What's your latest purchase & what are your intentions with it? [pics ftw] (Part 3)

1.36kg, similar weight like my macbook pro 14"
I’m really happy about this purchase. Charges fast and fits nicely in a smaller backpack, like a thicker book. :slightly_smiling_face:

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That’s all coming from the system? Nice full sound.

You see Simian Mobile Disco’s Whirl album on KEXP? I’m getting that vibe here. Love it.

An option on iPad could be Mozaic, you can write your scripts and do the filtering. Of course it’s a worse solution than the manufacturer solving the double note issue, but at least you can have a plan B or C.


Was looking for an ART Pro VLA stereo opto tube compressor given their ‘cheap but great’ reputation when I stumbled on this - an ART TCS. It’s the same stereo opto circuit as the VLA in 1U together with a separate stereo VCA compressor, a gate/expander and the ability to chain the compression circuits in series. And even cheaper!

I’m by no means a compressor guru but after plugging this in I do not understand why it’s not more widely known. This thing sounds absolutely fantastic as a ‘colour box’ for crazy compression combobulations. No wonder Dave Fridmann et al love the VLA circuit. It’s a keeper.

Intentions are to experiment with sidechains and tube flavoured parallel brick walls.

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Thank you! Yes all the sounds from my modular, just a light compression and eq from Ableton, nothing else.

I just checked Simian mobile disco, sounds nice, thanks. :slightly_smiling_face:

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I don’t think it will work because you can’t host Simply Piano in AUM :slight_smile: it just takes the raw MIDI that the iPad receives.

The only solution would be a midi filter box imho and running it via midi cables.

i have kept both , because i cannot sell it for the price it’s going for these days but i don’t use it anymore ( it’s packed ) my daughter likes to play with synths i think i’m gonna pass it to her when she will be a little bit older.

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Mmmm…. I am back with the DT OG.
I enjoyed the OT in a lot of ways. But between it an the DT, I just get it on and then get music done! OT I was such a mentally, stressed mess then, and would just end up lost in the sauce.

My intentions I’m just not going to work. I’m going to bang on the Digitakt ALL DAY!!!

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DIY project to treat the studio. Night and day difference!

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a narrow nightstand.

intention: expanding my couch setup.

before:

now:

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Figured a huge FM gap in my setup needs to be filled, was also looking for a keyboard synth with good polyphony.

Opsix seems to be a hell of a synth!

Intention: Soundscapes, chords, FM-y stuff, recording samples and adding new timbres overall!

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Some more cute color for the gloomy stand. =) acid. Something is shaking inside the synth but everything seems to still work. Power button was stucking but is working after switching it on and off continuosly. Maybe I should at least contact the store and tell about that even I dont think I want to return it.

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Update: They took ages to arrive, were more like hearing-aid brown than orange and were pitifully thin compared to my others… the search continues.

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I’d get it swapped just to be sure. Really want an MO, myself… but can’t really justify it at the minute. I’d defo go for yellow though.

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Just bought Spectral Layers 11 and plan on messing with some audio.

not exactly new since I actually bought it in 2009. but the 3620 keyboard hasn’t worked since then. I finally took it and the 2600 to a tech and I’m now realizing I should’ve done so much sooner because the 3620 is hella fun! so it’s basically like having a new synth for me. :metal:

I do not, unfortunately, own the Eventide FL201 that he was using with it. also when he sent me this pic, all I could think was “why did you patch oscillators 2 and 3 back into themselves…?” :thinking: and now I have to go try that…

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Stunning photo of a superb instrument. Wow.

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Indeed. Fun to say that but I love the background!

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Digitone 2 :heart:
Compact Combo DT2+DN2+Hydrasynth
I run Synths and Guitar through a Helix Stomp for some sampled fx stuff

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Behringer RX1602 V2 rack mixer

I like to jam away with a few grooveboxes, samplers and groovesynths on a lazy Sunday morning. Therefor I needed something like a mixer to connect it all together. This thing is cheap and does the job perfectly.

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