I have just received an email from the Propellerheads guys, accepting me for beta testing their new sequencer, Record.
I have just downloaded and installed it (850 MB) and ready to play a bit with it (but my PC is not really so powerful for up-to-date software I am afraid).
I can't tell much about it (I signed and NDA) but will comment a bit in the future.
I finally fixed my TR-606, bought years ago. This machine came with a pre-installed mod that adds individual outputs for the different sounds. I then installed a MIDI retrofit that was still needing to be finished...
I bought this kit on eBay after purchasing the TR-606, and sadly it looks like it it not available anymore...
The MIDI Retrofit cannot be installed inside the unit, so I had to put it into an external box. I Installed the MIDI retrofit in an old "Philips" box I found in my dad's garage (it's not really wonderful...I'll look for a better one sooner or later).
I had an hard time after finishing it. It wasn't receiving MIDI notes...after half an hour of trials I re-read the original instructions and discovered...that it receives signals on MIDI Channel 6 only!!!
I just found these two beauties in a second-hand shop. A wonderful blue organ, Galanti Apollo, and a wonderful tube amp, a Davoli Studio B. Both are Italian stuff from the end of the sixties, I believe...
They were supposed not to be working (and in fact they are) but I managed to lower the price down to 30 Euros for both and decided to take this big "risk"... The Organ says "Galanti" in pink, and there's a small plexiglass lectern with "Apollo" on it. It lights up but no sounds at all. I need to open and inspect what might be wrong... I didn't try to power the Amp up. I opened it, cleaned a bit on the inside and ispected the capacitor, which is a 400 Volts 100 microfarads, I think it will need replacement. But before that cleaning and drying the moisture form the inside is needed...
If anyone has schematics or can provide any info on this couple please contact me at info [at] autodafe [dot] net
