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[[Image:Amdrum.JPG|thumb|250px|Box and Manual for the Amdrum]]
The Amdrum is a an 8bit D/A converter (hardware) with drumkit (software), made by the British company [[Cheetah]].
Quality of the playback was nice, considering the time and price. The samples were read from the suplied tapes. There were serveral tapes with different themes. Along with the Amdrum came a sequencing program. It was possible to copy the samples to disc, but the sequencing program had to be patched! Amdrum was probably Cheetahs version of the SpecDrum (As revealed on the PCB "AMSTRAD SPECDRUM"). Aside of Cheetahs own sequencer you can use some commands of the RSX ROM for [[LambdaSpeak III ROM|LambdaSpeak III]] to use the Amdrum.
http://trastero.speccy.org/cosas/JL/JL.htm
|74LS32N||Quad 2-input OR||Port decoding, /DAC_WRITE when /ADDR_MATCH, /IORQ, /WR all LOW
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|SN74LS04N||Hex Inverters||purpose unknown? (used in the analog partCharge pump circuit, not used to create negative voltage rail for Port decoding)the op amp
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|TL064CDP||Quad Operational Amplifier||no info how the 4 amplifier stages are used?Buffer and low pass filter
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|Ferranti ZN428E-8||8bit DAC||mono one-channel 8bit D/A converter (unsigned samples)
<gallery caption="Amdrum Layout, thanks to Jose Leandro">
File:Amdrum - interface_delante.jpg|Amdrum - Front Box
File:Amdrum - interface_detras.jpg|Amdrum - Back Box
File:Amdrum - cara_componentes.jpg|Amdrum - Components
File:Amdrum - cara_pistas.jpg|Amdrum - Tracks
File:Amdrum PCB.png|Amdrum - PCB Front
File:Amdrum Layout.png|Amdrum - Layout
</gallery>
== Reviews / Commercials ==
<gallery caption="Commercials for the Amdrum">
Image:amdrum commercial.jpg|Commercial for Amdrum
Image:Amstrad Computer User8610028.jpg|Review of the Amdrum in [[Amstrad Computer User]]
Image:Amstrad Computer User8610029.jpg
Image:Amstrad Computer User8610030.jpg
</gallery>
== Amdrum Tape ==
<gallery caption="Amdrum Tape">
Image:Amdrum Tape A.jpg|Amdrum Tape side A
Image:Amdrum Tape B.jpg|Amdrum Tape side B
</gallery>
|''Title''||''Front Covertape''||''Back Covertape''||''Tape Side A''||''Tape Side B''
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|[[Afro Kit]]||[[Image:Afro Kit 1.jpg|120px]]||[[Image:Afro Kit 2.jpg|120px]]||[[Image:Afro Kit Tape A.jpg|120px]]||[[Image:Afro Kit Tape B.jpg|120px]]
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|[[Electro Kit]]||[[Image:Electro Kit 1.jpg|120px]]||[[Image:Electro Kit 2.jpg|120px]]||[[Image:Electro Kit Tape A.jpg|120px]]||[[Image:Electro Kit Tape B.jpg|120px]]
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|[[Latin Kit]]||[[Image:Latin Kit 1.jpg|120px]]||[[Image:Latin Kit 2.jpg|120px]]||[[Image:Latin Kit Tape A.jpg|120px]]||[[Image:Latin Kit Tape B.jpg|120px]]
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<gallery caption="Afro Kit - Errata">
Image:Afro Kit Errata.jpg|Afro Kit Errata
</gallery>
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== Manual ==
* [[Media:Amdrum Manual.pdf|Amdrum (Cheetah) Manual]] {{EN}} {{PDF}}
== Download ==
* [[Media:Amdrum (Eagle).zip|Amdrum (Eagle).zip]] (Amdrum files for Eagle)
== Links Weblinks ==
* [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4294 ''Amdrum'' from CPC-Power]
* [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4313 ''Amdrum Electro kit'' from CPC-Power]
* [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4311 ''Amdrum Latin kit'' from CPC-Power]
* [https://cpcrulez.fr/hardware-audio-amdrum_AA.htm ''Amdrum'' from CPCrulez]* [http://hardware.speccy.org/temp/Amstrad-Amdrum.html ''Amdrum'' from hardware.speccy.org]
* [http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/28/music-thing-the-zx-spectrum-specdrum-module/ Site about the SpecDrum]
* [http://www.crashonline.org.uk/27/specdrum.htm Review of the Spectrum version]
* [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat42.html Another Spectrum review]
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