What's he doing smoking around rare vintage gear? For shame?

I hope this will be better than the last couple of vintage synth docs I saw that were total snoozefests.

You can get step sequencer plugins but none of them are designed for complete songs like the EPS sequencer. There are definitely DAWs that let you step sequence in the piano roll from a keyboard...Logic is one (Mac only of course) where after you set the note length, you just start playing your keys...

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There is no way to run Garageband on Windows.

What's your budget, how many tracks do you need, will you be using third party plugins or only sounds available inside the DAW itself? You won't find most DAWs as easy to work with as Garageband, though. There's more of a learning curve involved.

All synths that used tape interfaces are very sensitive to the level. Try lowering the volume out of your computer.

You won't find the action on either the Alesis or M-Audio to be up to your standards. You cannot find piano-weighted keys in any 49 key controller I can think of. The best action I've played in a 49 key controller is the Akai MPK49. It's weighted, but doesn't feel like a piano. Sounds like space is ...

A trigger is not a clock, it is a single pulse. Yes, if the TR8 is playing a pattern the trigger will start looking like a clock but only if the pattern is consistent, like endless 1/32 notes on the hi-hat. Volca sync is two pulses per quarter note . So if the TR8 was sending a continuous stream of ...

Tell us where your friend lives and we will go kill him for you :evil: :evil: :evil: Seriously, your description is too vague to suggest a fix. Start with the simplest possible programming...one VCO waveform only, filter wide open with zero resonance, no modulations of any kind. What does this sound...

Nothing off the shelf can do that, or at least not easily. I can't think of any any synth that allows pitch bends in hZ rather than semitones. So the pitch bend amounts would have to be tweaked by experimentation. A bend from 1000 to 1005 is totally different than bending from 2000 to 2005 (2000 to ...

See page 3 of the D-05 Parameter Guide

Joke's on us now!

It appears that Korg is getting ready to do a KARP 2600 reissue in 2020, per none other than Jean Michel Jarre who spilled it in a phone video a few days ago. Just google "Korg 2600" for more info.

I've never seen it done for cleaning pots!!!! Can't say I would recomend it.

I have seen circuit boards run through cleaning baths both before and after soldering during manufacturing.

Almost nobody builds audio gear with the idea that the pots should be easily accessible for cleaning.

I agree with madtheory. TAL is perfect for learning subtractive synthesis because it is so basic. The SOS articles go into a lot of topics that are important to a full understanding of how sounds are created but for a beginner it can be overwhelming. At no point do they get into "how to make slammin...

If the volume is controlled by a potentiometer, then try cleaning it. The behavior you describe is consistent with pots that have a lot of crud built up inside over the years.

It's likely the switches for the other sounds also need cleaning or replacement.

Download the MAX MIDI Guide. Starting at page 19 it describes all the MIDI settings. Good luck!