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- hans_glib3
- ffs!!!hans_glib
- wowrenderedred
- That demo sounds really nice. Hopefully they do a cheap (price, not quality) case.section_014
- nice, i have a frequency central system 100 eurorack clone... i wonder how it compares.kingsteven
- wow, that's actually incredible. the frequency central ones don't quite squeeze all the controls of the original on therekingsteven
- a full synth voice for $99 ooft. may have to expand my euro systemkingsteven
- oh man there they are... https://media.giphy.…prophetone
- so obvious that was going to happen.. behringer just going to keep releasing until the industry collapsesautoflavour
- apparently there's a moog wall on the way as well..hans_glib
- :) :) :)!!!futurefood
- kingsteven7
Brain: "You've got an album to finish mixing."
Also Brain: "They just added instruments to Rust, why not do a cover of Pacific State for absolutely no fucking reason (there's not even a Saxophone)"
Also Brain: "Impulse buy Elektron Model:Samples because now you have no free time whatsoever."
Also Brain: "That distorted TD-3 sounds nice."
- haha ace.fadein11
- https://media.giphy.…prophetone
- This is so deliciously meta.Nairn
- prophetone5
- 4 voice paraphonic. I'm gonna hold out for the Jupiter they're probably cloning. I play lots of 6 note chords these days.section_014
- behringer literally sayin 'hold my beer', things are def getting weirdprophetone
- god damnitfuturefood
- i'm now half expecting them to release a $300 E-Mu SP-1200prophetone
- Holy shit. I have been getting rid of all of my gear and this could fill a crucial gap. Akai controller, a bunch of analog gear and this would be a fun combo.garbage
- But I'm flirting with the idea of going full analog and getting a piano. Anybody here have 88 keys?garbage
- 88 keys would be wasted on me... jamming with a guy with a nord stage 88, and it takes up the whole room :-/kingsteven
- Considering the rd-8, td-3 and now this... Behringer applied for MONOPOLY trademarks a while back too.kingsteven
- Ha yeah. I'm actually wanting that, but I'm thinking more of a shitty old novelty piano in the living room for friends to play at parties.garbage
- That role is currently filled by a Lowry Teenie Genie, and it's always a laugh when somebody scares themselves with the volume pedal.garbage
- £599 / €699prophetone
- autoflavour2
took 2 days worth of fucking around under tables and squeezing into the back of patch bays, but finally got it all swapped out.
I had forgotten there were a few other bits that I had purchased over the past 4 months or so that handnt been properly installed.
in the end, upgrade included
zed24 mixer
Elektron digitakt
Roland TB-3
Roland VT-3
Hologram Infinite Jets
Boss D500 Delay
Alexis 3630 compressor
MOTU Midi 128 midi switchThe biggest ball ache was having to reorganise the patch bay as the ZED24 and the o1V had their stereo channels organised differently..
I have kind of maxed out my studio now. I don't have any more space, I don't have any more patch ports free and no more space for more patch bays.
anything new that comes in, something old has to go out.
but it looks so pretty at night..
- while reorganising the patch bay might sound easy, I pretty much had to take the entire patch section apart to get access to the back. and its a mad birds nestautoflavour
- looks somewhat neat, but behind the desk its no country for old meautoflavour
- lets hear your beats!dorf
- Bloody hell, impressive collection and tidy! I'm doing the opposite, stripping right back to Digitakt, Faderfox PC12, Push2, Laptop & Numark PT-01 Scratch....microkorg
- ... decided to get back into sample based trip/hip hop rather than electronic stuff. Back to my beatmaking roots, back to some soul :)microkorg
- looks ace - i wouldn't know where to begin. as with microkorg i'm keeping it simple... some old units and reason...hans_glib
- currently trying to get my head around grain synthesis. less beats, more noisehans_glib
- Looks fun. Where do you put your cup of coffee?shapesalad
- To run it for 1 hour, do you know the electricity cost? How does it compare to running a DAW on a laptop with a bunch of CPU hungry plugins?shapesalad
- #droolprophetone
- that warm gear smell...keewee
- coffee goes on my desk, this is just the right side of the studio.. desk is at top, then there is also a right side with the keyboards..autoflavour
- sickBANKattack
- prophetone5
As someone who is in love with the Roland System 100M and has avoided the black hole that is eurorack modular... this is going to be a problem for me...
