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No this is not correct. The drums were just a Maestro Rhythm King Unit[1]. The pads had no dynamics at all. The dynamics were basically a foot pedal that contro

No this is not correct. The drums were just a Maestro Rhythm King Unit[1]. The pads had no dynamics at all. The dynamics were basically a foot pedal that controlled the volume. Both the volume pedals and the guts of the Maestro Rhythm King are visible in their 1975 appearance of on the BBC's "Tomorrow's World" where they play Autobahn[2]. There was no "circuit bending" going on. [1] http://www.maindragmusic.com/ca-1970-maestro-rhythm-king-mrk-2.html http://www.maindragmusic.com/ca-1970-maestro-rhythm-king-mrk... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2goij2J94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2goij2J94

ratww 7y ago
"Circuit bending" implies they're using an existing circuit. They connected the pads directly to the innards of the drum machine. I consider this circuit bending. "The pads had no dynamics at all" doesn't mean they didn't manufacture the pads. You seem to have an axe to grind here. IMO this is not only bad form in the HN itself, but also very distasteful in a thread about someone who just passed away. I won't answer you anymore.
- bogomipz 7y ago
  I seem to have "an axe to grind" because I'm a fan and interested in discussing facts about the group? I've shared numerous links in this post that would be of interest to any Kraftwerk fan. It should be very clear that I am quite the super fan. And this is distasteful and bad form? Wow. Kraftwerk in many ways was the ultimate nerd band. I believe that Florian Schneider would be tickled to know his fans were painfully dissecting the minutiae and lore of his equipment. I was also careful to point out in my original comment that I was "not trying to detract from their genius in any way."
  - mcnamaratw 7y ago
    Maybe, but if they were screwing around with the inside of the equipment, that kinda is circuit bending tho.
    - ratww 7y ago
      They were! The Maestro unit didn’t have expression inputs, or pad inputs. It only had rhythm presets that you couldn’t change and an external start/stop switch. It was simple, but it required creativity and some electronics skill (or at least a lot of trial and error and soldering).

ratww 7y ago

"Circuit bending" implies they're using an existing circuit. They connected the pads directly to the innards of the drum machine. I consider this circuit bending. "The pads had no dynamics at all" doesn't mean they didn't manufacture the pads. You seem to have an axe to grind here. IMO this is not only bad form in the HN itself, but also very distasteful in a thread about someone who just passed away. I won't answer you anymore.

bogomipz 7y ago
I seem to have "an axe to grind" because I'm a fan and interested in discussing facts about the group? I've shared numerous links in this post that would be of interest to any Kraftwerk fan. It should be very clear that I am quite the super fan. And this is distasteful and bad form? Wow. Kraftwerk in many ways was the ultimate nerd band. I believe that Florian Schneider would be tickled to know his fans were painfully dissecting the minutiae and lore of his equipment. I was also careful to point out in my original comment that I was "not trying to detract from their genius in any way."
- mcnamaratw 7y ago
  Maybe, but if they were screwing around with the inside of the equipment, that kinda is circuit bending tho.
  - ratww 7y ago
    They were! The Maestro unit didn’t have expression inputs, or pad inputs. It only had rhythm presets that you couldn’t change and an external start/stop switch. It was simple, but it required creativity and some electronics skill (or at least a lot of trial and error and soldering).