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I've been messing around with ableton and friends lately. I have a pocket operator (PO-32) and it's great for making little loops (and Little Jones loves it). I just ordered an audio interface, so I'll be able to record soft synths and my PO and other stuff into ableton. i really like animoog and basically it makes me not ever really care about getting a real synth. maybe one day I'll want a midi controller but not today I also dug my electric guitar out of the closet and have been having a great time re-learning it. im looking forward to what kind of weird poo poo I can do by running it into ableton post about music you make, even if you suck at it like i do
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i couldn't make a melody in ableton just clickin' around to save my life, but animoog for real made me able to make them. they're still bad of course, but being able to say "now you're a pentatonic keyboard, it is impossible for me to play a bad note" and then mashing away whatever pops into my head has worked pretty well. maybe base station lets you do that, though? i don't really recommend any of the expansions i've bought, but it's so worth $5. I think the ipad version is way more expensive, though, and i'm not sure if it has an android version. what i'm saying, though, is that i also have no talent but certain tools make it way easier. i'll never be great, but if we keep trying and practicing we can both be generally competent  Thanks for that link, Crazy Achmed! I'm gonna watch that today i think 'cause I feel like crap and am probably gonna call in sick to work. are keytars generally midi controllers, or are they keyboards all on their own with amazing form factors?
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Mar 4, 2020 17:10
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my audio interface came today and i made beeps and boops go from animoog into the computer. i hope to be able to have leads and pads/bass/etc all in the same track now this track is gonna end up costing me more money than is reasonable
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Mar 5, 2020 06:34
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i have a new raspberry pi that does almost nothing an old raspberry pi that does literally nothing, sonic pi looks dope a f
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Mar 5, 2020 18:39
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i plugged my guitar into the audio interface and did weird things to it through ableton at lunch ableton's amp/cab modeling is terrible, but the weird effects are awesome. i was hoping that i'd be able to put my fender champion 30 dsp back in the closet, but it's generally better at getting crunch than anything i was able to do in ableton
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Mar 5, 2020 22:17
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That's dope as hell. Is all of that coming from the rack? I have no idea how modulars work - it surprised me to hear "normal synth" and drums coming from it
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Mar 6, 2020 22:41
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thanks for those links! I watched those dean friedman videos and they were great. i didn't know what timbre was before (or how to pronounce it) and now i feel like I understand what's going on with all the settings I play with. I'm gonna download vcv rack today. ngl though I stopped halfway through the third video cause it seemed to be about how to do things on some then-current synths rather than new concepts about synthesis toiletbrush I would absolutely enjoy an effortpost on wtf-modular, but if it's easier to point me at an article or video somewhere that's 💯 too
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Mar 8, 2020 16:43
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mine is a scarlett 8i6
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Mar 9, 2020 18:28
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how do you play a modular? like I get how you hook a bunch of stuff up, but how do you make a melody? are there sequencer modules and sampler modules? and then you can choose to route a pot or keyboard or whatever into your oscillators frequency input for unsequenced stuff? is the idea that you can basically make a custom synth at home, but you have to buy everything you want separately? like a sort of middle ground between buying a synth kit and buying something off the shelf?
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Mar 10, 2020 00:04
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cool a f
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Mar 10, 2020 03:24
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holy poo poo I just looked up the metropolis and it's $585. I was expecting like $200 or maybe $250. it's cool but drat
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Mar 10, 2020 03:40
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I was gonna post about how I don't know what sidechaining is or how to do it but then I googled it and this time I found actual reasonably written text documents that explained everything. so ive got that going for me
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Mar 11, 2020 06:00
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nice! does Live ever go on sale? the options seem to be insanely expensive (bc it seems kind of pointless to not get all the VSTs and stuff), educational (I'm not in the academy any more though) and piracy. Like, I want to throw a couple hundy their way and have a legit full copy, is that possible at all?
