The most overlooked Vintage Drum Synth | Thomann

Today we‘re having a look at one of the most overlooked vintage drum synths.
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[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

I actually made the front and back panel design for the ADX-1, redesigned version made by Modemachines a few years ago (MAM was The precursor of Modemachines). I actually love both the ho hat and snare channels. Nice video!!

[@NTRSN-Archive]

I had a bass synth with cow spots on silver and orange years ago . Nice to meet you !

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

@@NTRSN-Archive Not sure what you mean with that.

[@spiffychap]

@@MULTIMAN-MUSIC LOL think they just talking about owning a MAM FreeBass 383, which the color scheme is silver & orange

[@cnstruct]

Thank you for the video! The album "Floating Points - Crush" is one of the most important for me.

[@sapiotone]

Soon as I saw the title, I knew it'd either be the MAM ADX1 or Vermona's original DRM1. Run them through a 5v triggered Sherman FB for Millenium-era electro sound. Sick as fuck ❤

[@jonnyhead]

This is the drum machine I've been looking for thank you

[@McEnroe911]

Great video! I had never even heard of this machine. I must have listened to Crush 100 times the year it came out. Great record.

[@Datacustic]

Indeed great sound and delicious sounding filter too😊

[@shane_l8085]

Sounds great, also sounds like it would fit in a mix very well.

[@jimlampshady]

Super aggressive sound, but in a very musical way. I want one!

[@HeIsMe1978]

Thanks to you I just discovered new sounds (both the machine and the Floating Points music). 👍

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Great sounds!

[@everpuremusic]

Amazing how a "simple" modulation knob on each instruments lifts the MAM into totally different orbit. Yes, the Vermona just sounds dull next to it. And that's also amazing, since the Vermona is lovely in its own right.

[@JonMurray]

Love it man. New subscriber ✌🏻

[@aki_gong6271]

I've got a modeMachines version for many years already and it is just such a great drum analog expander. It sounds amazing, and it's individual outs are great if need processing.

[@Dmyra]

wow the overdriven kick is amazing! that thing with snare the way it slides very nice rythmic thing there. yes you can see the vermona dna. share a wave file of the audio if you feel . to sample. either way all good. wonderful showcase!

[@happylittlesynth]

Was the vermona drm inspired by this? Feels like it

[@jg_ultra]

More than just inspired. I've read a couple different takes on the lineage of the companies and people involved, but more or less: ADX1 = DRM1

[@lloydstellar]

Was thinking the exact same. I am using the DRM1 a lot. I love it. Even has a comparable interface with one knob per function. But the original Vermona DRM was from 1987. So it is maybe the other way around. I would love to have LFO on the DRM1

[@lloydstellar]

Oow haha, didnt finish the video before i commented

[@felixfleer4507]

@happylittlesynth At the end of the video I actually do a little comparison. While the DRM developed out of the ADX1 I think the sound is still very different.

[@mauromantovani5937]

I love this kind of simple and good sounding gear. Having little but good option is way better for creativity i believe. I can't find a single one of these online to check prices... apparently people are holding on to them

[@pinballpalacetv]

Got mine reverb 2019 for under $300. !! Crazy then crazier now. Apparently I was on a roll in 2019 Bc I also got my tanzbär a few month later for $549 lol still got em both and love em. However DO NOT pay >$500, ($600 maybe tops if you absolutely ADORE That “sloppy” living, breathing, analog Dsynth sound… Bc there is absolutely no better Drum synth on earth for that particular flavor of sound) the ADX-1 really shouldn’t be used to supply your “primary beat” for a track. It’s (kick especially) just too loosey gooosey to give that thump and bump you really need driving a groove. Though you MIDI out from even,as I have done plenty, an og DBrute using it to sequence the adx and provide the skeletal under beat by blending it’s kick snare/clap and a couple other select sounds underneath the adx’s and then your in some serious business ….(and the results only get better as the DM u use for that under skeleton gets upgraded!!!

