The Lads

About Sidney:

• Sidney the Snare is one of 'The Lads', a gang of Virtual Analogue Sequenced Percussion devices about to muscle in on your music productions
• Sidney is a Virtual Analogue Snare Drum with clout
• Sidney offers a lot of control over the tone and shape of his sound
• Sidney is armed with a serious, grown up, sequencer - for maximum impact

About the circuit:

• Sidney's circuit is based on a pair of Bridged-T network bandpass filters, supplied by Surreal Machines, plus a noise source as found in TR-808 and CR78  drum machines
• Sidney's controls offer access to popular circuit bent functions
• Sidney is NOT a TR-808 emulation but does share similar sound characteristics
• Sidney v2.0 replaces v1.0 AND Thomas v1.0 as Sidney has all the functions of Thomas and more
• Sidney can do a passable clave/rimshot too - even simple Kicks

Body - This is the fundamental tone of the snare

1. T1 - Pitch of tone 1
2. T2 - Tone 2, a multiple of T1
3. T1/T2 - crossfades between tone 1 and tone 2
4. Decay - tone 1 & 2 filter resonance

About Henry:

• Henry the Hat is one of 'The Lads', a gang of Virtual Analogue Sequenced Percussion devices about to muscle in on your music productions
• Henry is a Virtual Analogue HiHat with bite
• Henry offers a lot of control over the tone and shape of his sound
• Henry is armed with a serious, grown up, sequencer - for maximum impact

About the circuit:

• Henry's circuit is based on a Schmitt Trigger network of 6 square wave oscillators as found in TR-808 and CR78  drum machines
• Henry's controls offer access to popular circuit bent functions 
• Henry is NOT a TR-808 emulation but does share similar sound characteristics
• Henry can do a passable cowbell too

Body - This is the fundamental tone of the hat

1. Freq 1 - Pitch of all 6 oscillators
2. Freq 2 - Pitch of the last 2 oscillators which form the cowbell
3. Decay - From a deep 'Click' to just about long enough
4. HiHat/Cowbell - HiHat or Cowbell
5. Bite - a pair of peaky HiPass filters
6. Spite - A spiteful HiPass
7. Tite - A tightening logarithmic curve applied to the amplitude....

Global tone controls

1. HiPass - A High Pass filter to lift Henry in the mix
2. Slide - A gentle Low Pass Gate to remove excess top end and soften the transient
3. Sat - Crossfades between a clean and a driven signal path
4. Gain - Output volume - also drives into a Surreal Machines Low Pass filter for the Sat channel

Features:

• All new Dual Euclidean Sequencer
• All new Clock
• All new Keith

About the circuit:

• Like the TR-909, Keith's circuit is based around a waveshaped triangle waveform
• Keith has noise and a click added to intensify the attack portion of the sound
• No samples were used in the creation of any of 'The Lads'
• Keith is NOT a TR-909 emulation but does share similar sound characteristics

Kick Body - This is the fundamental tone of the kick

1. Freq - Pitch - from a window-rattling 35Hz to super fast 75Hz

2. Curve - Decay characteristic - from a tight exponential curve to an overblown logarithmic curve

3. Decay - From a deep 'Click' to just about long enough

Kick Peak - This creates a thump, or a knock, at the start of the kick

1. Freq - Starting pitch of the kick, before it swoops down upon the floor

2. Time - The time taken for the pitch to swoop down - 1ms - 50ms

3. Slope - An exponential curve applied to the pitch sweep = softer/harder - kind of :/ 

Housekeeping stuff

1. The K-Teck logo

2. Device title and version number

3. Preset display - for storing and recalling your presets

Global tone controls

1. HiPass - A High Pass filter to remove too much sub or get a nasty click/knock

2. LoPass - A lowpass filter designed by Surreal Machines to remove excess top end and subbify

3. Gain - Output volume - also drives into that Surreal Machines Low Pass filter for extra oomph

Features:

• All new Dual Euclidean Sequencer
• All new Clock
• All new Kevin - built around Surreal Machines' filter code

Kevin is:

• A stand alone, sequenced Kick Drum Device for Max for Live
• Based on a 'Pinged Resonant Filter' topology (CR78, TR-808)
• One of 'The Lads'
• Free to all owners of Kevin v1.0 and 'The Lads'

Kick Body - This is the fundamental tone of the kick

1. Freq - Pitch - from a window-rattling 35Hz to super fast 75Hz
2. Drive - Saturates the output of the filter - "like opening a door"
3. Decay - From a deep 'Click' to just about long enough

Kick Peak - This creates a thump, or a knock, at the start of the kick

1. Freq - Starting pitch of the kick, before it swoops down upon the floor
2. Time - The time taken for the pitch to swoop down - 1ms - 50ms
3. Slope - An exponential curve applied to the pitch sweep = softer/harder - kind of :/