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Welson Supermatic S-12 (197X)

Welson Supermatic S-12

Trend price : 100€

Vintage analog drum machine with preset pattern rhythms and trigger pads

Overview

Main panel features 12 push button, a start-stop switch, 2 knobs for volume and tempo and 4 trigger pads (no velocity).
Rear panel terminal connectors:
- mono out
- start/stop pedalswitch input
- 1 trimmer for gain adjustment
- 1 trimmer tone for filter cutoff




Voice
preset pattern play that can be combined, but no possible edit. There are 12 rhythm pattern presets like waltz, bossa nova, march, rock, samba, mambo, tango...

Control
4 pads for sound triggering:
- roll snare which is a kind of quick drum roll (not tempo-synched)
- tom 1
- tom 2
- claves

Sync
no possible external sync, but diode flashes at each measure.

Filter
lowpass tone cutoff at -6 dB slopes


Audio demo:


Video Clip:

video clip


Review
OK: analog / uncommon
NOT : no edit / limited
"Vintage-looking and nice woodsides, trigger buttons are fun: cheesy sound at 100% really nothing too impressive-"

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Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci

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