$100 a pop?!! http://www.factmag.com/2018/04/1…
- yes, share your problem here, let me share the burden...keewee
- correction... $50-100 a pop! and i can’t even get my hands on a model d yet... damn you behringer!prophetone
- damn! half my system is frequency central 100m clones, they cost about the same but i had to build them myself :-|kingsteven
- Will there be a case too? Doepfer's LC9 is the cheapest, reliable case. It's $460.section_014
- Retailers are stating 11 May 18imbecile
- microkorg6
- If you watch then please SUBSCRIBE too. This will help keep me monitized on YouTube. (Read video description for more info). Thanks fellow QBN beatmakers :)microkorg
- cool!futurefood
- Sweet soundsspunji
- Thanks :) - it's one of my own, with my wife doing the vocals/spoken word.microkorg
- every time I go to Tokyo I go there.. and every time I walk out empty handed with a lady boner..autoflavour
- mort_5
Came across this recently and it's a goldmine of information on sound design. Someone on Reddit compiled all 63 parts of a Sound on Sound magazine series called Synth Secrets into a single PDF.
It starts by explaining basics like waves, envelopes and modulation and then explains how various acoustic instruments can be synthesized like drums, percussion, brass, strings, piano, etc.
PDF even has a document outline for jumping to each part,
- Nice one mort. Some light reading!Ianbolton
- yea, this is greatfuturefood
- Some Christmas with the i laws readingwoowahesque
- Thanks!big-papes
- autoflavour4
so after purging over 5k of modular a few weeks back.. I over purged and left a hole in my rack..
anyway, impulse purchased this yesterday..
- nice 1 I was looking at this... sparked thoughts of pairing with a pams, mumm8, squidsalmpler, mmmidi, mmt, mfx, hpo... could have a sweet little rigprophetone
- must resistprophetone
- I was the same.. but looks like Wifey did manage to land that Job interview so seamless and painless transition.. so splurged on another sequencerautoflavour
- I just really like the quantiser .. and obviously the big tactile buttonsautoflavour
- like I already have a sh101 .. so its not like I didn't have that sequencer.. but not in modular form LOLautoflavour
- I just don't get how you'd sequence a track with all this. Surly a DAW would give you better control over a composition?shapesalad
- @shapesalad
1. Limitation breeds creativity
2. Tactile interface
3. PCs are for spreadsheets ;)mort_ - we don't want 'control' we want bleep bloop chaos!prophetone
- In fairness, DAWs can do random chaos well too. Some amazing Max for Live devices.mort_
- ^^^ Max for live can take you to the moon and back with sequencing. You can incorporate midi controllers too. A little learning curve, but limitless.section_014
- @section_014 Sounds like you're making your own Max for Live devices? Nice!mort_
- Ableton can do everything.. but half the fun is making music where it’s just the machines doing everything and ableton is just clock and recordingautoflavour
- Just tactile also..autoflavour
- microkorg5
I grabbed a black clouds <3
wanted this module like hell since I watched this guys series of videos with the Analog4 and clouds ....
Going to get it hooked up tomoro with the A4 :)
- started scratching the surface with teh A4 a few days ago.. mainly just running sequences out the other cv gear.. but yep, so dopeautoflavour
- fuck that vid is greatkingsteven
- Sorry for my ignorance, but can't you do all that on a phone app these days?SoulFly
- +1prophetone
- Very early 70s soundrobotron3k
- prophetone3
- dont know how they managed to make a Juno look ugly...inteliboy
- the OSX aqua buttonsprophetone
- god that's horrible in every way, visually and sonically. and i am (or was) a big fan of rolandhans_glib
- I'd guess dreamed up by a marketing team to take a slice out of the used 106/60 market.mort_
- Just buy the Behringer Deepmind if you want the classic Juno sound. How can a company with such an amazing history churn out so much shit.section_014
- It actually sounds pretty good in this demo comparing it with an original 106 https://youtu.be/kvk…mort_
- If you want that classic juno sound, buy a Juno 6 or 106.. I can attest they sound just like the originalsautoflavour
- 40 year old analog synth. What could possibly go wrong? ;)mort_
- everything :)autoflavour
- ideaist5
Moog's iOS synth apps are all free right now
Minimoog Model D, Model 15, Animoog and Filtatron are all available at no cost.
