We're actually on a desert island for real now

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To be honest, I’ve barely touched reaktor since i got it a few years back as I’m kinda lazy - but if the sound quality is as good as i remember, I’ll prolly end up using it to replace sounds for alot of the stuff done with reason’s synths.

Sound quality is amazing! It blows away Reason definitely- but together in Logic or Live it is a perfect combo

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Ever run reaktor inside reason? Directly passing in cv & gate seems like it could be a real winner compared to having to build extra sequencers & mod sources.

bought Sarcasm as a souvenir for my gf and never read it frankly. i think it’s time.
i know what you mean, i’ve got tons of recordings of 0coast noodling and none of them made it to a track yet. so with this setup it’s not even the point, i just want to learn OT better

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I’ve never seriously answered this question because I always figured you could have more than one item.

Now that I think of it, I would probably be happy with just a computer which had Ableton Live and Max/MSP. A controller would be nice but I could probably master the keyboard and mousepad as an instrument in a pinch. At least then I’d be able to keep making new instruments, fx, and tools to use. If I had an Arduino and a box of sensors washed up on shore I could make input devices from nature.

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Just a friendly reminder about the thread

Yes even inside Reason -

This is the first piece of hardware I started with


And it’s still where I turn when I want to get shit done! It’s where my muscle memory shines the most and is still the most versatile and complete piece of hardware I own.

There are some minor constraints but it can do anything I need. I can literally make a full production to a mastered wav file on it.

As long as I can sample I’d be happy with just this(says the guy with many other pieces of gear who almost sold his MV for pennies but for the lack of demand)

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I’m right there with you. you should try a Korg Polysix with some nice delays/reverbs after it. similar feelings.

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Yeah, let the home schooling begin right. I surfed through synths for a few years figuring out what I liked and never liked using my computer for composing and got the OT so I could throw all of my random noodles on it after learning the DT.

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Digitone and Machinedrum UW Mk2. I just love the sound and compositions I can get from just these two devices. Call me an Elektron fan boi. :grin:

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Lots of ways to pipe those into one another, you’re set! Just add bourbon, or I guess rum because island.

Do you use anything to process your MD?

I ask because the Kush Reddi plug with MD kicks has become my favorite kick combo lately.

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The Kush Audio Plug-ins are so FANTASTIC!

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Yea. The reddi and omega are the best deals in DSP if you ask me.

They make things sing and don’t break your wallet.

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My go to quarantine couch device has been the Tanzbär 2. Man that thing sounds so awesome. I need to get off the couch and run it thru the Digitone already.
Also in rotation are the Model: Cycles, MC-101, OP-1, Blackbox and Deluge.

UPDATE: Finally ran audio from Tanzbär 2 into the digitone. Holy crap it’s fun, half the time I didn’t even have a sequence playing on the DN just using it as a fancy mixer w/ efx for the tanz.

Strymon Deco for a few months now. Rolls off the highs a bit. Saturates everything nicely, everything except the kick. I’m running that seperate now. Maybe I’ll get Kush Reddi for the kick.

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Give it a demo. It’s magic on low end.

I was fortunate to own the hardware tube box about 14 years ago.
Never put a kick through it, sadly.

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Been fiddling around with the Model Cycles into the OP-1 for master fx lately.

I just might stick to that as my island survival backpack combo for now :wink:

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Lol how typical!

The question was about “one” (1) instrument but it always turns into a roll of lists of 74 instruments :joy:

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Another OB 6 lover here. Beautiful sweet spot in a box. Today Ive mainly been firing my modular into my OT flex recorders, and sampling, resampling bringing in the AR…so again, the common denominator is the OT…I don’t know what I did before I got my second octatrack…