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Pollyanna posted:IMO, keeping each piece of gear under $90~100 is a nice rule of thumb. Used gear is perfectly good, gear from previous decades is perfectly good, simple gear is perfectly good. No need for massive drum machines or sequencers or anything. I’m also loving hunting for gear from the late 80s and early 90s because tbh that’s when most of the music I love was made and I love the idea that I can tool around with the same stuff they did. Let’s see how much an Akai S950 is going for right n—oh 
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xzzy posted:Anyone know of a good book/resource/whatever for signal processing? Obviously a quick google reveals a billion results so I guess I'm asking for a goon suggestion to narrow the selection down. The more it presents examples that I can fiddle around with the better.. long winded theory or terminology dumps is gonna wear me out fast. I always gain the most watching people talk about it from their own perspective. Vadim's (NI DSP guy) talks for instance: https://youtu.be/zPzCLqkQnr0 For building my own stuff, after a pretty steep learning curve I've found myself most comfortable using JSFX in REAPER. To me it's pretty the most direct way to tell the computer "do THIS with the signal", whereas Reaktor is great for picking other people's stuff apart to figure out how it works. snorch fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Nov 12, 2021 |
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I’m a little screwed hardware-wise since I’m more melodic than harmonic/rhythmic in taste, and that demands longer and more complex sequencing. Ambient/drone/wave isn’t my thing, and despite generally liking d&b/break/acid, it’s not what I have an affinity for.
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Pollyanna posted:Whatever’s cheapest on Reverb Keeping to this philosophy, it might still be a good idea to look at the affordable end of midi keyboard controllers. Especially if you're looking to really play a volca. keys you can actually feel without activating make a huge difference. There are several offerings available, and a healthy used market.
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For sure. I was hoping the Minilab MKII would work for that, but no self-standing MIDI out - TRS or 5-pin - is unfortunate. I’m considering trading it in for…something else. Ideally something with sequencing, Keystep style.
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Pollyanna posted:more melodic... acid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2kcOCsALnw edit: also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wTl-wYL0-k - a great opportunity to hear one of the largest and most expensive synth's of all time toadee fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Nov 12, 2021 |
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Question: I have a couple old Roland keyboards from the 90s, I love them but they both have "sticky" keys. The only video pertaining to my model had a guy who applied Vaseline to a few mechanical contact points on the keys. But is Vaseline the best lube for this purpose and if not, what is? Would petroleum based lubes have an adverse effect on plastic keys? Additionally, does anybody have any advice about this sticky keys issue in general? I'm afraid I'm going to have to dismantle these things. I was thinking I may need to replace the springs although it doesn't feel like it's the springs all that much.
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Would white lithium grease be good for this?
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It should work if it's the same stuff toys with plastic gears use
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Synthcat content: https://youtu.be/WlfOQVtAICQ Gonna play around with the Drum+NTS combo a bit more, I’m quite fond of it.
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petit choux posted:Question: I have a couple old Roland keyboards from the 90s, I love them but they both have "sticky" keys. The only video pertaining to my model had a guy who applied Vaseline to a few mechanical contact points on the keys. But is Vaseline the best lube for this purpose and if not, what is? Would petroleum based lubes have an adverse effect on plastic keys? sticky keys have been, in my experience, either poo poo spilled on them or the rubber aftertouch contact strip getting gummy. you shouldn't really need to lube bushings. if you do, I think regular white lithium grease is the goto
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Pollyanna posted:Synthcat content: That's a pretty big boy, isn't it? Yeah, I've really enjoyed my NTS-1 quite a bit.
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Pollyanna posted:I’m a little screwed hardware-wise since I’m more melodic than harmonic/rhythmic in taste, and that demands longer and more complex sequencing. Ambient/drone/wave isn’t my thing, and despite generally liking d&b/break/acid, it’s not what I have an affinity for. I often feel like I'm in a similar boat. I don't find the kind of step sequencers built into a lot of synths to be useful for what I want to make, so I use an Alesis MMT-8 as my hardware sequencer. It's great for putting down melodies, because you're recording your playing into midi notes in real time down to 96 subdivisions of a beat. You can always quantize/manually clean stuff up afterward, and you can make patches pretty much any length you want. People put them up on Reverb in working condition for under $100 on a consistent enough basis that if one were to keep an eye out they should be able to eventually snag one for that cheap. I'm always tempted to grab one when they surface for $80 just to have as a backup. A lot of people would rightfully point out though that hardware sequencers are readily replaceable with software solutions.
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Ramen Pride! posted:I'm numb here. I would kind of like it if there was a separate "Do not speak ill of the dead" thread where people posted the more talented and funny things Lowtax did over the decades as a way to remember him, but I guess I'll just post this here. Synth Is. Something Awful begins with Synth. everything begins and ends with Synth. Can't you see where memories are kept bright? Tripping on the Synth like a laughing goon Time in her eyes is spawning past life One with the ocean and the Lowtax unfurled Holding all the love that waits for you here Catch us now for I am your future A kiss on the wind and we'll make the land Come over here to where, when lingers Waiting in this empty world Waiting for then, when the lifespray cools For now does ride in on the curl of the wave And you will dance with me in the sunlit pools We are of the going Synth and the gone We are of Synth in the holy land of Synth And all that's to come runs in With the thrust on the strand
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Pollyanna posted:I’m a little screwed hardware-wise since I’m more melodic than harmonic/rhythmic in taste, and that demands longer and more complex sequencing. Ambient/drone/wave isn’t my thing, and despite generally liking d&b/break/acid, it’s not what I have an affinity for. Not a budget solution but I wonder if this is something that might be up your alley https://squarp.net/pyramid Also as much as I rag on my MPC One not being super useful to me, it did have a really nice timeline/sequencer and it was super easy to handle automation etc. Just that inputting via the touchscreen was super clunky. Since all the MPC OSes are the same it might be a good use case for an old MPC Live 1. But that’s entirely a shower thought and not an actual recommendation.
