Trend price : 400€
A little modern analog box who wants to emulate 2 legendary drum machines: tr-808and tr-909
Overview
(weight: 4kg ) Main panel features 5 velocity pads, 25 knobs (transmit Midi CC#), 16 buttons for step edit and 10 others for pattern edit.
Back panel terminal connectors:
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main out
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3 individual outputs
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Midi interface
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5-dins sync at 24 PPQ
Voice
The Jomox 09 features 3 voices, mainly an hybrid of both analog and digital technology:
- BASS DRUM and SNARE have analog circuits
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HIHATS is a sampled digital PCM channel
Sequencer
real-time record or step entry using the 16 dedicated buttons. The sequencer also can records knobs movements, in addition there is micro groove editor and a shuffle to shift each step with a maximum of 96th of a bar resolution with a 92 ticks / bar resolution.
Sync
the sequencer can be slaved with external Midi clock from other units or Sync at 24 PPQ to vintage drum machines.
Midi
all functions are available also by Midi control change, surely one of the best feature. Also a complete Exclusive implementation for edit and librarian storage purposes.
LFO
(only OS 2.09 and higher) 2 modulators sharing same tempo frequency and 5 destinations:
- BD pitch
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snare tune
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Xsnapp factor
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noise frequency
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Hi Hat pitch
Memory
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100 ROM preset drum kits
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100 RAM slots
- 64 patterns
- 10 songs
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: analog drums / sync / edit
NOT : timing not perfect / flimsy buttons
"Box with power and modern Midi implementation. Xbase09 vs 909? not really good: The X0X emulation are so so, but le X09 achieve a lot of other great sounds!"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci