I own one and love it. Only drawback for me is the limited recording space and having to dump all recorded files to a computer after the 6 minutes are used up.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 12 December 2016 04:42 (seven years ago) link
i know this is not meant to be the iOS synth/VST thread but I have to take the opportunity to say that Korg's iOS recreation of the ARP Odyssey is fucking killllerrrrr
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Monday, 12 December 2016 21:35 (seven years ago) link
Poison 202 is also pretty feature-rich for the price.
― schwantz, Monday, 12 December 2016 21:43 (seven years ago) link
So I hear. That has Audio Units integration as well, which ODYSSEi doesn't.
ODYSSEi has the coolest fucking arpeggiator though. Simultaneously with the usual melodic arpeggiator you have three independent lanes of a 'parameters arpeggiator' which can be arping the values of just about any knob in the app. You can even have one of its lanes modulating the speed of the arpeggiator itself which is a wonderfully perverse effect.
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Monday, 12 December 2016 22:43 (seven years ago) link
Cool!
― schwantz, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:55 (seven years ago) link
Also all the Korg stuff is 50% off in the App Store right now. So it's opportune that you bring it up!
― El Tomboto, Monday, 12 December 2016 23:07 (seven years ago) link
If you have both Gadget and ODYSSEi, you can deploy and sequence multiple instances of Ody within Gadget (its in-gadget version lacks the arpeggiator unfortunately, but then again you can automate almost all those parameters in Gadget's piano roll... not as fun, though) (also, ODYSSEi is very demanding and I can't run more than two instances of it at once in Gadget before my device freaks out. Its sound is incredible, so I don't begrudge it its CPU hunger.)
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link
The thing I don't like about soft synths is when you turn the (virtual) oscillator pitch knobs, you can hear stepping as it goes up and down. This makes for lame sounding osc sync sweeps, etc. How does the Odyssei do in that regard?
― schwantz, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 00:37 (seven years ago) link
ok the OP-1 maybe has too many goofy hipster accessories
https://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Engineering-002-XS-903-Accessory-Synthesizer/dp/B00KRENSIA/
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:00 (seven years ago) link
You don't need them. Accessories don't take away from how great a machine it is.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:50 (seven years ago) link
Xpost its sweeps sound really good to me -- I'm usually automating those movements with the envelope or the parameters arp* though rather than riding the ui knob/slider.
*The parameters arp has a lag slider which can smooth the transitions between arp steps
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
odyssey, hardware or virtual, ownz. here's mine on the drone tip:
https://soundcloud.com/incrementalcontroller/sunrise-drones
― Executive Ball Clicker (euphemism) (haitch), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 10:48 (seven years ago) link
You can get the new Arturia Mini V filter for free if you download it from their site before the 25th:
https://www.arturia.com/arturia-festive-gift
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Thursday, 22 December 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Downloads are SLOW!
Got a DrumBrute this week. It's pretty fresh, and very fun to play. Downside is that none of the knob settings are saved, and cannot be midi controlled, so pretty much you want to work on one song at a time with it, or else you will need to take pictures of the knob positions or something. I'm thinking I'll use it to play a bunch of stuff live into... Live, and then cut together bits from there. The note repeat pads are super-fun, and the filter is a nice addition.
― DJI, Thursday, 22 December 2016 21:34 (seven years ago) link
Downloaded that Mini V filter, but looked at their page for offline activation and realized I'm never going to do all that. :/
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 22 December 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
OK, the Teenage Engineering OP-1 looks urgent and key. Especially with the little antenna accessory that lets you apparently just sample right off of any FM station.― El Tomboto, Sunday, December 11, 2016 11:20 PM
watched a video on that, not something i need but that interface/menu is amazing
― am0n, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
I got the OP-1 and a PO-24 and have spent the intervening period playing with the ARP Odyssey and iDS-10 on my iPad instead. This is mainly because super hip Swedish UX design is actually fairly unintuitive and feels unwelcoming to me
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
also I need stereo mini patch cables now. lol the future
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
iDS-10 is so much fun. I do really wish that the quantization could go like one level finer than it does. But I really love the way it does knob automation (long pressing any knob bringing up its own piano roll)
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
i want a volca fm
― am0n, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
I used to play the DS-10 on my nintendo DS. Esp. at the time it was really impressive feature-wise.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
I'm fairly certain my entire contribution to the "no line on the horizon" ILX pre-cover compilation is made of DS-10 noises
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
hey yall, i've always wanted an MPC and now i'm seriously considering grabbing one. now that akai has basically discontinued the line in favor of a hardware/software combo, i imagine the older models are only going to get more expensive. any MPC users have any tips/tricks/advice for buying one? i'm looking at one of the tricked out refurbed 2500s from mpcstuff. also, any JJOS users? trying to figure out if its worthwhile to try and learn akaiOS first and then switch over
also, any alternatives for a hardware-only pad-based midi/sample workstation in 2016?
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 6 January 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
I have an MPC 1000 and have always used JJOS. It is 1000000% better than Akai OS. Don't even bother with Akai.
JJOS has had a bunch of different versions and it can be confusing. I was really used to one version then I upgraded and haven't used it as much since and a few things were shuffled about. There's no great documentation so it's annoying, but EVERYTHING is so much better in JJOS. Even just naming songs, adding grid edit, the last JJOS even had loop recording.
I'd pay for just the grid edit for starters. But everything is so much better.
