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offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2006-07-01 15:29 [#01930553]
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hogging


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-07-01 15:30 [#01930554]
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Photoshop


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-07-01 15:33 [#01930557]
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Its a store in Japan


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2006-07-01 15:33 [#01930558]
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the more gear you have, the better the music you make is.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-01 15:36 [#01930559]
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fucking hell

5 Jupiter 8's

80 oscillators!!!


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2006-07-01 15:37 [#01930560]
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All that gear should be spread out one each for needy
musicians, not stocked up at some crappy room never being
put to use..


 

offline big from lsg on 2006-07-01 15:37 [#01930561]
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taxidermist's home


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2006-07-01 15:46 [#01930573]
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people have gear because they spend money on it.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-07-01 15:47 [#01930575]
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What are you talking about? Impakt and Oscilik both have
more gear than I do.

(And I don't really like most of the older stuff that isn't
sequential circuits)


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-01 15:54 [#01930585]
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lol i don't have that much, not really

i personally only have 3 synths and 4 drum machines

granted, most of them are of the "highly sought after"
variety, but there are people on here that certainly have
more gear than me :)

i've just been lucky/foolish enough to spend it on the
classics!

but i have more in the pipeline...i've been making a
notebook of stuff i want...heheh


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-07-01 15:57 [#01930589]
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Yeah. I have a list too. I am trying to not let it get any
longer than it is. I need to stop somewhere, and GAS can
only get worse until it kills you.


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2006-07-01 16:00 [#01930593]
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Tell me about, I think it's cool though. My favorite hobby!


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-01 16:13 [#01930605]
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i'm gonna share with you what's on my list

you can all laugh out loud, but at some point the gear that
i have right now was on a list, and i never thought i'd have
em....let's just see!

each item has an approximate price (based on my own
estimates) which may or may not be wildly disproportionate!
(please note that my estimates are for GOOD CONDITION
ITEMS)

Sequential Circuits Pro One (£300-£400)
Roland SH-101 (£250-£400)
Kenton Pro2000MkII (£250)
Roland TR-707 (£100-£200)
Roland TR-727 (£100-£200)
Roland TR-505 (£30-£100)
Roland TR-626 (£30-£100)
OSC OSCar (£500-£1000)
Yamaha 16/4 Mixer (£250)
Korg MS-20 (£400-£700)
Akai S3000XL (£200-£300)
Minimoog Voyager (£2000)
Machinedrum UserWave Upgrade (£250-£350)

and the list is growing!!!


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2006-07-01 16:16 [#01930610]
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You should steer clear of the 626 and 505 imo, same goes for
cheap yamaha mixers :)


 

offline swift_jams from big sky on 2006-07-01 16:16 [#01930611]
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What the beat?! :D


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-01 16:21 [#01930617]
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i like the sound of the 505 and 626

and the Yamaha 16/4 seems like an alright mixer. if i had
the money i'd have th 32/16FX, but i can't afford to spend
nearly £700 on a mixer...at least not yet ;)


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2006-07-01 16:22 [#01930619]
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I'd rather go for a second hand vintage mixer, but that's me
:)


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-01 16:27 [#01930627]
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i had a second hand vintage mixer...a RAM Micro desk...but
it was well shit. half of it didn't work, and most of the
inputs where phono!

anyways, to be honest i've been contemplating getting a
digital desk so i can do automated mutes and automated
panning, but i'm not sure how it'd fare with my Atari rig...


 

offline Taffmonster from dog_belch (Japan) on 2006-07-01 16:29 [#01930628]
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from the post your set up thread imo it seems you have the
nicest set up or at leats the one i would most like to
steal!


 

offline swift_jams from big sky on 2006-07-01 16:33 [#01930632]
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Sheeeyt. You boys should see some of the pawn shops here.
Loads of stuff you might want, not too bad on price for some
people, just not me.


 

offline isnieZot from pooptown (Belgium) on 2006-07-01 16:56 [#01930654]
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gear is overrated


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-07-01 17:53 [#01930678]
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Heh. Well, both quoth and oscilik have one more machinedrum
than I have.

