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vkeios posted:Get the volca sample instead since it's the better drum machine. Yeah this. The sample is a stupidly good deal if you're wanting a drum machine, especially if you put it through a multi-effects processor.
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good jovi posted:The Sample is probably the better drum machine all things considered, but I am loving my Beats again now that I fixed the snare and got a Beatstep Pro to sequence it with (thanks, Tayter!). Hell yeah, glad it found a good home!
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So the new OP-1 OS beta leaked a few days ago. Some really neat additions to the machine including a new synth engine called Slump, an arpeggiator, and a ton of new samples/presets. The best part is they seemed to fix the loop clicking problem with automatic crossfading which is huge imo Here is a short demo showing off the Arpeggiator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSyBkrdm0O4
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I'm doing this wrong because I actually made a song with my synths. It only took since January. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JALUxMPbuA
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I just bought a Metropolis. I don't know why I didn't do this sooner.... It's the best, I've been using a Rene for the longest time and I suppose they are both incredibly similar in functions and scope (and size), but the Rene is definitely a little more esoteric to command. I might keep both in the meanwhile because I love sequencing, but the Metropolis has won me over. It actually won me over when I first got into Euro, so many melodic and beautiful patches utilizing the module, but as is apparent, I've only gotten my hands on one as of now. Speaking of modules, I'm selling a ton of stuff at the moment. PM me for more details (I don't want to poo poo up this thread with FS stuff), but I've got the following: Pittsburgh Synthesizer Box Pittsburgh MIDI 3 Doepfer A-160-5 Ratcheting Sequencer Shakmat Modular Bishop's Miscellany Pittsburgh Game System Music Thing Expanded Turing Machine Mk I Bastl GrandPA SPA expander Intellijel Dixie II+ SSF/WMD ADSRVCA Soundmachines LS1 Touch controller thingy and my Synthrotek 6U +1U 84HP case with power and a bunch of Pulp Logic 1U modules Dotcom Jillionaire fucked around with this message at 17:59 on May 22, 2016 |
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Somebody's hawking a red JD-Xi for $350 in my area. Should I be interested?
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HELLO NEIGHBOR I saw that but I got too much poo poo I don't have time to play as it is. Yes it's a dece hybrid with an unfortunate color scheme.
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May 22, 2016 18:35
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Startyde posted:HELLO NEIGHBOR Yo was your Porchfest as lame as mine?
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Who here has the Arturia V Collection? Two things are making me think about picking up the new V Collection 5: one, the Synclavier V, and two, the discount I get for the moment for buying the whole kit and kaboodle (rather than just the Synclavier V alone). But I wondered if anyone had any trip reports about it. It seems like V Collection 5, which just came out, follows closely on the heels of V Collection 4, so maybe I should expect to be paying upgrade prices inside of a year or two if I wanted to keep current? Or has Collection 4 been out for a while? Also, is Arturia's software licensing thing (ASC) relatively out of the way and non-onerous?
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I upgraded to 5, but haven't tried the Synclavier yet. Word is it's good, but extremely deep -- you're not going to learn it over a weekend. You're right that the upgrade cycle was real short this time around -- 18 months since 4. I did get a discount but it's worth waiting until the collection is half off, which they do every so often. Their license thing works fine for me.
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Tayter Swift posted:You're right that the upgrade cycle was real short this time around -- 18 months since 4. I did get a discount but it's worth waiting until the collection is half off, which they do every so often. Black Friday, right?
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Probably. They did one in August or July of 2014 too for some reason.
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How would I go about creating a really eerie, dissonant choir sound reminiscent of the Alien soundtrack? I know a lot of that creepiness lies in the intervals and pitchbend but it's a sound I've always wanted to nail down. Ideally with my synth but if it won't yield a convincing timbre I'm open to samplers as well.
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Tayter Swift posted:I upgraded to 5, but haven't tried the Synclavier yet. Word is it's good, but extremely deep -- you're not going to learn it over a weekend.
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minidracula posted:Who here has the Arturia V Collection? Two things are making me think about picking up the new V Collection 5: one, the Synclavier V, and two, the discount I get for the moment for buying the whole kit and kaboodle (rather than just the Synclavier V alone). But I wondered if anyone had any trip reports about it. It seems like V Collection 5, which just came out, follows closely on the heels of V Collection 4, so maybe I should expect to be paying upgrade prices inside of a year or two if I wanted to keep current? Or has Collection 4 been out for a while? Also, is Arturia's software licensing thing (ASC) relatively out of the way and non-onerous? You get the Synclavier, a physically modeled piano (which can go weird) and a bunch of organs that open up to be tweakable. E.g. the Farfisa can be an additive synth. The interfaces can now go huge (and ugly but functional). The patch browser is now good. There's some mention of circuit modeling being added to the synthesisers. I haven't done an A/B but given the CPU doesn't go too crazy we are not talking U-He here. Nevertheless the cross mod on the Prophet seems OK, The Jupiter 8 is no longer branded as Roland, probably as the Boutiques are out. 4 has been out at least a year.
