A couple of weeks ago, Michael Buchner (the “e-drum whisperer”) invited Oli Rubow and me for a BBQ. On a pretty sunny day Michael prepaired everything: Meat, sausages, drinks…
and he also tiedied up his “laboratory” and draped his vintage gear for a report I was going to write for the Sticks magazine:
Michael loves to develop and optimize things: For example he showed us the current stage of a single channel SDS3 clone optimized for use with mesh pads:
One of his past inventions is an acoustic drumset similar to a cajon but with real drum heads formed like the body of an acoustic guitar:
Some more impressions
A complete collection of Dynacord Percuter sounds:
Why necessarily round mesh pads? Prototype of a hex-shaped mesh head bassdrum
Michael explaining the main board of an old Siel synth:
UV light to clear eproms
several designs of circuit boards:
Sonor Mamut pad:
Dynacord Add-One and P-20
Roland TR-909
Fricke MFB-512
SDS3 clone with self developed analog cymbal module (left):
Well-fed, happy and overloaded by all the impressions of the day Oli and me started our journey back home. Next year I will suggest Michael Buchner for the “Synth Nobel Prize”
To be continued……