I am going to be trying to get a Virus TI next. 16 part
multitimbral, 80 polyphony. VST support if I ever wanted to
start using the computer again, as unlikely as that is.


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-07-01 18:10 [#01930683]
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This is five-g in Japan. A store!!


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-07-01 22:03 [#01930804]
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I saw poster tonight, advertising some big Marxist
gathering.
All I can think now is....

CAPITALISM IS FUCKING AWESOMES.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-02 01:02 [#01930840]
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yes that is true...and they're fucking awesome

ahh you have an MPC....i've been thinking about getting hold
of an MPC, purely for sampling drums....i wouldn't be using
the MIDI sequencing on there at all....

would it be worth me getting just to use as a percussion
sequencer?


 

offline staz on 2006-07-02 01:11 [#01930841]
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overpriced


 

offline axion from planet rock (Sweden) on 2006-07-02 02:15 [#01930853]
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Take Pills Die Records






 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-07-02 02:44 [#01930863]
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No. Just get an s950 (12 bit!!).

But the sequencing is awesome. You would be a fool not to
use it as the brain of your studio.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-02 02:58 [#01930867]
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i suppose i'm stuck in the "Cubase" style sequencer
paradigm!

thanks for the info :D


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-02 03:51 [#01930876]
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I've love to afford hardware for my setup but sadly that's
not going to happen right now. Maybe in the future.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-02 03:56 [#01930878]
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i know you've been desperate for some hardware for a while
man, hang in there. you'll make it

do you have any idea what you'd like to be your first synth?
and your first drum machine?

when i first got serious into making music i wanted to get
the Access Virus Indigo (not Indigo2 or Indigo TI, the
original Indigo!)....what i actually ended up having as my
first synth is my Roland MC-202

if i can ever find an original Indigo going cheap i may get
one!


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-02 04:02 [#01930883]
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Well Ceri is actually going to lend me his EA1 soon so i'll
be making a step there :D

As for my own one, too many things that I see and think, oh
shit that's cool!

I should really use my Clavinova more :P


 

offline staz on 2006-07-02 04:03 [#01930885]
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!!!

clavinovas are super!


 

offline Archrival on 2006-07-02 04:05 [#01930886]
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Impakt: Stop dreaming and get down to work :P

;)


 

offline zero-cool on 2006-07-02 04:19 [#01930893]
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what is the name of the synth with a fucking rainbow on
it???


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-02 04:22 [#01930895]
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they're Roland Jupiter 8's


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-02 04:39 [#01930905]
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They are indeed. I've even got it in my room now.


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2006-07-02 06:19 [#01930941]
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There is a line in the song English man in New York, sung by
Sting, where he says:

"Takes more than combat gear to make a man".
That line is wonderful, but with a little subversion it
easily becomes:

"Takes more than a Jupiter 8 to make a musician".

You don't really need hundreds of ancient synths, drum
machines and boxes with knobs. You can buy modern synths
which can do a very very respectable sound now, Alesis Ion,
DSI Evolver, Radikal Spectralis.

Just save yourself a fortune, head over to hollowsun.com and
pick up their vintage sample pack. I have loads of the
samples back from when they were free from hollowsun, I use
them on my akai S5000 and after it's gone through my fx unit
it is indistinguisable from the real thing.

By all means buy equipment, but be sensible.
If you buy a 808, then you can only make 808 sounds, but
with a decent sampler and a CD of sounds, I can have an
808,909,606, linn, sp1200, etc


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-02 06:28 [#01930942]
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"If you buy a 808, then you can only make 808 sounds, but
with a decent sampler and a CD of sounds, I can have an
808,909,606, linn, sp1200, etc"

no, what you have there is a sampler with samples of
instruments

you don't get their analog-ness, their "inconsistencies"


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2006-07-02 06:41 [#01930945]
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I'm sorry but that is crap.
Click the link and tell me which ones have analogue-ness
here.

