The Quasimidi Rave-O-Lution 309 is a stand-alone
groovebox
A groovebox is a self-contained electronic or digital musical instrument for the production of live, loop-based electronic music with a high degree of user control facilitating improvisation. The term "Groovebox" was originally used by Roland Co ...
produced by
Quasimidi
Quasimidi Musikelektronik GmbH was a German synthesizer manufacturer from Hesse. It was founded in 1987 by Friedhelm Haar and Jörg Reichstein. It was originally based in Kirchhain, but moved to Rauschenberg in 1998. The company folded in 2000.
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in 1996. It features an onboard
sequencer and has the ability to mute parts during playback making this unit ideal for live performances. The machine features two oscillators for sound generation, (pulse, pulse variable, saw down, saw up, square, and triangle.)
Sounds
The Rave-O-Lution 309 contains analogue, electronic drum and bass synth sounds.
Sequencer
The unit features 100 preset
and 100 user patterns.
Effects
The effects included with this machine are:
* Modulation
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Delay
Delay (from Latin: dilatio) may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Delay 1968'', a 1981 album by German experimental rock band Can
* ''The Delay'', a 2012 Uruguayan film
People
* B. H. DeLay (1891–1923), American aviator and acto ...
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Reverb
Reverberation (also known as reverb), in acoustics, is a persistence of sound, after a sound is produced. Reverberation is created when a sound or signal is reflected causing numerous reflections to build up and then decay as the sound is abs ...
Controls
Notable users
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Apollo 440
Apollo 440 (also known as Apollo Four Forty or @440) are a British electronic music group formed in Liverpool in 1990. The group has written, recorded, and produced five studio albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as ...
*
Nine Inch Nails
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KMFDM
KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a multinational industrial band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art project. ...
References
Further reading
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*{{cite magazine, title=Quasimidi Rave-O-Lution, page=37, magazine=Making Music, issue=139, date=October 1997, issn=0269-2651, oclc=499235180
Synthesizers
Grooveboxes