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Also I'm preeeeety sure I'm gonna pick up an Analog 4 next month. It'll play well with my MS-20 and Microbrute, and together I can call them the Brute 420. And I like Berlin school which is from what I've seen is a perfect match.
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Feb 27, 2015 07:51
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W424 posted:I just wake up but are folks really suggesting that having a long release will make a reverb unnecessary? loving lol. They are, and I think somebody in there complimented Aphex Twin for being talented. It's synthy clusterfuck.
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Feb 27, 2015 09:29
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toadee posted:Compression is like it's own artform/texture. Mr Oizo uses his compressors like another instrument. The response is actually really hard to fake, it goes way beyond simple volume up/down. Does anybody know of any good and mindblowing reading on creative compressor use that goes well beyond "a compressor works like this, sidechain to sound like Daft Punk"?
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Feb 27, 2015 11:28
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I think daft punk is just an alesis 3630 with the bass hitting super hard to pump, not actually sidechained, but I could be wrong. This is a big part of most french house, I think.
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Feb 27, 2015 11:34
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field balm posted:Daft punk is just an alesis 3630 The thing with the 3636 was that it was a dirt cheap compressor that could side-chain.
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Feb 27, 2015 11:48
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stillvisions posted:I have committed a mortal sin; I built a new case for my modular and made the mistake of leaving a lot of extra room in it for new modules. Get the RxMx, man  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXzqw2hNYFA
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Feb 27, 2015 12:12
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Sjoewe posted:The thing with the 3636 was that it was a dirt cheap compressor that could side-chain. Shows what I know! I thought I read something like that but I'm too lazy to look it up on my phone. I always use reacomp for sidechains and nightshine on my drum bus so maybe I just made it up!
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Feb 27, 2015 13:06
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Tayter Swift posted:Also I'm preeeeety sure I'm gonna pick up an Analog 4 next month. It'll play well with my MS-20 and Microbrute, and together I can call them the Brute 420. And I like Berlin school which is from what I've seen is a perfect match.  A Brute 420 Get it! It totally is. The envelopes are a little non-traditional and for ratcheting it's easier to plock an LFO being used as an env but insofar as monomachine was electro-in-a-box, I'd say A4 is berlin-in-a-box. Or at least a germans coping the roland 100m sound coping berlin school in a box whatever. Don't forget to set master pattern length to "INF" and you'll be all set. Longhouse posted:Get the RxMx, man As cool as RxMx is I'm really more interested in the FXDf, maybe if I had a larger system... Speaking of magic box sparkles Black Market Modular is bringing the DIYRE Colour 500 series rack modules to euro. This is mostly interesting to me since it'll allow for a transformer sat and two preset compressors in a relatively small module, but there's all sorts of 'Colours' available from fuzz to delay. To my knowledge this module is the first 'Palette" with a control implemented, not sure any Colours available actually use it, the ones I've seen are all pre-set set with trimmers or jumpers on the board if they have any settings to change.
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Feb 27, 2015 13:33
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So, who wants to get me a MOTM 650 for my birthday?
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Feb 27, 2015 13:43
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Real synthesists generate CV with sheer brainpower.
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Feb 27, 2015 13:55
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Why do some (cool and good) people write "bus" correctly, and others write "buss", which is clearly wrong and incorrect and feels like something they'd want to retcon into being sort-of-torturedly justified when it really, really isn't?
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Feb 27, 2015 14:32
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Tried to keep that question as little loaded as possible.
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Feb 27, 2015 14:34
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sliderule posted:Real synthesists generate CV with sheer brainpower. 1/4" patch in my dilz and a song in my heart
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Feb 27, 2015 14:38
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sliderule posted:Real synthesists generate CV with sheer brainpower. nah, I'll just manipulate the airwaves directly (because I'm a wizard).
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Feb 27, 2015 14:41
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wayfinder posted:Why do some (cool and good) people write "bus" correctly, and others write "buss", which is clearly wrong and incorrect and feels like something they'd want to retcon into being sort-of-torturedly justified when it really, really isn't? i did music tech at school & that's what we were taught (also in our books), so i absorbed it & i never thought about it; but you're right & i'm wrong and now i feel shame.
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Feb 27, 2015 14:46
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Mission accomplished.  Now I'm not the only person in the world who feels bad.
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Feb 27, 2015 14:54
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sliderule posted:Real synthesists generate CV with sheer brainpower. I can do that, but only monophonically. Also, converting volt/octave for microtonal scales while generating a CV signal is kind of taxing.
