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Dynacord Add-One

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ADD-One
Add-One with Add-Drive
ManufacturerDynacord/Fast Forward Designs
Dates1985-1987
Price£3000[1]
Technical specifications
Polyphony8 Voice, 8 Dacs
Timbrality8 Part
Oscillator1 Oscillator/Sample per voice
LFOLFOs triangle saw square sample and hold
Synthesis typeSamples
Filter8x Low pass resonant (self-resonating) Analog CEM 3389 filter per voice
Storage memory1Mbytes[2] upgradable to 8Mbytes
Input/output
External controlMIDI, CV, Pads

The Dynacord ADD-One (advanced digital drums) is a German-manufactured, American-designed [3] drum machine that was first released in 1986. It uses recorded samples to produce its sounds through analog voltage-controlled envelopes and analog filters with resonance, to self-oscillation per voice. It comes with 1 Mbyte of memory and can be upgraded up to 8 Mbytes.

Sample rate and bit rate

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The unit can sample up to 50 kHz at 12-bits [4] for up to 20 seconds. Actually it is 8 bits with 4 bits of companding according to one of the designers Michael Doidic.[5] The sample rate and therefore the pitch is variable, like the Fairlight and E-mu EII and other earlier samples, via the 8 separate DACs - variable pitch via sample clock rate change. Later digital samplers, including those that operate in software utilise interpolation and other techniques to alter the pitch of a sample - the effect, particularly in the low-end is not the same.

Display

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The unit features an 80-character backlit LCD.

Sounds

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Bass drums, congas, snares, Hihats as well as single-cycle waveforms (sine/triangle etc.) contained on EPROMS.[6] With the optional 'Add-One Drive' one can sample any recorded sounds into the sampler via the microphone/line input with on-board compressor.

External control

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The Chain mode allows these to be called up in any order and stepped through by a footswitch. The unit also features MIDI which allows it to be controlled from an external device such as a synthesizer or electronic drums.

Notable users

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References

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  1. ^ Everard, Chris (October 1986). "New Addition (SOS Oct 86)". Sound on Sound (Oct 1986): 52–53. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  2. ^ Wiffen, Paul (November 1986). "Dynacord ADD-one (MT Nov 86)". Music Technology (Nov 1986): 24. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  3. ^ Wiffen, Paul (November 1986). "Dynacord ADD-one (MT Nov 1986)". Music Technology (Nov 1986): 24.
  4. ^ "Dynacord ADD-one rare drum machine | Music Gear Daily". www.musicgeardaily.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Vintage Drums: Dynacord ADD-One". Kreativ Musik machen (in German). 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  7. ^ "DYNACORD ADD-One". www.jarrography.free.fr. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  8. ^ "Dynacord ADD One". Retrieved 2023-10-22. It was used by Prince on Lovesexy and Batman for kick and snare samples.

Further reading

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