https://www.engadget.com/moog-io…
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- model 15? fuccck yea!futurefood
- Try it on iPad Pro 12.9" ON WEED!!!ideaist
- Nice one!mort_
- always liked Animoog. Wish a VST version would have came out.section_014
- autoflavour3
so I did a thing.. wasnt planning on buying any new synths, but this came up in facebook marketplace and it was stupid cheap..
and when I contacted the guy he had no idea and then knocked a further $400 off the price saying it was untestedI get there (90 minute drive) and the thing is immaculate .. guy works for an estate clearing company and some old guy owned it, but clearly never used it.
its like box fresh.. even has the sticker still on the screen.
works perfectly..
got it for almost half price to what they are going for on reverb.. so even if I flip it, I am winning
- fuck you and your excellent luck!hans_glib
- what hans said. I hope you told him to get in touch with you if he comes across similar again ;)microkorg
- actually just checked.. there is one going on reverb for $1050 more than I paid.. not including shipping.autoflavour
- insane, great synthkingsteven
- You haven't stated the exact price you paid for it.i_was
- nice1prophetone
- I paid $750 AUDautoflavour
- mort_6
In love with the sound of the Vermona Perfourmer from watching youtube vids from this guy. It's a 4 voice / 4 oscilator analog synth that just seems to have a sublime softness and warmth to it.
- More Perfourmer
https://www.youtube.…mort_ - great demo, thanksfuturefood
- That started off annoyingly messy, but my!Nairn
- More Perfourmer
- zarb0z4
Not that anybody cares (or should), but this is one of my favorite threads to take a break to. This and vinyl finds.
- I care.. this little corner of QBN keeps me sane..autoflavour
- +mort_
- taking seatsnb
- gives me a warm feeling when i see it up high in the list :)mantrakid
- me tooprophetone
- Yeah when it was on the front page the other day I almost giggledautoflavour
- section_0146
Added a second story to the modular. Started to get too many modules on the shelf, so I figured I'd get another case for them. Not sure how I feel about the cases stacked vs. side-by-side yet.
Picked up a Synthesis Tech E352 and Quadrax to go with it. Really liking the E352. Sorry for the potato quality image. I smashed the lens on my phone camera accidentally.
- so cool, i'd personally go side-to-side, so is closer to face, less reaching... translation: closer so I can read text, avoid throwing my back #signsyergetnoldprophetone
- 2 Maths & 2 Cwejman lollessfloor
- the rabbit hole.. one day I will fall, but at the moment I have enough headaches with fixed architecture..autoflavour
- autoflavour6
- i am dead jealous of that sh-2.
you bastard.hans_glib - Yeah, she is fun.. use the analogkeys are as sequencerautoflavour
- Cool! Share some tunes, automaquito
- gotta make some new stuff. but for the time being, Soundcloud.com/auto6...autoflavour
- i am dead jealous of that sh-2.