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Feb 27, 2015 15:06
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Some synth nerd in Amsterdam captured footage of Kraftwerk's allegedly secret live setup during a recent concert. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la7CTPNTDb4 Analysis here: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2015/02/kraftwerk-live-rig-exposed-really-checking-email/#more-36601 Actually a more interactive setup than I expected, but still apparently affords them the luxury to browse the web while playing live. The YouTuber seems to have captured multiple angles during this and one other show (hmm, I don't know how to link to his channel without the forum mangling the link.) Radiapathy fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Feb 27, 2015 |
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Feb 27, 2015 16:38
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I hoe they're just watching cat-playing-keyboard videos on YouTube during the whole set. If anyone has earned the right, it's Kraftwerk.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:43
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Longhouse posted:Get the RxMx, man I've been looking hard at it, not gonna lie. I've already got a DPO so the built-in connection is nice, plus I was looking for a LPG since I tend to run out of envelopes/VCAs first. Also I've been thinking about it as a neat way to get some stereo movement - by doubling inputs to the left and right side you can get some neat stereo movement by using the A and C outputs to left and right, leave the middle two channels as the centre bias. Whether sweeping pings back and forth or constant levels I think it'd be a nice addition and a bit more variety than just adding another linix.
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Feb 27, 2015 17:27
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snorch posted:Does anybody know of any good and mindblowing reading on creative compressor use that goes well beyond "a compressor works like this, sidechain to sound like Daft Punk"? The Distressor manual.
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Feb 27, 2015 19:12
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Tayter Swift posted:Also I'm preeeeety sure I'm gonna pick up an Analog 4 next month. It'll play well with my MS-20 and Microbrute, and together I can call them the Brute 420. And I like Berlin school which is from what I've seen is a perfect match. I'm casually looking to sell mine if you're in the U.S. and would like to discuss! It's a phenomenal box that I just don't use enough because I have so much gear.
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Feb 27, 2015 19:15
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My Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators came in yesterday. Haven't got them up and running yet because having a 6 month old takes up ALL YOUR TIME, but good lord those things are even smaller than I thought.
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Feb 27, 2015 20:12
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snorch posted:Does anybody know of any good and mindblowing reading on creative compressor use that goes well beyond "a compressor works like this, sidechain to sound like Daft Punk"? No, but I have a video that goes so far down the Daft Punk compression rabbit hole that it had me laughing out loud when I first watched it. Sonic Academy - How to Make French House in Cubase Before 2010, I had never used a plugin or a DAW, and I didn't know anything about mixing or recording. I basically just used MIDI-only sequencers with hardware synths and cheap effects units, and recorded unmastered mixes to tape. This tutorial was one of the first things I saw when I started getting into DAWs and production vs. just using computers as a very basic composition tool, and I was just like, "All of this technology, and THAT'S what we're doing with it?" In Sonic Academy's defense they've done some pretty solid stuff since then, and I really like their ANA plugin.
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I recently got my hands on a Yamaha DX7 for cheap, and while I've been driving myself batty trying to figure out FM synthesis and all of the algorithm poo poo, I've been told that finding a good patch librarian and voice editor software and just using MIDI to transfer the patches will make me much saner. However, most of the resources online peter-out around 2006 at the very latest, and I'm having trouble finding good instances of either of these things. Would anyone have any helpful information as to where to find a good patch librarian and editor? Would basic MIDI software handle that, and if so, what's recommended? edit: this one looks promising, but I'm uncertain as to whether I'll be able to transfer directly to my DX7 with it. 99 CENTS AMIGO fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Feb 28, 2015 |
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Feb 28, 2015 01:14
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99 CENTS AMIGO posted:I recently got my hands on a Yamaha DX7 for cheap, and while I've been driving myself batty trying to figure out FM synthesis and all of the algorithm poo poo, I've been told that finding a good patch librarian and voice editor software and just using MIDI to transfer the patches will make me much saner. That shouldn't be a problem. How patch editors work is, you adjust a parameter on the interface, a couple of ms pass, the editor sends the new sysex data to the synth, the synth receives it and updates the patch. The hardest part about getting them to work is ALWAYS getting the device ids of the software and the target synth to match. You're actually lucky that you're trying to find an editor/librarian for the most common synth. The only good, multiple instrument, editor ever made for the PC was sounddiver, that's been discontinued for, like, 15 years. Fortunately it still runs, but I know I'm eventually going to have to build a circa '04 xp box exclusively to run it on.
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Feb 28, 2015 02:05
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SYSEX is the magic word for transferring patches. Sound Quest's MIDI Quest is pretty much the holy grail for this, supports many different synths and offers a nice GUI too.