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Mar 11, 2020 18:51
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pirating stuff sucks though. like they'll just be missing convolution reverb or whatever and you'll end up having to gently caress with VMs or WINE because oh look your pirated version of osx software has a keygen that needs windows. and then you can't update. and then you have to worry about malware. pirating software is just a massive pain in the rear end that im all about avoiding if I can. but for $700 or whatever yeah, I guess qpiracy is probably worth my time id much rather avoid messing with cracks and all that. heavily-discounted legitimate(-ish) serials though? now that's my jam
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Mar 12, 2020 03:06
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oh word thanks I'll check out bitwig too
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Mar 12, 2020 03:07
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i have a soundcloud but it's empty im working on it though! also the Model D moog app is free. go get it, it's rad
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Mar 14, 2020 04:09
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I just finished my first song. It is very not good! I learned a lot about using Ableton, though.
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Mar 14, 2020 18:50
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I've been playing with the freakshow industries plugins and I thought they were dumb until I put my drums through backmask and then my bass arp through dumpster fire and then the lead through mishby What I'm saying is it's really fun to make poo poo get weird. I wonder if they use these on the American Horror Story intro
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Mar 17, 2020 05:45
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is that a dog underneath a desk or what one might call .. a subwoofer?
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Mar 18, 2020 16:23
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any of y'all have recs for plugins I can send my guitar through? I'm more interested in effects than amp/cab modeling but both are cool. I have the free version of guitar rig 5 and it seems neat; I don't want to spend much (definitely under $50 but free would be much better) cause I bought a copy of ableton, so I'm mostly done buying music stuff for a couple months I'm hoping that ms jones gets me a midi controller for my birthday
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Mar 29, 2020 00:08
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I upgraded to Live Suite in March. I emailed Ableton last night and woke up to a refund of the difference between what I paid and the current sale price. That's $95, so I'm happy!
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Apr 9, 2020 16:45
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FWIW, apparently if you buy through European sellers, Live is waaay cheaper: https://www.thomannmusic.com/ableton_live_10_suite.htm I am not at all sure that licensing and so on would work out. I am also pretty sure it violates some kind of trade laws, because the page I found that mentioned this said that the reason for the price discrepancy was tariffs, but if you want to do the refund dance or someone else wants to give it a try, there it is 
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Apr 10, 2020 00:35
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I just ordered a launchkey mini. I am excited to play with it!
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Apr 26, 2020 00:52
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my problem is that once I'm over $100 or so, I'm in "just save up for a push" territory
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Apr 26, 2020 05:31
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ableton put up another free sample pack at their covid deals page also I really wish the forums used markdown instead of bbcode
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Apr 26, 2020 15:40
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the Soundtoys effect rack is on sale for $100, the bundle is $200. any of y'all have thoughts on if the bundle (or the rack, I guess) is worth it? I know echo boy and decapitator are well thought of
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May 1, 2020 01:33
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effect rack: https://www.soundtoys.com/product/effect-rack/ bundle: https://www.soundtoys.com/product/soundtoys-5/ another $100 off listed prices above: 100-OFF-RACK-OR-BUNDLE-ENDS-MAY30
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May 1, 2020 01:44
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man jonny I have a fender 30 watt from college and that fucker's way too loud for apartment use at any but the lowest volumes. I'm jelly of your house+100w setup
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May 3, 2020 19:05
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now I just put my guitar into my audio interface into guitar rig and other dumb poo poo in ableton, we basically only use the amp when little jones asks to
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May 3, 2020 20:02
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yeah I saw that NI sale. I'd be all over it but I got a Scarlett 8i6 not too long ago. I wish they were running that deal on basically anything except audio interfaces cause $200 is too much for guitar rig but free-with-a-thing-I-kinda-want-anyway is the perfect incentive
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May 3, 2020 20:24
