Author |
Message |
jksuperstar
Joined: Aug 20, 2004 Posts: 2503 Location: Denver
Audio files: 1
G2 patch files: 18
|
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:34 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
ASR10 Rack. With SCSI! (but I need to dig up a cable to the drive). and get a floppy drive replacement until the hard disk is up & running.
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
onewayness
Joined: Jun 16, 2011 Posts: 155 Location: Erie, PA, USA
Audio files: 19
|
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:54 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
modulator_esp wrote: | BoardWeevil 2012 |
That's a nifty looking toy, Jez... tell me more? _________________ handmade music for machines | onewayness.com |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
elektro80
Site Admin
Joined: Mar 25, 2003 Posts: 21959 Location: Norway
Audio files: 14
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
modulator_esp
Stream Operator
Joined: Feb 04, 2005 Posts: 2844 Location: Nottingham, UK
Audio files: 275
G2 patch files: 1
|
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:25 am Post subject:
|
|
|
onewayness wrote: | modulator_esp wrote: | BoardWeevil 2012 |
That's a nifty looking toy, Jez... tell me more? |
in a nutshell, 3 oscillators, 2 ring modulators, resonant filter, ldr control of osc 1 pitch and power starve and lots of bend contacts for connecting bits to each other
this is the first version with a filter, it's great, can sound almost buchla'ish
the power starve and contacts are great for adding lots of chaos _________________ Jez
music | adventures in sound | gear for sale |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
klangumsetzer
Joined: Jan 23, 2006 Posts: 513 Location: Sweden
Audio files: 32
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
SugarRatz
Joined: Aug 30, 2011 Posts: 59 Location: Brooklyn
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
onewayness
Joined: Jun 16, 2011 Posts: 155 Location: Erie, PA, USA
Audio files: 19
|
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:03 am Post subject:
|
|
|
modulator_esp wrote: | in a nutshell, 3 oscillators, 2 ring modulators, resonant filter, ldr control of osc 1 pitch and power starve and lots of bend contacts for connecting bits to each other |
Looks great...
adh _________________ handmade music for machines | onewayness.com |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
audiodef
Joined: Sep 05, 2011 Posts: 726 Location: LFO1
Audio files: 53
|
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:05 am Post subject:
Re: new plugin Subject description: izotrope mastering software |
|
|
SugarRatz wrote: | downloaded izotrope mastering software. so far it seems to have a few neat tricks. anyone else tried it? havent uploaded any music mastered on it yet. thats on the way as they say |
I tried a demo once. I wasn't that impressed, but that could be because this is my degreed profession and I already know how to master without all-in-one-box tools. I remember thinking that it's good for what it is, though. _________________ There's an invisible radio gnome playing a gong from a flying teapot - don't miss out! |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
SugarRatz
Joined: Aug 30, 2011 Posts: 59 Location: Brooklyn
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
modulator_esp
Stream Operator
Joined: Feb 04, 2005 Posts: 2844 Location: Nottingham, UK
Audio files: 275
G2 patch files: 1
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
audiodef
Joined: Sep 05, 2011 Posts: 726 Location: LFO1
Audio files: 53
|
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:24 am Post subject:
|
|
|
modulator_esp wrote: | after more than 2 years of looking, finally found an Akai AX60 in the UK
|
I have an AX80. We should talk shop. This is a fun instrument. _________________ There's an invisible radio gnome playing a gong from a flying teapot - don't miss out! |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
modulator_esp
Stream Operator
Joined: Feb 04, 2005 Posts: 2844 Location: Nottingham, UK
Audio files: 275
G2 patch files: 1
|
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:57 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
audiodef wrote: | modulator_esp wrote: | after more than 2 years of looking, finally found an Akai AX60 in the UK
|
I have an AX80. We should talk shop. This is a fun instrument. |
cool, next on my list is a VX600!
just getting to grips with the AX60, it's pretty wild! just what I like _________________ Jez
music | adventures in sound | gear for sale |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
laura woodswalker
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 463 Location: phoenixville pa
Audio files: 18
|
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:32 pm Post subject:
Gear that we are replacing |
|
|
Greetings, this seems to be a popular thread.
Along with gear we want or just got... there is the question of Replacing Gear. Hmm.... when to replace, why, and what to replace it with.
A year ago I bought a Korg MicroSampler. It seemed to be a great way to incorporate my Nature sound loops into a performance. Well I soon became disappointed. Main problem, this gadget did not have enough memory for the kind of samples /loops I wanted to store. I spose it would be adequate if all the samples were little boops, bleeps & hits, kind of like for a rap performance or something.
But some things about this device were really cool...notably the fact that you could set it on "keyboard" and play your sample at varying pitches. Of course it could not tempo shift, so your lower notes would be slowed down etc.
Definitely when I bought a MIDI controller & set about learning to use Ableton, I realized that what I really needed to do was buy a laptop and bring Ableton to a performance. I could certainly access samples in an Ableton audio track.
I really tried with the Microsampler, but alas, the difficulty of transferring, modifying and storing samples just got too frustrating & I finally put it on Craigslist today.
Replacing it? I don't know of any sampler that would do what I want, which is really "Loop capture/storage/trigger". Ableton has them all beat!
