are its strengths so to speak. you must combine several lesser things to achieve a greater result.

ok well ill try it this way for a while and then move on to using other better gear, since i have it!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:41 pm
by Dark Syndicate
Well i recently bought a Roland Alpha Juno 1


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Ive wanted one for years and really love the sound of it.. especially when ran through a valve compressor\eq and resampled into my emu! :loveit:

I love the classic hoover sound and have found whilst the unique tone comes from the original oscillators unusual shape\sound, width modulation of a saw wave and the pulse\saw width modulation being done differently to normal synths.. the major factor to the sound is from the chorus effect - if only it had an input to route other synths through that chorus!

PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:32 pm
by gcoudert
Dark Syndicate wrote:Well i recently bought a Roland Alpha Juno 1


I tried once when it first came out or thereabouts, but after owning a Juno 60, it didn't do it for me so I settled for a JX8P.

My current set-up (minus my DX7 Mark 1) and the gear I once owned can be seen here:
http://www.gillescoudert.com/music.htm

Gilles

PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:21 pm
by alien_brain
the more i get into this tracker idea, the more i see where jungle trix come from... i am very happy i decided to check this out. i just wish i could add more cards and double the polyphony...