Uploaded June 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
The Drumfire DF-500 is a basic 5 channel analog drum brain. It's meant to be triggered by drum pads, but I'm using a Yamaha RX5. The sounds I'm using to trigger the DF-500 aren't particularly impulsive, leading to interesting effects. It's an idiosyncratic machine; the controls respond strangely and there's some sort of cross-talk between the channels. Overall it's interesting, but not terribly flexible. Pan Sonic allegedly use one, which says a lot.
No photo, sorry.
Recorded 2008 or 2009.
The Drumfire DF-500 is a basic 5 channel analog drum brain. It's meant to be triggered by drum pads, but I'm using a Yamaha RX5. The sounds I'm using to trigger the DF-500 aren't particularly impulsive, leading to interesting effects. It's an idiosyncratic machine; the controls respond strangely and there's some sort of cross-talk between the channels. Overall it's interesting, but not terribly flexible. Pan Sonic allegedly use one, which says a lot.
No photo, sorry.
Recorded 2008 or 2009.