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Mister Speaker posted:How would I go about creating a really eerie, dissonant choir sound reminiscent of the Alien soundtrack? I know a lot of that creepiness lies in the intervals and pitchbend but it's a sound I've always wanted to nail down. Ideally with my synth but if it won't yield a convincing timbre I'm open to samplers as well. Pitch shifted reverb.
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Mister Speaker posted:How would I go about creating a really eerie, dissonant choir sound reminiscent of the Alien soundtrack? I know a lot of that creepiness lies in the intervals and pitchbend but it's a sound I've always wanted to nail down. Ideally with my synth but if it won't yield a convincing timbre I'm open to samplers as well. The ZVEX Lo-Fi Junky pedal is super fun to run any synth through (and they'll have a euro version of it later this year). AfroDJMac has an Ableton rack out that does similar stuff in software https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgjVm55DFA
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Soviet technology acquired. Dude had it plugged in to 110V  Tomorrow it gets put on a bench and the damage can be assessed. No telling how much works until I power it properly. The thing was half working on 110, so it's promising.
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sliderule posted:Soviet technology acquired. Dude had it plugged in to 110V Like the Kalashnikov of synths....
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I've read the OP and I'm making my way through the thread slowly, but I just wanted to check... Is the minibrute still the best place to start? I play guitar and bass but this is my first look at this kinda stuff and I think I'm ready to join the strange, scary, expensive world of synths. The first thing to really catch my eye was the OP-1 and I've found a fairly good deal on a used one but I want to do this properly and I'm not sure if that's a good way to start.
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Think the Minilogue is the real flavor these days, but I don't have one. A 4-voice synth with oscilloscope for $500 is a great deal.
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minidracula posted:Who here has the Arturia V Collection? Two things are making me think about picking up the new V Collection 5: one, the Synclavier V, and two, the discount I get for the moment for buying the whole kit and kaboodle (rather than just the Synclavier V alone). But I wondered if anyone had any trip reports about it. It seems like V Collection 5, which just came out, follows closely on the heels of V Collection 4, so maybe I should expect to be paying upgrade prices inside of a year or two if I wanted to keep current? Or has Collection 4 been out for a while? Also, is Arturia's software licensing thing (ASC) relatively out of the way and non-onerous? I haven't upgraded to 5, but 4 is very good. Everything works well and sounds good, and it has good Komplete Kontrol integration if you're one of the dozen people on the planet that matters to.
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I love the V Collection 4, but some of the interfaces are incredibly tiny and hard to use. Since V Collection 5 fixes that, I'd say it's probably worth it to get that. Heck, I'm considering paying 100€ just to get the improved interface
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ynohtna posted:Pitch shifted reverb. Using this as a guide, I implemented this in Tracktion 4 (which means pretty much anything can do it): https://www.propellerheads.se/blog/building-shimmer-reverb Basically: track 1 = a synth track 2 = epicVerb, 4.6s tail, about 30% damping Track 3 = pitch shifter, 1 octave up t1 -> sends to reverb, reverb sends to pitch shifter, pitch shifter sends to reverb. The initial send is 0db, sends 2 and 3 are -4 or -5 db so you don't blow out your levels.
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Digital Jesus posted:I've read the OP and I'm making my way through the thread slowly, but I just wanted to check... Is the minibrute still the best place to start? I play guitar and bass but this is my first look at this kinda stuff and I think I'm ready to join the strange, scary, expensive world of synths. Like TS said, the Minilogue will probably become the new gold standard 'starter synth'. It costs twice as much as a new Microbrute and is currently only sporadically available at retailers (next shipping window is mid-June apparently? Between this and moving, I gotta save up that paper......) but the sheer breadth/depth of stuff it can do and its apparent quality make it well worth it and have me really excited to get one. Alternatively, if you don't already have a MIDI keyboard/knob/slider controller for your DAW, now might be a good time to get one and also play around with softsynths for a bit. Hardware rules but software has the cold, hard bang/buck balance. Something like the aforementioned V Collection will get you a lot of instruments for less than the cost of most new hardware keyboard synths or modules. And you can use the keyboard for broader production tasks if you decide that synths aren't really your thing. On the opposite end of cost: If you have an iOS device, there are tons of awesome synth apps there too. The vast majority are Core MIDI compliant at this point, and will easily work with most keyboard controllers- in some circumstances wirelessly. Several have been made by companies like MOOG and Arturia. Some have been made by goons. iOS will also give you the breadth and flexibility of a computer platform. You have sequencing/effects/recording/drum machine/export/cover art production available to you on something like an iPad. In some ways, that resembles the do-it-all approach of the OP-1. Of course, the OP-1 is absolutely lustworthy and I covet it as well. But I'm not made of money, I only recently started working again, and I have a lot of expenses coming up. But while it looks flippin' amazing to me, the OP-1 also seems less "essential"(and a fair bit more obtuse) than something like a straightforward synth or an iPad, especially given the relative cost. And that's not to say that you shouldn't get a Minibrute/Microbrute at some point either. They're all really fun and unique. If you can save up and spend strategically (Black Friday), you can relatively quickly build up a hoard of physical and virtual instruments between all of the sales that literally everybody does. Edit: 'horde' to 'hoard'. They're a collection, not an army. trilobite terror fucked around with this message at 13:32 on May 25, 2016 |
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Thanks for the words man. Yeah I actually have an iPad Pro and a 6S+. I also have a MacBook Pro with Logic. So I guess I have the bases covered there. I just don't know where to start haha Still heavily considering an OP-1 if I'm totally honest 
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sliderule posted:Soviet technology acquired. Dude had it plugged in to 110V Cyka blyat!
