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Elka Rhythm Machine

 

 

 

Elka rhythm machine

info Country: Italy
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audio demo trend price : 100€
demo video comments

Elka Rhythm Machine (1975)

 

Basic Italian analog drum machine with patterns presets styles and no sync option.

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bass drum kit

info DRUM MACHINE main panel features 8 pot sliders for instruments levels, 16 push buttons for rhythm selection and 2 sliders for tempo rate (exponential?) and main volume.



Rear panel terminal connectors:
- main signal out
- start/stop pedalswitch input.

 

 

edit VOICE machine based on transistors manages 8 voices channels, technically spotted an IC SL30747, but no information about this one. Simply choose a pattern played by 8 sounds, then set the tempo and adjust the volume in the mixer section.

 

elka


presets drum machine

congo bongo2 snare cymbal
bongo1 claves maracas kick drum


 

edit RHYTHMS RHYTHM machine generates 16 preset rhythms with no possible combo option
TIP : that if any buttons are pressed a 17th unknow pattern will play.





rhythm patterns
march chacha slow rock afro
paso doble rhumba waltz beguine
swing bossnova tango samba
rnb mambo rock shake


 

editSYNC no options, however I found a video on you tune where the drum machine seems to be synched to another- schematics are required.


circuit


 

demo AUDIO DEMO

demo pattern 1
demo pattern 2
demo pattern 3
demo pattern 4

 


videoVIDEO CLIP SELECTION

rhythm machine duo
rhythm machine duo

 

elka rhythm machine


ELKA RHYTHM FREE SAMPLE PACK
SOON!

 

 

 

WANTED:
SCHEMATICS AND SERVICE MANUAL:

service manual

send it us, we will share it for free.

 

 

 


 

 

audio demo
Along with Mighty ELKA SYNTHEX
memory

IC elka schematics


manual

-old drum box
-analog


manual

-no controls
-no sync

comment


REVIEW "quite rare, but sounds nothing so special, a lot of presets drum machines from this era are better ihmo. For collectors."

 

 

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elka rhythm machine 2 out of 5 based on 8 ratings. price €100