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I just got the Doepfer stuff, it's AWESOME! Still waiting for a few modules and a RNC.
Yes. Yes, it is. As far as monosynths go, I really don't think I need any more than just the A-100, it's so versatile. If you want another sound, just add another filter!
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You can do a lot with a versatile monosynth like the SH-101 or MS-20, a sampler and a sequencer...
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Zoe, did you buy each one of those modules one by one?
I had a very basic system at first, then pretty much expanded it one module at a time. So most of them, yes.
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My wonderful partner's now connected my two subracks together via a Molex connector, so almost all my modules have a home now:
The switch at the top right turns on the whole rack. I can't emphasise enough how helpful this level of immediacy is.
That view of a lighthouse out the window is probably much more inspiring though... :)
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Before and after cleaning a G3 subrack I recently bought:
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Thanks for clearing that up! ^.^
Oh, yeah, pictures... Here you go: -
I think it's just that orthodontists are more popular / seen as "necessary" over there, compared to here, but I'm not entirely sure. I just thought it was a cultural thing that we don't place a very high importance on teeth looking "normal" compared to some other places. But maybe that's just me, heh...
Ignore your ex, Chaos, they're presumably your ex for good reason!
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Why so sensitive? I'm totally rocking the featureful teeth. It's a plus point, as far as I'm concerned. In the US, teeth all look so... generic and samey. (But the people are nice!)
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Us Brits have wonderfully interesting teeth, not like those dowdy old straight, white things some people use...
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I only wrote the script and commissioned the artwork for this one, but we've got the cover for it now:
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i have alot of thoughts about theory
if anyone wants me to do a LimpyLoo's Tip Du Jour or two on theory
lemme know
Yes please!
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It's a great shot! Would be excellent as a promo pic.
I do have a promo pic, but around here it got accused of being too much like the Richard D. James Album cover...
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someone's making some bad bad squelchy farts sounds
I think that pic was taken while I was in the middle of a remix for Partition 36, so it's some tasty little vaguely MS-20 sounding patch... That synth's kinda wasted on noodling when it can make such fun, quirky music, in my opinion.
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Does anyone have any advice for what I should do for cover art?
Should I pay someone to do it for me or what?
I've always just had my friends do it in the past but I'd like to step it up a bit.
That's what I do, hire someone to draw all my cover artwork, for consistent, professional branding. I think it pays off:
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those are awesome, especially that second one.
Thanks! They're from the same original source image of Aiko's. The second one just has a little Nina magic in Photoshop.
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Upcoming cover artwork by Aiko, Nina and myself:
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Is that a Go board?
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I agree. This is a topic mostly neglected by modern music writing and deserves more attention. It can be the difference between an ugly imposing rack, and a cute rack.
Indeed. Cuteness in general is underrated by most electronic musicians right now.
it is at this point i feel it worth mentioning that a rubber duck sits atop my audio interface. you guys get it
So it does. OK, you're in! :D
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I agree. This is a topic mostly neglected by modern music writing and deserves more attention. It can be the difference between an ugly imposing rack, and a cute rack.
Indeed. Cuteness in general is underrated by most electronic musicians right now.
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My favorite bit of kit though is the small stuffed puppy which is strategically positioned to guard the whole rack.
Haha, thanks! That's Doepfer Doggie. He was Data Doggie, back when he guarded a USB flash drive stick. He's not to be confused with Doggie Dogster, who's appeared in
ofand has a mini-album coming out next week... Contrast with the octopus I used to have a long time ago. Why would anyone's rack have an unadorned head? :D -
how do you like the drum station? I can't seem to get very much gain at all off any of the outputs, it's probably my quietest piece of hardware. Running it through a compressor or a mic preamp seems to do the trick though
I'm really not an expert on the DrumStation... I've only used it on one or two tracks so far since getting one again. (I only just put everything in the rack yesterday, once the G6 arrived!) It sounds totally decent to me though, and I definitely haven't noticed any issue with the output levels or anything like that. I've never had to run it through a compressor at any rate, although maybe I should have, but I just turned all the other tracks down to compensate? I generally avoid compression (especially on single channels) when I can...
If it's any help, here are some comparisons I made:
- Goldbaby Tape 808
"Naked" preset on Reason Redrum
- Novation DrumStation 808
"Classic TR-808 V1" preset
- Goldbaby Tape 808
custom combination on Reason Redrum
- Novation DrumStation 808
tweaked
- Goldbaby Tape 909
"DnB" preset on Reason Redrum
- Novation DrumStation 909
"Classic TR-909 V1" preset
I was going to rename these all after MD5s or SHA1s and attempt a double blind trial, along with some Analogue Solutions Concussor modules and TipTop Audio ones, and ideally the real things, just to prove once and for all whether people generally can tell the difference or not. Alas, I came to my senses and realised it's probably not worth spending a few grand on, to get all the necessary extra equipment to test. So I'm currently stuck with a few Analogue Solutions and TipTop drum modules and the DrumStation, a bit indecisive about which I'm going to keep and which I'm going to sell... but they all sound great to me, it's just a question of convenience and versatility, really.
- Goldbaby Tape 808
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Zoe - i've tried with one single cycle waveform but it aliases a little when you pitch it up or down a couple of octaves. my logic was that if i sampled a nice clean anti-aliased waveform for each key it would sound nicer than stretching a waveform around. i was wondering if a good compromise would be to sample every few semitones or so.
as for lo-fi PWM sounds however one wave will cut it for sure.
Huh, that's odd. I have no idea why it would alias. I haven't used that particular sampler, but playing the sample at a higher pitch should simply play it faster, and at a lower pitch, slower, just like with tape. Although, yeah, most digital samplers probably use the similar-but-easier-to-make method of repeating or skipping individual samples, technically, which is essentially the same thing but taken to extremes could cause issues, maybe. I guess if you sampled it at a really low resolution, then pitching it up would miss out enough individual samples (as in single frames of data) for it to start sounding bad? In which case, sample at a higher resolution, you can certainly afford it memory wise with a single cycle.
That's just a guess though, it's been well over ten years since I played with samples so intently, and that was with trackers...
Studio Pics
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We finally set up our studio and workbench last night! Here's the studio end: