I come in from harvesting a bucket of beautiful carrots from the garden, wash the dirt from my hands, and unpack the weird international adapter power supply for the #AdrenaLinn 3. And, on roughly the 11-year anniversary of its acquisition, and for the first time in eight years, it runs just fine. #RogerLinn

@music if you listen to the intro of #jamuary 11, you’ll hear what sounds like some kind of sample & hold synth. It is the #tr606 going through an effect of the #adrenalinn & getting modulated at the bpm of the drum machine. It is a bit of an obscure use here but the pedal is definitely carrying its weight in the mix.

Meanwhile the clicky sound is not percussion or drums, that comes from the tape mechanism that i’ve recorded on its own, as a clin d’oeil to my album “Radio interference”

One particularly weird “instrument” that is used on that #music #track is technically a guitar pedal, the #adrenalinn by Roger Linn (of Linn Drum fame). It is primarily an effect pedal, processing the input using a variety of modulations and fx. It has midi in/out and can send start/stop/midi clock (which i used to sync the #tr606 and #tb303). But on top of that, it also incorporates a drum machine of sorts. I also used that functionality to add variety. #jamuary #synth #midi @music

In the end i did end up using the #tb303 for my latest #jamuary2025 track, in a dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde dual use. From borderline mysterious #ambient electronic bassist to intransigent #techno screaming banshee, it ended up filling its role perfectly, after sidetracking me for hours. #tb303 #tr606 #adrenalinn #sequentialcircuits #sixtrak #crumar #bit99 #hammond #novachord

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Jamuary 11 2025

The 6th track for #jamuary2025 was inspired by my "Radio Interference" album released 30 years ago. Embracing artifacts we normally try to hide, this incorporates mechanical noise (Radio Interference

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