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xzzy posted:Half the internet is obsessing over new TE gear, the rest of it is obsessing over the new Polylend toy. I was hyping myself up to get a Deluge and then that thing launches and I don't know what to do with myself now. 1.) find the company name absolutely on point, but not in a good way, 2.) don't really think they do great electronics, but do think they're an interesting & successful design firm, first and foremost, 3.) will probably never buy another one of their products, at least not their electronics, and almost certainly not new/direct from them (versus used). This is all subjective, of course: YMMV. That said, I was impressed that they shipped USB audio in the OP-1 firmware a while back, something like almost 10 years (or nearly so) after the OP-1 originally shipped. (That, though, was after a long period of nothing doing in the firmware, IIRC. Which is probably what made it at all notable; everyone had more or less given it up as "done" through lack of updates, but not due to an actual statement.) In other news, I'm probably gonna buy an OB-X8, aren't I? God dammit.
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# ¿ May 13, 2022 19:44 |
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# ¿ May 13, 2024 18:49 |
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JamesKPolk posted:Just saw they hired the guy who did the other much-maligned OB-Xa clone as a DIY project, which is kinda cool
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# ¿ May 13, 2022 20:58 |
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MMD3 posted:Does anybody have the Hologram Electronics Microcosm pedal? I've been looking at reverb pedals (mostly the Strymon BigSky) to add some color to my drumbrute and minibrute but now I'm thinking something like the Microcosm might be way more what I'm looking for, less deep in reverb but broader in having some fun delay and looping capabilities to do some soundscapey/ambient looped poo poo or play with glitching drum beats. Kraven Moorhed posted:Do not get the Microcosm as a first effects pedal. It's more for texture than for delay, reverb or looping. Its microloops don't work in a super orderly manner and it won't quite sync up how you expect it to. Beautiful, but VERY unreliable, obtuse and finicky. MMD3 posted:I guess the texture is more what I'm looking for honestly, the bigsky and other dedicated reverb pedals are probably overkill for my need but I'd like to have something to create texture and inspire, I've probably watched a dozen review videos by now and it seems pretty playable w/ midi sync. I wasn't being fully honest about first pedal. I have some bass pedals (EHX bass muff, envelope filter, etc) that I don't use much for synth playing and I also have a rack-mounted alesis midi-verb that works well but I don't enjoy playing with it much as it requires too much menu diving (like most old rack mounted effects). 96 BELOW THE WAVE posted:I have a Microcosm and I loving love it. I (think I) understand what you're looking for, and I get that you have a MidiVerb and another reverb unit (or is that just referring to the MidiVerb?), but for whatever reasons, when I read your posts, the first thought I had was "if this person is in Seattle, we should just meet up and they could try them all", and then my second thought was wanting to steer you to look at say GFI's Specular Tempus or maybe Meris's Mercury7 first, or maybe Space on discount (e.g., used), or maybe better yet Eventide Blackhole or BlueSky, though I get those latter ones are more dedicated pedals with less reverb options and controls. For things Microcosm is cool & good at outside of reverby-ish things, I might also push you to check out Montreal Assembly Count to 5, not to dissuade you from Microcosm, but to give you some more options. And actually I really might push to suggest the MS-70CDR (no joke) too. Chaining the "pedals" within the MS-70CDR is pretty dope and gives you a lot of options. I really put Microcosm more in the same headspace as Count to 5 and blooper and MOOD RIP Dave Smith
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# ¿ Jun 2, 2022 08:52 |
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Google Butt posted:Welp just unboxed my opsix, hosed screen out of the box.. max brightness. Coolnezzz posted:Uggh that sucks. As of earlier today mine hadn't shipped yet per Reverb, so I'm just gonna wait and see what happens...
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# ¿ Aug 10, 2022 09:28 |
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Mr. Sharps posted:the best syncussion clone out there is the division department 01/IV and i will fight anybody who denies it. midi only though, but if you're dropping big cash on bespoke drum voices you should probably have a good midi sequencer already I do like the 01/IV, but I like the (PsyCo X, in my case) SY-1M more as a Syncussion clone. I am a bit mystified about folks who find the 01/IV "too limited" though, but I also admit I have a drum synth addiction... In other news I finally play the opsix unboxing lottery tomorrow (WRT screen, etc.)... DUN DUN DUN...
