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- futurefood9
Finally picked up the Prophet 6. Spent a couple days with it already and it’s like having six minimoogs. The VCOs on this are superb and the whole thing sounds like it warped from the 80s to our present time.
Just amazing.
- veh nice indeedhans_glib
- Beauty. I picked up it's close cousin the OB6 a few months ago and am similarly basking in its lushness.mort_
- *itsmort_
- Nice! the OB6 is amazing as well. The VCOs make such a difference on the P6 and OB6. The other prophet keyboards are great...futurefood
- but, the P6/OB6 have a completely different vibe. Are you running latest OS on the OB6?futurefood
- mine's running 1.6.7
I think latest is 1.7.5futurefood - No haven't updated because that sounds like work :D Mines on 1.7.4.mort_
- it's a bit tricky, hopefully MIDI over USB makes it easier. Updating the Moog Voyager was a pain hahafuturefood
- 1.7.4 is a good place to be. It seems I'm just an update behind.futurefood
- well hello.. I have had long lust.. but my major issue is I lack space.. buying one would meaning selling something else.. or getting a 4 tier keyboard standautoflavour
- also its not like I don't have enough alreadyautoflavour
- There are module versions of this and the OB6. That’s what I went for. Although the keyboard version here looks very tasty indeed.mort_
- prophetone6
I did it... bought the strega. It’s hard to get head wrapped around out of box, it’s like an angry wormhole generator, every subtle knob tweak cascades the soundscape further into reverberating madness... and a crazy hot ear-bleeding output signal.
Easily the craziest noise box I own, love it, can’t wait to do more with it. Gonna grab an 0-CTRL.
- Just watch in vid how he barrrelllly tweaks 1 or 2 knobs and it tosses any sound into a beautiful swirling pissed off dronefest beaming down from an alien worldprophetone
- Nice!mort_
- The Post Rock machine!jagara
- yeah i can't see how to get it past making a grungy drone. seems expensive for such destruction. mayeb you need to play with it for a whilehans_glib
- sounds like a swarm of bees. why make such nasty sound other than to bring on a headache?shapesalad
- Swarm of bees description reminds me of the Behringer Waspimbecile
- @shapesalad go rest up with a nice cup of tea. I'll bring you your favourite blanket and a Reader's Digest.mort_
- headaches maybe, happiness definitelyprophetone
- @mort, thanks, sounds lovely.shapesalad
- I want it, but for $59.99garbage
- To achieve same effect for only $60 you can just buy a can of red bull, metal garbage can, a dollar store karaoke microphone and a bag of angry beesprophetone
- mort_6
- https://youtu.be/df2…mort_
- https://youtu.be/Uh3…mort_
- Baby Bot 3000 is not impressed with your... 'tone'prophetone
- Making pronounshotroddy
- "Light-up RGB eyes" ok... this is good.shapesalad
- Richard D James approvesKrassy
- this is bosshans_glib
- Have you got one of these Mort? Using it live would be pretty weirdIanbolton
- Lol. I’m imagining trying to explain this to my wife when it arrives in the mail. I’ve enough hassle with regular synth purchases.mort_
- Would definitely need a laser eyes upgrade for live use.mort_
- kingsteven7
- !!!!imbecile
- sickkmantrakid
- yupprophetone
- Want of the daygarbage
- where the fuck do I buy thatletterhead
- ^scarese on the details, just popped up on my youtube subs... usually vids about fixing turntables and mixers on his channel.kingsteven
- scarese?kingsteven
- SICK!!davey_g
- Ras pi w/ midi timing possiblyprophetone
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- ^ nice!kingsteven
- autoflavour6
Man been so slammed with work the past month or so, and then freelance gig which took my weekends I have barely had any time to make music. The slim window I had was having to rework some older songs I did to fit some video projects I was delivering.. so less production and just adjustmen.
