Elka Wilgamat, Oberheim DX and Powertran Transcendent 2000 in sync

Since I just finished adding DIN SYNC24 to my Elka Wilgamat I decided to hook it to the Arturia Keystep pro and further added an Oberheim DX and a Powertran Transcendent 2000 to the game.
Playing with the Wilgamat accompaniment part brought a known melody to my memory so temptation was high to follow this path...
The Transcendent can be seen in another video i made earlier this month. It was modded to add a sub oscillator and also to correct the peculiar CV/Gate it originally used in order to use it in a standard CV/gate environnment. It's now working fine when controlled externally as you can hear.
If you want to add sync to the Wilgamat there are 2 issues you need to adress:
- the unit needs 4ppq so unless you have a device capable of providing such a clock frequency you need to convert the more conventional 24ppq to 4ppq.
It's actually very easy to do by using a single 4018 chipset, which can divide by 6 the incoming frequency
- second issue is that the clock on the WIlgamat ask for negative pulses so you need to convert the positive pulses to negative ones. I used a single op amp to do that (TL071)

[@HazeAnderson]

bravo 😄

[@Kkidzz]

I love the story of how upon the release of Blue Monday, one of the members of Kraftwerk got in contact with New Order to ask them which synth they used to create the bassline.

[@ohm_studi_ohm]

Moog Source isn’t it ?

[@Kkidzz]

@@ohm_studi_ohm 👍

[@discodave6153]

They were interested in the process in the studio too. Not sure if they ever came over to see them.

[@Blank_Frank]

Ralf and Karl wanted to know how & why "Blue Monday" sounded this good and contacted Mike Johnson, New Order's engineer, to mix their "Tour De France" single. They even went to Britannia Row and mixed a version there but it was never released (info from Karl Bartos in his book "The Sound Of The Machine")

[@papsfx]

cool! au fait mon Elex voit ses strings ne plus marcher, hélas, je vous l'avais acheté pour ça;..

[@ohm_studi_ohm]

Je vous le répare ou vous aide à le réparer si vous ne pouvez me l’amener. Contactez moi via audiofanzine ou LBC pour en discuter.

[@gerardotrezza3141]

Anche col mio elka elgamat comprato da voi posso farlo?

[@ohm_studi_ohm]

Yes it can be done with your Wilgamat but you need to know a little about electronics or have a technician to do it. I can provide guidelines but have no readymade schematics.

[@gerardotrezza3141]

@@ohm_studi_ohm non sono capace mi spieghi?

[@ohm_studi_ohm]

You need some basic knowledge of electronics to do this modification I’m sorry. You need to build a small circuit with a CD4018 and a op amp (TL071 for instance). If you don’t know how these work you should ask a technician.

[@gerardotrezza3141]

@@ohm_studi_ohm 😢😩

[@eancurtis9333]

This song is so basic and simple ...im like i can write something like this haha but no i cant