DIY Project: the NXT-606 LEGO Drummachine

Just found this on de:bug: a fun little DIY project from Peter Cocteau, built with LEGO, the great colored plastic toy for children… as I loved LEGO when I was a kid (especially technic-LEGO) I really digg this great invention… maybe I will build this in the near future?!? Have a look:

DIY: Midibox Sequencer V4

Just a small update on my recent DIY activities: the Midibox Sequencer V4 is almost finished. the frontpanel was done by julian, a really talented guy from england (thanks a lot for this great work!), the frontpanle PCB is the Wilba version, that has a real great interaction concept, and all the parts are from [...]

Step back in history: the Telefunken M15A

Yesterday another dream of mine became true when I picked up this wonderful piece of german engineering history. The Telefunken M15A is one of the most popular reel-2-reel tape recorders that was built in the mid 70s for the german radio broadcasting stations. Still used today by many recording engineers and well known for it´s [...]

DIY Kits: MIDI Fighter

This is a really great toy, definitely worth building this one, as it turns your DAW / Traktor / Digital DJing solution into an arcade-style, pinnball wizard feeling-lookalike jukebox! check out this small tutorial about the assembly, and you´ll most likely want to own one! I will order this as soon as all my other [...]

Roland Trigger out for the MB-808

As an add-on to my MB-808 I have built this small circuit to trigger the internal sequencer of a SH-101 as well as the the arpeggiator of a Juno-60. The original trigger signal of the Roland TR-808/606 and some other Roland instruments has a square waveform with a duration of 1ms, and a minimum of [...]

Finally complete: MB-808 the Bassqueen!

Yes, thats right: 10 months after starting to build this baby, she´s finally ready and sounds great! The MB-808 is a clone of the famous Roland TR-808 with a Midibox step sequencer; The bassdrum has this loooong boom, the snare comes snappy and sharp, the toms go pretty deep while the congas almost self oscillate, [...]

DIY-Project: The G-SSL Stereo Mix Compressor, part 2

It´s been quite a while since I posted the first part of the howto on the GSSL Compressor. That is, because I took a break after having it almost finished, then finished it, used it quite a few times, modified some stuff again, but didn´t have the time to write down the second part of [...]

NI Maschine still buggy, major issues with Snow Leopard

I am really sorry to say this, as I really like Maschine as a new innovative concept, but this piece of software still seems completely unfinished to me and not usable as promoted by NI at the moment. Not only the fact that key features are still missing in the software, and a big commmunity [...]

New Gear: Native Instruments Maschine

Yeah, thats right. Being a real Akai MPC 2000 XL lover I found it REALLY hard to believe that there is a new concept of Software/Hardware-Total Integration-Style Groovebox on the way… but after having it tested twice at the local music store (btw, I can definitely recommend Promusig in Zurich, they rock!) I decided to [...]

How to build a fretless bass

Hello fellows, here´s another small howto for those of you who like to modd a real instrument: A friend of mine recently gave me this old electric bass guitar, that he had bought a while ago on a flea market around here; It´s not really a great quality instrument, it was all dirty and dusty, [...]

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