Won’t be much better for a minute .. but end of April going away for 3 nights for a BEATRETREAT with 3 homies of mine.. no kids, no partners.. just machines, beer, lemon haze and win
I can’t fucking wait
- Nice! Remember the pics from your last beatretreat.mort_
- What is lemon haze?shapesalad
- Fabric softener.mort_
- Lemon Haze: Glade plug-in
3 men, 1 cabin can get ripefuturefood - No potpourri?microkorg
- I'll ask for it next time I'm in the supermarket.shapesalad
- You should trademark BeatRetreat!stoplying
- Yes; fabric softener for my mind.autoflavour
- Got a baller pad this time https://www.airbnb.c…autoflavour
- Gah! https://tinyurl.com/…autoflavour
- Nice pad. Good time to be heading to Blackheath too...MrT
- mort_6
- https://tilde-elektr…mort_
- NEED.. I wonder how many people on that waiting list..autoflavour
- well how cool is thisprophetone
- Beautiful. Seems like he launched the YT video and said he had a couple for sale on his website. Now he has a waiting list into next year! Nuts!microkorg
- For £200 it's a pretty decent price for a boutique and beautiful instrument like this. He could be charging double that and folk would pay.microkorg
- A stoned me from years gone by could've spent literally days in front of this lol.microkorg
- that is awesomesausages
- 5 years waiting list? Fucking hell. Looks and sounds amazing thoughIanbolton
- ooft yeah @ 5 years... they should make a DIY kitkingsteven
- seriously, slap $750 on it and make it boutique.. people would buy itautoflavour
- Ianbolton10
Picked up one of these today
Usual necessary inspiration needed, therefore chuck some money at it!
- bootiful, once you get past the tiny knobs. i've been getting some fab sounds out of minehans_glib
- also can i point you at http://sunshine-jone…hans_glib
- a much more thorough and helpful manual.hans_glib
- nice one. Cheers man. Let you know how I get on unboxing and playing this evening.Ianbolton
- I'd love one of these.fadein11
- nylon3
Any recommendations for good youtube content?
Currently subscribe to:
BoBeats
Cuckoo
Red MEans Recording
Sonic Academy
EDM Tips
Ed TalentiThanks
- at a glance through my subs:
Dan Worrall (plugins, mixing techniques) mylarmelodies (gear and artist interviews)kingsteven - Cheers folks. These are massively helpful and another reason to spend the weekend sat inside learning new shit.Ianbolton
- Colin Benders
Modular on the Roof
Mr Datalinemicrokorg - Also STOOR (Speedy J) did some amazing 'Knob Twiddler' hangout sessions during covid.
https://www.youtube.…microkorg - I miss Knob Twiddlers Hangout!
DivKid and CinematicLaboratory if you're into modular. Also, love Hainback.mort_ - Can't watch BoBeats - not sure why. It's like an allergy.mort_
- https://www.youtube.…shapesalad
- https://www.youtube.…shapesalad
- ^ for more music based stuff, rather than tech. Chords, bass etc, cool jazzy chords that end up sounding great on synths.shapesalad
- You guys have a lot of spare time on your hands.utopian
- Blush Response (Dark/Industrial)
Earthquaker Deviceskoma_ - You lost me at EDM Tipscanoe
- Benn Jordanjagara
- You don't have to like EDM to get good info from EDM tips (not a great name, though).jagara
- at a glance through my subs:
- Ianbolton6
Finally stopped mucking about with this new track and uploaded it. Been dicking about with for 4 months!Enjoy :-)
- Great stuff. Epic. Manitoa-esquecanoe
- Cheers. I screwed up as I wanted Robbie Williams, not RobinIanbolton
- This is great, like the sort of thing ive been meaning to make!woowahesque
- Cheers. My previous few tracks are kinda similar. They take me fucking ages thoughIanbolton
- Robin Williams once bought a bike for my friend Matt, after meeting in a bike shop. Matt often left his bike unlocked, so it was stolen soon after.pusherbot
- It's completely plausible that a man named Jesus is riding around on that bike, right now, though it would no longer be new.pusherbot
- I've been meaning to make previous tracks like this long time. ffs just give props for something you never actually did besides your total creative ineffort...canoe
- ...wow and iancanoe
- Lovely, Ian!mort_
- Super goods Ian!PhanLo
- prophetone4
In the comments: “is this what will happen to me if i use loop pedals?” hahahaha
- I can't focus on anything except that guy's haircut.mg33
- hahaprophetone
- What in the fuck is exactly going on in this video?sublocked
- I hate everything about this.sublocked
- who mounts a laptop sideways?autoflavour
- Got bored at 4 minHijoDMaite
- I looked up some more of his stuff, some of it is actually pretty goodCalderone2000
- @auto The same guy who has that haircut.garbage
- hair... it begins with a D and ends in a G. R U using them?shapesalad
- punches for hair-dofuturefood
- kingsteven5
First new music out there in a while, this is one of my tunes from my band's new record... had a couple of overdubs to do all through lockdown and just got them done last week/ finished the mix on Friday. Bonus video commissioned by a mental health arts charity with footage from some classic local b-movies they somehow got permission to use!
