Another drone synth on its way to my already creaking drone synth shelf in time for Drone Day. A Decadebridge Albers.
Intentions? To ((((((((DRONE)))))))
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Thanks for the reminder ; I’ll add that to the calendar.
That device does look fun for the purpose!
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Yesterday I took delivery on a couple of new goodies. First, there’s the new hybrid “A” card for my VCS3 MkII. This card comes from Portabellabz and brings the amp circuit from the MKI units to the MkII. It can be purchased without amp chips, with modern recreations of the originals, or with NOS GEL234F1 chips. I chose the NOS option. The difference between my old card and new is not subtle. The signal is now louder, fuller, and distorts in a rather lovely way at high levels. The reverb circuit is also improved (though I had already done this mod on my old card). It sounds great, but will take some getting used to - I’ve had 25 years with the original! Incidentally, if you are on the waiting list for a new VCS3 (I am), you can have this hybrid A card put in as an option. In these photos, my original card is on the left, the new one on the right.
As ever, my intentions are SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!
A closer look at both for the boffins (@J3RK).
I also received a Digitakt 2 yesterday, though I have yet to cut the seal on the box… my intentions? Digital concrète. I really don’t need it, but it might inspire me.
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Looks like they added a pretty sizable aluminum heatsink to that VR on the new board as well so that’s a nice little upgrade too. VCS3 MKII seems to employ a smart system as it appears that the cards must just connect via socket to main unit.
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cool faders
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The VCS3 (and Synthi) is one of the easiest synths to maintain, modify, and repair for this reason. Mind you, it also has the disadvantage shared by all such arrangements: erratic behavior if those sockets or traces get dirty or oxidized. That said, mine has been around for a half-century and still works.
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Do you run a little dehumidifier in your studio? Seasonally I mean. You have a lot of gear which is notoriously climate aware.
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Yes, during the spring and summer, there’s always a dehumidifier going. In the winter, it’s pretty dry (but just about right in the basement).
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Hey Scot, why are there two Arp 36XX keyboards in your studio?? J/k, I’m just envious… 
Hope you’re getting along well with your new Polymoog. Play “It’s more fun to compute” for us, please 
Edit: look at the size of those traces on the original VCS3 board 
25 years ago I had an Mk1 VCS3 on loan for a few weeks. That synth is really something else, in so many ways.
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You have a keen eye! Those keyboards are connected to a 2600MkIII and a Korg 2600 FS. 
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Well I picked up a Meris Polymoon.
A little underwhelmed so far, but that’s probably my own fault.
I was planning to use it for dubby delays but it seems as it gets more ‘ambient’ it smears the delays.
Appears to be more of a reverb+ that a delay+ at the minute. Though it could be that my sausage fingers haven’t tweaked it in a suitably subtle manner just yet.
Will spend a bit more time with it and hopefully I’ll grow a little more whelmed. But at the minute I think I may end up grabbing a space echo type pedal instead and letting this go, or even keeping it around for reverb duties.
Anyone using this successfully in a delay type way?
Nice! I was just reading about that card the other day! 
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Just upgraded to V collection X from version 5.
21 new instruments for 99 euros seemed like a pretty decent deal 
Intentions are being content having lots of classic sounds on deck and trying the CS80 V4 (and other MPE compatible plugins) with Push 3.
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The day has come.
Intentions: deep dive and perform
[edit: and… undust. behind the display window. 
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Intentions: Give my DT2 a sibling and have a drink to react to current political clusterfucks before European retaliatory tariffs destroy the value proposition of Elijah Craig
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Cheers and see you over at the intoxicated thread!
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Been lusting for this one for years and a great local deal came up for a nearly mint version 
. I’ll be searching for my inner Vince Clarke as a start (then hopefully move to Alan Wilder and Chemical brothers areas as well).
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Pair it with the A4 and you have a infinite world of sounds at your disposal
Congratulations!
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That Elijah Craig gave me images or Frodo played like James Bond, and James Bond played like Frodo.
My latest purchase is a Presonus Quantum HD2 interface to give me just a little bit more i/o that I was missing on my previous Audient interface.
As a bonus it comes with a perpetual licence to Studio One Pro and a years subscription to their One+ thing, which seems to mostly be access to some fancier plugins, more loop content, and their notation software.
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Still trying to find a European sipper I like as much as Elijah Craig…
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