AW: [sdiy] Anyone ever build a sampler?

[Czech Martin]

Oh man, these were the days...
D**pf*r 8 bit sampler and there was also a c't magazin
project, which used an Apple II for control.
I had no money, just finished my A-level, heading towards
University...

Later on I got a "Galactic" 8 bit Sampler for the ATARI STE,
I still have it and I'm sure I'll use it again.
Sometimes this expansion card gets stucked, I could never figure
out why, I assume it has to do with input overdrive
and latch up. The funny thing is that even disconnecting
the thing will not help, the latch up seems to be permanent,
at least for a couple of minutes. How can a TL084 do this??
Anyway, there's nothing better for LoFi ;->

They also made a 4 voice card, i think even with MIDI.

Someone I know uses an old AKAI 12bit machine, it has some
features that no other machine has, he manages to record
8 tracks, they start in unisono and after a while he
makes some of them slower (data entry wheel?),
this gives nice rotating effects when played by 8 speakers
in a circle.

I think these items should be on some flee markets in Germany.
Ebay?

Sometimes you need to go real cheap, this is cool,
using this old stuff for professional recording...

m.c.


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Florian_Anwander [mailto:Florian.Anwander at consol.de]
> Gesendet: Montag, 22. Oktober 2001 13:55
> An: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Betreff: Re: [sdiy] Anyone ever build a sampler?
> 
> 
> Hi Theo, hi Glen
> 
> > There is also the Elektor sampler by C. Assall and Dieter D. (1986)
> I built one voice of it (Recordmodule, playbackmodule, loopmodule, CCU
> and HighspeedVCO); it worked fine; I did a lot of commercial 
> productions
> with it in the late eighties. (If anyone knows the german movie "Die
> Katze" with Goetz George: nearly all noises come from this 
> one sampling
> card and my Formant).
> 
> 
> > I have the schematics and PCB layouts, but at the moment 
> the whole book is a
> > bit too bulky for me to scan/copy.
> > Also it might be a problem to get hold of the software there days,
> > but the CV version (no CCU) might be more interesting to 
> build anyway as it
> > will blend into a modular system.
> > Hooking up the sampler to a parallel port of a PC for 
> sample storage should
> > be no big deal.
> I have also the C64 Flexdisks here Software. I could ask 
> D**t*r D**pf*r
> whether I am allowed to scan the schemoes and the layout. I 
> think it is
> no real problem, because they once already allowed me to copy the
> software for other people (these days I had still a C64). The book
> itself isn't in print anymore.
> 
> I could also send the three books A4 sized books to you, Glen, so you
> could copy them.
> 
> Florian
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