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offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-04 21:39 [#02519162]
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Nah no worries, i was tired talking about my machines anyway
for the time being


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2017-05-05 06:49 [#02519259]
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When was that? I live in Utrecht. Next time you visit we'll
grab a beer


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2017-05-05 12:56 [#02519261]
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You need your own place


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-05 13:27 [#02519264]
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I don't understand


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2017-05-05 13:37 [#02519265]
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The last time I spoke to you, you told me I couldn't visit
you because you moved in with your parents


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-05 13:49 [#02519266]
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My parents? They have been divorced since I started college
in 2007..


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-05 13:52 [#02519267]
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I have shared a house shortly with my father because we both
were in the middle of moving and my old ass father didn't
have a dime or a job to get somewhere without help of
anyone. Of course I wouldn't just invite someone randomly
over at such a time..


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2017-05-05 14:37 [#02519269]
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Ow ok, I misunderstood back then. Sorry. But you still live
with your dad right now?


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-05 14:57 [#02519272]
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Clue is in my previous answer mate.


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2017-05-05 15:25 [#02519273]
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Why won't you play it in real live then?


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-05 15:30 [#02519274]
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Could you just iterate that question a couple of times
inside your head?


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-05 15:31 [#02519275]
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And I don't mean the spelling, but genuinely, just iterate
over what you're actually trying to achieve here..


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2017-05-05 15:55 [#02519276]
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Hahaha...I see now what I said. My English is bad, very bad.
Sorry about that.
I was trying to achieve an invitation to your home, you
showing me your 808 machine, "in real life". Love to have a
jam session once mate :-)


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-05-05 16:07 [#02519281]
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LAZY_TITLE


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-05 16:11 [#02519282]
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haha - jam and blue jam

should have become a genre in its own right


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-05 16:21 [#02519283]
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fah - have you ever considered making up Cat Girl Synth
modules?


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-07 21:14 [#02519342]
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Deffo considered Ken Stone's designs, i'm imagining of a
slanted big wooden brick with a massive synth inside it and
a matrix pin-panel (like the ones inside VCS3s)


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-07 21:57 [#02519343]
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ooh la la


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-07 23:02 [#02519344]
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also looked at sum yusynth stuff, will be next project after
own design drummachine and some modular designs i want out
of paper prototyping stage


 

offline jnasato from 777gogogo (Japan) on 2017-05-08 07:55 [#02519351]
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Home m8d thread derailing (dot com)


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-08 11:52 [#02519355]
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culd b worse


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2017-05-08 20:12 [#02519382]
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home made m8


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2017-05-16 17:34 [#02519786]
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Please pm on Facebook. I don't get it.


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-16 18:07 [#02519787]
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He's too famous now lol
J/k


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2017-05-16 22:23 [#02519795]
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home made 80m8


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 16:39 [#02519815]
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robin, do you get lots of pussy now you're famous? :-D


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 19:43 [#02519834]
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y actually, pussy rate gone up by 808%

huehue


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 19:44 [#02519835]
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more @ 11


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 19:51 [#02519839]
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u need to fix your SD m808, last time i checked a soundcloud
clip it sounded awful.. turn up the noise dial inside the
machine m8


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 20:33 [#02519850]
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i turned down the tone knob for the last batch of tracks,
there are three sounds generated by the sd. the tone knob
adjusts between two sounds.
left = low tone
middle = both tones, slightly quiet
right = high tone
i was experimenting with the tone knob, i wanted my newer
tracks to sound subtly different to the older tracks

Try listening to this one:
https://britishacid.bandcamp.com/track/custard-cream-comman
do

do you notice the same issue?

i sold a 303 back in 2007 and bought another in 2008 , the
first had sticky buttons and sounded like crap, the second
one which i own today sounds amazing. it has a few blotches
on the back of the case but it was stored in someone's
basement in the USA for 20 years so it was hardly used.

the rule is no two analogue rolands sound the same

but i do agree that your 808 sounds really great m8


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 21:08 [#02519860]
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It's the noise tail of your snaredrum that makes it sound
like "chicken frying" rather and during the build of mine
that was caused by a wrongly tuned noise coming from the
generator. It modulates a portion of the impact part of the
envelope generator as well for that instrument.. I believe
the sound of yours means there's too little noise coming
through to wake up the parts that make it go "pshhh" instead
of "pflll".