- i like that a lot. i'd have brought in the final guitar much earlier... just feel the first half needs soemthing more happening...hans_glib
- agree, there will be a radio edit...a label wanted it for a 12" so i extended it Cure style before we tracked but 24w lead time on vinyl fucked that enterprisekingsteven
- It's really nice, vocals are ace. Video also great.fadein11
- God is this ever dope. Nicely done!mantrakid
- I like this a lot. I am reminded of Cavern of Antimatter. Ace vid too!MrT
- Heh! I played before CoM at green man and Tim Gane bummed a fag off me while watching Michael Rother from the wings and I nearly exploded I am such a fankingsteven
- CoAM! it was the first time Tim had seen Rother live which was nuts as Stereolab totally introduced me to NEU 30 years previously :)kingsteven
- Love this! The vocals are indeed ace. Great drummer too.mort_
- Ye the drums, bass and most of the guitars are one take. I had a camera on James (drummer) was threatening to make it the video...kingsteven
- He's in a full Hummel tracksuit tho, not quite the same vibe hakingsteven
- Wow. This is f'ing cool. It sounds like something that might have been a Primal Scream Exterminator B-Side...mg33
- ... I'm sure that comparison is weird... but that groove at the beginning reminded me of them quickly. Such a great tune!mg33
- heh, cheers mg - vanishing point-> XTRMNTR their best work IMO. random trivia: the track i posted below "love as a ghost" was recorded on the Primal's unusedkingsteven
- studio time for More Light and originally mixed (the LNT version is kind of a remix) at the same time as that (admittedly pretty damn good) record.kingsteven
- kingsteven8
New drums day... Tama Silverstar 24"
Now just need to get some cases before I can get these out of the garage and down to the rehearsal room for a proper blast! FFS
- Oh man enjoy the shit out of them!stoplying
- I'm reminded of the very first 'Punches For:' post.Continuity
- Ha it's only a trap for my bank balancekingsteven
- I love the vintage red pearl! Congrats!
Just curious. Are these birch shells or maple?Percrushin - I love the vintage red pearl! Congrats!
Just curious. Are these birch shells or maple?Percrushin - All birch! I was trying to get a Gretsch Catalina rock for a couple months with the 24x14, 13, 16 configuration (also all birch) but seems lockdown has reallykingsteven
- slowed down production of new kits... this came up on a local classified site in the same specs, as new condition - fell in love with the accordion disguise :)kingsteven
- Set up with Remo CS batter heads atm for some recording next week, but looking forward to opening it up a bit with single ply heads for more of a bonham vibe.kingsteven
- prophetone5
Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of Logic Pro X
Apple today unveiled a major update to Logic Pro X with a professional version of Live Loops, a completely redesigned sampling workflow, and new beat-making tools.
- Wow, so many buttons, the complexity of this thing...grafician
- Okay, this is exciting. Might have to get on the Catalina train now. Numerology still doesn't have a non-beta release though.section_014
- macOS 10.14.6 or latershapesalad
- Sweet. I hadn't heard about this. Love Logic.fadein11
- As long as you're in the macOS camp, the years of updates for a $199 app for this and FCPX are the best bang-for-the-buck.evilpeacock
- Nice update, going after the Ableton beats/electronic workflow users n those on daw purchase fence, pushing things toward fun, live Ableton space vs old man dawprophetone
- Fun toys that all lead to the same sounding results. You still can't beat simply playing in some midi notes and hand tweaking.shapesalad
- Nicei_was
- mantrakid7
Been really hard finding the 'audience' for this track. I have got a lot of kind words for it on SubmitHub but no one wants to add it to playlists cuz it just doesnt 'fit' with most normal hip hop songs... despite it... honestly... being one of the dopest raps / rap styles ive ever heard. This dude deserves so much more love than he gets.
Anyways all this to say im very fucking proud of this song.
- Sorry that im posting it again - i didnt realize i already did that above. Fuck...mantrakid
- That's awesome. If people can't fit it into a tidy category, you know you're onto something good ;)mort_
- Yeah thats honestly how ive been feeling about it too hahamantrakid
- Submithub seems to be a joke.jagara
- ❤️d_gitale
- to be fair we did get a very nice boost from our last single on submit hub cuz it got picked up by a bunch of playlists and i think started spreading outwards..mantrakid
- so like while it was only added to say like 50 playlists on submit hub, it was actually added to about 170 playlists in total at this point. which is nice!mantrakid
- autoflavour7
Not to get too soppy.. but this thread is by far my favorite part of QBN.. it’s this little enclave which the majority don’t bother visiting.. but you guys..
on a few Facebook groups and they are all so fanatical it’s just stupid.It’s refreshing to be able to nerd out without a flame war starting from keyboard warriors who think the electribe 1 are serious producer equipment..
