New gear thread

Ihatederekreed · 2013-08-01T21:22:03.000Z

"""Daisuk""":

[quote=“Ihatederekreed”]This came in the mail yesterday. 450$ on eBay.

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Shit, that’s a good deal! How do you like the sound of it? :)[/quote]
Obviously it is a pad/atmospheric beast. Even more obviously, it sounds slightly dated at first, but with all the controls at hands reach, it is pretty easy to venture into some crazy sonic territory with little effort. In this day it’s nothing ground breaking, but it is very rich and lush. It has some great great dynamic range, the filter is a typical “silky” roland filter and it sounds great. It is quite large and heavy. Hah. Some of the physical modeling stuff is beautiful. Bells that will cut you in half, and some very very great sounding wood / percussive sounds. Strings for days!

The keys feel great, and will probably become a main controller for most of my rack synths. Be warned of the “red glue of death” with this model. Apparently the weight glue melts over time and gets red glue everywhere. This one has had the keys replaced, so I’m sure I shouldn’t have to deal with it. Hopefully. I hear it can be a pain, and lead to a lot of people removing the keys and just using the top section as a sound module. See below video link for a kick ass example of this.

Overall, if you can find one for less than 500$ I’d go for it. Just be prepared for an early 90s roland synth with great parameter control. I assume you can imagine the sound from that sentence alone.

plusn · 2013-08-25T11:57:49.000Z

Unpacked a brandnew Monomachine Mk 2 + yesterday and uploaded right away the Lem soundpack. What a great synth! Glad to have it back!

Tarekith · 2013-08-25T15:16:25.000Z

Got an Ableton Push last week, been pretty impressed with it so far. Other than for a couple things like Saving and Renaming things, you really can just ignore the computer like they say. Pretty fun bit of kit, had me writing material nonstop since it got here.

Jon9 · 2013-08-25T23:11:48.000Z

""pulsn"":

Unpacked a brandnew Monomachine Mk 2 + yesterday and uploaded right away the Lem soundpack. What a great synth! Glad to have it back!

Nice! Did the same a few weeks back, brand new MnM mk2+ built on order. That completed my Elektron Quadrinity. Haven’t installed the Lem pack on it though, perhaps I should.

Paying member of Adobe Creative Cloud now. Spent the morning setting CC up from a clone on my NLE. My rig is now Pro Tools, Ableton, Reason, Reaper, you name it free. I could run around the block naked.

colorsinwaves · 2013-08-26T15:43:36.000Z

""BLOKE"":

Just finished building this LXR drum synth - its an easy fun build too, similar in complexity to building a Sammich SID i’d say.

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How does it sound? How are the kicks?

guga · 2013-08-26T16:10:15.000Z

""Ihatederekreed"":

Traded my Octatrack for this over last weekend. Already talking to an EU user about buying another OT. Didn’t even take a week to want it back, although I’d trade it again for this clean ass Arp.

Bought a TT303 today. Should be here next week.

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nnniiiice! looks like new

Y-NE · 2013-08-27T08:39:10.000Z

""Ihatederekreed"":

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Got this today, and within minutes was convinced that this is better than any xoxbox I’ve come across. I highly recommend this unit. It feels slightly cheap ish for the price, but not toylike. More importantly though, it sounds great. The sequencer add ons are incredible.

I’ll be including this in my live set this weekend from MeMe Festival. Live rig will be: tt303, a4 x2, MDUW x2, op1, iPad (samplr / nave), space.

You’d have to be a total fucking tb snob to hate on this thing.

This looks great. Would like to give it a try if I can find it in a local store

udenjoe · 2013-08-27T18:21:43.000Z

""colorsinwaves"":

[quote=“BLOKE”]Just finished building this LXR drum synth - its an easy fun build too, similar in complexity to building a Sammich SID i’d say.

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How does it sound? How are the kicks?[/quote]
I just finished one of these two. I also seem to remember some Bloke from the Sonic Potions board.

It’s a fantastic drum machine. The BDs are great. I also love the C/HHs. Claps, everything.

