Bro this is so dope. I have a drumulator in storage. This is nice. Thanks for the great info.
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@RaquelFosterАй бұрын
The sockets look like they're pretty nice already. I had a 386SX-16 that had SIPP memory chips, and installing RAM was ridiculous. A SIPP is like a SIMM that just has 30 pins on the edge. It took sooooo much force.
@philippebackprotips3 жыл бұрын
Very nice to see how that was done.
@DanBeauleArt3 жыл бұрын
My wife says I have zif. Aleays wondered what she meant. now I know. Love these vids man. Love the retro equipment.
@arsenybezrukov35533 жыл бұрын
OMG THE COCTEAU TWINS DRUMS!!! Thank you so much!
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
You bet!
@guzowicz3 жыл бұрын
Really love your channel. Keep up the excellent work
@klinkske3 жыл бұрын
I have a drumtraks with extra epoms, also the Kawai R100 - i didn't swap these because i was scared to hurt the 'legs' of the eproms - had this before. This video is fantastic. Even better you tell that the drumtraks has another kind of part needed. Paolo, you're the man!
@bryceheffinger88953 жыл бұрын
I just put in my ZIF socket's and it's all thanks to you! That was so nerve racking...WOW !!! My Rock Drum EPROM's come tomorrow and im super super excited. Thanks for the awesome content man keep it up please.
@pjm87793 жыл бұрын
Use the Force, Paolo! Not to insert the sound chips, but to continue to make great videos and music.
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Haha :) Thank you, PJ :D
@greatheightsu3 жыл бұрын
What a funny little machine of the time. What a way to get new samples. Simple and logical though.
@5argetech563 жыл бұрын
This method is also used on computer CPUs. Which have many many pins. You just drop the CPU on the motherboard and then close a lever to lock it in.
@ednasdiscomachine60493 жыл бұрын
I seem to be repeating myself from the Jupiter 8 (etc...) video a week back! Again, Howard Jones toured with the Drumulator as part of his live rig (he originally used an 808). I worked for a synth company in the UK in the 80's, and we serviced his gear. Great video. Although I thought you were going to solder in the replacement ZIF sockets!
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Rock on! You had a really cool job!! These ZIFs are good quality and no need to solder them in, they are very stable! :) I remember Howard Jones with the 808 for sure, need to check out some old footage to check out the Drumulator too, then ;)
@dosgos3 жыл бұрын
For newbies - use extreme caution with static when working on electronics. ESD best practices are easy to find on the we can start with a basic wrist strap. Wurth has a video on ESD risks showing you can pass over 10,000 volts to your electronics via "static electricity".
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
In the drawers I have literally dozens of wrist straps that came for free with pieces of equipment I bought over the years - I never use them and never had one single problem. I like to live dangerously. Thanks for jinxing it, though!
@dosgos3 жыл бұрын
@@SynthManiaDotCom hehehe. As founder of the Vintage Synth Museum, you know ESD well. My comment was more focused on newbies. Nonetheless, I still found the Wurth video on ESD "shocking"
@nicolasbeker64903 жыл бұрын
This cowbell is instant fun (fun)
@dolovfm3 жыл бұрын
Nice - gonna make some custom eproms for its younger bro the SP12 - there is a tool to make the sound banks properly now - i.e. 12 bit 27.5k not just 8 bit.
@anthonyk54963 жыл бұрын
My Drumulator has a commercially made switch on the front that toggles between 3 sets of EPROMs. REALLY appreciating that now. Not sure why, but I love programming rhythms on that old thing, just enjoyable to use, was well designed.
