Nord Lead A1. Why do i keep buying things when all i really want is a P10?!
Anyway, it does sound good and is fun to play with.
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Been away in the UK for a few months. Come back to a load of preorders.
Dont know where to begin lol
M8
OP-1 Field
TX-6 Mixer
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I felt it was too old and prone to hardware issues. Plus, I hear so many comments about the learning curve, Iām not sure Iām up to the task of learning how to use it. I think Iām going to get Drambo first and letās see if that makes me reconsider.
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Itās a running joke about āis the sound of the OT still valid in ****ā or āwhat about the audio quality of the OT in ****ā, nothing about your real situation.
The learning curve, you can approach it as a tourist cyclo, not necessarily in cycling champion mode on an international race.
Dale Cooper says in Twin Peaks, āwithout fear nothing is terribleā or something like that.
Iāve heard a lot about Elektron interfaces, about complexity, esoteric menusā¦ I think theyāre actually very clear and well-designed, plus the fact that this knowledge is more or less transposable between different machinery.
You can take there little by little what is interesting at a given moment, make (or not) evolve that over the desires, needs interests.
I think itās a very complete and powerful machine, Iāve been waiting for the reasonable offer on an MKII for a long time. MKII mainly for the screen but Iām convinced that an MKI is a good choice too (and more economical). Freedom is yours, do what you want and have fun.
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How sensitive is it? Anything you donāt like?
Just think, since you ARE buying all the other things, youāve turned money that might otherwise be used for something non-synth related into pure Synthium Currency TM. Once you accumulate enough of that, you can sell these devices, buy the P10, and feel good about it, because you didnāt divert other funds to do it. 
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For a prophet 10, I would chop off my left leg and feel good about it.
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If I hear of anyone looking for a left leg, I will let you know!
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Well I wasnāt that concerned with how updated is the sound currently. More like being a machine that regularly gets used for live performances, I was concerned about it having failing pots or buttons. And regarding the learning curve, do you think itās fairly easy to learn? Iāve videos where people blatantly state the skipped this or that function because basically they donāt know how to do it. And I see them make what seems to be advanced kung fu on the machine! 
I donāt have it yet but from what Iāve seen nothing impossible, it has a user manual and a fairly dense community present here.
Some give lessons, some are very talented, many share help and tips.
If we look closely, millions of people have a computer, do not use it correctly and yet manage to do what they want with it, the same for cars, knivesā¦ Itās the same thing with lots of of objects, if you concentrate, sort through the information and resources available, and work on it, nothing is impossible, the concern comes more often from the user.
You will see that with a āsimpleā DT some will amaze you with their techniques and results.
Well maybe in the near future I will take the bullet. For now I intend to enjoy the DT.
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whats the verdict? always been curious about this companyās ābudgetā mixers.
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Hmm 
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Iām 3 DIY projects deep now and no time in the near future to work on them.
Iām okay with knowing that this one is waiting for me though. There has already been a BOM update since I ordered it. Might not be all bad that I have to wait a bit.
Iāll definitely put some samples of this one up when I finish it though 
Knowing me, Iāll end up throwing parts at it every so often. Iām just too excited to not find time somewhere.
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Does your Syntakt have itās own beanbag chair?
Wow Airyck, I wasnāt expecting that to show up for a bit. Man I canāt wait for the updates.
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Yup, I have found those little beanbags to be great stands, any angle you want and apparently the Syntakt is really comfy!
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Schaaaaawing! 
Ā„ to US$ rate must be favouring you kindly.
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I wasnāt sure what to expect from this Taiwanese mixer, itās definitely not high end but nor is it super budget.
So far Iām bloody loving itā¦it ticked all the boxes for what I needed, a simple mixer to allow me to jam with PT, MM2, DT + others without taking up too much space in my tiny environment and without constantly needing 3.5mm stereo to 1/4" mono splitters.
The knobs feel a bit budget but the case is metal and feels sturdy. It has a 3.5mm mono (I believe) input on CH1 set up for microphones and offers switchable 0/1.5/48v phantom power and a built in echo (not tried)ā¦they include an XLR-3.5mm adaptor in the box. CH2, 3 & 4 are 3.5mm stereo inputs and CH5/6 and 7/8 are L+R 1/4" mono connections. The volume sliders on each channel are smooth but have very limited tracking (just 2cm) so, fine for me pissing about at home and basically setting them and leaving themā¦if you wanted to use them as part of your performance Iām guessing theyāre a bit short. The master output slider is 3cm so a it more controllable. The channel mutes work well and are a nice-to-have on a mini mixer.
Channels 2 - 4 have an āEQā which is reminiscent of the tone control on a 70s transistor radio.
Channels 4, 5/6 & 7/8 have a gain control which has been useful if you have a bit of low output gear vying to keep up with the others.
Iāve just changed things around last night to feed my monitors from the L+R 1/4" output on the back and then attach my Tascam recorder to the headphone socket of the mixer and that is working beautifully for adding/removing the recorder without cocking up my levels to the monitors.
If youāre looking for a small mixer for the studio that you can set and forget this definitely does the trick.
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I pre-ordered it very early on so I got locked in at the cheaper price. They added on the cases for a few hundred at the end.
Luckily a lot of the more expensive and hard to get parts are on the PCBās already. I already had stocks of the majority of the passive components from buying extras over the years.
I mostly just need a few more active components, unique connectors, sliders, and special parts. Luckily none of those are horribly expensive. Maybe a few hundred in parts left to buy.
Besides that I mostly just need time to work on it. It really isnāt too bad of a build IMO. High number of parts mostly. I could probably get it built in around 25-35 hours if I could focus. Maybe a little longer with tuning and finalizing things.
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thanks for that. was interested in the smaller ones as cheap interfaces for kids
should prolly just get a couple and try em
Nektar Panorama P1 as I was curious about the sort of āAutomapā that it offers in Cubase and Reason , actually only tested and is already back in the box ready to be soldā¦ Interesting controller I admit.