808 diy clone!

LFO · 2013-10-27T09:03:35.000Z

http://www.e-licktronic.com/en/27-yocto-complet-kit-tr-808-clone-tr808.html

void · 2013-10-27T10:44:10.000Z

hmmm… interest piqued!

audio demos would be a plus though

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ParameterLock · 2013-10-27T12:50:39.000Z

Sounds great. I hope someone will be selling some fully assembled Yoctos in the future. I’d totally buy one. I’m also still waiting for the Cyclone Analogic Drum Drone TT-606. If this trend continues we’re all gonna have a nice collection of Roland replicas soon. No need to spend €2.000 on used originals anymore.

Area303 · 2013-11-02T07:32:01.000Z

Is it me, or do the claps have something odd happening with them?

glidepro · 2013-11-02T10:21:36.000Z

""Area303"":

Is it me, or do the claps have something odd happening with them?

It’s not just you - chip responsible for the clap sound is actually different than that of the original Roland 808 and uses a ‘modern equivalent’. Perhaps the originals are a bit hard to find these days.

the_dreammer · 2013-11-02T13:39:47.000Z

""glidepro"":

[quote=“Area303”]Is it me, or do the claps have something odd happening with them?

It’s not just you - chip responsible for the clap sound is actually different than that of the original Roland 808 and uses a ‘modern equivalent’. Perhaps the originals are a bit hard to find these days.[/quote]
Might not even be that chip… on some dutch forum, they are speculating/thinking about some capacitor… they claim its put in reversed by accident…
acording to them:
In the service manual of the 808 there is this mistake.
when people starting making other clone an mb808 or something…
they used service manual for reference… and some people had shitty claps.
in the end they tracked it to this capacitor or something weird…
so after hearing the sound-demo’s… 1 genius remembered this… and checked this capacitor and said: I think its in reverse… then others agreed…
So it might be a really easy fix to get better claps…