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So, how many of you are buying the Korg ARP 2600?
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Jan 10, 2020 20:27
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Xabi posted:So, how many of you are buying the Korg ARP 2600? Interesting that the Korg price is more than a fully assembled TTSH (assuming the $3900 I'm seeing is what it'll actually go for and not just MSRP)
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Jan 10, 2020 20:30
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Xabi posted:So, how many of you are buying the Korg ARP 2600? Oh Hell no. It's very pretty and will look great in someone's synth cave but I've got no specific attachment. BTW, if anyone is seriously eyeing it, order it *now*. A rep from one of the Canada-wide music retailers said they're down to two left from their allotment and that's it. They say limited, they mean limited. I can only imagine the goodwill hit if they come out with a mini-version next year as well, but it sounds like they're planning to make this one it for the full-size.
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Jan 10, 2020 22:57
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So what’s the idea behind limited if it’s selling like hotcakes
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Jan 11, 2020 03:35
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exclusivity, perceived brand status, product as luxury rather than commodity i'm guessing so i'm looking for a mono synth for bass that has a built-in sequencer, can store/load more than one sequence, and can store presets. preferably no keyboard, preferably complements the korg prologue, preferably has some quirk that pushes it past moog knockoff, but those aren't dealbreakers. budget is under $500, i'm just looking to take the next step in my plastikman cosplay, any suggestions?
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Jan 11, 2020 04:55
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Laserjet 4P posted:So what’s the idea behind limited if it’s selling like hotcakes It may be component availability too.
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Jan 11, 2020 05:50
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Pillow Face posted:exclusivity, perceived brand status, product as luxury rather than commodity i'm guessing Bass Station 2
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Jan 11, 2020 06:07
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Laserjet 4P posted:So what’s the idea behind limited if it’s selling like hotcakes The price point might be too high to risk having too many of them sitting on the shelves; you really don't want to be sitting there with a bunch of dead stock at that price. Or in a couple years if they release a mini version or otherwise less special version it's not like they saturated the market with the expensive one only to give people a cheaper option later. This way it stays in the realm of still collector factor and less likely to hit the resale value as hard.
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Jan 11, 2020 07:28
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Pillow Face posted:exclusivity, perceived brand status, product as luxury rather than commodity i'm guessing Roland SE-02 sounds exactly like that.
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Jan 11, 2020 08:57
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Or they saw behringer tease doing one and have no interest in going up against a $1299 version.
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Jan 11, 2020 15:16
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korg are at least switching to 3.5mm jacks in their new craft right?
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Jan 11, 2020 18:02
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Clavavisage posted:Bass Station 2 SpaceGoatFarts posted:Roland SE-02 sounds exactly like that. thanks guys, il check both out. se-02 definitely seems like the one, but my friend has a bass station so i'll try that until i pull a trigger
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Jan 11, 2020 18:17
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I'm eyeing very closely the Novation Summit. I think it sounds better than the Rev2. I need just one synth to have for a long time and know intimately. All this cool stuff is being released but I hope to not fall in that money pit. Is it possible to MIDI the Moog Grandmother into Ableton, while still using it's Voice for sound? I want to use the features of midi, primarily quantization to fix my timing. excellent bird guy fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Jan 11, 2020 |
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Jan 11, 2020 19:07
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Pillow Face posted:thanks guys, il check both out. se-02 definitely seems like the one, but my friend has a bass station so i'll try that until i pull a trigger theres always the tb-03, which has the advantage over all the other boutiques of being larger than the original, so the knobs aint too crowded. its a pretty limited synth but its fun to sequence and its got some weird digital crunch
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Jan 11, 2020 19:17
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Pillow Face posted:thanks guys, il check both out. se-02 definitely seems like the one, but my friend has a bass station so i'll try that until i pull a trigger Se02 is great. It's basically a minimoog with crossmodulation, feedback, a delay, presets, an excellent sequencer with step parameters and usb interface for midi and sound. Plenty of other bonus in the latest firmwares like PWM. If you can cope with the format it's an excellent synth.
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Jan 11, 2020 19:43
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My recent increased interest in modular led me to VCV Rack. Hail Satan. <has no idea how to even make a sound yet>
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Jan 11, 2020 20:10
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a mysterious cloak posted:My recent increased interest in modular led me to VCV Rack. Hail Satan. <has no idea how to even make a sound yet> I want to get into VCV, as a programming project. I think you can write modules in Lua.
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Jan 11, 2020 20:27
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I got a drum machine (Alesis sr18) and now have an itch to add a cheap keyboard. This is my first endeavor into electric music, and I don't know anything. My goal is to have a keyboard that will sync with the Alesis to be played through headphones/bookshelf speakers. If I'm not planning to involve a computer, what sort of hardware requirements would I need? Would something like a Aturia Microbrute be viable?
