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Radiapathy posted:While testing out the Roland PMA-5 I bought I discovered that it had not been initialized to factory settings, so it still had some user-created songs on it. Most of them were very simple single-instrument melodies, but one of them was this endearingly cheesy 80s/90s-late-night-talk-show-theme-style track. I don't know whether the prior owner composed it themselves, but I recorded it for posterity before I wipe the device clean. LOL NICE
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Radiapathy posted:While testing out the Roland PMA-5 I bought I discovered that it had not been initialized to factory settings, so it still had some user-created songs on it. Most of them were very simple single-instrument melodies, but one of them was this endearingly cheesy 80s/90s-late-night-talk-show-theme-style track. I don't know whether the prior owner composed it themselves, but I recorded it for posterity before I wipe the device clean. That's very Lenocore.
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PO-35 go hooooonk. DJs are going to be buying them like crazy once they figure this out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIwtqcLIw38
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Eurorack easy listening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykm59l0vAlI Using Ornament & Crime's CopierMaschine app as a sequencer and quantizer.
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I think I finally integrated that less is more and how to make proper techno. No need for a melody, no need for many drums. Only focusing on a few elements to keep them interesting despite the repetition. Mangrove is being modulated by the DPO over FM and Barrel, Chainsaw is providing some supersaw, SSF Ultra Kick and WMD Crucible for drums and Meris Polymoon for the FX. Much less instruments means more time spent on each one, and less competition in the mix. Can't believe it took me so long to integrate it even if I knew I had to do it. https://soundcloud.com/gautier-gillon/discord
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:I think I finally integrated that less is more and how to make proper techno. No need for a melody, no need for many drums. Only focusing on a few elements to keep them interesting despite the repetition. Mangrove is being modulated by the DPO over FM and Barrel, Chainsaw is providing some supersaw, SSF Ultra Kick and WMD Crucible for drums and Meris Polymoon for the FX. Much less instruments means more time spent on each one, and less competition in the mix. Can't believe it took me so long to integrate it even if I knew I had to do it. snorch posted:PO-35 go hooooonk. DJs are going to be buying them like crazy once they figure this out. Rod Hoofhearted posted:Eurorack easy listening. Really nice work guys. I've gotta put the default firmware back on my o_c and give it another shot.
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Just popping ITT ATM to moan & whine about UPS and international shipping (while also failing my synth goon duties to get back to RocketMermaid with a decent answer re: NerdSEQ; apologies, I haven't made time yet to take some helpful pictures...). With any luck, the gear I bought will make it here through customs again and actually get to the U.S. this time...
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snorch posted:PO-35 go hooooonk. DJs are going to be buying them like crazy once they figure this out. Nice! and to SpaceGoat and Rod as well!
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Anyone have any general advice or knowledge about running modular synths/eurorack to an amp for recording purposes? Obviously the level has to be lowered, are there any methods to doing that which get better results than others? I would also appreciate any recommendations on artists who have recorded like this. I've heard some stuff I've suspected was recorded in this way, I think I heard the 2016 Doom soundtrack had some of this. And there's always this guy https://youtu.be/IcYKKhqPZ4k
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For Doom, he fed the audio through a practice amp, the cheap ones with a belt clip. He doesn't explain the details of the setup but I assume a line level output module was in his rack. He also put a mic on it and fed it back into the amp for some feedback. Then it went into a side chained compressor to manage the horror that signal path was generating.
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ricecult posted:Anyone have any general advice or knowledge about running modular synths/eurorack to an amp for recording purposes? Obviously the level has to be lowered, are there any methods to doing that which get better results than others? Strymon aa.1 is a eurorack --> guitar pedal attenuator but there are many other modules like this to send eurorack signals to line/instrument levels. e: this guy ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v638VWMPzs SpaceGoatFarts fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Mar 10, 2022 |
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xzzy posted:For Doom, he fed the audio through a practice amp, the cheap ones with a belt clip. He doesn't explain the details of the setup but I assume a line level output module was in his rack. He also put a mic on it and fed it back into the amp for some feedback. That’s cool. I think I’m gonna do some mixer as an instrument patching this weekend. I have a Yamaha mixer that’s not getting used right now
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I love finding stuff like this: Front, "Old Spanish Favorites played in an exciting new way":  Back:  The writing on the back may give some idea of the then-current state of synth use. petit choux fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Mar 10, 2022 |
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A MIRACLE posted:That’s cool. I think I’m gonna do some mixer as an instrument patching this weekend. I have a Yamaha mixer that’s not getting used right now I assume it's been linked in here a billion times, but once more for the love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4FNBMZsqrY He actually has four paths going to generate that amazing noise from a single sine wave. In this particular example he relies heavily on (extremely expensive) guitar pedal effects but there's other clips floating around of him doing a lot of eurorack stuff.
