Solton MDR16 (1986)
Multi track digital recorder
Not really a synthesizer but an obsolete 16-tracks Midi player/recorder with Floppy disk storage.
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main panel features a 16 X 2 lines Push button keyboard 0 - 9. Operating modes: PLAY, EDIT, MIDI-CLOCK, DISK. Other controls: START, STOP, ENTER, DOWN, UP.
Back panel terminal connectors:
- MIDI IN / OUT / THRU
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SYNC IN / OUT (5 v. TTL).
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Metronome Audio output +volume: Low, High, Off.
- Start/Stop Footswitch.
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Trigger Input
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RECORD: Real Time or Step by Step.
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- Some various
QUANTIZE option: 1/4, 1/8, 1/12, 1/16, 1/24, 1/32, 1/48, 1/96.
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Step by Step programmable musical notes or rest: 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/12, 1/16, 1/24, 1/32, 1/48, 1/64.
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TIME SIGNATURE: Any value between 1/4 and 16/8.
-Track selection: MASTERTRACK, SUBTRACK, TEMPORARY TRACK.
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TIE and GATE Fuctions |
EDIT: some limited internal edit:
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-Master, Sub., Temporary, Mixing of Sub and Tempo to Master. - MIDI channel modification
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Calling-up a MIDI channel from master to Sub. Modificatio an of Tempo, Voice Program, Transposer, Quantize and Time Signature.
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BLANK, DELETE, INSERT, COPY and LOOP functions. |
PLAY Number of the Song, Track selection: Master, Sub, Tempo
MIDI channel used in the Song. Bars and notes used in the Song. TRANSPOSER: Transposer range: 1 octave down - 1 octave up.
DISK: 3 1/2" double sided - double density, 1 Megabyte (about 160.000 notes).
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Internal functions:
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INITIALIZING
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SAVE Song, LOAD Song, VERIFY Song, Song LIST, Disk FREE
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RENAME Song, DELETE Song, LOCK/UNLOCK Song.
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Disk BACKUP
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MIDI Accepted MIDI informations: Note On/Off, Program Change, Key Velocity, Pitch Bend, Control Change, After Touch, Exclusive Message, Echo back.
SYNC: 4 Clock types: INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, TRIGGER, MIDI.
- Clock values available for SYNC IN: 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, 48, 96
- values available for SYNC OUT: 12, 24, 48, 96.
- Synchronization with external trigger.
- tempo rage from 30 to 255 BPM
MEMORY: Internal RAM of 64 Kbytes - non volatile:
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- 12.000 notes
- 16 songs
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GALLERY:
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Company: Solton
Model: Mdr16
Class: sequencer
Dates: 1986
Display: 16 x 2 LCD
Polyphony: none
Multitimbric: 16 parts
Tempo: 30 to 255
Memory: 12.000 notes
- 16 songs
Storage : 1,4 mb FD
Sync: Midi / trigger
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DEMO:
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