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Jan 11, 2020 22:52
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rump buttman posted:I got a drum machine (Alesis sr18) and now have an itch to add a cheap keyboard. This is my first endeavor into electric music, and I don't know anything. My goal is to have a keyboard that will sync with the Alesis to be played through headphones/bookshelf speakers. If I'm not planning to involve a computer, what sort of hardware requirements would I need? Would something like a Aturia Microbrute be viable? Does it have to be a keyboard, or do you just want something to make sounds with? And what's your budget? A volca or pocket operator would let you do that, and should sync to your drum machine. They're also both much cheaper than a microbrute.
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Jan 11, 2020 23:18
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Sans computer, you need either a sequencer or a synth with a sequencer built in. If you want lots of tracks, like you want to make songs, grooveboxes are what you should be looking into (though that will probably render the drum machine redundant). If you want to turn knobs on a single synth line, something like a Microbrute will work just fine though Mr. Dick recommends against having a monophonic synth as your first synth. Older virtual analogs may or may not sound as nice, but they seem to be where the price/functionality ratio is maximized, they aren't old enough to be "retro" so they are "uncool". You will also need a mixer of some sort.
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Jan 11, 2020 23:23
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Pillow Face posted:exclusivity, perceived brand status, product as luxury rather than commodity i'm guessing I have the SE-02 and it's real good. I also have the Novation Circuit and that is also real good. It's a lot more than a monosynth with sequencer but it will do what you specify and a whole lot more.
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Jan 11, 2020 23:36
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Lead out in cuffs posted:Does it have to be a keyboard, or do you just want something to make sounds with? And what's your budget? I'd like a keyboard. My wife use to play the piano, and I think the keys would encourage her to play around with it. Ideally, I'd like to stay under $250, but less is better. I'll be shopping used. I don't know if the microbrute is a good machine or not (relative to what I want to do.) I just noticed that there they can be had for under $250, have keys, and people on youtube can make them sound pretty. Mr. Dick posted:Sans computer, you need either a sequencer or a synth with a sequencer built in. If you want lots of tracks, like you want to make songs, grooveboxes are what you should be looking into (though that will probably render the drum machine redundant). If you want to turn knobs on a single synth line, something like a Microbrute will work just fine though Mr. Dick recommends against having a monophonic synth as your first synth. Older virtual analogs may or may not sound as nice, but they seem to be where the price/functionality ratio is maximized, they aren't old enough to be "retro" so they are "uncool". You will also need a mixer of some sort. I'm not looking to make songs really. Wife plays flute, I suck at harmonica. We got the drum machine as a super metronome (and I found it for $100). I've been having fun making beats, kinda want to add some more sounds. Working with $250, what would Mr. Dick consider?
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Jan 11, 2020 23:52
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Roland SH-201 is the default suggestion, Mr. Dick's hard pressed to think of anything else that has keys, is poly and within your price range. They don't have sequencers, they have very good arpeggiators though.
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Jan 12, 2020 00:25
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rump buttman posted:I got a drum machine (Alesis sr18) i love the sr 18! jesus and mary chain used it on, darklands, it's such a great album borrowed the bass station ii from my buddy, it's sick in terms of features but definitely want that se-2 for the module form factor and number of stored sequences. byob historian posted:theres always the tb-03 yeah, that was in the running but a td-3 (or two) is probably going to win out for the acid role
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Jan 12, 2020 00:32
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Mr. Dick posted:Roland SH-201 is the default suggestion, Mr. Dick's hard pressed to think of anything else that has keys, is poly and within your price range. They don't have sequencers, they have very good arpeggiators though. Whats a fair price for a Roland SH-201in nice condition?
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Jan 12, 2020 00:40
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rump buttman posted:Whats a fair price for a Roland SH-201in nice condition? Depends where you're at and where "nice condition" falls for you between fully functional and used once for 1/2 an hour then put in its box and put in a closet. $150-250 USD in an average U.S. marketplace for the former.
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Jan 12, 2020 01:47
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PSR 363 or a used microkorg
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Jan 12, 2020 02:18
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My TD-3 came in this week  maybe we should have some acid-inspired boner jamz when more people get theirs?
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Gorewar posted:My TD-3 came in this week I saw that some places won't be shipping until March? Wtf man I want it!
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Hey this is dumb but I am extremely interested in trying to use synth drums in some black metal. Any advice? I know that I won’t really be able to avoid the lack of variation in blastbeats (all I have now is a volca drum and dont really want to use soft synths) and such but what would be some other things to consider or try out? I think I want to play around with embracing the notarealkit aspect but only so far as to give the percussion a unique vibe without making them the focal point because of how they sound. I’d love to hear if anyone has given this a go with any success. byob historian posted:its a drum machine with a distortion on it so, it likes sounding dirty. idk how trapped into any one genre it is.  thanks for the info! Still leaning towards the Drumbrute for sure once I get some more synth money together. I always come back to it. It’s so hands on and direct. At this point I have to accept that the way I interact with a piece of gear is just as important as the sound itself.
