Your Setups (Part 1)

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#708

A few reasons:

  • Felt like I was underutilizing it. I used it primarily for ‘that moog bass’ and not enough for deep sound design. I also felt like it dominates a mix (great if thats what you want) but I’m heading towards different sonic territories than analog.
  • Portability. I wanted an analog bass I could take with me to live gigs. The Sub37 is a bit too big for that. The minitaur was the perfect replacement for this and the above. Def more limited but gets the jobs I need done in a tiny form factor and super fast muscle memory
  • Money. Wanted to build a live DAWless rig after a bad experience with ableton crashing at the start of a live set last year, and wanting to get out of ‘clip launching’ liveset workflows. That meant adding the OT and DN. Found someone willing to trade his OTmkII for my Sub37 (plus a few hundred € in my direction.)
  • For deep sound design I tend towards polys, though I’m starting to understand the benefits of monos now. Maybe a Typhon or Pro2 is in my future…

Things I miss:

  • It’s def a luxury item, it just felt so good to interact with. every knob twist and switch feels superb. So much character and sonic sweet spot.
  • Duo/paraphonic mode. I don’t have a paraphonic synth at the moment so I gotta achieve that in other ways.

May get one again some day. Gear comes and goes!

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#709

Love the labels for the Oto boxes! I’ve had Bim and Bam long enough to memorize their button functions, but not so with Boum. I always struggle to read the dark red labels in my lighting.

#710

Thanks. When I was 20s, I did not need a single label at all. Now, I am 42 years old with three children. I don’t even remember their birthdays sometimes. Labeling is the must-to-do for me now.

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#711

Im actually using the model 16, it’s recording straight into ableton. I use this to make samples from the synths or samplers and throw those back into a midi track in Ableton, chop em up in renoise or use them for the octatrack. The iconnectivity 10 is underneath the mixer there. :slight_smile: Thank you
I’m really proud of my routing. I can record automations directly from the synths meaning I can see the correct value while recording instead of guessing from the pyramid. I feel like I’m working with a real life plugin because everything is “in a box”

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#712

oh, that sounds like a very good idea, especially because I want to buy an octatrack and I am thinking about a clever way to use ableton and octatrack in my workflow… all the best

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#713

My setup:
1 x Digitone.

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#714

Why’d you sell it? It seems like such a loved synth by many. Just curious

#715

Oh haha :upside_down_face:

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#716

Keep coming back to this. It’s great. Keep it up!

Excellent!

A thread from a year ago or so where sezare56 and I discussed some related things (your space echo in the loop made me think of it):

Stay rad!

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#717

Or a used minitaur?

Oops just saw the pictures now. Hah you already have one

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#718

The octatrack is good by itself really. I’ve been making a habit of just doing break beats in the vain of 90z stuff. I sample Audrey Nuna and some french bands. It’s tight. Thanks. Like I said before I feel content with how it’s setup all interconnected.

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#719

Microwave hiding down there, nice :slightly_smiling_face:

#720

thanks… and thank you for the audrey nuna tipp… really dig it :+1:

#721

While waiting to have my own house with a dedicated room, here is my installation in the living room. Thanks to my girlfriend and my daughter to allow this :pray: :heart_eyes:

La Chapelle aux Saints Setup
La Chapelle aux Saints Setup4000×3000 2.1 MB

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#723

Hahaha ! So much dust in this house and so many moves in recent months (without talking about cats or my daughter’s games … ^^). I try to keep my gear safe :wink:

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#724

Red knobs on the a4 mk1 is the way to go

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#725

Nice setup! How do you (and anyone reading this who owns one) like the Slim Phatty btw? I look into one off and on but have yet to make the move. Great price point so maybe this year on positive feedback!

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#726

It was one of my first synth. The build quality is very good, but I did not like the sound. It is similar to the mini taur, that I also had. They sounds ok, but do not compare with the big moog’s. I also have a voyager, so I sold them.
I find dave smith’s small synths sound far better, mopho, tetra, etc sound is very similar if not identical to the big brothers (P08, etc).
In fact I made a complete setup rebuild last few months: better few big synths than many small synths, if this make sense :roll_eyes:

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#727

Yeah definitely makes sense, I had a mopho and sold it somewhat recently so I agree that a larger synth may be the better way to go.

Thanks for the insights @DaGeek!

#728

How’s the UL MK4 working for you?
I just love mine. So reliable and great sounding. Only thing I absolutely had to do was put some hand cut dimming film on the display.
It would burn a hole into the sun, it’s so bright. Big help since I added that, especially late at night :dark_sunglasses: