Jacob Korn

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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Roland TR-909 vs. Aira TR-8 shootout (HQ)

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Ok, this is the shootout of two Roland drum machines. The classic techno beast from 1984 the TR-909 and the 2014 new kid on the block with 909 and 808 sounds onboard the Aira TR-8. Both got their own sweet spots in sound. i tried tuning the TR-8 as close as possible to the pitch and sound shaping possibilities of the TR-909. The recording was done while MIDI slaving the TR-8 to the 909. I tweaked both machines live and overdubbed them on the fly to show that the elements…read more

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