I did say that if someone had a Kaoss KP3 or Kaoss Quad to trade, I'd be interested. Ableton has effects, but I think it's nice to have extra hardware & ways to access sounds... don't want to be completely dependent on Ableton. _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
Inventor
Stream Operator
Joined: Oct 13, 2007 Posts: 6221 Location: near Austin, Tx, USA
Audio files: 267
|
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:49 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
Laura, it is good to hear that you are back on the scene again with Abelton. I might also suggest ChucK if you program for this purpose. I recently rediscovered your "Insect Summer of Love" album in my iTunes collection and find it to be quite relaxing on a quiet evening. What are you planning to do, sample the insects and play tunes with them? that would be very interesting!
Les _________________ "Let's make noise for peace." - Kijjaz |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
laura woodswalker
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 463 Location: phoenixville pa
Audio files: 18
|
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:03 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
Hi Les,
I just saw this message after leaving the chat.
Inventor wrote: | Laura, it is good to hear that you are back on the scene again with Abelton. |
Thanks! I never really left the scene...last Sept I played at electro-music fest with my son Aaron, "Genetique", (a great musician who teaches me stuff & answers my questions).
But I am keeping busy with learning new gear all the time.
>I might also suggest ChucK if you program for this purpose.
Gosh, I don't program--I have enough problem learning to 'play' in the regular way
> I recently rediscovered your "Insect Summer of Love" album in my iTunes collection and find it to be quite relaxing on a quiet evening.
great--that was my purpose in recording them! I used to think the insect sounds were so relaxing that they could be used in therapy & meditation. It would be great for people in hospitals who couldn't open the windows and hear the natural world.
> What are you planning to do, sample the insects and play tunes with them? that would be very interesting!
hahah.... that was what I wanted to do in 05, before I had even heard of DAWs, MIDI, synths etc.
Since then I graduated to other things, but I would still like to use the nature sounds loops as part of a composition. Throw some effects on them, make them sound like aliens etc.
laura
Les[/quote] _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
BobTheDog
Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 4044 Location: England
Audio files: 32
G2 patch files: 15
|
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:55 am Post subject:
Re: Gear that we are replacing |
|
|
laura woodswalker wrote: |
Replacing it? I don't know of any sampler that would do what I want, which is really "Loop capture/storage/trigger". Ableton has them all beat!. |
http://www.elektron.se/products/octatrack |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
laura woodswalker
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 463 Location: phoenixville pa
Audio files: 18
|
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:06 am Post subject:
Re: Gear that we are replacing |
|
|
BobTheDog wrote: | laura woodswalker wrote: |
Replacing it? I don't know of any sampler that would do what I want, which is really "Loop capture/storage/trigger". Ableton has them all beat!. |
http://www.elektron.se/products/octatrack |
$1400?? More expensive than Ableton, Laptop and MIDI controller all together!!!!!
let's face it, the computer has just outdone most of the hardware gadgets for what you can do w/it. Unless it crashes, of course.... _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
BobTheDog
Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 4044 Location: England
Audio files: 32
G2 patch files: 15
|
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:12 am Post subject:
|
|
|
Lots of people are moving from ableton to the octatrack at the moment, there must be a reason for that? |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
laura woodswalker
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 463 Location: phoenixville pa
Audio files: 18
|
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:27 am Post subject:
|
|
|
BobTheDog wrote: | Lots of people are moving from ableton to the octatrack at the moment, there must be a reason for that? |
If they are, then maybe one of them has a used laptop they want to sell me?
I still like hardware gadgets though & would never get rid of my Xstation or Electribe. _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
Antimon
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 4145 Location: Sweden
Audio files: 371
G2 patch files: 100
|
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:09 am Post subject:
|
|
|
I've just finished a jam session with a friend, using mainly Octatrack and Ableton Live (he used mainly Live). The Octatrack is an awesome machine, and fits your (Laura) requirements, but when budget is an issue I would definitely say that Ableton can cover most of what the Octatrack does, but not the other way round.
/Stefan _________________ Antimon's Window
@soundcloud @Flattr home - you can't explain music |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
pyrosonic
Joined: Jul 12, 2008 Posts: 383 Location: Kent,Oh. USA
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
audiodef
Joined: Sep 05, 2011 Posts: 726 Location: LFO1
Audio files: 53
|
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:52 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
laura woodswalker wrote: |
If they are, then maybe one of them has a used laptop they want to sell me?
|
If you're looking for a cheap laptop, try geeks.com or techforless.com. _________________ There's an invisible radio gnome playing a gong from a flying teapot - don't miss out! |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
laura woodswalker
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 463 Location: phoenixville pa
Audio files: 18
|
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:37 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
audiodef wrote: | laura woodswalker wrote: |
If they are, then maybe one of them has a used laptop they want to sell me?
|
If you're looking for a cheap laptop, try geeks.com or techforless.com. |
are they better than newegg.com? cause that's where I get stuff. _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
laura woodswalker
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 463 Location: phoenixville pa
Audio files: 18
|
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:46 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
audiodef wrote: | laura woodswalker wrote: |
If they are, then maybe one of them has a used laptop they want to sell me?
|
If you're looking for a cheap laptop, try geeks.com or techforless.com. |
while we're talking laptops... what kind of specs would folks recommend to run Ableton, MIDI controllers, VSTs etc?
My desktop computer has 2.66 Ghz, core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM. PC, windows 7.
I'm thinking a music laptop should have at least an i-3, maybe an i-5 processor. Speed--faster than 2.66? What kind of prices we talking?
laura _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
pyrosonic
Joined: Jul 12, 2008 Posts: 383 Location: Kent,Oh. USA
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
|