[sdiy] Boss PC-2, JoMoX XBase-09

[Trevor Page]

How about building your own TR909 bassdrum circuit? I've cloned the entire
TR909.

~Trev

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----- Original Message -----
From: Drew Smith <drew at pctc.com>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 7:40 PM
Subject: [sdiy] Boss PC-2, JoMoX XBase-09


>
> Hey again, folks,
>
> Just getting into DIY - just finished my first project ("Electronics
> Projects for Musicians"; dual filter), and I'm waiting on the delivery
> of my new BassAce synth board and PIC.
>
> I know what I want my next project to be - a killer basskick.  I do
> live-pa techno, and that's really the cornerstone that I need...
> currently using a sample of a TR-909 kick on a Sequential Circuits
> Prophet 2002+ sampler, heavily filtered with high resonance... it's
> really nice, deeeeep and thick.
>
> However, I heard a live-PA the other week who used an XBase-09, and
> that basskick blew me away!  So, I want one - but I don't wanna pay
> $1200 CAD for a basskick!  Also, using that sampler as my kick is a
> pain, and I'd rather be using it for vocal samples and leaving the kick
> to a dedicated unit.
>
> So I've got the Boss PC-2 to start from - did some quick chatting with
> the live-pa guy with the XBase, and discovered some more about it -
> controls are similar, there's a pitch, sweep (only downward sweep
> tho...) and decay, as expected, but there's also a knob for "Pulse"
> (width?), a knob for noise (wondering what it's using as a source), and
> one for "Harmonics".  There's also an EQ knob (passive filter?) and
> another knob for "attack".
>
> So, all told, sounds like there'd need to be some serious modding of
> the PC-2 before it became an XBase - a ringmodulator, a passive filter,
> an envelope generator, pwm... sheesh.  My skills stop at "I wonder what
> it'd sound like if I used a pot with double the value!". :)
>
> Anyone built an "ultimate basskick" circuit?  Is there one available on
> the web somewhere?  Any recommendations or tips, or pointers to
> documentation that's relevant? Remember, I'm a newbie to this, only
> getting started, but I'm eager to learn. :)
>
> Cheers,
> - Drew.
>
> --
> Drew Smith, UNIX Network Administrator
> Pacific Corporate Trust Company, Vancouver
>