- *group hugautoflavour
- Yes! I know what you mean. Facebook groups suck. Fanatics eat shit. All love in this thread aside from the occasional docpoz/fuckface interlopingsfuturefood
- https://media1.tenor…prophetone
- bwahahahaautoflavour
- +1. I pretty much get all my gear news from this thread.inteliboy
- I love this thread but am a little unknowledgeable about gear stuff. I’m more tied to software so I feel inadequate and keep quiet hahah.mantrakid
- gear, software.. whatever gets you over the line Mantra.. I have a studio full of gear and I still make most of my music on the train on my laptopautoflavour
- mantrakid9
- This is shit hot. Production is excellent and great tunes. Don't think you should've closed with the Antennae song though, shouldve ended wit one of the beltersmicrokorg
- That'd be my only criticism. The last track is decent and reminds me of some of the melodic songs on Hello Nasty. It shoulda been tucked in the middle tho ;)microkorg
- damn thanks for checking it out!! Yeah i was torn i feel like im most proud of that song, but felt like its prolly the most skippable for rap/beatloversmantrakid
- @mantra - fuck me! you've exceeded yourself. this shit's on point!scruffics
- HijoDMaite8
- digdocpoz
- This happened 3 days ago ... see below.microkorg
- Yep hans_glib best me to itHijoDMaite
- reel goodprophetone
- mort_5
I had a play with the Arturia Pigments 4 demo for a couple of hours and ended up buying it (at the current sale price). I've mostly been using hardware synths for the past couple of years, both analog and digital, and haven't tried any of the previous versions of Pigments.
It completely blew me away. The sound quality is killer. Even the filters sound incredible. The effects too. And the unique multi engine setup means limitless options for sculpting unique sounds, not to mention the modulation options.
The interface is up there with Elektron Overbridge in how it shows you so much of what's going on in a few screens.
Very cool.
- LOL at me using unique twice in the same sentence.mort_
- It is a beautiful thingcanoe
- yep, just picked it up recently too. 49 bucks if you own v collectionkingsteven
- hyped about the minifreak plugin too but imagine they'll keep it for v collection 10 to give it a proper releasekingsteven
- Yeah got it for 49 too. Bargain!mort_
- is this the sort of thing someone with ZERO musical experience could use?hardhat
- @hardhat It has a load of presets so you can just switch between those which would be very easy.mort_
- Meanwhile, observing what's going on in the interface for each preset would be a good way of learning since everything is so visual.mort_
- I bum the hell out of all the Arturia V collection stuff. Pigments 3 was fantastic, so i'll definitely check this version out.Ianbolton
- nice one. thanks @morthardhat
- ;)fadein11
- autoflavour5
can't remember if I have posted this already, but here is the finished project with all the elektron boxes..
- NICE! I've been listing after the Faderfox MX12 too. Did you buy it new? I've been keeping my eye on eBay for one but they are rare as hens teeth!microkorg
- Is this for gigging? Better having something where lid comes off so people can see what you are doing.microkorg
- yeah still gotta work out the lid situation, at the moment it still attached.. but yep, no rush at the moment, still gotta finish the music making part.autoflavour
- and yep, MX12 got new.. thing is amazing. faderfox is so good ..autoflavour
- v nice, luv the waldorfprophetone
- Suuuuper jealous!!!see_thru
- What do the empty water bottles do?section_014
- nice +1futurefood
- The empty water bottles collect my tears when I look at my bank accountautoflavour
- Effin' Lool!keewee
- microkorg8
My new little setup for when I don't want to sit at a computer.
Still learning the Digitakt. Played with Scooper the other night with Patterning app on iPad - seems like good scattering fun. Havent played with the T-03 yet though ... fully aware of what it does though lol.
Still to get the whole lot wired and synced up together.
Plan is to be able to use the MidiFighter Twister to control 8 channels of the Digitakt, so 1 Volume and 3 other parameters. That'll be over 2 banks of the twister. Then the third back of twister will be to control top level parameters and effects on the Digitakt. TB-03 into the autio-in of the DIgitakt. Scooper taking and mangling the final audio out of the Digitakt.
- *audio-inmicrokorg
- niceeprophetone
- Love it. Gravitating towards the smaller setup as well. Trying to use computer much lessfuturefood
- Sweet ;)lessfloor
