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DCO-106

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Love it!

I had rented a 106 back in the 80's to lay down some 'sweet audio experiments', so this is a trip down memory lane especially the factory presets - encourage all MC10 PS users to check it out.
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I concur. I also have Roland's Juno 106, which sounds slightly better and has a shedload more presets but a neat little mover nonetheless.
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That video is great, but my comparison includes:

DCO-106 - Free
Juno 106 - 2K

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I downloaded this for free a couple of days ago. Never really thought about it until I started reading this thread. I didn't even know it was based on the Juno-106 (which I wasn't even familiar with).

I love it! It's pretty easy to program though I don't know 100% what everything is and how it relates to other controls but I get the idea enough to do a little damage!

Now I've got an 80s or 70s itch...
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cactus-head wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 4:57 pm I downloaded this for free a couple of days ago. Never really thought about it until I started reading this thread. I didn't even know it was based on the Juno-106 (which I wasn't even familiar with).

I love it! It's pretty easy to program though I don't know 100% what everything is and how it relates to other controls but I get the idea enough to do a little damage!

Now I've got an 80s or 70s itch...

In that case, you should also check out the Mercury 6 (Jupiter 6), GX80 (CS80), Elka-X (Synthex) and Sines synths. Amazing VSTs!
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Re: DCO-106

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Here's a little DCO-106 fun excerpt.

All synths are DCO-106. The huge reso-sweep is a little challenging since there aren't separate envelopes for individual oscillators. Couldn't get the growl in the sweep. Should be one or two people that recognize the tune.

The synth as a whole though is remarkably easy to program.

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cactus-head wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:32 pm Here's a little DCO-106 fun excerpt.

All synths are DCO-106. The huge reso-sweep is a little challenging since there aren't separate envelopes for individual oscillators. Couldn't get the growl in the sweep. Should be one or two people that recognize the tune.
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So you all convinced me to try this DCO-106. 1980s here I come ;-)
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I'm having a blast with this thing! Here's a couple of short excerpts - circa 1979.

All of the synths are the DCO-106. I programmed about seven presets for this tune:

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cactus-head wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:30 pm All of the synths are the DCO-106. I programmed about seven presets for this tune:
You're really good at programming the sounds. I don't know much about synths and mainly stick to presets, but very cool. I've recognized all of the sounds you posted in like half-a-second - so they're pretty dead on! But the thing about 80s songs is even a non-synth player like me can participate a bit because alot of the parts just aren't that hard to play with even one finger, and even I can manage that if I'm lucky! ;-)
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cactus-head wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:30 pm I'm having a blast with this thing! Here's a couple of short excerpts - circa 1979.

All of the synths are the DCO-106. I programmed about seven presets for this tune:


DCO-106 fun excerpt 2.mp3
DCO-106 fun excerpt 3.mp3
Ooh, nice! Now do 'Are "Friends" Electric'. :)
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Don't know that one... Ok I'm going to have to learn it. Challenge accepted.
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Sturdy wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 7:15 am
You're really good at programming the sounds. I don't know much about synths and mainly stick to presets, but very cool. I've recognized all of the sounds you posted in like half-a-second - so they're pretty dead on! But the thing about 80s songs is even a non-synth player like me can participate a bit because alot of the parts just aren't that hard to play with even one finger, and even I can manage that if I'm lucky! ;-)
I start out with an existing patch that sort of sounds like what I'm looking for or has an element in it I know I would use - like a swell or an LFO. The thing about this synth in particular is there are so few controls it makes it less challenging than some other synths to program - and it has a pretty decent analogue sound.
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cactus-head wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:21 am Don't know that one... Ok I'm going to have to learn it. Challenge accepted.
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