modey Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 huh crazy. Maybe I'll chuck an SSD in my old mbp and keep using it as a live laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Just put it in . Holy shit that has got to be the most cost effective way to upgrade performance. This thing is flying now Bought a SSD for my 2011 MBP - last ditch effort to save it before moving on . Wish me luck i have the same comp with samsungs evo 850 ssd. it works like a new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 http://spacecasetapeecho.com/ Most of the crop of cassette based things from the last few years have looked kind of gimmicky and overpriced for what they are, but this looks like it's going to be pretty amazing (and probably prohibitively expensive). The thing that I'd be worried about is the fact that there is only one cassette transport mechanism in current production AFAIK, and by all accounts it's TERRIBLE. So unless the whole transport is proprietary then that could be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thawkins Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Found out that the guy selling Live 10 on CL has a cracked version and says I will receive updates through his Google Drive. Oh boy let me get out my wallet right away, can't miss this awesome deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheatheman Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Really jonesing for a novation circuit. With all the updates, it seems like they’ve turned it into the groove box ive always wanted. Almost seems like a digitakt killer with the current specs, especially at less than half the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) Roland TB-303 Bassline Keyboard Synthesizer $285.00 or best offer. This is a vintage 1981 unit that is highly sought out! Looks legit! Edited September 16, 2018 by RSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheatheman Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) Just bought a circuit for $213. For everything it does now with the updates, this has to be the best deal out there right now. I guess most people don’t realize what VAs are capable of, but since I’ve been bunkered down these past few years, I do. This guy is hilarious. Should mention I’m getting this for live use. I played out with an em1 the other night along side a friend on an emx, plus a tr8 someone had hooked up. It was so fun. The circuit as a cheap live box seems quite formidable. Edited September 16, 2018 by sheathe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Yeah I think I need to get a Circuit again. I sold it mostly because I needed the money, but also because nanoloop2 is pretty much my go-to portable music solution.. but man I miss it even though I only ever made inoffensive downtempo IDM with it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 These tracks are basically all I did with it, apart from a few other sketches that I didn't record (I kept my backups though). I think I started getting into interesting territory with the single channel video. Definitely something I want to revisit if I get a Circuit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheatheman Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 nice modey. more confirmation that it can sound really good. it's laughable that circuit has sample slot functionality and digitakt does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 OP-Z starts shipping mid-october https://teenage.engineering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 "to develop new products can at times be quite hard and when you work on things that has never been done before, it's even harder." Amazing insight from TE. Words we could all live by. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 ull eat those words when it turns out this device can allow u to project anime girls irl and have a deep and insightful conversation with the projection about what parameters to hand out next n stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I mean, I think that's about what it can do actually. Music making was once just allow us connections and funds to procure anime tiddies, now we can bypass the middle man and just design our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 future is now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 OP-Z starts shipping mid-october https://teenage.engineering I just might get one. Seems like the ultimate portable music making device for me (I'm not a fan of the OP-1 style, I like the step sequencing, elektron style that the OP-Z has). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 hmm, just in time for my europe trip.. might have to pick one up over there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Nothing about the OP-Z makes me want to sell in my OP-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Being able to save multiple sequences appeals to me, as well as the possibility for actual sync connectivity beyond just USB and the half-baked sync pulse functionality of the OP-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) HATERADE - I always thought the Circuit sounded not good. My buddy has one and his house always had this funny kind of sweat/urine smell (you know, like when you air-dry your clothes indoors?), and he lent me his Circuit and it had absorbed that same smell and I couldn't even bring myself to turn it on. I don't know if it's an association thing but every time I see/hear the Circuit in action I just think of that smell. It always sounds to me like an indie video game soundtrack. Granted, some indie games have really good soundtracks but they almost all have this kind of detached, plasticky quality to them, and that's exactly what the Circuit is to me. - I love my PO's but I was very disappointed in the OP-1 (which coincidentally same buddy lent me) and I have 0 interest in the OP-Z. Like, when I read the description of it, it seems like something I should get really excited about but the spark is just not there. Edited September 18, 2018 by sweepstakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 In other news... I had a dream that I stumbled on a bucket full of Machinedrum UW's. I was somehow certain it wasn't a dream. Then I woke up and I was PISSED. I guess I still have latent MD-UW lust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 I always thought the Circuit sounded not good ... I couldn't even bring myself to turn it on. lol It's samples and an unusually deep subtractive synthesis engine. It's up to you to make it sound good. Sorry, I've had a hard time lately with people complaining about gear demos not sounding exactly the way they want them to sound (for example, tons of people saying the OP-Z is too "chiptune" just because there haven't been many demos showing otherwise yet). To me, that's like saying the monomachine sounds like shit because the default sound is a sine wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 lol yeah, fair. I did play with it a bit at his house as well and it still had THAT sound. But I definitely could have given it more of a chance. There's just something repulsive about it to me. I know I'm being completely unfair and unreasonable. I think it's that reverb... built-in reverb is always dicey. Novation has made some gorgeous VA's in the past though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 The reverb is lush as fuck imo, but yeah it does have a very specific sound. Not much in the way of shaping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Pretty much made up my mind on this synth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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