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Title: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: gregisclassy on February 18, 2012, 03:19:39 AM

so far, I have only changed the settings on some diodes on the mt-520

shady purple lamp -buurr duh hurr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnS-p6hYSYM#)


(ADMIN EDIT: changed the youtube URL so it displays in the thread properly)

Title: Re: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: Circuitbenders on February 29, 2012, 01:46:25 PM

for some reason that video plays really fast for 10 seconds and then ends, but the audio carries on at the right speed. Weird!

I really like that thing, its got a very strange sludgy grinding sound to it.  ;)

Title: Re: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: gregisclassy on February 29, 2012, 09:16:07 PM

I don't really know what happened with that video. I really enjoy the sound of it, but would like to bend the mt-520 alot more. I have yet to even open up the monotron, but I would imagine it would have alot of fun possibility.

any suggestions on what could be done to either?

Title: Re: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: Circuitbenders on March 01, 2012, 12:55:20 PM

Apart from the MT540 and the ones with analogue percussion, i dislike most casio MT's i've seen as they tend to be a major pain in the ass to get them to do anything interesting. To be honest, i've only tried a few though so i might have just been unlucky.

Theres loads of stuff all over the web for the monotron. After all, Korg seemed to have designed it to be modded.

Title: Re: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: gregisclassy on March 02, 2012, 02:04:05 AM

I'm considering adding an osculator to the monotron, but not sure how to go about doing that.

Title: Re: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: Dylan on March 02, 2012, 02:12:43 AM

I got a monotron the other week from a friend who wasn't impressed with it. I'll do a little write up on the mods when I do them if you want.

Title: Re: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: gregisclassy on March 06, 2012, 06:31:42 AM

Quote from: Dylan on March 02, 2012, 02:12:43 AM

I got a monotron the other week from a friend who wasn't impressed with it. I'll do a little write up on the mods when I do them if you want.

I'm just going to leave this here, [url]http://shadypurplelamp.bandcamp.com/track/blurry-saloon[/url

Title: Re: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: gregisclassy on June 01, 2012, 06:04:29 AM

<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/48250158&show_artwork=true"></iframe>

I've modified the mt 520 more.

Title: Re: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: SineHacker on June 23, 2012, 03:29:32 PM

you should try and get the monotron delay inside the mt 520!! I agree also, the first video has some great sounds

a bit of housework on those links would go a long way here!  ;)

Title: Re: slightly modified casio mt 520 xkorg montorn delay
Post by: gregisclassy on July 17, 2012, 10:15:04 PM

Quote from: SineHacker on June 23, 2012, 03:29:32 PM

you should try and get the monotron delay inside the mt 520!! I agree also, the first video has some great sounds

a bit of housework on those links would go a long way here!  ;)

I could remove a speaker from the mt-520 and fit the monotron into it, but I have been playing around with cross-bending
with the monotron and now have a "bender-sequencer" I need to get a drum machine (the drum section of the mt520 died with the implementation of an overdrive) :/
here is some newer stuff. 
[cloudset]<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/50257745&show_artwork=true"></iframe>[/cloudset]