Good news! aka the Look What I Just Got thread

[Headphones]

I have a Volca FM as well. But it’s not the best either for FM. I wish the DX200 could download DX7 patches as easy as Volca Fm did. But you can only get so many in. It’s a keeper though.

[ellaguru]

Not luckely i bought it in april, used just 5/6 times for few moments; now after some months i'm seeing today that it doesn't turn on; i' ve tried the same adapter (9v, 500ma) for the Volca Modular and it works on it, so i believe that the problem is on the Volca Fm. I've tried batteries and the Fm turns on.
Have you expérienced something like that?

[SP-USER]

What you both really need is a Korg OPSIX, there's no better hardware FM synth out there

Regards the problem you're having, since it still works on batteies it sounds as if you might have a broken solder joint on the power jack. To fix it, maybe just open it up and re-heat the solder joints connecting the power jack.

[ryba]

I'm quite happy with Reface CS. Looper is kind of useless, but the VA synth engine is superb.
This bad guy came tomorrow...

[Headphones]

Devo used to rock those. They’re a bit novelty, but they can be fun.

[ryba]

I'll try to get trigger clock out tomorrow..
It's just another kind of home organ with accomplainment,but looks funny.

[ophiucian]

I'm quite happy with Reface CS. Looper is kind of useless, but the VA synth engine is superb.
This bad guy came tomorrow...

So jealous of this!

I had a modified omnichord a while back, had to sell when I was strapped for cash, but damn it was fun:
https://www.folktek.com/instruments/sym ... hord-om-84

^^^Folktek, also well worth checking out for their other creations

[SP-USER]

I think there's a guy from Star-Trek has one of those!

[ryba]

I'll try to get trigger clock out tomorrow...

Just for info:
No luck with this...
rhythm and accomplainment is driven by ay-5-1315 chip, wich has integrated oscillator (controlled by potentiometer), osc clock is feeded back to chip. Thus for getting a clock out of it I'd have to take osc clock, feed it somewhere else, divide to clock and feed original clock back to a chip. Too complicated for me now. I can get triggers for individual sounds, but there's no reason to trigger anything else with it, so...

[ryba]

Also I got this before Omnichord:

[Headphones]

Roland had like 4 new ones of those awhile back. But it’d only be a real use to a drummer or conga player.

[ryba]

It's mostly usable as an extension to drummachine, e.g. TR606 (which lacks hand clap, but has 2 programmable trigger outputs).
But I also use it in conjunction with nord drum1 as a second snare (hand clap...) with external trigger pad...
But yeah, it's a one-trick pony.

[Headphones]

Nothing wrong with one trick pony gear. It's like being in a box. But if you can use it in a way to think outside that box, then it's satisfying. Pocket Operators are limited, but if you sample them, and add effects, you can get great samples.

[ryba]

yeah. I really like PO12 rhythm. I have bunch of toys laying around anyway

[Headphones]

So these have been off the market lately. I looked on eBay, Perfect Circuit, Reverb, and FINALLY one popped up. I picked it up because I wanted a 3rd oscillator for my Crave. Without a Envelope it’s just a constant saw, square or triangle wave. Without a filter, you can’t shape it much. Without a VCA, you can’t amplify it. That’s why The Crave covered most of those for me, but only had the 2 waveforms. The pedal has 3, so it should thicken my signals. It’s coming in from Austin Texas, so I can’t wait to mess with it.

MyXR20 supposed to be picked up, but I guess my roommate wasn’t allowed to pick it up for me. (I had to work today), and if I work late tomorrow I can’t get it until Wednesday.