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Richie goes commercial. Who's buying? |
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exactly what i predicted on [AH] ~ it is the previously released "afx mode" firmware upgrade with a custom skin. you could get a normal BS2 and just update the firmware for the same thing. also from what i understand, the BS2 is p. good and you wouldn't do wrong acquiring one i played around with a supernova II in guitar center like twenty years ago and i still kind of want one today |
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so this dream finally becomes true! |
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man i dont listen/into gear so kinda ignored all the hype and anticipating for this release thing as it had no bearing but just the blinding expecatational let down from so many people online was really off putting. any comments i veered into on all the promotional posts were just in poor taste like something better was owed to them or anything like that. and just how vocal they are in being upset that it's just X or that they didn't also get Y with it. so weird i always thought the people who really were in tune with these types of music could get around that natural habit of having unrel expectations and what's worse is then loudly proclaiming that to the world. off putting a bit and especially from the product engineer's perspective , they put out something they think is cool and to hear the most vocal people being not about the kit at all but that there isn't more aphex tunes associated with the release. wild! |
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so true! seen some praise also though |
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I'd love one if I had the cash |
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the fans built it up into a big deal for themselves, i suppose, not richard. he was pretty frank on the nature of the project. kind of funny really |
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I wonder how much Novation paid him to use his logo/brand. Anyway, I dodged the hype train by assuming it was just a rebadged BSII from the start, because why wouldn't it be? The real collab already happened last year. But I couldn't help but think it be really cool if it had been some kind of wacky drum machine. Which, I mean, I guess it is now, but with a pointless 25-key keyboard if that's all you're using it for. I would have liked to see something with an on-board sequencer and designed from the ground up in collaboration with Aphex Twin. That would have made something special, I think. Maybe. Or I should just shut up and buy a used BSII. |
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guys I have the AFX stattion luckily (last B-stock from thomann) and its a hell of a machine, sounds like a 2x2m modular wall, not a ordinary synth. this afx mode gave it a coke up in nose.. ok, its just a BS2 synth but with a really nice feel and a nice box. Dont buy it for 408e haha. |
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so, i was interested in one -- you know what, alright, i've always wanted a novation and even if it's a premium this seems a proper excuse. and this sales guy from sweetwater is my captive audience for a stupid rambly email about what i might eventually want. he replies back to that bit, "oh, yes, i'm waiting for one myself," and, go figure, i've not actually seen it on sale, it's simply gone from "not yet on sale" to "sold out" and maybe it would be more sensible to get a normal BSII and upgrade the firmware as people blag afx stations on ebay for a markup. he is laughing at anyone that pissed on this; i'm sure |
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on a more serious note, quite on the fence about the font choice. while i dig the 320x240 nostalgia, i dunno, doesn't sit entirely right with the layout |
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yeah, ok, for real, that's a nice choice of font for the larger sections, but everything else is just novation's classy sans serif, calibri or something. like -- if you're going to change the banner font, you should make a secondary font choice for the smaller bits to compliment it. hell of an acid lord but as a graphic designer he's like pickles and chocolate ice cream |
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how/do fonts influence the patch composition process? like, you go to a prophet VS, very certain mood on those fonts |
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i can't say what i'd have gone with for the smaller font; i'd have to research it for a while. but gut hunch is you want an ALL CAPS, blocky font, more square than the larger one, and, kinda, you want it to be a L.O.U.D.E.R. font than the larger font, but then it's smaller. thin lines, moosh towards a square. i'm learning fonts regularly, and i actually know of the one i'm thinking of, but can't recall the name. it actually could be the font you get on OS9 working in ResEdit when you get to some binary blob and it's all ÄëǕ~[] |
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sorry, can't help myself i'm peeing and i'm still thinking about fonts. i finish peeing and i'm still thinking about fonts the font that's all Master Oscillator, what's that, dunno. i recognize it from old DOS games when you're in 640x480 or above but the fonts are small. same feels in any case then you want something that's mooshed towards squares for all characters, thin but firm lines, still thinking of ResEdit, or perhaps it was that horrid arcane debugger when you hit apple+|<. but it was definitely a fixed with font (like the one afx pickqd), derpy but prim. if we call the larger MSDOS header font 14pt, it's this font i can't quite place, that i am describing, 10pt my consulting services are available, for the price of one (1) long-term loan of one of the sixteen prophet vs keyboards a bored acid lord has in his closet. now, if you'll excuse me, i have a lottery to win. |
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I like elusive's response. But, it's also funny. Some of us just enjoy playing around with stuff. I don't follow any news on the subject, I just buy some hardware from time to time, and mash on it. Not very elegant, but enjoyable. So, if something new comes out, that is different, and makes my brain approach something in a different way. That's always good. And if RDJ got a couple dollars out of it, good for him. I remember buying the Abe Cunningham (Deftones) signature snare a few years back. Eye wateringly expensive for a snare. And ultimately, I didn't *love* the sound. But I went in thinking 'this will make me sound like Abe!' And, that is idiotic of me. It's just a new toy, to use in a new way for me. (that snare IS loud as hell though, it sounds like a cannon). I'd never heard of this AFX branded thing till now. If it's a few more knobs to twist and buttons to toggle, and new sounds for the brain. Sounds like a win to me. Putting any more meaning into it, than that, well, seems like a recipe for a letdown. |
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