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KoRMaK posted:i still use pedals becuase I didn't find the right vst distortions and i also thought they just didnt sound good. but that was 5+ years ago and i should probably revisit it becuase my CPU seems to be able to handle this stuff pretty easily. My buddy has an axe-effect that he loving loves so ive been somehwat aware of that and keep an eye out for prices NGL id rather have a sick pedalboard and stuff, but I live in a 2BR apartment with my wife and son so it's not really in the cards. I'm not any good at guitar, either, so like maybe in a year if I keep practicing I'll be able to justify the money+space but for now playing with guitar rig is good enough
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May 3, 2020 20:29
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I have a shred guitar and an acoustic. I go back and forth on if I want a jazzmaster or tele. I'll probably end up with both one of these days shred stuff is absolutely not my style, but it is what a dude in the dorms was selling in 2003 so here we are I got my son a rondo 1/2 size lefty strata week or so ago. it's supposed to get here today but hasn't shown up yet. if it turns out to be great quality maybe I'll consider a rondo tele, but I don't really enjoy working on guitars so frankly I'd rather just pay an extra hundred or two and not have to level frets and file the nut and all that stuff that the cheaper guitars often require (and I gather is half the point for people that enjoy that sort of thing). of course maybe setting up the boy's guitar will show me that it's actually fun when you aren't fighting with floyd rose 🤷♀️
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May 5, 2020 01:17
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i have an esp ltd m-155 (same as m-100 but with offset fretboard markings) and a fender dg-20ce acoustic/electric. no pics right now though
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May 5, 2020 01:32
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I got my kids guitar set up and it wasn't too obnoxious!
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May 6, 2020 02:04
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i bought a guitar in college and learned to play five chords and then stopped. then i picked it up in grad school, but then i stopped. but this time! this time it will be different! seriously though, the big problem i had before was not knowing what to practice and stuff - eventually noodling would get boring and i'd stop. i've been doing the justin guitar beginner lessons and it's been great.
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May 6, 2020 16:56
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I'm doing the justinguitar app and it's great. I wanna say I paid $60 for a year, and of course all the material is free if you don't give a poo poo about having a phone app. the app has exercises and stuff in it (and blocks going to the next step behind actually doing them) so it's great for me, though. I'll have to check out the fender one once I finish it! I spent like an hour playing on the patio while little Jones alternately danced, sang, ate his lunch, and squirted water toys. it was the best hour I've had in a really long time
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May 9, 2020 22:34
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the guitar stand for little jones's guitar came in today! he has $80 saved in his "bank", so I'm gonna let him spend that on his guitar if he wants to and tell him i'll kick in the other half. he'll probably get it this weekend and i am _so excited_ to play with him. he'd been having some fun with my fullsize righty guitar, but it was way too big of course. the way you hold a guitar has always seemed backwards to me (why would I want my lovely hand to do the hard work of fretting if i'm not fingerpicking?), but when I had him flip over my guitar and hold it lefty he lit up instantly. so of course he needed one of his own. we'd originally planned on letting him save up for it and play mine until then, but the left/right thing made me think he should get it sooner rather than later. my midi controller looks to finally be back in stock at sweetwater, so hopfully i'll get that before this weekend. i have a string cutter coming in the same order and would really like to restring my acoustic this weekend, too
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May 11, 2020 17:20
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ooooh I got the $12 foot switch for my amp (cheaper than the parts I looked up) but it can only switch channels - effects are controllled on the amp itself. that's rad dude
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May 11, 2020 17:49
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I'm in this weird position where I don't think that guitar rig 5 is worth $200 but I can't get it for what I think to be a fair price. I already have a good audio interface but if you need one anyway, getting GR5 would be dope. just value it in your head at like $30 or $50, not $200. ofc keep in mind that I'm not good at guitar. maybe it's more obviously worth more if you're better at stuff than I am come on NI just let me give you $50 I want to do it! I own a legitimate copy of ableton for gods sakes I love paying for legitimate software!
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got my launchkey mini mk3 yesterday and it's very good. i guess it does a whole bunch of ableton poo poo that i don't care about. but it also lets you use the drum pads as drum pads and the knobs as instrument knobs which is all i want. maybe i'll care about launching clips from the pads later, but not right now im trying to find a vst (or whatever) to map the white keys to specific scales. i know there's a plugin called Cales that does this, but it's windows-only. any ideas?
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