Re:The mysterious heart of the Roland TR-808 drum machine
by dschuetz on Sunday July 29, 2018 @02:24AM
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How ironic that an engineering mistake which produced a unique "bad" batch of transistors also produced another engineering mistake. It's bad practice to make use of not reproducible parts, especially as such a unique noise source which basicaly defines a musical instrument. One of the most iconic electronic musical instruments ever created was born by engineering mistakes!
But, is there even a way to produce and reproduce a consistent physical noise source that generates the same noise with each physical copy?
But, is there even a way to produce and reproduce a consistent physical noise source that generates the same noise with each physical copy?