Roland W30 on Ebay

Comes with original factory and 10 professional disks from midi mark.

Auction Link

Vintage Sample Archives

Instead of new samples of vintage gear, how about some OLD samples all created and archived before 2001, when this decade went to crap. Some of these directories haven’t been changed since 1995!!!!! It is a miracle they are still available! I imagine files sitting on some old hard drive, in the dark, probably covered with dust, still running. The are owners mummified in the next room and utility companies to big to bother to cut the power. Oh well, free samples!

Netboy “W30″

http://gamelay.usami.com/~netboy/w30/samples/

Obviously a guy, maybe japanese who used a W30. Last modified March 2000. Contains samples created in 1997 etc. Lots of roland, drum machines, and old breakbeats.

Mirror of “Hornet”

http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/pub/scene.org/mirrors/hornet/music/samples/

Descriptions of these sample packs available on this website which must be the original location (with non-working links).

Internet Trash

Internettrash “sample direct” Probably another mirror with some of same packs and description.

Some of the samples are in .XI format which are capable of being opened in Fast Tracker 2 and Milky Tracker. To open .XI wavs in OS X, Use Milky Tracker load the sample, hit 16 bit, then “NO” when it asks you to convert.

Roland JX-8P Analog Synthesizer

Ebay: Circuit Bent NES & RX7

Circuit Bent Modularized Yamaha RX7 and Nintendo NES

More pictures and ebay auction here.

Korg DS-10 Plus golden out next month

“The music synthesizer lets anyone make music and you’ll get more bang for your buck if you use KORG DS-10 Plus on a DSi rather than a DS. Playing the game on the DSi will get you 12-voice polyphony, four tracks for the analog synthesizer simulator, two drum machine and more. Additionally, up to eight units can be linked together to play music or exchange songs with on either the DS or DSi.”

Found on Destructoid

New Italo Music: Cosmoride By Dreamtime

This guy makes crazy music.
Check out ANySyNTH’s channel

Just in case: TR-808 OSC Frequencies

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alh84001/4317053702/in/pool-71814279@N00

finally got around to measuring the oscillators in my tr808 hihat clone circuit:
263, 400, 421, 474, 562, 660 Hz….

Simple Drum Programming Tips: Samples

This tip will make your drums sound more dynamic and natural will work in software, sampler, or korg/roland grooveboxes.

1. To make single drum samples sound more natural make a random +8 depth pitch mod. Set to random oscillation. This attempts to make multiple hits less predictable.

2. Use accents in your step sequencer.

3. Route the bass and snare to a guitar distortion pedal. Use the EQ and gain to subtley tweak the sound. This works well if your drum sample rom is too clean.

4. Layer multiple snare samples. On accents both samples are triggered; Non-accents a single, main snare sample will suffice.

Ebay: JX-8p + PG800 = Complete Set.

Only $1,400!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Roland-JX-8P-Analog-synth-PG800-Programmer-W-HardCase_W0QQitemZ180460635605QQcmdZViewItemQQptZKeyboards_MIDI?hash=item2a044ac5d5#ht_1171wt_1043

Alesis Micron SE – BLUE

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