Jacob Korn

Jacob Korn EB Slices Tech Talk

Posted by in Education, mods & repairs, News, Studio, Videos

Jacob Korn takes Telekom Electronic Beats TV into his studio for a Tech Talk with a difference. Watch as Jacob demystifies the seemingly complex world of modifying synthesisers and drum machines. In addition, to Korn’s wisdom, you will also hear 2 demos of what a few modifications can do to your gear, be it Roland, Yamaha or any other brand. Check out www.jacobkorn.de/studio for more infos on mentioned projects!

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listen to Jacob Korn live at Sónar 2016

Posted by in Livesets/DJ, News

Catch Jacob Korn live at Sónar 2016! https://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/sonar-sessions/episodes/jacob-korn-sonar-2016 The shape of house to come as presented by Dresden’s Jacob Korn. Straight from the 2016 edition of Sónar Festival in Barcelona. Alongside his actual profession on the interface of audio, visual and dance, Jacob Korn has also been producing electronic music for what seems like an eternity. Early on in his career, the 2007 Red Bull Academy alum combined hip hop and techno with elements of jazz and weird electronics under the moniker of Granufunk. Under his given name, Korn is…read more

Danelectro Spring King mod

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The Danelectro Spring King is a small spring reverb, but there’s also a slapback delay in it, using a PT2399S chip. Thanks to some documentation on the internet I could easily mod the reverb to control the delay. The idea is to be able to get only the reverb signal if we want, and in a general way to take advantage of the delay by changing the Time and Feedback as we feel.Control Delay Time: Between PIN6 (VCO) and Ground, there’s a CMS resistor „362“ (3,6k). Once it’s taken off…read more

Pearl DRX-1 tune + decay mod triggered by TR-606 (poor man´s Syncussion)

Posted by in equipment, KORN HARDCORE CUSTOMS, mods & repairs, News, Studio

Duration 6h for Mods: 300€ + parts (knobs+housing) + postage (german clients + 19% tax) Stereoping pointed out some interesting mods for this VCR-looking analog drum beast. Since I like the idea of saving kits i focussed on parameters like tune and decay for real-time control. Triggering those 5 voices by my modded TR-606 with multiple outputs. Great fun! RENT GEAR HERE: Thx for the nice documentation! http://www.stereoping.com/pearl-drx-1-drumsynth/?lang=en The Pearl DRX-1 has 5 Instruments which can be triggered by drum pads. Of course, you can also feed some trigger signals into…read more

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Roland Space Echo RE-200 Sound on Sound mod+restoration

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Got this earlier version of the RE-201 in a very bad shape. After a lot of hours, it´s alive again. Replaced all pots and connections, recapped the power supply and adjusted the tape transport that caused a lot of issues. thx to Jacob Stoy who borrowed his RE-200 for troubleshooting. check out the „sound on sound“ mod! quite noisy but fun unit!!!           https://youtu.be/VJ9MP76cpNM

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