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lol I thought you were talking about MF Doom
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xzzy posted:I assume it's been linked in here a billion times, but once more for the love: Every time I watch that video...
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Rod Hoofhearted posted:Eurorack easy listening. Wow. This is incredibly my poo poo. Please keep making more and posting it. What a good page. I love when you all post your beeps.
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Rolo posted:Wow. This is incredibly my poo poo. Please keep making more and posting it. Thank you. I just ordered a Befaco Joystick and Even VCO, so… STAY TUNED!
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Rod Hoofhearted posted:Thank you. I just ordered a Befaco Joystick and Even VCO, so… STAY TUNED! How did you get started with euro? I shouldn’t even be asking but I would love to be able to throw stuff like that together with a nice cup of tea on a rainy day 
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petit choux posted:lol I thought you were talking about MF Doom I did too I had to reread the whole thread lol
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Rolo posted:How did you get started with euro? I shouldn’t even be asking but I would love to be able to throw stuff like that together with a nice cup of tea on a rainy day It’s only been a year! It’s something I’ve been looking at lustfully since around 2006. Last year, I hit 40 and Behringer just started releasing their Arp 2500 clone modules, and so I was like, “This… this is what I’m into now. This is my midlife crisis.” I got to use an Arp 2500 in college, so my “what would you do if you won the lottery,” dream was owning an Arp 2500. In looking for info about the Arp 2500 modules, I found the Molten Music YouTube channel, and after watching his Arp 2500 videos, the algorithm started recommending his other videos, which included his DIY videos, a lot of them building Befaco kits. I had experience soldering, and in 2007 I had built a Paia 9700s kit. Plus, I found a lot of Befaco modules to just be functionally cooler than the Arp 2500 modules. So I got a 104hp Moog case, and a 4ms Row Power 35 supply, and wanted to start out using my Paia 9700s so I didn’t have to get an oscillator/filter right away. I decided my first module should be an effect, so I could use it with all my current gear. At the time, all the diy kits I wanted were out of stock in the U.S. due to supply chain stuff, so I decided to look for used modules under $100. For some reason, I decided to get a used Recovery Effects Bad Comrade. It gets advertised as a fuzz/glitch/delay, and I thought it’d do those things discretely, but it’s really all of the above at once. And you can’t really control it. There’s a “Mix” cv input that doesn’t actually control the mix, and is more like a second input. It’s a mess, but I keep using it because I like distortion and chaos. (Check out the DivKid video on it, I had to watch it a few times to confirm mine wasn’t broken or something.) A few weeks later, I decided it was time for another module, and I needed VCAs, because I had watched mylarmelodies “You can never have too many VCAs,” video. I got the Doepfer dual Exp/Lin VCA for about $100. So I started out with those two eurorack modules, plus my Paia 9700s, plus running things out and in my audio interface (an old MOTU 828 mk 2). It wasn’t until last July that things came back in stock, so having farted around with just a VCA and an effect, I decided I needed an ADSR (to control the VCA) and an Output, so I ordered the Befaco versions of each. And I impulse bought a Zlob Triple Cap Chaos kit because it was only $45. Right after I ordered the kits, I decided to order a Hakko digital soldering station, because 1) my 20 year old iron was always poo poo (25w, no temperature control - do not ever use this type of iron), and 2) if I’m spending over $100 per kit for some of these kits, then it’s not out of line to spend $100 on a good soldering iron. That has been one of my rare good decisions in all this. So yeah, from there every month or two, I spend about $200 on kits or something. I upgraded to a TipTop Mantis case in October. I started doing SMT stuff in January. I blew up an expensive Rings kit, and then spent more than that redoing it. (Ended up spending at least as much as a brand new Mutable Instruments Rings module at retail when it was all said and done.) Overall, I’m glad I did it. I enjoy the soldering/building part of it, and I’m making more music in the past year than I did in the previous decade. If we have to die in a nuclear explosion tomorrow, I’m glad I spent my last year doing this instead of regretting not doing it.
