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Simmons SDS6 drum pattern programmer.
Picture taken from the Paul Maddox's page for lovers and users of the Simmons SDS range of instruments.
If you want to sell it Paul....I'm your man ;)

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audiomastermind.com : HOME > Free VST plugins

A huge list of 461 free vst plugins at audiomastermind.com. ( pc and mac )

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E-MU new cardbus portable audio system

Most of sound cards for laptop come with USB2 or firewire interfaces, whereas the best is the cardbus system.
E-MU new 1616M Laptop Digital Audio System is a powerful and portable laptop audio system with DSP effects, zero-latency monitoring and mastering-grade 24-bit/192kHz A/D and D/A converters.
The E-MU CardBus card can be used standalone for its DSP power and studio-quality headphone amp/line output, or plugged into the MicroDock M for a total of 16 inputs and 16 outputs plus two sets of MIDI I/O.
E-MU's Laptop Digital Audio Systems ship with ASIO2 and stereo WDM drivers for Windows XP and 2000, as well as the new E-MU Production Tools Software Bundle that includes E-MU's Proteus X LE, as well as software by Cakewalk, Steinberg, Ableton, IK Multimedia...

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Zealey Loop horse 3 : Free media manager

Loop Horse is a very useful media manager for music producers who use loops and samples in their compositions.
With it you can audition the files and only copying the ones that sound viable. You can also check the recording quality and bit rate, calculate the overall size of the files waiting to be copied or editing tag. Basic WAV loop editing & BPM calculation are include.
All editing is non destructive and will not change the source file unless required.
And LBNL it's free!

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Studio of the month : Wendy Carlos

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Synth of the week : Yamaha CS-01

The Yamaha CS-01 is a classic analog monophonic, single oscillator synthesizer with a 2 1/2 octave mini-sized keyboard. It's tiny and portable, it can run on batteries or via a wall-wart AC/DC converter, and there is a built-in amplifier and speaker.
As It was marketed to the first synth buyer, it looks as a toy, but it has been since adopted by many professionals for its great sound.

The CS-01 features a very nice 12dB resonant VCF filter.



Sine, square, PWM and noise type waveforms.



LFO controls - glissando (much better an funnier as a portamento) - a ADSR envelope generator - pitch & mod wheels and even a breath controller input (wich has separate knobs for VCA and VCF amount).

A CS-01 mkII was later released by Yamaha soon after the original. It featured an improved 24dB resonant VCF filter with adjustable slider control over resonance instead of switchable on/off resonance as found on the original. The CS-01 mkII is also identifiable by its black case with green letters.

The CS-01 did come with a cool carrying case.



You can download the Yamaha CS-01 manual here.

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