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This was used on the album The Volt Age (Most main drum sounds) |
I used to call these my Poo-poo drums (because they could make that sound). Really cool machine. Lots of sliders and knobs. Used on a bunch of Tic Tok Men tracks.
I sold this after the studio got MIDIfied. Of course I held on to them for years until I convinced myself to sell them. They currently reside in Finland.
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I only had this for a few months. The damn thing kept getting stuck MIDI notes. Sometimes I had to restart a sequence 3-4 times before I got the entire track committed to audio. It sounded nice but I hated it. Perhaps this was just a crap machine.
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I found this unit in perfect shape at a garage sale on the US Oregon coast. It was sitting in cardboard box under a table with a $25 price tag labelled “keyboard” on the side. I looked in the box and saw the side and before I looked deeper it was under my arm. I assumed it was a Rogue, but hoped it was a MG-1 (as I already owned the Rogue at the time). It was in perfect shape and I’d guess it hardly saw use. I know I didn’t use it. I fiddled with it for a few hours and it assumed the same fate as my Rogue. A MIDI-less forgotten son. This ended up being sold a few years later.
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This was a cool little synth. I bought this new around 1984 and used it for years. After I moved to a MIDI driven system I found I used this less and less. It sat for years without being powered on. I decided instead of letting it rot away I’d sell it to someone who would enjoy and use it.
I ended up trading it straight across for my Roland JP8000.
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I bought this for next to nothing as it has the leaked battery problem. Someone has started the repair work but after doing a few traces it looks like they gave up. Cosmetically it was in great shape. This synth sat around for a couple years and I never got inspired to repair it. Sold it for what I bought it for.
Built like a tank, I love this synth. It’s really weird. Mine stands out a bit because it was actually shot with a .22 pistol (long story.. don’t ask). The bullet just bounced off this beast. In fact, you have to look hard to see the damage. I’ll give you a hint. It’s under F6.
Sadly, my Bit One has electronic issues (not related to the drive by shooting). It used to work, then it didn’t work right, then it got shot. I fully planed on having this beast repaired one day – but got tired of packing it around. So I sold it.
The Guts
The guts - yes, I know the backup battery is missing
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Specs, specs, we got specs…
Polyphony – 6 voices
Oscillators – 2 DCOs per voice (triangle, sawtooth, pulse waveforms, noise)
LFO – 2 LFO’s (triangle, ramp and square waveforms)
Filter – 1 VCF Resonant...
16 stereo channels (32 mono inputs) plus 4 stereo aux returns (8 extra mono inputs), and two mic preamps.Read More 
Overall this was a pretty good sounding delay unit. Clean and quiet. It wasn’t very “musical” though. The main reason for me dumping this unit was the tap tempo button (which should be outlawed).
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I had this things for years. I bought it for a few bucks, took it to the studio, and was never really impressed with it. I don’t think I ever used it on a final mix. It was a space filler in the rack up until the day I sold it.
Features
2 channels of process for stereo or separate mono mixes
5 segment LED output meters
+18dBu headroom
RCA and1/4″ inputs and outputs
Hardwire bypass
Bypass switch for comparison of processed to unprocessed signal
Specifications
Frequency Response,
Process Mode: Program controlled
Bypass Mode: 10Hz to 50kHz, +/- 0.5dBu, 10dBu input
Signal to Noise Ratio: 112dB Process IN
THD, Process mode: less than 0.025% at 20-20kHz
Bypass mode: less than 0.002% at 20-20kHz
Maximum Output: +18dBu (may vary due to control settings)
Input Impedance: 47K Ohms, unbalanced 1/4″ p...
Very cool, basic, no frills delay. I used this one a lot,.. until it died. It just stopped working one day. Very sad.
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