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Any recommendations for a midi controller for getting into the hobby? Not really sure what I'd like since it's hard to get into stores to try stuff out, but I'd be using it with an iPad Pro 3rd Gen (not sure if USB-C can power stuff that lightning couldn't.) The MPK Mini Mk2 and the LaunchKey Mini look neat, but most recommendations I read for my situation are a few months to a few years old. Thanks!
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God damnit my neutron and keystep got delayed in shipping. Strongly considering trying to get a price match (proaudiostar has then for the same price but with a %15 off coupon) and doing curbside pickup at guitarcenter tomorrow
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Jul 25, 2020 04:22
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Scholtz posted:Any recommendations for a midi controller for getting into the hobby? I love my Ableton Push 2
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Jul 25, 2020 04:32
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Scholtz posted:Any recommendations for a midi controller for getting into the hobby? keystep IIRC it should work even with lightning + the Apple USB adapter unplugged from the wall but if not you can power any USB stuff connected to an iPad by running it through a powered USB hub first.
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Jul 25, 2020 04:50
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keystep does seem like a good choice because it's a great utility if you decide to add an analog synth like the neutron or whatever later
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Jul 25, 2020 05:03
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Thanks for the suggestions! I just saw that there's a CME Xkey 37 Bluetooth for ~$120 near me so I think I'll try to look into that, and maybe get pads/knobs when I'm a bit more experienced.
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Jul 25, 2020 05:04
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WORTHY MUSICAL GOON PROJECT HO: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3933824&perpage=40
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Jul 25, 2020 10:51
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Colin Benders doing a livestream this morning if you need some Saturday jams
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Jul 25, 2020 15:08
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The Korg Nanokey studio is really nice if you don't need traditionally shaped keys. It can work wired or via Bluetooth. If you just want keys and don't need to be able to throw it in a bag, the Keystep is much nicer than the small 2 octave mini boards.
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Jul 25, 2020 20:45
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Yeah, I think what I'll do is try to pick up this local one, and if that falls through I'll look into getting a Keystep, especially if that has some later utility with analog synths.
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Jul 25, 2020 21:05
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Scholtz posted:Yeah, I think what I'll do is try to pick up this local one, and if that falls through I'll look into getting a Keystep, especially if that has some later utility with analog synths. Yeah, it seems really tough to beat the value of a used keystep and used neutron (if you like the sound)
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Jul 25, 2020 21:07
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mc 101 or electribe? or something else? for a 3 week road trip next week
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Jul 25, 2020 21:20
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gave the bindubba a break to practice more straightforward sequencing again and i have something okay going. using some switches and s&h to animate things and change up the drums in this fragment. https://soundcloud.com/user-44349750/8-note-fragment
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Jul 26, 2020 00:04
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Pillow Face posted:ok so synth goon 2dcat and my fav ableton monome artist no sir e are playing a 24-hour twitch stream fundraiser for a c-spam us senate candidate so i gotta plug: watch this now! fellow goon 2dcat is on w/a waldorf and jp8080 https://twitch.tv/jessica_scarane/
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Jul 26, 2020 01:06
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Ableton audio routing question: I'd like to use the Valhalla reverb with my Neutron and keystep, but I can't figure out how to properly route the audio with my Behringer q802usb, any suggestions?
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Jul 26, 2020 01:07
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Google Butt posted:Ableton audio routing question: I'd like to use the Valhalla reverb with my Neutron, but I can't figure out how to properly route the audio with my Behringer q802usb, any suggestions? Good question, and I don't have a good answer. But, can't you just run audio in, turn on the channel i/o, then open any effect and record the wav? Not sure how this would be different than anything else  Are you trying to do some MIDI stuff or something
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Jul 26, 2020 01:32
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I got it figured out, had to download asio4all
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Jul 26, 2020 02:09
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I just ordered the new Disting yesterday and am really stoked about it. But now I have 2hp to play with to finish my first rack. Anybody have any suggestions? https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1132214
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Jul 26, 2020 02:48
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line level attenuator?
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Jul 26, 2020 02:58
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I just tried out SWAM engine instruments and uh holy poo poo
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Jul 26, 2020 07:05
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Origami Dali posted:I just tried out SWAM engine instruments and uh holy poo poo Their woodwinds are really really good! I have the saxes and am waiting for Black Friday to upgrade to the whole woodwind set personally
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Jul 26, 2020 08:03
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Jul 26, 2020 14:11
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j.peeba posted:https://youtu.be/EdsN9zIVySA?t=625m this is super rad
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Jul 26, 2020 16:20
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Hydrasynth secured  The components I ordered for DIY a month ago never arrived anyway lol
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Jul 27, 2020 05:21
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magiccarpet posted:2HP Logic? this logic modules loving own
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Jul 27, 2020 06:22
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AverySpecialfriend posted:Hydrasynth secured Awesome, enjoy that polyaftertouch The battery voltage on the DX7 reads 2.9 So it's probably still good. I'll replace it anyway. I'm having to learn some DIY skills that will probably come in useful. I'm afraid to use it because that burning smell. Also I'm a little on the fence regarding buying Renoise vs Renoise the VST
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Jul 27, 2020 06:23
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excellent bird guy posted:Awesome, enjoy that polyaftertouch Man that really sounds like an orgy that happens after the club shuts down for the night. "Hey are you going to the polyaftertouch?"
