Of course, you do that with the web editor, which is available at luma.tools It can manage the complete banks, drop wav or encoded bin files from other drum machines. It's a very elegant tool for editing too.
It's very clever stuff. Bravo! If I could have one wish it would have been that you kept the original colour scheme of the LM-1. That Orange/Brown combo looks really cool; maybe it is a legal issue why you had to change the colour scheme? Amazing work to re-create the LM-1.
We thought it won't be right. The color palette evolved during production runs and faded differently on units in a filed. It'll be always somebody who see the difference to the original units. Another reason is readability in the dark environment. It's hard to see on LM-1.
I don´t know much about electronics so excuse me if I sound dumb, but, can't you just take the outputs from the usb-c power controller directly in to the dc/dc converter, and from there into one output? Why all the resistors when the dc/dc output is always 12 v, and why all the capacitors when the power is already dc? If you don't want the 5V, the usb-c thing has a setting that makes it output 12 V. Could you use the ground of the usb-c thing for 12V and if so, does that mean that it's also possible to have the usb c directly into the 16-pin if you don't need the 5V? Again I'm not a electrician...
Resistors are only for LEDs. Filtering capacitors are needed for DC-DC operation. You need a dual rail +12V and -12V even if you're not planning to use +5V rail. So a proper DC-DC required that can produce those voltages.
It no longer needs eproms, all sounds are reloadable on a fly from the SD card inside. However, there is still one EPROM socket. It's made for dumping purpose, i.e. if you have ERPOMs from other drum machines, Luma-1 can dump those for you, save ti to a file and play.
Would be nice to have a multi-eprom dump feature allowing the entire set to be changed Nice machine Can you and would you do one on the Linn Drum (popularly thought of as the LM2)
This is already done, you can dump multiple eproms and assign to different channels. Then you can save it as a bank onto internal SD card and reload it easily.
Luma-1 front panel consists of three boards - a small board for 2-digit LEDs, a mixer board with faders and top pots and the large board with all other buttons. The mixer board of LM-1 is different, see it has one row of pots only. Other boards are cross compatible (including a pinout) and we have LM-1 mixer board too (with one row of pots). Those go as fully assembled pieces or kits. The buttons or pots alone wouldn't fit into LM-1 PCB.
Many thanks for this video, Andrei. I've just downloaded the Synergia plugin/app and the Synergyze programing app, I've only scratched the surface, and it's great to see the real thing in action.
Great video. I played around with an original Lm1 in a music store in london uk back in the 80’s. Luma has done a great job here. Linndrum for the future ?
Great video. Remember playing around with the original in a music store in london uk back in the 80’s. Luma has done a great job here. Linndrum in the future ?
Speaking of restoring Fair lights, I have EVERYTHING. PAL's, GAL's, Software Discs, full set of circuit diagrams, and the almost impossible to get Channel Cards. Peter Vogel sent them to me years ago, as I was hoping to start making boards to replace ones beyond repair.
Really great work and congrats, but what am I not feeling compared to the original? The sounds are great but something about the looseness of groove… or the lack of looseness. I could be tripping but just listening to the original. Not a criticism just an observation. I have 0083 so one of the earliest ones. Congrats again, regardless!
These people WHINING about using a "camera mic" and "take this video down..." probably don't have the money to buy this awesome recreation. Just go back to your Cakewalk or whatever.
Is roger still kicking? Surely he would love to see his creation reborn. Its a wonderful thing you have done here. Kudos, on the highest level. Im sure it was frought with heartache. 🥇🎛🎚
Nice video, but recording audio output through the air, plus the camera's compression makes critical listening very difficult. I'd like to hear theses side-by-side with recording of direct outputs.
I am a sound designer. I design binary files for older drum machines. I can’t explain enough how cool this is. It brought me tears of happiness, like seeing an old friend. I would love to design sounds for this. And you can load EPROMs?? Wow!!! Amazing!! This has to be the best drum machine ever made.
Please don’t get even a little bit discouraged by internet trolls or entitled opinions that don’t have any idea of personal, mental, emotional, psychological, professional investment that you put into this project. It is an amazing piece of work made out of love. Please carry on :)
