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- autoflavour0
on a somewhat unrelated, but same topic..
so spending ridiculous money on controllers and softsynths..
i was looking at the maschine.. but then i thought, in 4-5 years time. i am sure the software will be stopped being supported, then what do i have.. a box with no use.and then i was thinking about the OP-1 by teenage engineering..
slick piece of kit, except i runs on a battery.. and batteries fail.
and from what i have researched, there isnt any indication of a replaceable battery any time soon.. so are they seriously making it like a ipod/ipad where after a few years, its dead..fuck that.
synths should work.. and then keep working.
my sh101 is from 1983.. and sure, it runs on batteries.. REPLACEABLE FUCKING BATTERIES..
its 30 years old.
i highly doubt that a Maschine or a OP-1 for that matter, will be anything by ewaste landfill in 30 years time..
//rant
- im just pissed as i have some money to burn on new gear and there is nothing making me want to buy itautoflavour
- maaaaaaaybe the new moog, but it seems like it might double up the minitaur..autoflavour
- and i know myself, if i dont reinvest this money i have made from selling gear recently, i will just eat away it .. bit by bitautoflavour
- 5 euro here.. 10 euro there.. i am fucking hopeless when it comes to that shitautoflavour
- if it were me, and i don't do this so i'm lying, i'd save $$ and focus on core classics - 909, 303, 808 and little elseprophetone
- what i have done is buy lots of cool stuff and i barely have time to screw with it all, i need to win the lottery so i can just stay home, focus on musicprophetone
- home and focus on music and family. i'm working on this plan as we speak.prophetone
- but seriously, i feel like selling most of my gear and keeping only the analog essentials around + a macbook + maschine + keysprophetone
- a keyboard of course.prophetone
- first world problems.prophetone
- autoflavour0
let me clarify, while my sh101 is 30 years old, i have not had it that long.. but i do have a TR707 that i have had going on 15 years now.. and it still works flawlessly
- I always regret selling my SH09. ALWAYS.hans_glib
- Your problems have grown too large for us to help, I'm afraid.letterhead
- 23kon0
Autoflavour.
Maschine isn't going to disappear in a few years, theyve had crazy sales with this new model so would piss off a LOT of their users if they deleted it. The software will continue to improve though.
The OP-1 has really got me interested still. They've got issues with the battery but i'm sure there will be an option in the future to deal with this - replacing the battery yourself or getting a electronics shop to do it for you.
The thing that was putting me off was not being able to back up stuff without having a computer with you. Turns out you can get devices for £30 that'll allow you to back up to your iphone/ipad. very enticing. Still a lot of money though.
For the money MASCHINE is a realyl good deal! you get a LOT of good sounds with it and Massive too!
It can run without the controller attached so you dont need to have it with you on the road and can make beats anywhere.The problem with big old synths and drum machines (for me) is the fact that they are BIG. Not portable- both for gigs or just jamming in the sunshine.
- yeah see, you say a couple of years.. i am talking 10 years. i have synths from the mid 90'sautoflavour
- and you cant honestly tell me you believe that in 10 years time the maschine or anything else controller wise will anything but junkautoflavour
- but junkautoflavour
- dasmeteor0
- Honey, I'm not changing you, I'm a musicianCollinsJordan
- prophetone0
so in case you missed out on the stones throw dam drum 2.0, bleep labs is now selling the white label kit for $60. i may pick one up. le dope.
https://www.sparkfun.com/product…
http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/…
- prophetone0
and as a add-on to how dope this little guy is, they've added an expansion section to allow for hacking, triggering, midi possibilities and general nerd mayhem.
- prophetone0
maschine x synth. coming soon.
- what is it? hardware?ltjohnrambo
- yeah, prob a maschine-like controller controlling some new virtual synth software that does "everything"...prophetone
- is my guessprophetone
- 'everything' sounds good to me, especially if it's NI.mikotondria3
- 23kon0
^ Damn NI
You're going to end up getting even more of my money aren't you!
- prophetone0
oh man o man, i just gave arturia my 10 bucks and i suggest you do the same, like now.
- two minutes and they don't even feature what the thing sounds like?letterhead
- autoflavour0
got hands on with the New Ableton push today.
very fucking cool..
you never need to look at your screen again.only downside its all about midi.. not so much audio
- I am literally getting more acquainted w/ my maschine right now and of course push is calling my name...prophetone
- whispering sweet nothings to my wallet...prophetone
- "buyyyyy me" #whisperBrokenHD
- 23kon0
Native Instruments announce Komplete 9.
Not really desperate for a whole load of instruments that i'd never use and effects that I already have other things doing that job, but damn MONARK looks and sounds nice.
- ApeRobot0
Just got xln addictive drums and wurlie plugins.
- Claymantis0
- meh.. nothing i havent heard beforeautoflavour
- needs vocalsalbums
- great technique, not really feeling the beats that muchMiguex
- good to see there are triangles tho.. every hipster needs a triangleautoflavour
- its good you guys are honest.Claymantis
- and lameClaymantis
- why? is that you?autoflavour
- ya its me haha - My friend had a RED camera for weekend.. wasn't trying to make anything ground breaking. Just a solid beat.Claymantis
- BEAT.Claymantis
- 23kon0
err, how's your OP-1 working out?
- albums0
I have the Mikro, but I'm wondering if anyone has a Maschine MK1 they want to sell? i don't need the license, I just want the hardware, but if I have to buy it, sure, I have a friend who can use it, either way I'm looking for one of these.
- Are you finding the Mikro too cumbersome to navigate?letterhead
- i got it to use as a drum pad, it's been great, now i want the knobs for massivealbums
- albums0
As I mentioned above...
"I got it (the mikro) to use as a drum pad, it's been great, now I want the knobs for Massive."I had initially purchased the Korg padKONTROL, then got the Mikro instead for the software as well (that I rarely use) but it is only a MIDI controller for me to assist my APC40. While the APC40 has some production advantages, the direct MIDI correlation to the Massive knobs from the Maschine mk1 is more preferable to my production style, than mapping knobs on the APC40, which frustrate me more than please for their lack of sensitivity (the experience is uncontrollable and jumpy).
Plus, if I get the mk1, I can let a buddy of mine use my Mikro, so win/win.
- kingsteven0
the patternarium (from soniccharge's microtonic drum machine) - mind blown...
"Our servers are regularly spawning new generations of a thousand unique patterns, each one being the cross product of two other patterns picked at random. The higher votes a certain pattern receives, the more likely it is to get picked and bear offspring into the next generation. This means that you may participate and influence the outcome of Patternarium simply by voting."