New Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synth

[StephenGiles]

http://www.electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21279

Cast your eyes over this and you might learn something different

There is a lot of pre release discussion before the link to the article

http://mypeoplepc.com/members/scottnoanh/birthofasynth/id28.html

[Processaurus]

Yow! Many thanks for pointing that out.  I'll make one of those for sure, been interested in percussion synth since a friend became obsessed with Synares.  At some point it'd be really fun to make some sort of pads out of odd shaped flat rubber and Kynar film.

[Mark Hammer]

When the Canadian Radio Shack (The Source) recently dumped all their pots at bargain prices, I scooped up what I could locally.  Given that they were basically "only" 10k, 100k, and 1M values, and that the MPS pretty much uses ONLY those values, I'm kind of glad I went a little overboard.

[StephenGiles]

When the Canadian Radio Shack (The Source) recently dumped all their pots at bargain prices, I scooped up what I could locally.  Given that they were basically "only" 10k, 100k, and 1M values, and that the MPS pretty much uses ONLY those values, I'm kind of glad I went a little overboard.

Hi Mark, the piece that got me thinking concerns the use of pin 11 for a current controlled input on the 4046 used with the usual VC pin 9 tied to 15v, and the effect - probably useful, on BBD based stuff. Could this throw open a new range of experimentation?

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

I had a couple of Thomas Henry's original drum modules - the actual prototypes as it happens from when he was having a clearout - and the only problem with them (from my point of view) was that they sounded too much like real drums. A weird complaint - they would have been perfect for someone who actually wanted a tweakable drum sound!
I don't know how this new super module will go. But, in any case, I expect that like all analog circuitry it will be ripe for modding 
Certainly, everything Thomas Henry ever did worked 100%, so have no fear if you are going to build this.

[StephenGiles]

I had a couple of Thomas Henry's original drum modules - the actual prototypes as it happens from when he was having a clearout - and the only problem with them (from my point of view) was that they sounded too much like real drums. A weird complaint - they would have been perfect for someone who actually wanted a tweakable drum sound!
I don't know how this new super module will go. But, in any case, I expect that like all analog circuitry it will be ripe for modding 
Certainly, everything Thomas Henry ever did worked 100%, so have no fear if you are going to build this.

Funny that, I use a Roland R5 and the sounds are real drums, but you can put a human feel, so I have an electronic Dave Mattacks!