Super clean condition, includes original power supply.
At the heart of BlastBeats is a vintage FM chip called YMF-262 also known as the OPL3 chip & previously found in computer sound cards of the early 90s.
These chips were notoriously hard to program and were rarely used to their full potential. However, they can produce surprisingly rich beautiful and utterly dirty sounds with a bit of exploring...
By putting so many parameters within easy reach BlastBeasts makes it fun and easy to master the signature sound of the DOS era!
RYTHM & SYNTH
BlastBeats is a 10 voice groove box offering 6 drum voices and 4 synth instruments.
The many faders offer full control over the parameters of the instruments and can be automated and modulated per step
Beats and melodies are a pleasure to program thanks to the high quality illuminated buttons
FEATURES
OPL3 (YMF262) FM chip featured in vintage sound blaster cards of the MS-DOS era
Quad audio outputs with custom instrument routing
High fidelity audio amplification with low noise floor
mix (mono) and phones (dual mono) out each with per step volume control
6 drum tracks (bass drum, snare drum, tom, closed & open hat, cymbal) that can also be used for melodic parts.
4 synth tracks: two monophonic (2x2op or 1x4op) & two duo-phonic (4x2op or 2x4op)
100 kits with per step kit changes
160 songs x 16 patterns x 64 steps
patterns of of arbitrary step lengths
micro timing (variable delay) of each step
Quantised or Unquantised recording
Pattern rotation (forward or backward)
Kits and patterns stored on included SD card for convenient management and sharing.
56 faders with per step automation and modulation
Real time and per step (a.k.a parameter lock) fader automation
32 high quality illuminated switches
MIDI input and output on DIN5 ports
customisable MIDI input channels
All tracks transmit MIDI enabling Blast Beats to be used as multi-track MIDI sequencer
Analog sync in and out on 3.5mm jacks
All Audio on 6.35mm jacks
Premium sandblasted anodised aluminum chassis
All instruments can be sequenced internally or played via MIDI allowing BlastBeats to be used as a 4-operator 8-waveform polytimbral MIDI synthesizer
Probability per instrument
Swing (with automation per step)
Kit and pattern randomiser
Fader wiggling: randomiser with adjustable depth per step
3 tricks ( pitch bend aka spin down, freeze and stutter with real time automation and step sequencing of all tricks.
Synth pitch vibrato and tremolo have adjustable speed and depth (with automation per step) and a choice of 10 waveforms
Several operator waveforms and algorithms yielding infinite sound textures.
Dimensions: 29.5cm x 16.5cm x 4.5cm (11.6" x 6.5" x 1.8")
Weight 944 g ( 2 lb)
