Let's Get Lofi 4 - DD10 + Pss-580 + DIY Distortion + DIY Mixer

The Yamaha DD-10 has got to be one of the most Lofi programmable drum machine ever made. You can program 2 separate 2 bar patterns using 26 different drum sounds with 2 levels of velocity. I used a preset on this vid though as I was feeling a bit lazy. Amazingly it only cost me £2 from a carboot sale. Yeay.

I ran that through a distortion circuit based on Craig Andertons distortion circuit as forund in Handmade Electronic Music by Nicolas Collins. I added a touch point I found by accident which feeds the first inverter with the ouput of the second which sounds quite cool. It creates some great squealing and choppy sounds. Nice.

I programmed the Pss-580 with an editor with a nice bass sound.

I ran them both through a passive mixer which was also in Nicolas Collins book.

Yeay, great fun!

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• improv
• synth
• synthesizer
• solo
• vintage
• keyboard
• DIY
• Distortion
• effect
• FX
• Handmade
• Electronic
• Music
• lofi
• music
• drum
• machine
• diy
• mixer
• Yamaha
• DD-10
• Portatone
• Pss-580

[adrianheink]

This looks complex. I want to mod mine but i think i will end up smashing it if i try haha.

[ChrisLody]

@adrianheink Well it's not actually a mod, its just an external circuit i built from the book i mention in the info pane below the video, so there's no risk of damaging the old yamaha stuff like this. Great fun and easier than it looks!

[jerefoxleycba]

this was Kickass!!!

[ChrisLody]

@jerefoxleycba Thanks very much :D

[matt9741399]

A DD10 *AND* a PSS-580... same exact combo I had when I was a kid!

[ChrisLody]

@matt9741399 They make a good pair don't they? Its a shame i didn't have these as a kid, would have been fun.

[johnisfaster]

someone making better music than me using freakin toys... I quit! :)

[LatigidGolana]

WOW this takes me back! I used to hve the 480 when I was a kid lol.

[ZiekeFonsBeats]

This is dope!

[devilsrejectify]

Love it,thinking of having go myself!!

[stealthbopper]

Excellent work - this sound absolutely great!! Love the squealing sound and am also a fan of Nicolas Collins' handmade book and having been trying some of the experiements...

It would be great if you were able to post a pic somewhere of the point that you found that creates a squeal / show the insides and wiring. Any chance?