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Jan 13, 2020 13:21
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Kilometers Davis posted:Hey this is dumb but I am extremely interested in trying to use synth drums in some black metal. Any advice? Learn mechanical engineering and build your own synths and controllers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72xrS-ezmA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5MuKTkukIw
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Jan 13, 2020 14:05
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Kilometers Davis posted:Hey this is dumb but I am extremely interested in trying to use synth drums in some black metal. Any advice? I know that I won’t really be able to avoid the lack of variation in blastbeats (all I have now is a volca drum and dont really want to use soft synths) and such but what would be some other things to consider or try out? I think I want to play around with embracing the notarealkit aspect but only so far as to give the percussion a unique vibe without making them the focal point because of how they sound. I’d love to hear if anyone has given this a go with any success. Have you tried just like doing it and seeing what happens? Programming a pattern on the closest part and playing it? Hows it sound? What would you change to make it better? I haven't messed with BM at all but those are the questions I'd ask. What inspired me to make this post despite being not really qualified to answer is it's always interesting to me how fake all the early SR-16 demos sound - but sampled, obviously. So it seems like you could get to the same thing? Or is the Drum the mono one? In which case I'd make a sample kit of like all the parts you want and just play it like a very early demo (granular velocity settings, the same sample over and over again, look up an SR-16 manual if you wanna be trve or whatever but really the simpler the better) and you'll get the sound just with cooler drums.
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Jan 13, 2020 17:39
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Kilometers Davis posted:Hey this is dumb but I am extremely interested in trying to use synth drums in some black metal. Any advice? I know that I won’t really be able to avoid the lack of variation in blastbeats (all I have now is a volca drum and dont really want to use soft synths) and such but what would be some other things to consider or try out? I think I want to play around with embracing the notarealkit aspect but only so far as to give the percussion a unique vibe without making them the focal point because of how they sound. I’d love to hear if anyone has given this a go with any success. The volca drum sounds awesome if you put it through a distortion pedal or two. Dunno if that's the kind of sound that would work with black metal, but might be worth a try.
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Jan 13, 2020 22:47
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Kilometers have you ever listened to The Berzerker? Australian band that are a mix of black/grind/death but with nosebleed gabber blasting drums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTWBWQf1PM0 They're really friendly in real life. There was a large fight outside the show I saw here in the UK after the gig- a gang of chavs who'd been sat outside, the venue was by the bus station, decided that it'd be good fun to start punching people leaving the gig  and after the police had piled a bunch of people into the riot vans the singer is stood there surveying it all, shaking his head repeating "what a bloody shame. Bloody outrage." in the most Australian way ever.
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Jan 13, 2020 23:47
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Gorewar posted:My TD-3 came in this week Been playing around with mine - it's a lot of fun but holy hell trying to sequence stuff using the built-in programming is insane. Hats off for them sticking with the original way but yeah, whoever designed the original 303 must have been on another planet to think that's usable. On the other hand it's a good way to generate happy accidents. My only minor quibble so far is when you've MIDI-synced your TD-3 I've been having problems programming in patterns the "proper" way, and I have to switch to internal sync to do it then back. Also after my last firmware update my computer has decided that my USB interfaces only need to work for usually 20-30 minutes at a time before crashing, making DAW integration of anything a pain in the rear end and why I stopped with my classical jamz.
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Jan 14, 2020 07:08
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stillvisions posted:Been playing around with mine - it's a lot of fun but holy hell trying to sequence stuff using the built-in programming is insane. Hats off for them sticking with the original way but yeah, whoever designed the original 303 must have been on another planet to think that's usable. The MC-4 and MC-8 work the same way. You have to think from a perspective where you basically transcribe sheet music to something digital, and in that case it makes slightly more sense. However, separating pitch and time means you can randomize a pattern. If you like the notes but not the timing, just program new timing. If you like the timing but not the notes, program new notes. The latter is the case most of the time - and you can basically lock the notes into a scale you want easily.
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Jan 14, 2020 07:18
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The Roland TB 03 has both sequencer styles switchable if anyone is on the fence. Been really happy with mine. Love sequencing with trigger in from my drum machine
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Jan 14, 2020 07:19
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stillvisions posted:On the other hand it's a good way to generate happy accidents. Isn't that the point though? I mean it's an acid machine after all. You won't convince me otherwise.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXTBUaazrV4
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oohnf, right in the wallet
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