General Gear • Re: What new booty did you buy?
I think the R4 seems a bit toy like contraption. Supposed to be versatile, but is it doing any one of those tasks actually well..? For example the F3 (that I personally, definitely, would choose over...
View Article1U & 3U Eurorack Modules • Re: Blukac Endless Processor Part Two
The output level is also very dependent on the input amplitude at the moment of sampling. You might have a generally hot input but, especially if Time is set to a low value, you might not be sampling...
View ArticleModular Synth General Discussion • Re: Who are the most impactful, modern...
Make noise and mutable instruments. set the standard for the new sounds modular can make. Make noise really brought in the west coast styles to eurorack and everyone had heard a rings into clouds at...
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Modular Synth General Discussion • Re: Aux sends from desk to modular and back
I do this! You might want to consider boosting the signal coming out from the aux send, depending on what audio source you're feeding to your modular. (Edit: I now see that this already has been...
View ArticleMusic Software • Re: Crazy software
I'd say substances put a damper on more than just your career.Statistics: Posted by fac — Sat May 04, 2024 12:17 am
View ArticleModular Synth General Discussion • Re: Es-9 sound quality compared to audio...
Comparing direct input to my mpc vs es-9 to mpc, vs es-9 to iPad, I never even thought about being a difference. If you buy used and don’t like it, it will sell super quick.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleMusic Tech DIY • Re: CA3280 emitter pins?
I'm also not sure I understand the falstad simulation that @guest sketched out. I don't understand what represents the emitter pin in that example, or how it's different from how I "normally" think...
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1U & 3U Eurorack Modules • Re: Knobs with rims under the panel
I assume this is a design choice that helps make the module very affordable at the cost of making it harder to customize the knobs, and I should give up on my knob-changing ambitions. Does anyone know...
View ArticleGeneral Gear • Re: Roland E4 MIDI Question
Do you own that thing? How good is the formant feature? Can it simulate a different voice/gender well? Is the vocoder good, or do you prefer other vocoders?Yes! I do own it. The sound of formant,...
View ArticleGeneral Gear • Re: Korg Volca Kick
I love the Kick, Korg totally chose the wrong name. Maybe Volca Sick, or another letter I won't mention.It wouldn't sync to my RD-6, or even play correctly when I send it a tom. I tried all the...
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4U Format Modules + EMS • Re: Banana system pictures
To paraphrase Roy Batty, "Gee...you folks sure have a lot of nice toys" Statistics: Posted by Ebolatone — Sat May 04, 2024 10:37 pm
View ArticleModular Synth General Discussion • Re: Which sequencer for my planned setup?
I've got some homework to do...I'd say don't let the perceived complexities of the Nerdseq scare you off. The basics of sequencing (triggers/pitch cv/modulation) are fairly accessible and...
View ArticleGeneral Gear • Re: Sam Ash Gone
Can’t say I’m surprised, but yeah this sucks. I got my first guitar in 1977 at Sam Ash in White Plains NY and have spent untold thousands of dollars at their stores over the decades. I guess the sad...
View ArticleMusic Tech DIY • Re: Tool where you place a flat surface against PCB while...
also not a replacement for a real pcb assembly frame, but very useful:blu tack / poster putty is great for holding in dip sickets/headers etc!i have had good experiences with a pair of cross-tweezers...
View ArticleGeneral Gear • Re: Sneak Peek: MSW-830 Desktop/Keyboard
Oh now the feature creep is about to hit.Statistics: Posted by PC Principal — Sat May 04, 2024 10:59 pm
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General Gear • Re: Synth sounds you think you can identify in songs
I bought a D50 shortly after it came out and loved it...the choir patches were especially impressive...like angels singing. Then multi-timbral synths came out and us D50 owners were bummed we could...
View ArticleGeneral Gear • Re: Future Retro Vectra
looks like it. late 2024Statistics: Posted by escargot — Sat May 04, 2024 11:18 pm
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1U & 3U Eurorack Modules • Re: Mordax Data usefulness and use cases?
I’d like to get a Data for the scope mainly. I’m sure the other features would be useful. But I feel it’s a bit pricey and large for a smaller system like mine. The O’tool+ looks like a good...
View Article1U & 3U Eurorack Modules • Re: Probabilistic quantizer?
two quantizers with different parts of the desired scale and a switch that probabilistically switches between them could help get close iiucStatistics: Posted by moremagic — Sat May 04, 2024 11:32 pm
View Article1U & 3U Eurorack Modules • Re: What is going on with Pittsburgh Modular?
I don't begrudge a company over trying different things, that is certainly their prerogative. On the other hand, any module that strays into such bizarre design aesthetic as their recent offerings...
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