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net work error posted:Cyka blyat! So the transformer was bridged for 110 already, and the half working state was its actual condition. It will take us a little bit to interpret the schematics, but we have 2 people in the office that can read Cyrillic, so we should never get stumped. Issues: Both saw and triangle oscillators low volume on both generators, and triangle sounds like saw. Filter cut knob only uses 1/4 of its travel to full open, but LFO and envelope depth are ranged correctly. Pot checks out. Main volume knob highly nonlinear, highest setting bleeds audio even with the VCA closed. A few scratchy pots. Other than that, everything works. Guts look clean, minimal case damage, clean face. All knobs and switches original. One cool feature is that with A/D zeroed, the amp envelope repeat acts as a ring modulator, turning my wahs into yeahs. Another cool feature is OMG dat filter at near full res.
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Digital Jesus posted:Thanks for the words man. Yeah I actually have an iPad Pro and a 6S+. I also have a MacBook Pro with Logic. So I guess I have the bases covered there. I just don't know where to start haha Get gadget for your iPad and your welcome. Other "must have" apps are animoog, model 15, and I'm a huge fan of patterning for drums and can't recommend it enough.
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i rotated the vactrols in my lxd and drat, the bottom channel sounds worth hearing now! wish id done this last week
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Oh my, my brute broke... Anyone had to deal with Arturia support before? I've submitted a 'support ticket' and have heard nothing for 4 days now... The biggest bummer is that it's literally not left my room, traversing the distance between a desk and stored every so often for the past four months. Pitch CV out seems ok, but gate In/Out does nothing, keyboard is unable to trigger envelopes and thus no ability to make noises.
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Digital Jesus posted:Thanks for the words man. Yeah I actually have an iPad Pro and a 6S+. I also have a MacBook Pro with Logic. So I guess I have the bases covered there. I just don't know where to start haha I've had a few synths over the last few years but nowhere near as most of the people in the thread, and my basic thoughts on the OP-1 are that it's not for everyone. If you want a synth, there's better. If you want a portable studio there's almost no competition. It's been with me on every trip, gets brought when I go to a cabin for a weekend. I can record any other thing into it and use it as a tape machine and effects processor, or sample what I've recorded. As a synth it has two major failings; line noise (which I correct by using an external DAC when needed) and in general the synths sound very thin compared to analog or virtual analog. As much as I am an evangelist for the OP-1, there's a lot better you can spend the money on if you're just looking to get into synths. I bought it because it ticked all my boxes - a device that wasn't based on looking at a screen constantly that I could take with me nearly everywhere and do anything I want with.
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_Dav posted:Oh my, my brute broke... Anyone had to deal with Arturia support before? I've submitted a 'support ticket' and have heard nothing for 4 days now... If the problem ends up being confined to the keyboard, there are conversion kits out there to turn it into a desktop module if you so wish.
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_Dav posted:Oh my, my brute broke... Anyone had to deal with Arturia support before? I've submitted a 'support ticket' and have heard nothing for 4 days now... I just had to deal with them to get a new filter select knob for my minibrute because the old one flaked out. It took them almost two weeks to respond to the initial inquiry, and then 3 or 4 days for each additional response beyond that. Also they were a little rude, I don't know if it was the language barrier or just them being French.  They did send me the part without charging me anything, though I still have to pay someone to replace it (as I expected since it's long out of warranty).
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A Winner is Jew posted:Get gadget for your iPad and your welcome. Gadget looks awesome. I think I'll grab it today. Isn't it funny that I immediately balked at the $62.99AUD for the app, but I was ready to drop $800-1299 for the OP-1, on a whim...
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Digital Jesus posted:Gadget looks awesome. I think I'll grab it today. It's the same impulse that makes people turn up their noses at spending more than $300 on V Collection while they scrimp together $2500 for a 4-voice DSI creation with half-baked firmware. GAS is a mysterious and troubling force...
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_Dav posted:Oh my, my brute broke... Anyone had to deal with Arturia support before? I've submitted a 'support ticket' and have heard nothing for 4 days now... Their customer service sucks. When I had the keyboard issue it took literally a month before they contacted me after sending in like 4 tickets and then it was another month before I was sent the information of of where I can send it to be fixed. Then it was another 3 months before I got it back. SparkLE is the only thing of theirs that's been half way decent and I've pretty much sworn them off now.
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