Well worth the time and effort. It’s one of the easiest DIY projects I’ve done. I’m glad I got this instead of all of the volcas.

Some of the software is buggy but it is still in development much of the way many of the Elektrons were. Also fulfilling user requests. Open source anyway so you could make your own. I would say it’s 2/5 - 3/5 of a Machinedrum. Exactly what I needed.

VictorStar · 2013-08-27T18:31:05.000Z

I’ve been hot on Apparat / Moderat lately and realized there was a hole in my palette for “real” sounds, particularly orchestral, so I just bought a Fantom XR to be sequenced by my Monomachine. So far so good, not sure how I’ve lived without piano and string sounds so long.

SB-SIX · 2013-08-28T09:52:33.000Z

Picked up this over the weekend:

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Made a vid on this forum showing what it does to a synth
(http://test.http://www.elektronauts.com/t/video-octatrack-tempest-mono-lancet-and-timeline/482)

jonah · 2013-08-31T20:24:55.000Z

labor day sale at musician’s friend 15% off 499+ …Monomachine incoming! Now I need to find a second eit-1

plusn · 2013-09-01T06:30:01.000Z

""Jon9"":

[quote=“pulsn”]Unpacked a brandnew Monomachine Mk 2 + yesterday and uploaded right away the Lem soundpack. What a great synth! Glad to have it back!

Nice! Did the same a few weeks back, brand new MnM mk2+ built on order. That completed my Elektron Quadrinity. Haven’t installed the Lem pack on it though, perhaps I should.[/quote]

You should! Its fantastic what he came up with. Also check out the Booster Packs from the Elektron site. I favour The Room atm. Very lush sounds in there for dub and chill.

papertiger · 2013-09-02T04:47:54.000Z

""VictorStar"":

I’ve been hot on Apparat / Moderat lately and realized there was a hole in my palette for “real” sounds, particularly orchestral, so I just bought a Fantom XR to be sequenced by my Monomachine. So far so good, not sure how I’ve lived without piano and string sounds so long.

The very best delay pedal. ever. congrats!

Percivale · 2013-09-09T13:53:43.000Z

""nightfade"":

Post your purchases and trades. Korg Volca Bass arrived yesterday!

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A nice photo

FreeFall · 2013-09-09T17:59:35.000Z

That thing is cool!

I love that in the Features list is has ‘COWBELLS’ listed as a feature. Too funny

Barfunkel · 2013-09-11T10:14:53.000Z

Incoming this week:

Elektron Analog Four
Boss KM-60 (a 6-channel mixer from the late 70’s)

cosmosuave · 2013-09-11T20:12:21.000Z

Picking up an Ensoniq SQ-80 for a $150 tonight… Bargain find…

Daisuk · 2013-09-12T22:25:16.000Z

Damnit. I’ve been working a new job for a month now, thought I was going to get paid in full for the entire month, so went out and bought a new mixer and a Babyface interface, but turns out I only got paid for half the month, and will get the rest in October. Goddamnit.

The gear is doing me in.

Selling some stuff as a consequence, check it, maybe there’s something you need;
http://www.marsmelons.com/money-worries-money-troubles/

Jon9 · 2013-09-13T07:26:46.000Z

""Barfunkel"":

Incoming this week:

Elektron Analog Four
Boss KM-60 (a 6-channel mixer from the late 70’s)

Interesting pickup with thee old Boss KM-60. Very early Roland SH series knobs. Should be a nice warm addition with the Analog Four.

Barfunkel · 2013-09-13T07:59:42.000Z

""Jon9"":

[quote=“Barfunkel”]Incoming this week:

Elektron Analog Four
Boss KM-60 (a 6-channel mixer from the late 70’s)

Interesting pickup with thee old Boss KM-60. Very early Roland SH series knobs. Should be a nice warm addition with the Analog Four. [/quote]
Yeah, the Boss sounds (and looks) very nice! Overdriving the channels sounds lovely too.
Obviously very limited in having only 6 channels, bass/treble EQ and 1 aux (with dedicated return inputs), but the sound makes up for it. And I make minimal music anyways, I don’t need tons of tracks.