@orenberg13 жыл бұрын
Where did you get this mod from? I’d love to install it on my Drumulator
@anthonyk54963 жыл бұрын
@@orenberg1 It has a metal faceplate that says "JL Cooper Electronics 3-Kit" It was already installed when I bought it a few years ago. jlcooper.com/_manuals/legacy/Drumulator/JLCooper_Drumulator_Kit_Installation.pdf
@TheZombo66 Жыл бұрын
Good Day Paolo excellent video and looking to do this on one of my drum machines, I read in the comment that someone has a Kawai R-100 I have both models 100 | 50 , I looked up at the Aries website but unsure which one to choose ? I'm sure its a 40 pin socket but options are required to select?? , I been budling a library of custom sounds but do not like the idea of forcing chips when interchange, could you suggest please which one would be a good candidate for my drum machine? I greatly appreciate Paolo have an excellent day buddy!! 👍
@aurelionasvw3 жыл бұрын
Fantástico
@justinlynn3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video :) I noticed that at 4:52 your EPROM window cover has fallen off. This risks stray UV light exposure erasing or corrupting your program ROM. You'll want to cover that clear window on the chip with some opaque tape so that UV light doesn't damage or erase it accidentally.
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! The cover is there but I think the hard angle from the studio lights make it look like it's missing. Great point though!
@asdifasi3 жыл бұрын
The drum sound cartridges in dynacord drum modules (racks) were so easy compared to this chips! Cartridges at the size of a matchbox inserted in front sockets of the drum machine, or excanged with others on the fly .so much fun and memories especially cartridges with ultra classic vocal chops 😆
@morphoice2 жыл бұрын
If only those were still available for purchase anywhere...
@adamharris77753 жыл бұрын
In this video, the Roland TR-808 was heard.
@Ancaja1233 жыл бұрын
I have a Simmons SDS9 and a TON of EPROMs for it. I'm hoping I can find a Linn style drum machine that I can use these EPROMs in, I know the Linn has a different size EPROM so it won't work with that. The Drumulator look to be the same size as these Simmons ones!
@DJShoji3 жыл бұрын
That "Rock Drum" ROM chip set (by Digi Drums), did they sell the same sound library ROMs for other drum machines as well? That drum samples sound very familiar! Great video again!
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Thank you and yeah - they started with the Drumulator - IIRC reading somewhere - because they were near E-mu, and then started to offer their chips for other drum machines of the era, too. Eventually they became Digidesign (of Pro Tools fame). "Digidrums opened for business at the January NAMM show, with several alternate sound sets for the Drumulator. They've rather expanded since then. Now they offer 15 sets for the Drumulator, and 35 individual sounds for the Sequential Circuits Drumtraks. Coming soon, they say, are alternate sounds for the Oberheim and Linn drum machines." Source: www.muzines.co.uk/articles/namm-report/8465
@DJShoji3 жыл бұрын
@@SynthManiaDotCom Thank you so much for the info! I didn't realize that it became DigiDesign. The article gives me some context; it was around the time Kurzweil 250 was released, and Akai wasn't in the sampler game yet.
@redspiderz6037 Жыл бұрын
Hi Paolo, could you please put the link of where you bought those zif sockets? thanks
@StephanS3 жыл бұрын
I have a Drumulator with MIDI and the Rock Drums Eproms, but the Firmware is faulty, so the Bassdrum doesnt trigger correctly over MIDI
@CrazyDriverSwed3 жыл бұрын
"Use the force" :)
@djdesign_3 жыл бұрын
I got a q, without MIDI, which cable do you use to sync the Drumulator to say, a synth? They look like RCA cable inputs.
@trevormalcolm43283 жыл бұрын
How can such an old drum machine look so new?
@barrydalive3 жыл бұрын
Hey Paolo thanks for the video! Any recommendations on where to find this style of zif socket here in the US? Been looking to install some on my Drumulator but haven’t been able to find this exact kind, thanks!
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Mouser, Digi-Key, Jameco etc. have them, the ones I used in the video are from Aries, I forget the part number but can look it up tomorrow - if you search for "zif socket 28 pin" you should find them in their stock. They also make "low-profile" versions, and versions with one lever instead of two - which are less expensive than these
@barrydalive3 жыл бұрын
Excellent, thanks so much!