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Jul 27, 2020 06:33
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History’s repeating: https://youtu.be/IDn7ZDcx9w0 Exactly what the https://polyend.com/tracker/ was made for.
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Laserjet 4P posted:History’s repeating: Something that I've never quite thought about til now - those chords he does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDn7ZDcx9w0&t=929s, hes using the chord memory and they have this distinctive dissonant chord sound that the old dance stuff has and just sounds not quite right, is this originally an artefact of people sampling a chord then playing it back transposed with a sampler or just a weird technique that stuck? Also I'm mighty tempted to try and get a polyend tracker to join/replace the OP1 as ~item I think will allow me to jot down and develop ideas but ends up not getting used very much~ at least with the polyend I can put everything into separate projects instead of scattering different ideas around the tape tracks on the OP1. A LOVELY LAD fucked around with this message at 10:35 on Jul 27, 2020 |
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Jul 27, 2020 10:11
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A LOVELY LAD posted:Something that I've never quite thought about til now - those chords he does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDn7ZDcx9w0&t=929s, hes using the chord memory and they have this distinctive dissonant chord sound that the old dance stuff has and just sounds not quite right, is this originally an artefact of people sampling a chord then playing it back transposed with a sampler or just a weird technique that stuck? It depends a bit what you call dissonant, but normally you would choose Cm / Gm / Bb / F. Transposing it turns it into Cm / Gm / Bbm / Fm. You usually sampled only one chord from any other material because there usually only was one. From synths it’s a different story but the chord memory was usually not sophisticated enough to know whether it had to switch from major to minor or vice versa - all it knows is the MIDI note number so you would have simple addition/subtraction from that without interval change. In case of transposing samples, each note goes a little out of tune when you transpose from a Cmaj to a Dmaj because of 12TET - the third drops 1 Hz or so. Digitally controlled oscillators also lose resolution in the higher registers because the clock’s resolution drops too much - so they also get a bit more out of tune.
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Jul 27, 2020 14:10
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Synthcube finally released the black MFOS panels if that's your a e s t h e t i c
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Laserjet 4P posted:It depends a bit what you call dissonant, but normally you would choose Cm / Gm / Bb / F. Transposing it turns it into Cm / Gm / Bbm / Fm. You usually sampled only one chord from any other material because there usually only was one. From synths it’s a different story but the chord memory was usually not sophisticated enough to know whether it had to switch from major to minor or vice versa - all it knows is the MIDI note number so you would have simple addition/subtraction from that without interval change. Thanks for the explanation, I guess its possibly because its a series of minor chords and doesn't really work like a regular chord progression. That's what I meant on the artefacts of sampling too - if its the same sample you don't have the option of of different chord types - if you sampled a minor chord, its only ever gonna be a minor.
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Wouldn't temperment mean that while the first and 5th are perfect ratios of each other, the middle note would be moving in and out of tune of the because if you are playing in a western scale, the interval between the first and third (or minor third) actually moves around by a few cents but a sample would keep the same interval? Edit: Just actually read previous post. Please disregard. Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Jul 27, 2020 |
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Jul 27, 2020 22:19
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Picked up a practically new in box keystep from a Pawn Shop for $85, boy this thing is fun to noodle around with! Taking all suggestions for iPad apps and introductory videos/information you wish you knew when you first started this hobby! (Besides limiting spending, hah.)
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Jul 27, 2020 22:25
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spare yourself the trouble and go into midi control center and turn “arm to start” on
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A LOVELY LAD posted:Thanks for the explanation, I guess its possibly because its a series of minor chords and doesn't really work like a regular chord progression. 90’s norwegian black metal chord progressions
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Origami Dali posted:I just tried out SWAM engine instruments and uh holy poo poo Are you using a breath controller? I'm really curious as to their approach. Back in the day they called themselves SampleModeling and the product was Sax Bros, and my understanding was they basically recorded body impulses and samples, deconvolved the samples with the impulses, and then autotuned the samples to be able to blend them without running into phase issues. Do you think this is still what they're doing, or is it more synthesis-driven now? snorch fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Jul 28, 2020 |
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Jul 28, 2020 23:18
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snorch posted:Are you using a breath controller? According to Audio Modeling, they're not using samples. That would explain why the digital footprint of the instrument plugins are super tiny. They're apparently doing physical modeling via digital waveguide synthesis. They've posted some of the research / algorithms the work is based on. I only used an expression pedal and after messing around with it for half an hour, I'm pretty sold on getting a breath controller for the variety of mapping you can do for different types of head movement.
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On my DX7, I did function+14 and the battery voltage showed as = 2.9 maybe. So I guess the battery is still good. I want to replace it anyway, and replace the caps. Is there a subforum in here, or somewhere i can go to get some direction? I am teaching myself this from scratch and really don't know where to start. edit: i do have this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYu63wJaoM
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don't replace the caps. the one's in there are probably fine. "recapping" isn't exactly bullshit but the likelihood of making poo poo worse compared to the benefit to the is super high. it's a common thing for video game consoles because they were made during the era of first generation surface mount electrolytic caps which fail 100% of the time. is it failing to work in any way that it should? if not, leave it alone. if it's getting hot and smells funny it's probably still fine. it's old enough to have a forums account and probably hasn't been powered up in years. open it up, look at the power supply (the big fat transformer) and the stuff immediately around it. anything burnt? anything leaking? if not you're good.
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