Mine arrives today in Sydney from Perfect Circuit in US after ordering a little over a month ago. Cheaper from there too
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I wonder if that means it will not track properly through out the full octave range even with a quantizer module ?
Greatings fellow citizen
Store DJ QLDā¦ha! Web site shows QLD and WA are out of stock butā¦ plus 5 in every other storeā¦
Staff discount???
Weak yes perhaps. Another issue that can arise with trigger sync is that the pulse is the wrong shape. The gate time or duty cycle of the pulse may be too long or too short and in the case of old Korg and Yamahaās they are often inverted
You can tell easily by making a recording of the trigger pulse in your DAW and looking at the waveform. Then you wil know what type of trigger you are dealing with
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Tin Shed Modular has them in stock.
It does, but you have to fiddle the groundtone first.
ha. IĀ“m not from Australia, but visited 3 times. My Australian mates just call me adopted Aussie 
So no staff discount
but if you go to store dj, the new store they have openend - ask for Lance and give him a hug from Oli
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Damnā¦that could have saved enough for a behringer model D knock offā¦next time i know thnxā¦
Good video by loopop on how to compensate for the āshort-comingsā of DFAM.
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Brilliant!
Might have get one tmrwā¦Im thinking it will be quick together with the DTā¦
Iāve sampled a few kicks from the DFAM, building my own library of drums from the Moog. If you wantāem, theyāre here:
https://www.elektronauts.com/files/455
In case anyoneās interested in more samples from the DFAM, let me know. Since Iām building, I might as well take orders.
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And Iāve sampled some more. Get it here, if youāre into it:
https://www.elektronauts.com/files/456
A few snares, a set of toms, some hi-hats, noise and a few more kicks. Enjoy!
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Am I right that the DFAM has no active mult and no global cv pitch in (I can see cv pitch in for every oscilator)??
So If I patch external cv pitch to both oscilators, I will need to mult it with an active mult, otherwise the cv will drop with a passive mult and the pitch will be out of tune?
Just wondering if the Dfam is the better Mother with itĀ“s 2 oscilators. but looks like definitly you have to fill up the 104he case from moog with some utilities to make the most fatness out of it.
and another question ā¦ as Dfam + Mother is nearly the same price as a used Sub37 ā¦ wich would be the better choise? Sub37 is simply just missing the fm of the oscilators ā¦ wich makes it basicly like an expensive A4 voice 
got my DFAM yesteday : holy hell it sounds good. one big sweet spot.
Iām not really using it for percussion as such - more weird sequencesā¦ itās actually really fast to get Jeff Mills type bleepy bass riffs & loopy lead riffs going - quicker than my M-32s tbh.
Syncād it straight from the trig out on the back of the TR-8S into the ADV Clock jack - works like a charm, though I might look at buying a cable with a built in attenuator just in cast I am blowing
the balls out of the Moogās clock input, but these two are a dream combo for instant live techno. Gonna stick my TB-03 into the TR-8S ext input, sidechain that sucker & off we go.
Got a live gig at a techno night in a couple of weeks so gott get some practice in, but the DFAM + TR-8S combo is gonna be front & centre.
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Very cool. Iāve found that it shines more when you go outside the traditional idea of drums and percussion, even the analog ones. If Iād just sum up my experience with it so far, sorting it into the classics, and you guys taking into account that these are just my own thoughts on my own sound designs, and not by definition what the DFAM can or canāt do, but rather what I can and canāt do with it, here goes:
For kicks - unbeatable. Hands down, best kick synth ever. You can go traditional or just bonkers here, and itāll be awesome no matter.
For snares - trickier, and getting that snappy 909-snare (if thatās your thing), I havenāt even been close. The 808-snaps, easier. But mostly, rough, crude and noisy snares with hard attacks is what Iām finding, with decays that are more noise than snare-ish. But in a mix, it works really well, if the soundās your thing. Theyāre surprisingly funky.
For hats - excellent, though those thin, snappy TanzbƤr-hats are hard to get. But the thicker, sloppier ones exist in abundance. I can imagine a jazz drummer finding things to love here.
For cymbals - more difficult, given that when it comes to something with a hard attack in the higher frequencies, the DFAM aināt always it. You can get the typical swing and shuffle of a good cymbal, but the actual thin, hard metallic noise, Iāve yet to be able to find.
For tom-toms - youāre kidding, right? This oneās a tom tom blast on all levels. Deep, thundering bass toms to castrate, choir-boy tiny toms.
For congas - about the same, though the envelopes bring more to the toms and the congas. But letās just say, if youāre into that kind of analog interpretation of hand-banging ethnical instruments, the DFAM wonāt disappoint unless you must have the classic 808 909 606-whatever toms and congas.
For maraccas - and whatever else source of noise could be like a shaker, itās excellent on all levels of the register, from the short, noisy snaps to long, extended blues shuffling.
Pops, crackles and snaps - absolutely brilliant. Iād compare it to the Vermona DRM, but just a lot better. Youāll get as many farts, pimple squeezes, cracks and burps out of this thing, neighbours wonāt ask you for dinner until next year.
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Had mine a few days. Not totally sure how it all fits together but a funky little syncopated rig it can be. Not sure how I get there though
Iāve been sampling dfam into OT and have enough material for an album project without any other source of sound. Thatās my story anyway. I am keen to get something I can use to sync it, currently I could use ehx 8step or a volca. Other options are a used mother (ew) I can get for a good price or the tr8s. Leaning toward both. Damn.
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This thing is dirty!!!
reallyā¦ just unwholesome, filthy, smutty, gutter dwelling grimeā¦!
Pretty like drugsā¦
I love itā¦
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Iām clocking dfam with a modular clock (Pamelaās new workout). When I have a four/four kick running should there be a correct clock rate it should be running at. Like should the dfam advance one step every time there is a kick drum or double that.