The rest of the circuitry can't really go very wrong, did
you know though that the tone max height was different in
earlier batch of the tr808?


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 21:11 [#02519861]
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No I didn't know. I never was a fan of my own 808's bassdrum
but I don't mind the snare drum really. It's down to taste.
I would really like to find the one with drexciyan hi hats
though. I might sell my 808 on ebay and use the money to buy
a different 808 lol ;-)


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 21:12 [#02519862]
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Accent's always turned all the way up on mine, do you think
that makes a difference?


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 21:15 [#02519863]
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Totally down to taste, keep buying them until you got the
drexciya one !!

Accent adds a bunch of voltage to the spike of current that
makes up the oscillation of each instrument, so the peak of
the slide is louder, more clipped, fuller


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 21:19 [#02519864]
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btw let me ask you, how did you get your music on vinyl?
were you pm'd with lots of offers or did you send out demos?


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 21:21 [#02519865]
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Never sent out demos unless a label asked me for them. All
times I have been approached through FB pm, soundloud pm,
email, in person, etc


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 21:24 [#02519866]
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I got two offers randomly this year but they never turned
into anything, do you ever get that? What do you usually
say? Do you just hand over .wav files or tapes straight away
or do you ask loads of questions or what? Help a noob out
here please with some good advice :-)

And I think I will change my 808, I've been considering it
for a while. Thanks for the advice bro.


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 21:48 [#02519873]
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No worries man, glad i could help for real.

In what way did they not turn into anything? Bad
communication/(artistic) differences? I have had loads of
them to be honest otherwise I would have much more out on
vinyl haha, but that is just what it is. When you don't feel
'the magic' with a label, don't do it. I always let them
talk about their work and label before moving onto the
bizniz (then you will also know if you're just going to be
filler or these people are genuine fans of your music). I
send them hi q mp3 first of concept album/load of tracks/etc
(the more the better), unmastered wav when settled on which
tracks are going to be sent to mastering/pressing plant.
Also don't be afraid to ask/talk about whether you will earn
anything with it or whatever when there's no talk about it,
some good label owners just flatout go "you get this amount
of total" or "we sadly can't give you any money up front but
will send you x amount of copies to sell for yourself". Ie
just keep the talk chill and honest!

But, it really all depends on what direction you want your
music to go into, i tend to be a bit more strict with who i
release with depending on whether they just want a bulk of
random music from me to choose from or genuinely ask me to
release an EP/album with them.


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 21:51 [#02519875]
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Great reply m8. I'm gonna be on a cd soon with some online
buddies @xephem records, we're all gonna share the cost of
about £30 each for 100 cds in total. Feels good creating
something with friends.


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 21:55 [#02519877]
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Hmm, have you ever been interviewed by the press? You should
be interviewed man, would be cool.


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 21:57 [#02519879]
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Man the feeling of creating is often more exciting than the
releasing haha. Good work though, go forth and make art !


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 22:03 [#02519880]
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I was once but I had to make a podcast mix for it to be
released, and then I realised I'm really shit at making
podcast mixes, so that interview never came out. They're
always the same though kinda, what influences, favorite
record, bla bla


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 22:08 [#02519881]
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did you read this?
it's my friend in china is looking for electronics work
making pcbs or anything like that
i wonder if he can get you a cheap price

https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=181572


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 22:10 [#02519882]
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Yeah I saw it, I might have some use for it in the future
though I'm working with a collective of interactive media
designers who might be interested in this for their next
installation. Will pass on the word


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 22:11 [#02519883]
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thx


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 22:13 [#02519884]
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are you a member of muffwiggler? it's really great for
hardware people. nearly everyone on there has a big studio
and they're all super nice.


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 22:15 [#02519886]
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I think i have an account there... or that was another diy
forum, like electronicmusic.com or something similar. Posted
an LM13700 filter protoboard design there once..


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 22:17 [#02519887]
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totally wrong website btw but my memory is a bit hazy these
days, too much work, too little internet bingeee


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2017-05-17 22:18 [#02519888]
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ah electromusic.com is dead...

muffwiggler is alive!

didn't you have some modded drum machines? did you replace
the eprom on some gadgets? i just asked about you in the
color squad discord, they're already big fans of yours


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2017-05-17 22:24 [#02519889]
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I built my own protoboard drummachine once (used it on
this track) but also made a usb rom sample burner to
plug into the Yamaha RX5 based on GliGli's schematics


 


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