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Quoth
from Sweden on 2005-06-27 17:33 [#01645985]
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ok... it is pretty obvious that i love my little drum machine the elektron sps-1... so now that that is behind us in the back of each of our little heads, with big ideas...
if i wanted to make autechre'ish beats with this machine... should i buy a second one and just fucking "layer" it up"?
i've tried doing this sort of stuff before, recording some crazy ass beats onto digital performer, and then sort of mixing and beat matching to the best of my capabilities with the drum machine... it doesn't have enough punch and lacks the sonic capablities imho. i've tried running my roland juno 60 through the inputs on the sps-1 and have come out with some pretty little melodies locked into the elektron. anyone else experiencing this same sort of feeling and thought process in which i am telling you my likes, dislikes of making "music"?
560 years down the road, i will probably think this whole process in which one makes "music" is nonsense... and for future reference try to create something original that makes the ears tingle with delight and makes the spine shiver
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Taxidermist
from Black Grass on 2005-06-27 17:38 [#01645989]
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I didn't read all of your extensive post. Whqat I know is that autechre, to do the ultra fast drum beats have customized and circuitbent their drum machines to accomodate faster beat programming and higher BPM's... as well as using more than one..
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Quoth
from Sweden on 2005-06-27 17:42 [#01645992]
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if only my brainwaves were into the extensive research it must take to develop circuit bending and shit that makes machines do more than the average consumers things... i am just into that odd time beat making stuff which shouldn't be a problem with most people here, because this is where i have picked up loads of data that goes straight to my brain about various artists trying to do whatever they want to do with their machines and instruments
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Quoth
from Sweden on 2005-06-27 18:15 [#01646021]
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look at this nice set... i love my drum machine... but then again, i love my drum set :)
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Taxidermist
from Black Grass on 2005-06-27 21:14 [#01646057]
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Aparently basic circuit bending isn't that hard. What you do, is you have two metal pins, and connect them together with a pair of aligator clips and wire. Make sure all the metals involved are able to conduct smaller ammounts of electricity and that they are conected together properly...
Then what you do, is you start at one connector in the circuit board, and place the second pin from one connector to the next, untill you find a pair that do something interesting. Mark them off, and go about finding others untill you have retired all the possibilities with that first connector, and then start from the second, going around the board once more. Continue this untill you have tried all the connections, or found enough so that you are happy. Saulder the various pairs to eachother with a wires that have a switch in the middle, so you can turn the curcuit bend on and off. Its that simple.
Haven't tried it yet, but circuit bending is an activity that I plan to get into this summer.
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Quoth
from Sweden on 2005-06-27 21:37 [#01646062]
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I would be quite horrified, if for some reason, say for instance I connect make a new circuit and overload my machine... and then the reaction to my stupidity and clumsiness (sp?) would cause my machine to break down and fall apart.
The elektron machinedrum sps-1 is such a wonderful instrument all by itself, I think that if 1) I had more money to purchase more gear, I could dabble in doing what you are talking about.
But then again, I would never know about destroying instruments, because I still have so many things to learn about them... it makes me insane. Just, if you could, think of an automobile and when you add component parts to it, you upgrade it's performance ie; intake/out-take, exhaust, headers, spark plugs.... I'm pretty sure I understand where you are coming from in saying that I need to get under the hood of my drum machines and instruments and start tweeking on them.
Love, Mr. Quoth
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Taxidermist
from Black Grass on 2005-06-27 22:11 [#01646067]
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Yeah... understandable. Thats why you should only circuit bend things of small value, or no personal significance.
I need to get a drum machine. NExt thing on the list after the sampler...
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