- prophetone3
- Would be pretty perfect if... ui set as 100% black/white monochrome, all the colors for pads/buttons white/red only, text/logos dark grey... darth vader it out!prophetone
- $700 usd / $900 cadprophetone
- impressive kit and price but i'd spend all day bent over that screen and wonder why i hadn't just used a laptop...kingsteven
- not to be hater, but why? gimme abledroid any dayautoflavour
- Time to retire the 1000futurefood
- well it’s a stand-alone unit which people have wanted, and a button-based interface of early mpcs but with modern approachprophetone
- for me the stand-alone aspect with this form factor makes sense... it’s the mpc2000 of the future and i really like itprophetone
- that being said if I’m being 100% honest here, for $900 I’d be looking at an mpc60 insteadprophetone
- that’s just me, but for many beat heads this is also just the ticket for live beat battles or performances, is stable, flexibleprophetone
- same, loving my wee model:samples for the limitations... i think of the old MPCs as instruments, this is a hardware DAWkingsteven
- I'd wait for long term reviews of this thing. Outside of my s900, Akai has been the most unreliable brand for me.section_014
- where you gonna get an mpc60 for $900?! :P I agree that this is a good stable box esp for beat makers, finger drummers etc to take on the go without laptop etc.microkorg
- could even make your beats on a computer and port them onto here for 'live' performance muting groups and fingerdrumming sometimes.microkorg
- bought mine a few years back for $450 on eBy - and in past several months a few have sold for $600-800 ish... just gotta be on the lookoutprophetone
- ....MPC60's that isprophetone
- But agreed getting an MPC60 in excellent shape on eBay for under $1k now is rare... it's iconic now so price is getting ridiculous, like the SP pricesprophetone
- fairplay to akai for creating all the tutorial videos for beats academy for the ONE.microkorg
- prophetone4
- Incredible $3900 RRP, thats gonna be £2600 street :Dkingsteven
- Looks like some Star Wars piece of tech - imperial manufacturedgrafician
- darth vader synthgrafician
- yeh, wallet killerprophetone
- Finally!!!futurefood
- has such a unique soundinteliboy
- mg336
Quick rough idea I've been working on over the weekend using the new drum sounds I picked up. As long as I've been making music my rule has been that I've succeeded if anyone other than me likes something I made. I was playing this in the car this morning while taking my kids to school, and my daughter said "let's listen to this tonight after we read a story so I can sleep to this." We listen to a lot of slow music at both kids bedtimes. Was a nice moment seeing her like this.
- so fucking lovely, man! love the drums & the melody is gorgeousmantrakid
- Thank you! I really appreciate that. These drums have opened a big new door for me.mg33
- This has a Mogwai vibe to it. Good shit!section_014
- mg332
https://roli.com/products/blocks…
Bought the ROLI Seaboard Bock this weekend. I had never heard of this until a coworker told me about it Friday and I was immediately intrigued.
Two words: blown away. Being used to playing a standard MIDI controller that doesn't even have Aftertouch, there are obviously limits to the expressiveness of a regular controller.
This thing is amazing in how much variable pressure, direction, etc. you can play with. What really sums it up in terms of what instantly amazed me was that it can be set to adjust all sorts of parameters per note - ex: cutoff - if you're playing multiple notes at once and you only slide your finger up on one of them, it only impacts the cutoff for that note. It was pretty mind blowing. I'm sure there are ways you can adjust cutoff per note if you want to control all of that in software and painstakingly adjust that stuff, but to do it all right there with your hands was really cool.
I'm really looking forward to getting it set up to work better with strings in Logic. It apparently requires some tweaking of the MIDI controls and such, but some of the videos I've seen, you can control vibrato by moving your fingers up or down, or kind of vibrating them side to side.
Anyone have one of these? I've not been this excited to sit down and just come up with ideas, especially for more of the ambient stuff I'm doing these days where I'll love the variability and expressiveness of it as you use it.
- where you been? Facebook seems to bombard me with their adverts for the past 3+ years...shapesalad
- This somehow missed me completely. I'd not seen anything from them until Friday.mg33
- Friend has one, I like it a lot, very expressive! He recently got a Touche too which is just as epic. https://www.expressi…microkorg
- It really reminds me why I like the Animoog app - because of that big customizable X/Y pad and the variations of sound with it.mg33
- Nice.. played before but was super wary of the foam.. longevity these keyboards won’t have..autoflavour
- yeah i'm quite tempted by the roli, tho i wonder how the surface stands up to wear...hans_glib
- and the touchee is almost brilliant, if only it was more programmable and more joystick like.hans_glib
- I played with one of these in our local music store, hungover, for about 2 hours. Great bit of kit. And the modules are great add ons tooIanbolton
- Cool purchase tho.. not to throw shade..autoflavour
- Love the look. Like a Death Star engineer was into musicfuturefood