[@WokeUpScreaming]

Reminds me of Radiohead - Idioteque

[@djchemie]

Wow this actually sounds great and so many modulation opportunities! I am not even going to check how much they go for 😂 I am still after an EMX-1 🤷‍♂️

[@M1k1haus]

now I need one 😢

[@MrDudumassa]

I would love

[@roseutterback5755]

Reminds me of the perkons without the sequencers

[@luigisambuy]

fire

[@InFamousProductions]

It’s cool, but I feel I can get the same and more out of the Dave Smith Tempest. Not to say this isn’t killer, but I have spent a lot of years on the Tempest and it can sound like almost any thing if you put time into it. (Except samples and grain/software created sounds)

[@michaeltwiz8477]

Yep

[@VEsound]

No mention of the current Mode Machines version of this ADX1?

[@felixfleer4507]

I mentioned it at 8:52 but it‘s also discontinued by now

[@EuclideanFields]

I personally wouldn't say that they're overlooked, Floating Points and Bicep both use them (albeit Bicep use the clone), two pretty big names in the electronic music scene. The synths are just hard to come by and expensive. Great video btw, it’s such a nice sounding machine.

[@happylittlesynth]

He mentions Floating Points used it

[@philmakesnoise]

what's the clone?

[@EuclideanFields]

@@philmakesnoise Mode Machines Adx1

[@willemvanwanrooij]

Gives a Vermona DRM1 feel?

[@SoundHole-wz8kx]

sounds like my vermona no???

[@Kablehead]

I had one and didn't really click with the sound after all. Definitely some great drums in there but somehow it didn't fit my music.

[@imothy]

sounds like a nord modular v1

[@RaquelFoster]

When I saw the thumbnail I totally thought this was gonna be a DRM1 and that's definitely not an overlooked machine. But... I think I'd rather have a DRM1! 😂

[@dorukusuk1628]

fiyah

[@user-lw8dr6xx8i]

Great sounds. But realistically i can just get something similar and easier with an ER-1mk2.

[@Blauwhaas]

Got one laying around. No power supply though that works without hum.

[@desktorp]

thought it was a vermona drm1 at first

[@crochambeau]

edit: this is a super nifty drum synth.

[@thomasridley__]

where's the schematic link?

[@MrVoonix]

The most overlooked vintage drum synth, next to the most overlooked modern drum synth Nord Drum.

[@user-rv8wb1nl1b]

Vemona for the win . . . .

[@bombcollective]

Sounds like a Model Cycles 😂

[@agua9362]

i would exchange my DRM1 MK4 for the MAM ADX-1

[@nicholasdaniel9496]

Deal!

[@agua9362]

@@nicholasdaniel9496 sry but changed my mind.

[@waltmodul7948]

AUA !! Dicker Patzer. !! Min 6:52 . Dort ist ein Verständnis FEHLER . ( wie die Bedienungsanleitung sagt : ist SYNTH aus 3 DREI Sinus Oszillatoren ). Und nicht wie gesagt EIN Oszillator. Warum bräUchte man auch 3 Drei Tuning

[@johnmalcolm9980]

Sorry - I had to laugh about “electronic music from way back. - the 90’s” A guy called Stevie Dunstan in Melbourne Australia was performing with his own home made circuits in the 60’s and a good place to hear even earlier electronic music is soundtracks from early science fiction movies

[@felixfleer4507]

I said it sounds like from the early days of electronic music „even though it‘s from the late 90‘s“

[@gainofdysfunction4135]

Is Behringer making a clone? Thomann is defo in the Behringer loop..

[@DJminiLibra]

Yes ibbuy it

[@gladlawson61]

The only drums you need are from a 909

[@Heathcliff_hensel]

nah its overlooked for a reason.

[@clrs6576]

😂

[@devondetroit2529]

Meh, I like it

[@jonnyhead]

Sounds perfect I need one

[@afistofrap]

I hated it, sounded not rigth at all, claps and snare is horrible, the Drum is just muffle there is no kick at all

[@roseutterback5755]

Stupid stickers make it hard to read and figure out esp with his thick accent what’s it called

[@MrVoonix]

You could ask for the name of the synth instead of criticizing :)

[@gcioni]

Horrible