Roland CR-8000 modded version – JAS#009

Posted on December 27, 2011 by admin

Ladies and gentlemen, we are back with our review series, JAS Review #009, this time we took one of our more rare drum machines – Roland CR-8000 modded by Gotharman. It’s pure evil!

This short review shows some of the capabilities within this fine piece of equipment. The Roland CR-8000 is a fine drum machine, no doubt about that, but with the modifications made by Gotharman it’s a completely new machine. Besides an evil filter there is a noise mod added to the clap (with attack possibility), tune on the kick and it’s possible to bypass all the modifications (plus some more additions that turns our Roland CR-8000 into one of a kind drum machine!).

Links:
Roland CR-8000 on Vintagesynth
Roland CR-8000 Service Manual, Owner’s Manual, & Voice Board Schematics
Gotharman

PS. We are currently working on a sample pack for you Roland CR-8000 lovers.

Roland TR-505 – jas_justareview010

Posted on September 8, 2010 by admin

Recently bought this little machine for an outdoor project (it runs on batteries).
It’s plastic and very limited, but I like it and especially if you add some wah, distortion and delay. This video was made only to give you a glimpse of the Roland TR-505 in action and to give you some sort of impression on how it sounds. This is the pure sound of a Roland TR-505 (nothing added).

Live sequencing – Roland TR-505
Recorded using Lexicon Alpha
Camera1 – Canon IXY
Camera2 – Nokia E71

Bonus:
The distorted/delay drums are made live with the TR-505:
www.soundcloud.com/unklekarma/robot-gymnastics-puha-edit

(where is number 9?)

Please use some sort of search engine for further information on this product

justareview #008 – Raagini Digital

Posted on January 23, 2010 by admin

Raagini Digital – electronic tanpura, We call it the indian box and it’s a very basic synthesizer
with little possibilities. But it got that india-exotic-new-age sound which makes it a bit special.

Recorded using TC konnekt8 running Studio One.

made by… Kaare Bøje
Thanks to… Kristoffer “Teppop” Bredahl

Link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9X-w83TTPA
www.vimeo.com/8930958

Korg MS10 – pantasy teaser

Posted on January 21, 2010 by admin

A little teaser for our upcoming review of the Korg MS10 – enjoy.

Recorded using TC konnekt 8 running Studio One.
Upstereo, Studio One EQ, Kjaerhus Master+Limiter added to final mix.

camera… Andreas Stoubye Johansen
sound, edit & graphics… Kaare Bøje
thanks to… Lasse Sort

Link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYclvfSeAmA

Nes + Midines – JAS_review006

Posted on February 15, 2009 by admin

NES + MIDINES
(JAS_review006)

Lets go back to school lets go back to the oldschool.
This relatively rare item has 5 midi channels, almost no CC commands (which means no tweaking) and is able to make some great noise! The sound is unique and hard to copy and please dont speak to me about software emulation this is the real deal. You get all the great noise from the chip itself and the output.
Beside the sound module you also get a visualizer which can be shown on TV. Showing some 8bit graphics in various colors depending on what you play.

The track consists of all 5 midi channels, played more or less randomly. Each track was programmed using Cubase and recorded with TC konnekt 8.

EQ, compression and limiter added in the final mix/mastering.

Please keep in mind that this track was entirely done for showing what sounds you can get from this evil 8 bit monster.

More information on MIDINES:
http://www.wayfar.net/0xf00000_overview.php

Video recorded with Panasonic NV-GS50
Thanks to Martin Craggs for video camera support
www.craggs.dk

Novation Xio 25 – jas_review007

Posted on January 22, 2009 by admin

Novation Xio 25
(JAS_review007)

Novation has always been one of my darlings in the world of synthetic sounds.
This little synthesizer is much more than plastic box with sounds.
Its also a soundcard and midi controller and is great for travelling purposes or maybe in the low-budget home recording studio.
The video shows me playing live and running through some of the presets programmed by various top artists such as: Ferry Corsten, Jamiroquai and Roots Manuva.
Minor tweaking and pitching.
You need to like the sound of Novation and dont expect any analogish sound from this little beast.
Furthermore its not build like a 70s synth which means the knobs and the case itself is a bit too plastic for my taste.
But I was (still am) impressed. The soundcard is far better than M-audio, EMU 0202 and other low-budget recording gear. It only needs USB power to run and on top of that a 3 osc synthesizer with a decent sound.

Value for money.

EQ, compression and limiter added in the final mix/mastering.
(Some clipping might occur)

Please keep in mind that this track was entirely done for showing what sounds you can get from the Novation Xio synthesizer.

More information on Novation Xio:
http://www.novationmusic.com/products/midi_control/xio/