Jacob Korn

Arion Stereo Chorus (Landau Mod)

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What a fat chorus that is. Especially for synths. It just needed some little tweaks to shine in the modulation section which was a little too fast and to weak for my taste. -LFO speed mod (1mikro Farad switchable in parallel to C32) -higher vibrato depth (remove R41 and replace with 470k) -chorus / vibrato mod (lift R28 and R34 where they meet. Tie them together and put it to the switches outer isolated lug. This removes the wet signal) -get two of those for real stereo chorus (the second…read more

Modded Roland TR-505

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-volume potis (from mute to normal and overdrive) -glitch mods -pitch oscillator mod I used J2 for ground and IC 10 pin 14 for 4.5 V source for the oscillator. Pitch tesistor is 10k log reverse. cap was below 100nF. The HKA mod is also very interesting, put it already to the TR707 Mods: 350€ + parts (knobs+housing) + postage (No VAT (small business §19 (1) UStG)) > Documentation: TR-505 Pitch Bend Mod www.jacobkorn.de 2014

Modded Roland TR-606 (aka poor man’s 808)

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Duration 8h for Mods: 450€ + parts (knobs+housing) + postage (No VAT (small business §19 (1) UStG)) Here is a little drumbeat on the 606 to demonstrate the modifications done by discrete audio solutions and me last year. the sound of the polite machine is now ready to transform into the direction of TR-808 (BD, SD, HT) or even TR-909 (SD, LT, ). this is one of the most complicated mods i have done so far, since the PCB and housing of the TR-606 is very small and a lot…read more

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Korg Poly 61 Mod and MIDI retrofit

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A Short video demonstration of the modifications and the MIDI Interface. Duration 6h for Mods: 350€ + parts (knobs+CHD MIDI kit) + postage (No VAT (small business §19 (1) UStG)) Mods documented here: http://e-jo.de. more simple mods here: http://voiceofsaturn.blogspot.de/2008/11/for-everyone-with-korg-poly-61.html MIDI Kit here: http://www.chd-el.cz/index.php?id=464&lngid=en www.jacobkorn.de 2014

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TR-808 DIY project – attack of the clones

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Building an TR-808 clone – project documentation   [soundcloud url=“https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/133337307″ params=“show_comments=true&auto_play=false&show_playcount=true&show_artwork=true&color=53BAC4″ width=“100%“ height=“225″ ] First test of the xlarge´s DIY tr-808 clone with MFB seq1 – loads of modifications, work in progress. PCBs by: www.curetronic.com Project site: http://xlargex.xl.funpic.de Modifications: http://www.stereoping.com/tr0815-clone/?lang=de Mods described: http://www.firstpr.com.au/rwi/tr-808/ 

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