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Feb 28, 2015 02:07
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Reminds me, I've got a license for midiquest which I will -gladly- sell someone. Midiquest is terrible. terrible. terrible.
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Feb 28, 2015 02:09
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Yeah, it looks like the one that I linked in that last post is designed specifically for the DX7 1 and 2, so that should (hopefully!) cover what I need.
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Feb 28, 2015 02:17
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Sizone posted:Reminds me, I've got a license for midiquest which I will -gladly- sell someone. Is it?  Why so? It was eyeballing the essential version to ease programming for my DX27 and Poly 800.
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Feb 28, 2015 02:31
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Opcode Galaxy+ is handily the best TX/DX editor IMO. Worth spending beer money on an old PowerBook or something.
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Feb 28, 2015 02:32
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Sjoewe posted:Is it? Basically, it doesn't loving work and is.....hard to explain, it's just gross. Years ago I got an uno license for it, tried it, gave up and went back to using sounddiver. Last year I needed to find an editor that supports the ASR-X, unthinkingly shelled out for a license upgrade. Fine print says that it's only a librarian for the ASR-X. Fine, I say, I need to get away from this 14 year old editing program I've been using anyway. Tried to use it to patch some fully supported synths, gave up in disgust and went back to sounddiver, again.
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Transistor Rhythm posted:I'm casually looking to sell mine if you're in the U.S. and would like to discuss! It's a phenomenal box that I just don't use enough because I have so much gear. I think I might be able to score one here, but thanks for the offer  I do have a couple of questions though. First, are these the insert cables it needs for CV out to other synths? I screwed up last time I went looking. Also, if I understand correctly the CV is sequenced in its own track. Does this include note data? In other words, can I fully sequence my MS-20 independently of the other tracks and essentially have a five-voice multi timbal groovebox, or even six if I can find a way to being the Microbrute in?
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Feb 28, 2015 02:52
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Tayter Swift posted:I think I might be able to score one here, but thanks for the offer Yes those are correct although I've used the pigtail instead which is a little more flexible since you can choose the length you need with the end you want. If/when you start a euro, there's also the Synapse which works a treat. There's six tracks on the machine 1/2/3/4/FX/CV. Each of the four CVs can be V/oct, Hz/oct, "VAL"ue(do whatever CV), trigger, gate, clock. Pitch, trig, and gate can be assigned to any of the six tracks. So for driving two monosynths traditionally, two tracks of CV+Gate, just assign each pair to FX and CV, respectively. You can still manipulate the FX with plocks/EGs/LFOs, it's not used up. This is a departure from older Elektron boxes in that effect tracks would be gated by trigs on their tracks. The FX are live all the time as long as they're not turned down. You could also use a VAL manipulated by an EG (or one shot LFO) to directly drive a VCA/VCF rather than a gate or trigger. Or any combination.
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Startyde posted:Yes those are correct although I've used the pigtail instead which is a little more flexible since you can choose the length you need with the end you want. If/when you start a euro, there's also the Synapse which works a treat. Oh, looks like the pigtail is more what I need then. And since the L/R inputs can be independently panned it looks like I really will have something of a six-voice beast, sweet. Thanks much!
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Feb 28, 2015 05:25
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99 CENTS AMIGO posted:Yeah, it looks like the one that I linked in that last post is designed specifically for the DX7 1 and 2, so that should (hopefully!) cover what I need. I use the SY77 version. Slightly odd interface, but works.
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99 CENTS AMIGO posted:I recently got my hands on a Yamaha DX7 for cheap, and while I've been driving myself batty trying to figure out FM synthesis and all of the algorithm poo poo, I've been told that finding a good patch librarian and voice editor software and just using MIDI to transfer the patches will make me much saner. https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed
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Feb 28, 2015 08:05
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Paid today so I got a few more bits. Stuff still kicks rear end, still haven't begun learning c. But I know what I'm going to be feeding into my ER-1's audio inputs for that make a one minute ADD track thing. Running it through the ER-1 for gating and drums, multitracked it twice while playing with the knobs 
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Sizone posted:Paid today so I got a few more bits. Yeah, I've been meaning to break out the Arduino kit I picked up a while ago and see what I can do to make something useful for the eurorack. The coding part shouldn't be bad; I code C for a living so any sort of CV input/output shouldn't be too evil, it's more the fun of working up the the desire to code in my spare time when I already barely have the free time to commit to music. Sorta why the MIDI to CV kit I have is still in the box - every time I think about breaking it open I'd rather be playing with the modular.
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