[sdiy] DSP 808 new demo

Adam Inglis 21pointy at tpg.com.au
Thu Jul 25 01:27:42 CEST 2013


On 25/07/2013, at 8:03 AM, Mattias Rickardsson wrote:

> On 24 July 2013 22:48, Richie Burnett <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk>  
> wrote:
>>
>>> As a TR808 owner for over 20 years, I was a little embarassed to  
>>> only
>>> discover recently the source of the Egyptian Lover "zap" sound -  
>>> you simply
>>> take the 14 volt trigger output from the "Accent Out" and plug  it  
>>> in to
>>> your mixer (making sure you turn down the trim!) Doh! And I   
>>> always thought
>>> it was a high Q filter sweep!
>>
>> My unit currently doesn't model this "gate pulse heard as audio"  
>> sound. It
>> could easily be added as an alternative "zap" instrument if you  
>> think it's
>> worthwhile though.
>
> Interesting, must try it. In a studio context I'm sure that the EQ of
> a mixer could transform this spike into something that rings and has
> much more character than the raw spike. All signals are worth
> listening to! :-)


If anyone is interested in sampling or auditioning this sound I've put  
a short  AIF file of some zap examples up here:
http://www.adambaby.com/tempdownloads
The first two are 808, the third is Prophet 5 rev 3 filter sweeps.

Adam



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