Deep Bass-Drum/Synth in progress

I build a new kick module inspired by the 606’s BD design with adding some mods (decay time control, tone control and a distortion mod)

I really love this kind of dirty and deep’s kick who looks “a little more” like hard-techno drums.

Than I have add a simple bypassed’s distortion mod (with clipping-diodes)

With this effect the sound look like a sort of deep bass’s synth :slight_smile:

I’m now thinking about adding a pitch tuning control with CV Input… it could be really fun !!

sorry for the bad quality of videos

work in progress…

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here the main schematic from
Gerb-ster’s github (BD2) =>

and here the distortion schematic bloc I have add, from the @Krakenpine Twin-T Kick (placed before the tone control and master output blocs)

Than I have add a passive DPDT switched-bypass for chose between Drum mod or Synth Bass mod (= actived/desactived distortion)

:facepunch::facepunch:

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just like that,

this is my 5th kick drum module… and finally maybe the last…??
is it serious doctor? :dizzy_face::grin:

me say that we never have too much bass modules… no…? :roll_eyes::roll_eyes:
but I’m begin to running out of space! :disappointed_relieved:

Yes I know, it’s really wobbly,
the carpenter was just a little bit drunk… :grimacing:

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it is going well !!!
I would suggest that you do a complete case of Kick, another of snare, … :rofl:

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Or you could say: “The wonky panels are magic doors that open to a world of sonic adventure.”

(No, I’m not in advertising.)

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I was thinking about it… :joy::joy:

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I think it’s worth asking and bringing up this very interesting project. Was this unit built from the PCB that is available on Github? It seems to me that not even the designer himself built the MK2 version. I really want to build this module

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