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I converted an unrepairable vintage 1940s radio into a Raspberry Pi Pico-based preset drum machine and modded a Radio Shack "Electronicv Reverb Control" to have knobs for extended delay time and feedback, as well as switches for wet-only signal and muting the input.
The Radio Rhythm Ace (as I've dubbed it) has its four knobs replaced by encoders which allow to control (from left to right) volume, tempo, pattern and sound set. The encoders' buttons control play/stop, output (speaker/line out), pattern variation and mute (of Kick and Snare).
This is my first completely unrehearsed one-take jam with both machines - I was planning on running the delay output through a phaser pedal, but forgot to turn it on.
In the second half I'm playing a bassline (quite badly) on my Korg MS-10, with a couple of notes on my Sequential Circuits Six Trak. The coordination of all those machines overwhelmed me a bit, but I still kind of like the result for a first try.
I converted an unrepairable vintage 1940s radio into a Raspberry Pi Pico-based preset drum machine and modded a Radio Shack "Electronicv Reverb Control" to have knobs for extended delay time and feedback, as well as switches for wet-only signal and muting the input.
The Radio Rhythm Ace (as I've dubbed it) has its four knobs replaced by encoders which allow to control (from left to right) volume, tempo, pattern and sound set. The encoders' buttons control play/stop, output (speaker/line out), pattern variation and mute (of Kick and Snare).
This is my first completely unrehearsed one-take jam with both machines - I was planning on running the delay output through a phaser pedal, but forgot to turn it on.
In the second half I'm playing a bassline (quite badly) on my Korg MS-10, with a couple of notes on my Sequential Circuits Six Trak. The coordination of all those machines overwhelmed me a bit, but I still kind of like the result for a first try.