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# ¿ Aug 16, 2022 04:37 |
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Achmed Jones posted:as far as i can tell musicians friend still hasn't shipped mine
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# ¿ Aug 16, 2022 04:49 |
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opsix update: Picked them up yesterday, didn't have a chance to unbox and play the "scratch-off lotto ticket" game until today, just a bit ago, and of the two I bought on crazy discount, both seem to be OK at least WRT out-of-the-box screen brightness and basic sound (through headphones). My main concern was screen backlight, so just wanted to see if that was dim/nigh-unreadable/unreadable out the gate, and both of the units I got seem fine on that front. This is the opposite of exhaustive testing though, FWIW. All that said, since one of them was bought with the intent of giving it as a gift, I at least don't feel I need to worry about the screen backlight issue some people have experienced on that one. Also FWIW, just as two additional data points, both of the ones I ordered had FW 1.0.1 showing as what version was installed on the first boot of each. Mine were purchased on/via Reverb, so hopefully others who bought via Musician's Friend, etc. get theirs soon and also fingers crossed for no HW issues...
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# ¿ Aug 17, 2022 21:52 |
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Chainclaw posted:anyone have a module they want to love but struggle with?
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# ¿ Aug 22, 2022 08:40 |
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net work error posted:Congrats on the sale!
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# ¿ Sep 7, 2022 20:31 |
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Beaucoup Cuckoo posted:Hit me up if any of y'all are looking for a Chaos Clank.
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# ¿ Nov 1, 2022 05:38 |
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Rod Hoofhearted posted:I bought a Pamela's New Workout in August and now I get an email that there's a new version - Pamela's Pro Workout. Maybe there's other things beyond that list that would really push me to get one ASAP, but at the moment, I'm think I'm still good with the NEW I already have, and the expanders I have for it.
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# ¿ Nov 19, 2022 09:01 |
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Oh god I started to go deep into postmodular non-Eurorackian modular in the form of multiple Buchla easel expansion cards...
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# ¿ Feb 3, 2023 00:53 |
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a mysterious cloak posted:Okay weird post incoming. You can always stop using it later if something like that reoccurs. Or, you could always start up the learning curve (whatever it may be, steep or shallow) on another package (i.e., DAW) now in parallel, just as backup or as a skills broadening exercise, or just wait and add something later (again, if the situation reoccurs). I use multiple DAWs and similar software packages incl. Bitwig and for myself I wasn't particularly put out by the whole thing, but I get why people were. I thought the way they ended up resolving it was fine for me (and initially, more than I expected to happen). But Bitwig isn't my personal end-all be-all, so it was less of a big deal to start with. Dunno if this really helps you at all.
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# ¿ Feb 11, 2023 01:21 |
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I'll be a little surprised if I'm the person in this thread that ends up defending FL Studio.
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# ¿ Feb 14, 2023 05:12 |
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Cabbages and Kings posted:
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# ¿ Nov 20, 2023 23:40 |
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net work error posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WndAYrXRYM 800peepee51doodoo posted:I have been looking around for midi hubs actually. The one I was looking at was the MRCC 880 from Conductive Labs. They're locally designed and have some cool routing and switching features. The one you posted looks good, although it would be nicer with DIN connections i think. Looks nice and compact, though. minidracula fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Nov 21, 2023 |
# ¿ Nov 21, 2023 03:58 |
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Reposting this from the PYF 90's thread: Wait until these folks discover Roni Size.
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# ¿ Nov 21, 2023 04:26 |
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Someone talk me out of (or into!) the RK-008. Anyone here have one already?
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# ¿ Nov 22, 2023 20:59 |
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RocketMermaid posted:And I have a Keystep Pro for live playing, and an Eloquencer for sequencing I ask just because I'm soliciting people using Eloquencers for their thoughts, esp. compared to other sequencers (if applicable). I don't have one, but I've idly thought about it, but have held off for now (I have too many different sequencers as it is).
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# ¿ Nov 28, 2023 22:07 |
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Because I want to talk to fellow addicts who also enjoy my [i]particular[i] current drugs of choice, Eurorack-wise, is anyone else here been into either (or both!) the Pittsburgh Modular Safari series (including the goon who previously recently alerted me to the release of The Toad, which arrived for me on Monday!) (and/)or Tiptop Audio's Buchla "t" series modules?
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# ¿ Nov 29, 2023 10:14 |
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Cabbages and Kings posted:
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# ¿ Dec 4, 2023 22:58 |
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Cabbages and Kings posted:I love Bad Gear and two nights ago our six year old said "Bad Gear? Yea, let's watch that, it's the best!!!!!". Also that episode killed any desire I had for a Nymphes, so, well done Bad Gear.
