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- stoplying1
Not so much making beats, but a new collection of songs I wrote and recorded, and recently released into the vast streaming ecosystem. These songs are far from perfect, the mixes are bad, the songs are short and I'm not trying to do anything with these other than share with friends and family. But it has been really fun to get into releasing music - a nice outlet away from work.
- Will have a listen tomorrowcruddlebub
- That's exactly the same for me... I'm making it for me, but love to let others listen.cruddlebub
- cruddlebub1
New track out today...
- inteliboy0
https://magenta.tensorflow.org/d…
kontakt libraries going to be a thing of the past...
- Does it output the midi? I guess, you could ask the DAW to find the midi through the notes... I love talking in circlescanoe
- prophetone5
- full 17 min sessionprophetone
- this guy is greatprophetone
- friggggggggggggggggg... this is radmantrakid
- prophetone2
- gosh dang!prophetone
- whoa! that little flourish at :54 out of the right speaker scared the crap out of me!mg33
- ayport0
So, I could use y'all's advice.
Years and years ago I got really into making music and I fell out of it with a massive focus on work and life in general. Now, I want to do it again, but the software has become incredibly complex with steep learning curves everywhere.
Back then I was using warez like cooledit, rebirth, a mass of sequencers and I play keyboards and guitars. The best and only example of what I used to make that I have online ( which is probably 25 years old now ) is this:
I've been looking into D16 group's software (.https://d16.pl/home ) primarily for the 303 and 808 softwares they have the familiar feel of everything they offer. It does seem like €999 is steep, is it?
Would y'all happen to have any suggestions that could help me get back into the swing of things without feeling like I'm becoming a rocket scientist?
I'm hoping to find something somewhat advanced with the ability to learn intuitively.
- Can't beat Ableton with the built in 808s / 909s and everything else it offers.mort_
- Cool. I'll give that one a shot. Thanks man.ayport
- yeah, abledroid is the answer you seekautoflavour
- Alright, I've bought Ableton. Thanks y'all. Let's see how this goes.ayport
- And you don't want the Roland emulators for cheaper?canoe
- The day of sequencers is over if you're in the box... Ableton 12.2 is going to blow your mind if you haven't touched a DAW in 25 yearscanoe
- xcuz me Live 12.2canoe
- Good to see you got Ableton.
I'd say the Arturia V collection is worth saving for next.microkorg - If you have an iPad then there are apps that can do what a Ableton Push controller will do.microkorg
- sted2
- twitter post: https://x.com/jessez…sted
- https://strudel.cc/sted
- In layman's terms: WTF is going on here?mg33
- live coding music, it's been around for years. always feels clunky to me like playing a giant piano with your feet level of musical expression.kingsteven
- first live coding event i was at was 2003 in london which was intelligent d&b and experimental music. since then it's been harboured by the chiptune scenekingsteven
- and become its own thing, it is quite impressive seeing them build the songs live, but often its this sort of thing where they're just commenting in/ out codekingsteven
- mantrakid1
err ^^^
- mantrakid0
looking forward to whatever else they have in store for the rest of the year!
- microkorg2
Cruddlebub,
There can be problems with the charge/audio board but i think a vid from the seller showing all keys and knobs, audio and power working would make it a safer bet.
Or you might fond someone selling one WITH these faults at a cheaper price then you can fix it yourself.I had an OP-1 many many moons ago. I got it for a good price as seller said that power switch was glitchy. When I got the device I could feel that there was dust/grit inside the switch so I found that sitting and just sliding the switch on/off slowly (and slightly pushing/grinding against it) eventually cleared the problem.
I had a real love/hate relationship with the OP-1 and eventually sold it. What I loved about it was the pick-up-and-jam-ability of the thing, its a real good creative and fun sketchpad.
The things I didnt like, no 'undo' and you have to commit. If you want a scalable track then you have to plan accordingly. You are restricted to one song at a time. Backups a pain, having to export out the tracks. etc.
I actually think the OP-1 Field addresses a lot of the issues I and others had with the original but at £1600 I couldnt justify that kind of spend. And its still 'tape' based. If I had that kind of money to spend on a wee jam toy then I'd go for the XY as it is sequencer based and not tape based. Much more scope for 'playing live' with it and making non-destructive tweaks on the fly etc.
If you have an iPad then Id recommend checking out the old but still brilliant Samplr.
- Thanks man, that's super helpful. I am winning one on eBay for under 400 but that'll easily sell for more. I'm not desperate for one, but have had my eye on...cruddlebub
- Then for a while. I have ordered the crum hum (DIY kit) and will jam with that once my cousin has built it for me lol. I'm paying him in haribo!!cruddlebub
- I've had one for about 7 years and it works as new. I still love it although I use it pretty lightly. Battery life still great.letterhead
- I will leave it for now with the crummy hum due soon. The torso S4 is having new firmware too so I have more than enough to tinker with at the momentcruddlebub
- prophetone2
- polyend put out too much gearkingsteven
- Are these made in Figma?grafician
- Next tracker?cruddlebub
- https://youtu.be/cRG…prophetone
- as a tracker mini (and +) user im kinda choked that they would release this before even finishing the beta release of the os theyve been using for 6monthsmantrakid
- the software for the tracker is buggy af, not to mention limited, so to drop new hardware that will use the same buggy software seems disrespectful to...mantrakid
- people who have purchased their other things, let alone shitty that theyre launching a brand new device that has a bunch of known issues right out of the box.mantrakid
- ^ GAS farmers. 18mo upgrade cycle on several products where they betatest on you for the entire time then drop support.kingsteven
- Yeah I have the OG one and it's good enoughprophetone
- cruddlebub0
I am looking at getting my hands on an op1, second hand obviously, but I have been seeing lots of videos of charge ports being broken, or not working correctly. I have also seen the part and swap isn't too tricky but I am always skeptical about buying a second hand anything...
Have any of you guys had any issues with your op1? Guessing that some of you (other than Nate) have possibly owned one or still do
At 600 UK squiggles (start price) they're not a cheap risk for 2nd hand electronic device.
- I have not had issues, now on my 3rd OG op1 haha. The main gripe for me was always just the limitations (Mono) but it definitely has a charm and character ...mantrakid
- unto itself. I would just make sure to do the test feature before buying to make sure all the knobs / keys work correctly.mantrakid
- Ahh good shout. How do you the test feature? Or is it just something you do yourself?cruddlebub
- Yeah check out this page: https://teenage.engi…...
Basically run the TE Boot, then theres a feature test to make sure it works!mantrakid - look, owned one.. sold it.. got another one.. sold it. want so hard to love it.. and there is a lot to love, but there is a lot I cant handle.autoflavour
- the aesthetic game is on lock.. and the sounds are fun.. but the whole tape recording thing was so annoying.. and the work around just to have an undo is annoyautoflavour
- the XY looks the ducks nuts.. but $3k is just too spicy for me..autoflavour
- ephix4
On spotify now https://open.spotify.com/track/5…
Also got noticed by an online music magazine ~6-7k followers who love it and want to feature it or something. woo!
- Making of: https://www.instagra…ephix
- Sick congrats man! very crisp and dope sounding stuff!!mantrakid
