{"id":49,"date":"2009-10-10T09:21:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-10T09:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simmonsmuseum.wordpress.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2009-10-10T09:21:32","modified_gmt":"2009-10-10T09:21:32","slug":"analog-bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Analog BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, Michael Buchner (the &#8220;e-drum whisperer&#8221;) invited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olirubow.de\">Oli Rubow<\/a> and me for a BBQ. On a pretty sunny day Michael prepaired everything: Meat, sausages, drinks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09134.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and he also tiedied up his &#8220;laboratory&#8221; and draped his vintage gear for a report I was going to write for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.sticks.de\">Sticks magazine<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09195.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09142.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09163.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09146.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some more impressions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A complete collection of Dynacord Percuter sounds:<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09204.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Why necessarily round mesh pads? Prototype of a hex-shaped mesh head bassdrum<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09212.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael explaining the main board of an old Siel synth:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09215.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>UV light to clear eproms<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09211.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>several designs of circuit boards:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09209.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sonor Mamut pad:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dynacord Add-One and P-20<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09152.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roland TR-909<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09154.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fricke MFB-512<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09155.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SDS3 clone with self developed analog cymbal module (left):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simmonsmuseum.com\/p\/analog_bbq\/DSC09165.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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 &#8220;Synth Nobel Prize&#8221;<br \/>\nTo be continued&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, Michael Buchner (the &#8220;e-drum whisperer&#8221;) invited Oli Rubow and me for a BBQ. On a pretty sunny day Michael prepaired everything: Meat, sausages, drinks&#8230; and he also tiedied up his &#8220;laboratory&#8221; and draped his vintage gear for a report I was going to write for the Sticks magazine: Michael loves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-report","category-stories-and-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.simmonsmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}