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# ¿ Dec 7, 2023 03:39 |
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Cabbages and Kings posted:oh for sure but he is very honest and some times the limitations he calls out turn me off to something. Nymphes reverb seems terrible, who cares, but holy poo poo did the workflow look terrible to me. Perhaps this says more about me than anything when it comes to the Nymphes: As I was about to press play and watch the video, I had this thought bouncing around my head re: the UI, which was something like: "I mean, I have and like the Rozzbox; the Nymphes by comparison is way easier to use". Then, towards the end, after he had covered his take on the UI/UX pain points and overall sum-up, that thought was paired with "I also have and like the MFB Synth Pro". This was quickly followed by the (obvious) realization that I'm willing to put up with UI/UX pain for synths I think sound good, screens or no. (Keep in mind that I also like sequencers that operate like late-70s/early-80s calculators, among other... let's say baroque kinds. Are they my only sequencers? No, not by a long shot.) Is a Nymphes a must-have? No, not at all. But I do think it hits a nice sweet spot and is kind of alone there right now. Cabbages and Kings posted:Let me know if people get annoyed or bored by my A/V club experimentation. Here's QD drums doing weird poo poo in Spectraphon land, Beads land, AND video land. Video data is modulating Beads, too, so the animal is eating itself.
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# ¿ Dec 7, 2023 06:53 |
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Cabbages and Kings, you might be interested: inshallah, I have a BPMC Video Nasty on the way, to join my burgeoning stable of A/V monsters. EDIT: Oh, and thanks again for the Behringer 2500 modules. All of them arrived and the process of finding case space/eurorack feng shui has begun. minidracula fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Dec 18, 2023 |
# ¿ Dec 18, 2023 05:02 |
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Boody posted:Haven't really had a chance to do a deep dive but did have some fun with the mainbow and some t420's I'd picked up earlier this year. Cabbages and Kings posted:lofi future wasn't on my radar but that thing looks cool and they have preorders up for a new version, I will keep my eyes on that. LZX is getting my cash for a while
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2024 14:29 |
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JamesKPolk posted:Why are there so many more early digital delay re-issues than reverbs? Or rephrased slightly, what's the prescription for my GAS, doctors? I have Space too, and a bunch of other reverb pedals/boxen, etc., though nothing rackmount ATM, so I guess I'm curious at trying to drill down more into what you find lacking right now.
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# ¿ Jan 8, 2024 23:18 |
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Can someone summarize what the exclusively new things are on the mkII models of the wavestate/opsix/modwave? My limited understanding at the moment is that wavestate mkII has double the voices compared to the first one (now 128, IIRC), and the same sort of upgrade for the opsix mkII (from 32 to 64 voices), which leads me to think it's a platform-wide upgrade that everything built on that platform will share (in some per-product appropriate form). What else is there that's new & exclusive to the mkII models?
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# ¿ Jan 20, 2024 09:47 |
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Man, I don't need this right now, I'm thinking about finally getting an ER-301...
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# ¿ Mar 21, 2024 20:01 |
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Cabbages and Kings posted:In other weird news: look at this loving thing. WRT the HW, the Ming Mecca (both World Core and Control Core) schematics and Ming Micro gerbers, etc. are open too, BTW. Folks have built their own. I feel like I'm going the opposite way into Euro visual stuff from you, in some sense. I still haven't plunged into any LZX gear, but I have a number of other visual bits and pieces, most non-Eurorack though. (Now if I can just get another Oscillographic Block...)
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# ¿ Mar 30, 2024 02:28 |
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W424 posted:I accidentally installed korg usb driver last month and discovered that it will still gently caress up your windows registry. I have a version of it installed and I don't recall/haven't noticed badness, but I probably installed it quite a while ago now. I should poke around and see.
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2024 10:27 |
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B33rChiller posted:Yeah chips is repackaged e-waste, bit Capt big O has that Pittsburgh touch. It takes more hp than chips though.
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# ¿ Apr 11, 2024 05:35 |
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Cabbages and Kings posted:
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# ¿ May 13, 2024 18:49 |
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Cabbages and VHS posted:I no poo poo bought a winrar license last year 800peepee51doodoo posted:what the gently caress Cabbages and VHS posted:it's come up in conversation multiple times already and I've been able to pull up my license code email to prove I'm not full of poo poo. The reaction you just had is universal, at this point whether I'm dealing with other computer toucher people or talking to the carpenter we use, everyone under 50 knows what Winrar is and they will all give you a WTF reaction. Absolutely worth the cost of entry, plus the smug satisfaction of knowing I'm supporting software I've used forever. Please forgive the poor form of cross-posting (well, cross-linking, I guess), but relevant to this, see this post and the ones from there until at least my post further down the page, about 10 more after it: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3914936&pagenumber=370#post539387369
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