Modern synths do a VERY respectable 'analogue' style now,
things have moved a long way from the dx7, using DSP or even
LFO's many of the analogue style "inconsistencies" can be
modelled. By feeding the VCO control with random numbers you
effectively model thermal noise in resistors on a VCO tune
line.

I'm not saying analogue doesn't sound great, cos it does,
but so does digital.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-02 06:55 [#01930952]
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i can't - i'm at work, i shouldn't even be on here!

anyways, it's not just the sound

if you sample an 909, you don't get the programming style,
and the whole user experience

also, i've noticed that a 909 that's sequenced from the
internal step sequencer sounds different (in terms of
timing) to the same 909 that's being sequenced
externally...i dunno what it is about it, but the 909 sounds
a little "lazier"...but in a good way, it gives character to
the sound....of course in your argument there's always
"groove" quantising, but anyways...i'm tired of the whole
debate.

i buy the stuff i buy because i want to buy it. if someone
else wants to sample the instruments, and have added
features/limitations, then that's up to them

:)

btw, the Akai S5000...is that the one that has the
detachable control panel thing that's huge??


 

offline staz on 2006-07-02 07:01 [#01930956]
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the interface makes all the difference!


 

offline staz on 2006-07-02 07:02 [#01930957]
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also, although inconsistencies can be modelled, they're far
from perfect realizations.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-07-02 07:05 [#01930958]
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I think if you can't make good music on some basic program
like floops or whatever, then you're never gonna be able to
make good music.
Although I can see the appeal of having an actual, real 808
or whatever just for the sake of it.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-02 07:10 [#01930961]
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honestly, i dunno what it is about the 808, but it's so
fucking easy and fun to build a pattern on it

very very easy to make some nice grooves on there...it's not
hard to see why it's the hip-hop drum machine of choice for
many artists

i've been sat on my 808 for hours at a stretch. with the 909
i just find myself building standard 4 on the floor stuff,
the machinedrum is cool and fun but you need to get really
deep into it to get mad effects.

the 808 is simple, and fun :)


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-02 07:12 [#01930962]
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The only reason I want hardware is because i love twiddling
knobs.

oo eer missus.


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2006-07-02 07:13 [#01930964]
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now that's the S6000, the 4U one, mine is the 3U rack mount
one with the same innards, minus a few bits and no
detachable screen.

The voices are cut to 64 but can be expanded to 128 with an
addon card. It doesn't have the fx card fitted as standard
either. 'only' 8 analogue out's but can be expanded to 16
with an extra card. No HDD as standard, but one can be
fitted. The S6000 has a fan, the S5000 doesn't

The one I have doesn't have an internal HDD, has 64 voice,
no fx card, 8 analogue outs
The size of the LCD is still the same as the S6000, i.e.
HUGE. It's a joy to use. The CPU shows its age on
timestretching at high quality on long samples.
I've got the USB card which let's you use the front panel
from a PC and also drag and drop samples and edit programs
with a nice screen editor.

Both have digital AES/EBU and also fibre optic. You can get
an ADAT card for both, SCSI 3 connections and wordclock,
midi (in/out/thru) x 2.

sampling is max: 48kHz, 16bit,
18 bit A-D converters with 64 x oversampling 5th order delta
sigma.
20 bit D-A converters with 128 x oversampling delta sigma on
all outputs.

link.
It's brilliant :D


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2006-07-02 07:13 [#01930965]
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Gear is a hobby in itself...


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-02 07:15 [#01930966]
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thats exactly the main reason i hate software and love
hardware

MIDI controller surfaces are ok, but nothing quite cuts it
like the real hardware in front of you

also i really wouldn't like to be doing a live gig with just
a laptop...

hats off to people who pull it off with an element of
performance actually....i know there's a few guys on here
that are laptop based...you have more patience than i ever
will!


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2006-07-02 07:18 [#01930967]
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now that is a tasty sampler :D

i always wanted an S3000XL or an S32000Xl or something, but
when i saw the new Akai stuff like the S5000 and S6000 i
really wanted one. i hadn't heard any reviews about them
though....

glad you're happy with it :)

i'm assuming you can downsample?
when you say 64 voices do you mean 64note poly??!


 


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