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I updated the NT-78 even more and besides finger drumming on the NTS3, it now can play short sequences, that are 'pre-programmed' (patchable) rhythms or your own recorded sequences.

This is still under development, but have a look and let me know what I should improve: https://gbraad.itch.io/nt78-nts3drum

The previous message showed I worked on the nt-78, but this is only part of the whole story. A while back one of the community members asked if the NTS1 (mkII) had a drumkit or so. I was lurking in the discord and answered I had created a 404 (not found) drum machine.

He tried it out and made two demo songs. Be careful, the first is quite glitchy and loud:

• https://soundcloud.com/gbraad/rd404-demo

and

• https://soundcloud.com/gbraad/rd404-demo2

He liked the idea, just not the sounds. A bit too tribecore like. So instead he tried my chiptune drum engine )based on the Amiga AHX core):

• https://soundcloud.com/gbraad/ahx-drum-synthesizer-demo

We settled on the following; "Let me create a totally NEW engine". So I created the RS1 synthesizer engine:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1ZTugvcCyk

Here I play one of the other targets (Android) to compare it to how it sounds on the NTS-1. This led to the RD1 to make it act as a drumkit (single shots for notes) and the creation of the NT-78 as shown below.

I will be working on more stuff, as the engine is portable and can run on other devices. Already testing with a Move/Schwung module, but it also runs as a VST3/LV2, Android app (with MIDI), etc.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdBO_QeGs-k

Hope to hear from you. Follow me on

• https://blog.gbraad.nl
• https://gbraad.itch.io
• or the development of RS1 for NTS1 mkII directly at: https://gbraad.itch.io/rs1-logue

This unique reproduction of a Vintage Drum Machine is created by GladiTek and Regroove using the RS1 Synthesizer engine. What started as a discusion and Proof of Concept that the Korg NTS1 mkII, could do drumkits, is now a serious Rhythm machine! The recording below is played using Korg NTS1 mkII and external MIDI sequencing. However, we have mapped the keyboard and preset so that it is possible to also use the device's Step Sequencer directly.

• https://gbraad.itch.io/nt78-logue (Korg NTS1 mkII)
• https://gbraad.itch.io/nt78-drumlogue (Korg drumlogue)
• https://gbraad.itch.io/nt78-microkorg2 (Korg microkorg2)

Because it is the first of May, holiday for many, I am offering a device bundle at https://itch.io/s/185279/nt-78-vintage-drum-machine-bundle that also contains the original sources and an additional `Bongo` voice that is not available in the units, which can be used in the Android application, the VTS plugin of RS1 and a custom unit. I will be working on improvements. You can follow this on https://blog.gbraad.nl and https://www.patreon.com/gbraad

This will be published soon with the option to create your own voices, and one crated by a community member that resembles a vintage drum machine that Phil Collins used a lot.

Here is DasBeep, a library that can be used for beep-bugging in an audible way. For example, this can be used for DSP or Logue unit development where debug tools like serial or JTAG are not available.

https://github.com/gbraad-music/dasbeep

And since this needed an example, I also made an actual usecase for fun to use it as a Morse code generator. The following custom oscillator for the NTS1 mkII converts MIDI notes to morse code patterns.

Full source code is available here:

https://github.com/gbraad-music/morsen

Download:

https://gbraad.itch.io/morsen-logue