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[I was going to put a photo here of Hitler dancing underneath the Arc de triomphe in Paris, but...

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This falls out of the thread scope, since it's not Craigslist or ebay, and it wasn't a purchase...but I'm bringing it up to offer to share the love with PRFers. One recent blog post I'd read reminded me of the Wall of Voodoo rhythm machine (Joe Nanini era); someone had called it a Kalamazoo Rhythm Ace, which is plainly wrong. A bit of investigation shows that it'd be either a Maestro Rhythm King (made in Kalamazoo) or an Acetone Rhythm Ace. When I was but a whelp, I'd seen the Call of the West era WoV live, and the Maestro Rhythm King is what was onstage.

Thinking that someone, somewhere, had digitized these sounds, I started poking around. Individual instrument hits are available here:

http://www.submodern.com/slowburn/?p=736

and I'm going to use them. But what if one wants the classic loops? One can get them here:

http://www.rhythminmind.net/drumsamples.html

...but they're in ReCycle audio loop format (.rx2) there. Doing a bit more poking about, I found a converter with a free trial period, and I've converted them to 16-bit .aiff (essentially the same as .wav; if you need .wavs, you should be able to convert them yourself). And so, ladies and gentlemen of the PRF, you may download them from here, if you're so inclined:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/muje53

terminus wrote:Acoustic 150 bass head for $15 on craigslist, after which I sold my 80s Maxon AD-9 for $150. Granted, the bass head doesn't work (apparently it just makes a buzzing sound), but I'm sure greg can tell me how to fix it, and it will end up fixing itself.worth it. get it.

very awesome! and timely! i had been trying to research what drum machine it was that Suicide used and noticed that Wall Of Voodoo seemed to use the same one...

thanks for the samples!!

terminus wrote:that damned fly wrote:worth it. get it.Got it.The switches seem really flimsy, and it looks like there was originally a lamp or something in place of a 3mm LED to indicate when its powered up. I was a bit surprised that it doesn't have a 3 prong plug, so I'm going to add an IEC socket. I'm going to just attach the ground wire to the chassis, but I'm wondering if I should maybe have a switch or something so I can cut that connection to get rid of any potential ground loops that show up. I know my IVP's power ground connection is the same as the chassis ground and instrument ground, so there's a definite potential for ground loops with it.I don't have a cab right now, and I was wondering whether a sealed 2x12 or a 1x15 would be more versatile for guitar and bass (and keyboard?). I don't really anticipate doing much in the way of live gigs for a year, so this would mainly be for jamming together on some righteous (in the non-religious sense) grooves and micing for recording purposes.2x12. don't ask me about speakers, my guess is something with a good freq. curve, and high power rating.

Thanks for the Maestro rhythm samples Maurice, lord knows why but I've just spent an enjoyable twenty minutes running them through every gain gizmo I could lay my hands on and turned them into a miniature pastiche of power electronics. I'll have a bash at Suicide next!

cjh wrote:Thanks for the Maestro rhythm samples Maurice, lord knows why but I've just spent an enjoyable twenty minutes running them through every gain gizmo I could lay my hands on and turned them into a miniature pastiche of power electronics. I'll have a bash at Suicide next!

YOU FFFFFFFAAAAACCCCCKKKKKKIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG CCCCUNNNNNTTTT!

William Bennett from Whitehouse spends most of his time dj-ing at Italo Disco nights nowadays...

Beyer M380 with bidding ending on September 12, 2001.
Due to the obvious goings-on at the time, bidding was slow-to-nothing, and due to the fact that there was no reserve, I got it for $95.
For the record, my max bid was about twice that and I, too, was paying no attention to ebay at the time. I'd made my bid days earlier and had kind of forgotten about the thing until the winning bidder email arrived.

Heh. Shitehouse.

that damned fly wrote:worth it. get it.Got it.

The switches seem really flimsy, and it looks like there was originally a lamp or something in place of a 3mm LED to indicate when its powered up. I was a bit surprised that it doesn't have a 3 prong plug, so I'm going to add an IEC socket. I'm going to just attach the ground wire to the chassis, but I'm wondering if I should maybe have a switch or something so I can cut that connection to get rid of any potential ground loops that show up. I know my IVP's power ground connection is the same as the chassis ground and instrument ground, so there's a definite potential for ground loops with it.

I don't have a cab right now, and I was wondering whether a sealed 2x12 or a 1x15 would be more versatile for guitar and bass (and keyboard?). I don't really anticipate doing much in the way of live gigs for a year, so this would mainly be for "jamming together on some righteous (in the non-religious sense) grooves" and micing for recording purposes.