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
The part number I used in the video is Aries 28-516-11. They also have less expensive models that have only one lever / or a little bigger if you have space in your device
@LouisSerieusement3 жыл бұрын
Does Zif Sockets still exist ? I feel nowadays chips are either soldered on the PCB or they are on a socket but not a Zif one, a simple socket (and they are a bit fragile btw) Thank you Paolo, awesome video, always a pleasure to see and hear your drumulator :D
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes, today the prevalent manufacturing mode is SMT, which undoubtedly can make products smaller, cheaper, easier to manufacture automatically etc. - but hard for end user serviceability / upgrades...
@LouisSerieusement3 жыл бұрын
@@SynthManiaDotCom It reminds me the inside of the midiverb (the first), it's so beautiful, no SMD, every chip is on a socket and everything was hand soldered in the US ; very nicelooking circuit board ^^ Thanks for your reply, cheers from France :)
@Pianet3 жыл бұрын
Would it possible to get a video of you doing a jam through the multitrack tape machine behind you?
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/op61nKt3Zb2XnKM
@Pianet3 жыл бұрын
@@SynthManiaDotCom Dope!
@bhamadicharef3 жыл бұрын
I guess you do not really change the OS ROM as often as the Sound ROMs. Someone should have designed a board plugged into these 4 ROMs sockets with some little ARM chip with USB to load sound banks from computers and dump the ROMs to RAMs with double buffering. Maybe you can share a high resolution picture of the 4 ROMs if you have time.
@xnonsuchx3 жыл бұрын
Luckily, those old 'big box' drum machines have enough room in them to just put a ZIF socket into the existing sockets. A lot of other devices don't have the clearance and need to desolder the original sockets and solder-in the replacements.
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
They also sell "low profile" ZIF sockets www.newark.com/productimages/standard/en_GB/1674770-40.jpg?01AD=3pASUN4L1uyhUar2H5Y6s-9v2ZOcqlQJMZAaStqRN4XfP6Qqx0Df26Q&01RI=0A4DBF103B38D53&01NA=na
@sentry49443 жыл бұрын
If I can give one small critique on the video, medium volume talking followed by ear blasting synth music is great on speakers but not headphones. Otherwise great stuff.
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
What headphones are you using? I'm listening on headphones too (Bose Quietcomfort 35 II) and don't experience any discomfort.
@sentry49443 жыл бұрын
I use AudioTechnica in-ear earbuds and I had the sound turned up decently to have you at a good volume. Just caught me off guard going from your voice to much louder music. If nobody else complains, it's probably just me. :)
@DJJUANG20002 жыл бұрын
Hello, I bought a set ofZIF sockets and they did not fit. Do you have a link where I could buy some, that fit?
@SynthManiaDotCom2 жыл бұрын
The part number I used in the video is Aries 28-516-11. They also have less expensive models that have only one lever / or a little bigger if you have space in your device
@DJJUANG20002 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@abeochoa14463 жыл бұрын
The same company that made the legendary SP1200-paz
@DarkSideofSynth3 жыл бұрын
Use the force Luke,,, ehm, Paolo! And join the dark side!:))
@philippendletonmusic Жыл бұрын
Hey Paolo, do you have a link for the ZIF sockets?
@SynthManiaDotCom Жыл бұрын
From previous response to comment "The part number I used in the video is Aries 28-516-11. They also have less expensive models that have only one lever / or a little bigger if you have space in your device. I've seen the .bin files online somewhere in the past but forgot to join it down, but I'm sure if you do a search you can find them"
@philippendletonmusic Жыл бұрын
@@SynthManiaDotCom Thank you
@bryceheffinger88953 жыл бұрын
where did you get the ZIF sockets???! what brand i need to purchase them!!
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
These are Aries
@bryceheffinger88953 жыл бұрын
SynthMania great thank you , you’ll have to forgive me I’m new to all this but just recently purchased my first drumulator , do you know which Aeris ZIF ? how many pins etc... thank you so much. Love the work keep it up.