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Rolo posted:How did you get started with euro? I shouldn’t even be asking but I would love to be able to throw stuff like that together with a nice cup of tea on a rainy day Not who you asked but for me, several years ago I got laid off and realized I had time but not (much) money, bought some kits from a local manufacturer and started building. MW was better then but the B/S/T forum always had cheap cases, so I bought someone's old powered skiff (because I didn't understand that having exposed pcbs in back doesn't really matter, now my cases are just rails and ears) (skiff is a single row shallow-ish case usually with its own power supply) I grabbed a synth voice (in pieces), a delay, and a generative sequencer. I had previously soldered 1 big muff clone, and revived a dead MIDIVerb. I really try not to buy anything I can't build, which has for example resulted in me passing on several Maths because I have a DUSG pcb/panel and most of the parts in a box somewhere. The biggest advice I can give for modular DIY is a.) learn to troubleshoot your issues ASAP & b.) start with a well-supported project, which makes a easier. I bought a module tester clone kit from Synthcube before any modules and ended up teaching myself how power, circuit tracing, etc stuff worked enough that I could do what I needed to with a multimeter before I got even a response from them... because I went back to the store I bought the kits at and insisted they tell me how to fix it myself. AI Synthesis is who I'd reccomend these days for this kind of thing - Abe rules and is very much committed to putting out easy to build hard to outgrow kits for learners. And a lot of them are fairly common circuits so on the off chance you don't get support from them directly you can just google someone else's version and see what they have in common. e: YES on the hakko, if you value your time at all it'll pay for itself in a kit or two. Just easier to not have problems in the first place with better tools. Also figure out how to fill BOMs as soon as possible. ricecult posted:Anyone have any general advice or knowledge about running modular synths/eurorack to an amp for recording purposes? Obviously the level has to be lowered, are there any methods to doing that which get better results than others? I haven't recorded yet but I picked up a solid state Fender with this in mind earlier in the year. There are stepdown modules (Strymon's is very hp-efficient but priced higher than most) but an attenuator is perfectly adequate. For extra safety get a limiter (like a dbx166 or something) for peaks and probably an EQ (mostly for errant bass). No specific artists are coming to mind rn but I have listened to a bunch of jazz fusion concerts over the past year or two and the ones with weirder key/synth setups, it seems like its 50-50 them doing line/DI vs a guitar amp. JamesKPolk fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Mar 11, 2022 |
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Watching that Doom music Ted talk has made me consider eurorack but having one that's only like a single oscillator and a bunch of lfos/envelopes and effects modules. Is this something that isn't really done?
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net work error posted:Watching that Doom music Ted talk has made me consider eurorack but having one that's only like a single oscillator and a bunch of lfos/envelopes and effects modules. Is this something that isn't really done? Sure. You can pretty much do whatever you want in Eurorack. Some people do nothing but effects for their guitar. It’s really all about what you want to build.
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net work error posted:Watching that Doom music Ted talk has made me consider eurorack but having one that's only like a single oscillator and a bunch of lfos/envelopes and effects modules. Is this something that isn't really done? I’m sorry, you are now a Buchla student. I’ll send flowers.
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xzzy posted:I’m sorry, you are now a Buchla student. I’ll send flowers. I looked up the tip top buchla prices and promptly decided I am not.
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net work error posted:I looked up the tip top buchla prices and promptly decided I am not. Yeah, I also do not like the width. Same with the Arp 2500 modules, just too much CHONK for what they are.
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net work error posted:I looked up the tip top buchla prices and promptly decided I am not. A partial sort of solution can be found with a volca modular and bastl kastle.
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net work error posted:Watching that Doom music Ted talk has made me consider eurorack but having one that's only like a single oscillator and a bunch of lfos/envelopes and effects modules. Is this something that isn't really done? If you listen to the introduction of the track I just posted here, it's basically that. A single VCO modulated by a bunch of lfos and sent into a guitar pedal delay. No melody, not even an envelope. Of course I added a kick, some hats and a bass but you get the idea, it's easily done https://soundcloud.com/gautier-gillon/discord
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 buzzfeed calling the OP-1 a "little baby synth". I remember making this point before. duplo block key cow tools rear end sampler
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JamesKPolk posted:
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Love my little baby synth that people get very mad about.
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This either gonna make it way easier or way harder to get an OP-1 once my tax return comes in. In the mean time I picked up a PO-16 and I’m having fun playing around with it and making little ditties that I can then record to a tape for posterity. Might pick up the KO and sync them for sampling fun, any others that would compliment them well? I’m thinking maybe a Rhythm for drums. Coffee And Pie fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Mar 11, 2022 |
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What is a Grimes or X and what does taking after his month mean. I’m assuming rich idiot gibberish? Also I like my baby synth! I travel for work and it’s a fun thing to throw in my travel bag.
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Rolo posted:What is a Grimes or X and what does taking after his month mean. I’m assuming rich idiot gibberish? I assume it's just a typo for mom/mother
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Pretty big Koala Sampler update today. Looks like you can midi map sample start/end.
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Coffee And Pie posted:This either gonna make it way easier or way harder to get an OP-1 once my tax return comes in. PO-12 rhythm is great.
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Danger - Octopus! posted:PO-12 rhythm is great. I doubt you can go wrong. I'd say get the sub so you have a dedicated bass line. They're also one of the cheaper ones, if that's an issue at all. If you happen to have Microtoniq, you should get the Tonic. In fact, if you can get both, Microtoniq is a decent way to go. You can create or download as many beats as you like on the soft version and then put them on the Tonic. Only thing is the sofware has a lot of voices and the PO does not.
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