modey

Ha! I've just finished (lol) buying stuff for my similar sized rack: It's fucking brutal; I knew it'd be easy to spend money on it, but man it's stressful constantly being on the prowl for second hand modules. I'm going to fill the blank space with homemade stuff (buffered mult, sequential switch, s&h, digital noise generator and maybe another mixer) mostly because I don't want to spend any more money, especially on utility modules I can just (hopefully) build myself. So much fun to play with though. I don't even record most of my sessions with it, it's kinda like a zen garden or something lol. Most of the time I'll start messing with it because I had a vague idea to test a particular combination, without any intention to continue, but then get lost in a patching wormhole and lose an hour or more. I can't imagine what it's like with a larger system..

yeah, but that means they'd have to SELECT THE NOOOTES

as long as he brings the pulsar, I'm fine with that

I'd love to see Max4Renoise actually. I've always thought it'd be a better fit than Ableton (though I understand why that particular partnership happened).

Yeah I've caved and sent the pre-order email. It's 100% my kind of thing. Dunno if I'll be able to afford it by the time it goes into production, but that's a problem for future modey.

8 years Renoise for me, but uh.. nearly 23(!) years of trackers total. I actually haven't been using it much recently, in favour of hardware, but I'm getting in the mood to write some prog again so maybe I'll get back to it when I have some free time. Yes, this 100%! I think everyone would benefit from analysing old Amiga MODs, it even applies to channel economy in Elektron gear; people complain about not having enough tracks, I just think they're not using them properly.

I don't know which one I'd rather keep if I had to sell one.. that's why I've still got both lol just get both?

lol sheathe: "portable sequencer or lush FM workhorse?" bitroast: "why not neither?"

just listen to 80s/90s king crimson instead

Very different use cases for both imo. OP-Z's main advantage by far is the portability, for sure. The synthesis isn't deep at all, but it's one of those "greater than the sum of its parts" machines, where you can kinda blur things together, either in the tape track, or using the compressor/overdrive/send distortion. It has one of the best sequencers I've ever used, at least from a step sequencer perspective. The step components are a genius idea, and amazing for semi-generative music. It's a tad fiddly though, and can get a bit frustrating due to the occasionally double-triggering buttons, but it doesn't bother me as much as I expect. Digitone is definitely capable of getting way more lush, especially with the very pretty built-in reverb. It's a typical Elektron box in that it's built like a tank, and the trig keys feel great and are satisfying to press. The sequencer is a bit more limited than the OP-Z but it's still great. Synthesis-wise, it wins over the Z though, obviously ? you can go all the way from subtle bell tones, through to subtractive synthesis, and LP5-era Autechre sound design. It almost sounds like a Nord Lead at times, due to the pairing of FM and resonant filters. The downsides though, are that there is no portamento (yet), no arpeggiator on the MIDI tracks (yet), and playing the same note twice cuts the previous one off instead of routing it to another available voice (most noticeable with long attack/release sounds). All three have been talked about on Elektronauts though, so I'm sure they'll be fixed at some point in the future. They're both amazing machines though, and I'm sure you'll be happy with either one.

I haven't really had the need to do it; everything I make on the OP-Z stays on it, basically. I can understand why people would use that feature though. Regarding the chord track, it's properly polyphonic, so any notes you enter will be sent via MIDI. Not sure about the master track transposition, but I assume it changes the outgoing MIDI as well, since the OP-Z is partly designed to sequence external devices as well.

There's no "MIDI export" function if that's what you mean.. you'd have to record the MIDI into your DAW.

I haven't posted here in a while, mostly due to my studio being a bit of a mess. I made a new table yesterday though, just from a huge bit of wood (painted black) and some hardware store legs. Now I can have a bunch of stuff out at once and don't have to either have things packed away or stored in makeshift shelving.. though the right corner of the room could use some nice triangular corner shelving perhaps for little bits and pieces, hmm. I'm digging the L-shaped desk though, it's gonna be way better for my videos than my previous setup, which was basically just the blue board on top of a keyboard stand lol also that MS10 isn't mine, I'm babysitting it for a bandmate. I'd never let a synth get like that haha

a-ha's second album is legit amazing though. Lots of great synth tones. Like 2:16 onwards in this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAsuki-lqyM banger! a-ha subforum pls

NO (1)U

Yeah the rackbrute is great value. I only went the custom/DIY option because low cost wins out over convenience for me, and because I knew I'd end up wanting to add a 1U row :P

Looks pretty decent. Doesn't look like it's got any openings anywhere for power cables etc, though I guess you could use one of the front-feeding power supplies (uZeus or similar) to keep things compact. Also I wonder if it can be opened to add extra sliding nuts—not that it's likely it'd fit more than 26 modules, but hey, good to have that option! In terms of quality, not sure if I can really talk about that, as my current Euro setup is just some Elby Designs rails screwed into a little box I found at Savers, haha. Works well though!

I think if we put together our knowledge and resources we could probably make a pretty great fake Tool album tbh

change.org petition for volcassette, cmon let's do it

oooh I'm eternally tempted to get a TT-606. The only thing stopping me is how ugly the new ones are :P

Yeah the Skulpt looks and sounds really great. If I didn't already have tons of other pocket sized instruments I'd definitely get one.

I've capitalised on this by selling op-z sample packs. I've basically made back the money I spent on it.

Looks great, can't wait to give it a try, and make some godawful noise with my friends lol

You should be able to open it, there's no tamperproof seal or anything like that. Just don't mention it to Elektron :P