― dan selzer, Friday, 6 January 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link
ahh good to know. the lack of documentation with JJOS was making me nervous, given that i can barely even piece together which version of it i should be using
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 6 January 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
I know. That's confusing. But in the end, just get one of them and it'll be better than Akai's and you'll figure it out.
― dan selzer, Friday, 6 January 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
new standalone MPCs are on the way with touch screens and all that jazz like the hybrid 'touch' model from last year, probably announced at the trade shows. one's the portable form factor of the touch, the other is a big old-style one with heaps of extra encoders and stuff.
― Executive Ball Clicker (euphemism) (haitch), Sunday, 8 January 2017 23:44 (seven years ago) link
interesting.. i'll have to wait and see
― just another (diamonddave85), Monday, 9 January 2017 02:18 (seven years ago) link
welp: http://www.factmag.com/2017/01/09/akai-mpc-live-mpc-x-video/
― just another (diamonddave85), Monday, 9 January 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
the portable one, if it's got enuff grunt to run standalone proper-like, should be siqqqqq
― Executive Ball Clicker (euphemism) (haitch), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 07:22 (seven years ago) link
I am banning myself from more gear though
― Executive Ball Clicker (euphemism) (haitch), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 07:23 (seven years ago) link
mpc x looks cool, cv/gate outputs are nice, but it's a bit out of my price range.mpc live looks like it has potential, but i guess it really boils down to how the software is. specifically for me, how the touch UI feels.
does anyone have any experience with the mpc touch or the mpc desktop software and can give their 2 cents?
― just another (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
Tip for the OP-1 - if you have a smartphone that can browse file structures, get an adaptor like this and you can back up onto your phone while you're out.
― écorché (S-), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 02:13 (seven years ago) link
er, like this
http://www.dhresource.com/0x0s/f2-albu-g1-M01-4D-B1-rBVaGFXs9NGAFbkPAACe22w_e4I052.jpg/18cm-usb-3-1-usb-c-type-c-male-to-usb-3-0.jpg
― écorché (S-), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 02:18 (seven years ago) link
Has anyone gone for one of the boutique 303s Roland put out last year?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 12:56 (seven years ago) link
this morning in the tunnel that connects the F train to the 1 train, late-middle-aged busker rocking a MASSIVE Korg Triton
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 23 February 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
Ha amazing.
Got to mess around with one of those again recently, a friend has been using it. It still had the Grindin' presets and everything.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 23 February 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
https://teenageengineering.com/products/op-z_preview
I'm so mad I just got my OP-1 and then they do this
― SFTGFOP (El Tomboto), Monday, 20 March 2017 00:54 (seven years ago) link
I'm not a fan of their user interfaces. Too many key modifiers. I tried playing around with one of the pocket operators, and was able to make a beat, but just couldn't get into it. I guess you just have to make it over the learning curve. I love their PCB design, though! Planning to use some of their techniques (using gold etch + silkscreen) with some boards in working on.
Anyone know if Nord is releasing a Stage 3 any time soon? I'm thinking of upgrading my old Electro 2, but I don't want to get burned.
― DJI, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:17 (seven years ago) link
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/folktek-mescaline-3-part-synthesis-and-sequencing#/
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 26 March 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link
That seems remarkably good value for $450.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Sunday, 26 March 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
wanna know something cool? I just took an old really busted Prophet 600 and got it fixed up and had the gigli teensy mod installed. These mods people are doing are really great, the idea that you can add so much life and features to an old synth. Maybe one day I'll do the Kiwi 106.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 26 March 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
Is anyone currently working with a Eurorack or other modular system?
It appeals to me as a dorky, expensive hobby rather than a particularly practical musical tool but the idea of having that flexibility, and the option to - for example - integrate Wasp, Polivoks, etc elements into a set-up, is interesting.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 30 March 2017 12:07 (seven years ago) link
Yay!http://www.nordkeyboards.com/products/nord-stage-3
― DJI, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 17:21 (seven years ago) link
http://www.waldorf-music.info/media/rokgallery/9/9823bcc9-27c6-4ce2-cb4f-a750b3697e15/f1fe24c5-4192-4746-e03b-1104f6d78733.jpg
mike huckaby probably air-punching rn
― Basil-flavoured Zempilas (haitch), Thursday, 6 April 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link
Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phi8zPZcWtw
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 6 April 2017 07:39 (seven years ago) link
I have this small self-contained kilpatrick modular - uses banana jacks, not part of a rack so it keeps the desire to expand it at bay (a bit). I work differently with it to the way I worked with, say, anything with a keyboard - has tuned envelopes so I can get sweeping apreggiations going really quickly, I'm more likely to spend time routing things to other things and exploring the sound rather than just working on a melodic line, etc. can be self-indulgent, but doesn't have to be - you can play it or sequence it as easily as any other regular monosynth.
― Basil-flavoured Zempilas (haitch), Friday, 7 April 2017 05:43 (seven years ago) link
That look cool! I've got the Roland System 1m and the Makenoise 0 coast which are both patchable and Eurorack compatible so I am getting my head around them at the moment - the temptation to expand in the future looks pretty irresistible.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 7 April 2017 06:08 (seven years ago) link
This looks pretty sweet: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/04/19/novation-peak-8-voice-polyphonic-synthesizer-debuts-at-superbooth-17/
― DJI, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
Interesting:
http://www.factmag.com/2017/04/20/behringer-deepmind-6-analog-synth-announced/
The Deepmind 12 is supposed to be good. You can also pre-order their controversial Minimoog clone now.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 20 April 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link