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
@@bryceheffinger8895 Just google "aries zif sockets" and you'll find several types and vendors - from cheap to expensive - For the Drumulator you want to get a 28-pin version
@bryceheffinger88953 жыл бұрын
SynthMania Bless you sir
@stevenowen80563 жыл бұрын
can i ask a qustion?im going to replace the battery in my Akia sgo1v will h have to reload sounds via sysex or is there another way to get patches back in? thankyou for your time
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
I don't have an SG01v at the moment but I think the patches are burned in ROM - you can restore the factory patches using the procedure shown at page 18 on the manual. For added precaution, you can also save the program via sysex using the procedure shown at page 19 of the manual
@stevenowen80563 жыл бұрын
@@SynthManiaDotCom great thanyou so much.love your channel by the way.
@micknight81583 жыл бұрын
Was this an 8bit drum machine or 12bit?
@birdFEEDER3 жыл бұрын
Bonus points awarded for the Cocteau Twins - also can't help but hear the beginning of "A Day (remix)" by Clan of Xymox - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGnbYmOMl7GhqLs
@robertcrystals3 жыл бұрын
I've never seen non soldering ZIF sockets, where are these from?
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Aries
@mojix9133 жыл бұрын
I like the synthesizer baseline what is it?
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep3OaYhoaM52j9k
@rodolfoescobar81453 жыл бұрын
This rock sound equal army of me of bjork
@timothydahlin53213 жыл бұрын
Next video, you'll break out a new DIP flash chips, a memory programmer and show us what fresh samples sound like on the drumulator.
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Actually I'd like to do that on the LinnDrum with the original series, if I can source them
@johndoeiii61032 жыл бұрын
Would love to see that
@nuipb3 жыл бұрын
Hi Paolo, thanks for the tip on the zif socket. I'd be happy to have the manufacturer number so that I'm sure to find the correct ones. Also, would you have the .bin files for the Rock Drums eproms to share ?
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
The part number I used in the video is Aries 28-516-11. They also have less expensive models that have only one lever / or a little bigger if you have space in your device. I've seen the .bin files online somewhere in the past but forgot to join it down, but I'm sure if you do a search you can find them
@nuipb3 жыл бұрын
@@SynthManiaDotCom Thanks for the part number. Unfortunately the bin files are not on the web anymore, reason why I was asking. In case you get an eprom reader at some point I'd be really interested to get those bin files. Thanks for the videos !
@robertcrystals3 жыл бұрын
@@nuipb I have them somewhere, i'll post a link if I find them
@nuipb3 жыл бұрын
@@robertcrystals thanks ! That’d be really appreciated. If possible when you find them notify me through here so that I know. Cheers.
@robertcrystals3 жыл бұрын
@@nuipb www.dropbox.com/sh/mhtffz56w25fkso/AAB-diDqZgX_FwLL82A0LYA3a?dl=0 here you go!
@angh3ll2023 жыл бұрын
They sound bad but in the best way
@nrdesign19913 жыл бұрын
Hmm I only knew the classic textool sockets with the single lever up until now
@BboySalamon3 жыл бұрын
1983 rules.
@zt50853 жыл бұрын
Lol I wish I saw this before I put in the rock EPROMs backwards into mine three months ago and broke my machine
@zt50853 жыл бұрын
Was just trying to rip off the Cocteau twins ...
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
That shouldn't have broken the machine... was it working before? Do you have a set of good ROMs to test it with?
@zt50853 жыл бұрын
@@SynthManiaDotCom yea it was working when the factory ROMs were in it. pretty sure i shorted a circuit though and then two of the metal prongs on the sockets had broken off when i was trying to put force on the ROM to get it in place. i got it fixed and the repairman said i had put the ROMs in backwards... definitely a rookie move : - )
@sauermusicDE3 жыл бұрын
Next video: Oberheim Prommer ;-) You don't have one, do you?
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
I'm considering getting one
@sauermusicDE3 жыл бұрын
@@SynthManiaDotCom Guess what: Tom Holkenborg a.k.a. "Junkie XL" loaded up a video a few hours ago...where he tells that he is selling some of his gear...among which is an Oberheim Prommer. This might be your chance! ;-) >> reverb.com/news/the-official-junkie-xl-reverb-shop-preview
@starglider1013 жыл бұрын
Don't touch the IC pins with YOUR FINGERS :-P
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
I didn't. And even if I did, nothing would happen.