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    the watmm GAS thread

    in EKT General Discussion

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    On 8/18/2022 at 9:29 AM, Taupe Beats said:

     

    Totally unrelated aside, I have fully come to the opinion that I hate gear influencer culture. All of it. It's just opening a cesspool of assholes getting way too much attention and clout. I think the impacts are bigger than people realize as well. Most people watching these channels have lived in a world where electronic music is dominant. Where synths are just as if not more familiar and prevalent as guitars. The culture is bigger than ever but still ripe for snake oil sales. The crap creators outweigh the good so I'd rather it all faded (I know it won't).

     

    Hello, Im Hainbach

    Not a huge Euro rack person, But I do want Euclidean Circles and that Rosssum Assimil8or. 

    the watmm GAS thread

    in EKT General Discussion

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    Thanks! I was told by someone else not to use flux. Its already in the solder apparently.

    Im going to practice on some worthless pcbs. 

     

    Yes, I actually ruined 2! mc-4's with alcohol! I was too embarrassed to admit it. The button thing is an issue. I paid to have them fixed and the tech couldn't do it. You have to totally remove the button assembly and replace with something else. 

    like this guy:

    http://astrochicken.blogspot.com/2017/03/roland-mc-4-push-button-replacement-and.html

     

    43 minutes ago, TubularCorporation said:

     

    I've never ceaned a PCB in the sink myself, since I don't have a water softener installed like this guy does and using straight tap water for this IS a bad idea since it will deposit stuff inside the controls. But it's a goot example of how tough these things really are.

     

     

     

    I have to big up Synthfool. Really good guy. Did me a huge favor. Killed himself over back pain!

     

    the watmm GAS thread

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    I have to change out the old battery in my mmt-8 for a lithium one. Ive never really soldered before. I have to desolder then solder. Im so nervous. I ruined an mc-4 by cleaning the circuit board with pure rubbing alcohol. That usually shouldn't hurt anything but it fucked it up and ruined it.  So I really have no confidence with this stuff. (btw, the mc-4 is a time bomb with its buttons, they go bad and can't really be fixed. )

    Autechre as approachable dudes

    in Autechre

    Posted · Edited by marf

    Richard devine or James? 

    I met Autechre. Asked a silly question. Got a silly answer. Noticed their tour van was a pile of shit. This was 22 years ago.

    Really wish I saw the mic in blender show with Richard in NYC. True Folklore.

    didn't he also supposedly use sand paper as a record? I dunno

    So how many people on wamtm are old xltronic peeps that can't log in anymore? I'm one of them. I was a bit snobbish about watmm back then; circa 2007 or 09

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    Celebrity Deaths

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    I wasn't really afraid of death until lately. A series of deaths in there family and a birthday seem to have kicked it off. But still, Im afraid and not afraid. My mind is out of control in the first place. That could be the real issue

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    Twitch AMA

    in Autechre

    Posted · Edited by marf

    On 6/10/2022 at 1:53 AM, Satans Little Helper said:

    everyone needs it.

     

    There’s a lot of variation in how people learn this stuff. But the constant is that people learn. Or rather, they need to learn. Social behavior is to a large extent an acquired skill. Think of how people learn a language and read and write. I’m oversimplifying, but odds are that if you can read/write/speak on a normal level, you are a normal human being. You’ve got the skills needed to become a normal socially adapted human being. With the ability of being (acting) social. (Note: being social is an act)

    Also, I’m sure you’ve heard sayings like ‘never to old to learn’ or ‘you always keep on learning’. This stuff is literally everywhere.

    To illustrate, a link to a page with quotes on learning: https://www.dashe.com/blog/motivation/inspiring-learning-quotes/

    In short: it is normal that people need to learn this stuff. But theres a lot of variation in how they do it. 

     

    I find this stuff happens at an earlier age. Maybe teens, 20's. The social behavior thing. Of course that is constantly changing now with political correctness. But I digress.

    Then it switches into learning yourself and what you are willing to give and take from the world. What your limits are and how much you want to extend yourself to the world. How much stock you take in your reflection in others. 

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    Twitch AMA

    in Autechre

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    who cares what this old fart has to say. I want to hear what Machine Gun Kelly thinks. And where is Travis Barker? Or Post Malone? Unless you are hanging with those two u aint shit

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    harmony

    in EKT General Discussion

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    Ive played around with theory. Its nice to know some things for chords, but unless you know it front to back / inside out. Even be able to read music, You are bound to get something wrong and then the point is lost.

    So I just use my ears. 

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