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bought a Digitakt so now i play the waiting game until it is delivered that rounds out my hardware set, time to hunker down over the winter and hopefully make some muzak 
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So, I spent like 20 years doing music solely in DAWs and, back before the demoscene went extinct in the late Cretaceous, trackers. But the last few years I've been very fallow music-wise, and early this year when I had more spare income I decided to see whether actual hardware synths would help reignite the fire. I haven't released any fully-produced tracks yet, but jamming with this setup has definitely inspired the hell out of me music-wise. And dear holy gently caress modular is a money incinerator, but it's been so worth it to me. Module-wise, I couldn't live without Pam's New Workout, not just as a master clocked but as a clocked modulator for anything and everything. Telharmonic is my most recent acquisition but it's absolutely phenomenal. Monotropa is a fun little EQ distortion unit. And the Turing Machine was a fun way to get into soldering for the first time (although the BHB was my actual testbed for doing that). I got the Neutron used because Uli doesn't need my money, but it's been a great jumping-off point for learning how to patch stuff. And it's still a great-sounding analog oscillator and filter for the whole modular rig. I need some rainbow knobs for my Synthrotek APC just to piss him off, because my girlfriend got that for me before we realized what a bigoted douche the guy is.
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RocketMermaid posted:So, I spent like 20 years doing music solely in DAWs and, back before the demoscene went extinct in the late Cretaceous, trackers. Meanwhile my first and only DAW is Renoise…a tracker 
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AKA the best type of DAW
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RocketMermaid posted:
can we have images in thread titles yet
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Martytoof posted:AKA the best type of DAW 
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Looking on Reverb for volca drums: quote:Korg Volca Drum Digital Percussion Synthesizer w/ MOD
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Maybe it's just the snare mod?
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You’re thinking of the Beats. I have no idea what mod it could be referring to.
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JamesKPolk posted:Looking on Reverb for volca drums: I’m the one running the Volca Drum and Volca Bass 2-pack if you’re interested.
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The lack of MIDI-thru on the volcas is one of the reasons a TD-3 is winning out, so far. I don’t think MIDI was ever designed with anything other than daisy chaining in mind, so having end modules like these is a bit annoying…
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RocketMermaid posted:And dear holy gently caress modular is a money incinerator, -Me, a few hours ago debating on whether or not to get a Mantis case. I also started out with Trackers - Scream Tracker originally, then Impulse Tracker. This was back in the 90s though. I have no idea what’s been out there in the last 20 years. Rod Hoofhearted fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Nov 14, 2021 |
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Clavavisage posted:Maybe it's just the snare mod? That’s volca beats I would guess it’s some master fx like a drive or a master filter
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Pollyanna posted:The lack of MIDI-thru on the volcas is one of the reasons a TD-3 is winning out, so far. I don’t think MIDI was ever designed with anything other than daisy chaining in mind, so having end modules like these is a bit annoying… You can get a 5 port thru box for $25 and ten minutes worth of dirt simple soldering, and you can daisy chain a couple of them for even more if you really need to
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Slore Tactician posted:I’m the one running the Volca Drum and Volca Bass 2-pack if you’re interested. if it were a Keys I'd be all over it, esp w/ the extras
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The keys is the only one I regret selling. It’s so mellow
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Rod Hoofhearted posted:I also started out with Trackers - Scream Tracker originally, then Impulse Tracker. This was back in the 90s though. I have no idea what’s been out there in the last 20 years. Schism Tracker has, as far as I can tell, been the main thing people have been using over the last 15 years if they're not DOS purists. It's basically a clone of IT2.14 that runs in modern hardware just fine. I did OHCs with it back when one of my IRC communities was doing compos regularly.
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I've used SunVox for eons as my tracker because the modular sound design is too dang fun. I also love how it runs on everything. But if you just want traditional sample based tracking, yes , schism is where you look.
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Rod Hoofhearted posted:-Me, a few hours ago debating on whether or not to get a Mantis case. I was going to get a Mantis to add to my two NiftyCases, but they seem to be sold out everywhere and that used 9U Doepfer showed up at Patchwerks, my local
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toadee posted:You can get a 5 port thru box for $25 and ten minutes worth of dirt simple soldering, and you can daisy chain a couple of them for even more if you really need to That dirt simple soldering isn't so easy for the inexperienced but here's one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2653366083...aMaAoh1EALw_wcB
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It can’t be that hard. I should get a soldering iron anyway given all this embedded stuff I need to use up.
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I’m thinking about selling my Volca keys and modular. I just don’t play with them as much as I do my monologue and TE stuff. Plus the SP404 II is on the way… someday?
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RocketMermaid posted:I was going to get a Mantis to add to my two NiftyCases, but they seem to be sold out everywhere and that used 9U Doepfer showed up at Patchwerks, my local I’ve been keeping my eye out and then suddenly Kraft Music in Wisconsin had them in stock yesterday. I’ve got a few things to sell to offset the cost, so I’m getting it.
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petit choux posted:That dirt simple soldering isn't so easy for the inexperienced but here's one. I mean the kit in question is literally just soldering on the midi jacks and the USB jack, which all have massive solder points. No ICs or components or anything small or complicated. It's legitimately something I would recommend to someone as their very first solder project because the solder points are massive, they can only fit in one direction, you can't really damage them by heating them too much, and the whole thing is really as easy as 'put solder near go together place and make hot. Now its together'
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