Petit mot de remerciement pour notre boîte à rythmes, qui n'a jamais été bourrée, chiante, ou égomaniaque, et surtout qui ne nous a jamais proposé sa "nouvelle compo" en répet.

#diypunk #drummachine #Roland808

Now up! Skylark Duquesne's 2020 #rockopera "Selena and the Lighthouse Keeper: Across the Sea of Showers" (remixed for 24!), we start the story with "Moon Like a Heart".

The Lighthouse Keeper has lost Selena, who was swept up in a fascist takeover of #themoon He vows to fly up to Alpha Dome to find her.

It's a jaunty little #acoustic number with #americana -style slide and bleeping #synths I love the sound of an acoustic guitar over a #Roland808

(E warning: language)

https://skylarkduquesne.bandcamp.com/track/moon-like-a-heart-mix-24

Join me tomorrow for a Sunday of live mixing with KIT Plug-ins.

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Working on my plan to run #ReBirth, a #roland808 emulator on my old grey #mac, that's connected to my iMac because that one supports #AppleShare, so I can transfer the cd image to it. But first I download it to Mac mini...

Downloading is at #retrocomputing speeds 😀 Retro computing gives you ample time to toot!

edit: improved the toot. Like I said: retro computing leaves you with time to spare.

@Jyoti

How The Roland 808 Cowbell Worked

Every generation has an instrument which defines its sound, and for those whose formative musical years lie in the 1980s, a very strong contender to the crown is the Roland TR-808 percussion synthesizer. Its sounds can be recognized across a slew of hits from that era and every decade since, and though the original instrument wasn't a commercial success it remains accessible through sample packs, emulations, and clones. The 808 was an all-analogue device that didn't use samples, thus [Mark Longstaff-Tyrrell] has been able to reproduce its distinctive cowbell sound with reference to some of the original circuitry.

It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to find that the circuit is refreshingly simple. The trigger pulse is converted into an envelope which controls a pair of oscillators. The mixed output passes through a bandpass filter to create the distinctive sound on the output which you can hear in the video below the break. The circuit is recreated on a breadboard with the only concession to modernity being a microcontroller taking the place of the Schmitt trigger oscillators in the original.

Altogether it provides a fascinating insight into the synthesis behind a classic sound, and gives us an increased appreciation for the design skills of those Roland engineers who created it. We've looked at the 808 before a few times, including an explanation of the famous faulty transistors which contributed to its sound.

Header image: Brandon Daniel derivative work: Clusternote, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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