The floor with heating is my favorite part
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R*S Serge NTO & New Gates / VCFX 2023
Intentions: bleebs & bloobs
Thanks @LyingDalai for reigniting my NTO GAS here. 
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Ordered a Warm Audio WA76-A and WA76-D compressor. I am interested to see how they compare to my Black Lion Audio Bluey and Seventeen.
Warm Audio WA76-A
Warm Audio WA76-D
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So cuuuuuute! Not the DT, of course.
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Got a couple of these wee bonny light shows. Mainly for fun as I scope things on the computer. Wanted something fun and instant though for visual feedback. Just got the input gain dialed in.
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Thatās awesome! I watched a tutorial on youtube about making a big desktop eq / spectrum vu meter (not sure what to call it, like a physical parametric VU meter or something) out of transparent acrylic glass rods and RGB LED lights seated in the base with a controller of some sort, and Iāve wanted something like that ever since (you need a laser cutter to make it though). That looks super fun to play around with!
Do you have it hooked up to be controlled by music / sound?
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Itās coming off of one of the two headphone outputs of the Claret, so anything Iām playing hits those.
I saw that video (or one like it) that you mentioned, and it was quite cool. Iāve also watched a lot of the volumetric display types too. I just love colored blinking lights. Have since I was a kid, and will continue to enjoy them. 
These are actually quite affordable on eBay. They are available from multiple sources, and all around $100 each for the various types. Thereās a VU, a Spectrum Analyzer, and an EQ thatās also a Spectrum Analyzer. I got the VU and the EQ, but only using the EQ as a spectrum display, not as a graphic EQ. I was worried it might introduce some unwanted effects into the rest of the signal path. (not verified, I just didnāt want to loop it in)
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Whatās not to love? 
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Quardrivium is such a cool book, check it out friends, the planets orbits+music chapters are like woah mind blowing!
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Love mine.
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Never been a Stan for anything but I would consider streaking naked thru these American streets for a lifetime of free Scaler updates.
My intention is to use the new Piano Roll, Arrangement and VST/AU hosting features to create my own modal samples to chop up in DT2/SP404.
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I upgraded to Scaler 3 today. I donāt think there is anything special about it other than having all the tools in one place. I did the upgrade because it was only $29 for me. I must have used the previous one maybe three times the most.
As i mentioned many times, i mostly produce using MPC Software. Users know that you there are tens of scales, modes, chords for various genres , arpeggio patternsā¦ It can create events (add notes) for you, humanize, can merge patterns into chords etc. and perhaps many more things that i canāt remember now.
Scaler 3 is exactly that except it is in all one place (lots of menus though). And it does one more thing where it suggests chord progressions etc. But you could do this simply by Googling or using circle of fifths. I dont think i will be using it many times but for $29 i just had toā¦
If you are thinking to buy it for the original price, i say check what is available first. It could be in your DAW already. I am sure Ableton and Bitwig can do the things i mentioned above. I just donāt know.
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Very pleased so far with my brand new MicroMonsta 2. I had forgotten that I signed up for the in-stock notification about a year ago. No customs issues and arrived in about 11 days. I think it will pair nicely with my Syntakt for a small tabletop setup.
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ā¦once u skip the sub, after years of using it, u gonna miss the low end big time, iām afraidā¦
but i share ur suspicions on daisychaining ur whole monitor signal sum through some undefined subwoofer firstā¦
dunno how uāve organized ur monitor signal flow, but i suggest, u feed the sub via a separeted outputā¦killing all above 100 hzā¦if both ends get their feed from the same monitor controler or interface, u donāt have to worry about phaseā¦
but for sure, u better make sure, ur new near field monitors get their own dedicated feed with a slight roll off underneath 50 hzā¦
but akaik, those genelecs do that on default anywaysā¦
but ur sweetspot angle seems a little bit offā¦if u really wanna enjoy that proper stereo stage ur new monitors are able to provide, make sure theyāre placed a little more angled towards ur main listening position, with the same distance to each other, as ur distance from where ur listeningā¦and place them at a hight, where ur ears match the same height, right between tweeter and and main speakerā¦ur ears at same level as that rim inbetween is where u get the best focus on all the details a proper stereo stage can tellā¦
Can absolutely confirm, they complemente each other really well, and that superfun apreggiator on MM2 is the cherry on top of ST missing bits fulfilled by the MM2.
My dream is to scale down to only those 2 guys and a 303, but I canāt let go all the other toys 
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