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Category: TR-909

A look at the TR-909’s noise generator

Posted on December 26, 2019January 11, 2020

The TR-909 uses a hardware implementation of an LFSR as its noise generator. We’ve dealt with LFSR noise generators in a few other articles, but we’ve only looked at firmware implementations, so it might be fun to see how the same thing is done in hardware. The circuit is composed of three parts; the shift register […]

Posted in Noise, Roland, Synth DIY, TR-909, Vintage synths   6 Comments on A look at the TR-909’s noise generator

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