Latest Alesis HR-16 – SOLD

POTAR Alesis HR-16 mods and restoration

This one didn’t even make to the site, put it up on Reverb and it was gone within an hour. I am really happy with how this one came out, it ended up being more work than the last couple, pretty much dead on arrival. It was worth the extra work to bring this Alesis … Read more

Alesis HR-16 Circuit Bending

Alesis HR-16 pitch control install

This is the last of the Alesis HR-16 lot I purchased from the estate of former Pure Prairie League member George Powell. I added a 28 point patch bay, an LTC1799 precision oscillator for pitch control – and that is switchable between knob control or photocell control (for using light as a pitch controller). I … Read more

Yamaha Mu-5 Build Pics

I bent this Yamaha MU-5 a few months back and never posted the pics here. The ic is surface mount and has tiny legs that make it a chore to solder to, but the results are worth all the solder stress. I love to chain this thing to my Roland Tr-505 or Alesis HR-16 and … Read more

POTAR Design Concern