2021: A Year in Gear (What You've Bought or Want to Buy in 2021)
- KVRAF
- 5752 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
I think im more intetested in the menqi wing pinger or something than the strega, its more expensive, but cheaper than all 3 of the MN synths together. Not really similar, but a bit more attractive to my weird taste in gear.
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- KVRAF
- 15517 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
For some definition of "killer"vurt wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:10 pmmade a killer track with one snare sample! and a delay.ghettosynth wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:08 pmNot going to happen. You have to be that guy who made a killer track with just a D110 and an FB01 to beat me. I can smell you magikal temptation from here! I will be stoic and true, vigilant in my discipline.vurt wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 8:58 pmjuly onwards ill beat you!!!ghettosynth wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 8:55 pmI didn't get one. I'm totally winning next month's restraint contest. Does planning out PCBs and front panels for a DIY module count if you already have all of the other parts?vurt wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 8:43 pmstarting to feel like im the only one who didnt get oneparadiddle wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 7:18 pm Picked up the 3 tabletop from make noise: 0-coast, 0-ctrl and strega. Really loving them. Next up some mics for drums and monitors (yamaha hs-8)
definitely my next purchase (stocks permitting!)
the whole package there, youve got some good noises ahead
maybe!! (if no one tempts me with exciting magickal things...)
Since I lost this month already I'm going to go ahead and pick up that little CMS polyphonic aftertouch keyboard to tie me over until the Osmose comes out, when I will lose again.
i can do minimal, i like magickal
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- addled muppet weed
- 105853 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
well yes, "anyone hearing it might want to kill me" i assumed thats what you meant?ghettosynth wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:29 pmFor some definition of "killer"vurt wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:10 pmmade a killer track with one snare sample! and a delay.ghettosynth wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:08 pmNot going to happen. You have to be that guy who made a killer track with just a D110 and an FB01 to beat me. I can smell you magikal temptation from here! I will be stoic and true, vigilant in my discipline.vurt wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 8:58 pmjuly onwards ill beat you!!!ghettosynth wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 8:55 pmI didn't get one. I'm totally winning next month's restraint contest. Does planning out PCBs and front panels for a DIY module count if you already have all of the other parts?
maybe!! (if no one tempts me with exciting magickal things...)
Since I lost this month already I'm going to go ahead and pick up that little CMS polyphonic aftertouch keyboard to tie me over until the Osmose comes out, when I will lose again.
i can do minimal, i like magickal
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- addled muppet weed
- 105853 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
not seen it, and poogle here gets me golf clubs or fishing floats
- KVRAF
- 5752 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
https://www.mengqimusic.com/
i think there might be a cheaper less fancy version sans the touch keys and whatnot. not sure though.
i think there might be a cheaper less fancy version sans the touch keys and whatnot. not sure though.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105853 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- KVRAF
- 15517 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
Oh yes, I get that. I've been banned from bandcamp for sending several unsuspecting friends into comas of boredom with my "music." But no, the track in question (not mind if that wasn't clear) was actually "good."vurt wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:43 pmwell yes, "anyone hearing it might want to kill me" i assumed thats what you meant?
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- KVRAF
- 11050 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Seattle
Wow, some truly mind-bending stuff there. Cool projects! I hadn't checked them out for quite a long while ... don't tell Vurt about the Splosh, Hypster, Divine CMOS, or Squid Axon, or he'll go there https://www.nonlinearcircuits.com/modules , and watch the videos at the bottom of each modules page, and lose the highly coveted monthly "Gear Acquisition Restraint Award", for the next YEAR! (at least)imrae wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 5:56 pmLet's Splosh w/ black/gold panelShabdahbriah wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 5:28 pmNonlinearcircuits makes some really intriguing modules. What did you get?
Hypster w/ black/gold panel
Divine CMOS
Squid Axon
While I really dig the standard white/gold theme, I'm making some aluminium/black panels for the smaller modules so they match the rest of my case better!
You can easily identify Andrew's designs vs Ian Fritz's, the Hypster uses more different resistor values than the others put together! I recently built a Thomas Henry PAL filter which also had quite a complicated BOM full of carefully-chosen values. It's great to have a CV-controllable allpass/phaser, very interesting process to introduce before waveshaping/distortion.
Absolutely see the appeal for that, but (frustratingly) figuring it out is beyond my grasp, with my memory issues. (sigh)... I'm pretty sure I have a screen-grab from Muffs, stashed somewhere, of a discussion of that very thing, not necessarily for that module, but that technical "process" ... and that "synth DIY" guy on youtube, goes over it specifically (in order to compensate for brightness) in one of his vids, a year or two, ago, where he makes his own module and is messing with various LEDs brightness factors.
Noticed several tasty 'b-stock' face plates really cheap at that nonlinearcircuits link, that I'm thinking I can use/re-purpose for my own projects.
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I'm not a musician, but I've designed sounds that others use to make music. http://soundcloud.com/obsidiananvil
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- KVRAF
- 11050 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Seattle
I'm not 'getting one' either. And no, the rules clearly state that: "planning out PCBs and front panels for a DIY module [...] if you already have all of the other parts" is exempt from counting against you, in the acquisition "failure to comply" stats.ghettosynth wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 8:55 pmI didn't get one. I'm totally winning next month's restraint contest. Does planning out PCBs and front panels for a DIY module count if you already have all of the other parts?vurt wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 8:43 pmstarting to feel like im the only one who didnt get oneparadiddle wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 7:18 pm Picked up the 3 tabletop from make noise: 0-coast, 0-ctrl and strega. Really loving them. Next up some mics for drums and monitors (yamaha hs-8)
definitely my next purchase (stocks permitting!)
the whole package there, youve got some good noises ahead
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I'm not a musician, but I've designed sounds that others use to make music. http://soundcloud.com/obsidiananvil
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- KVRAF
- 11050 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Seattle
Excited for you! ... and awaiting your disclosure of almost crapping yourself, when you start to experience it, and its potential to evoke that "giddy as a schoolgirl" state, to which you unhesitatingly aspire.
I'm not a musician, but I've designed sounds that others use to make music. http://soundcloud.com/obsidiananvil
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- KVRAF
- 2565 posts since 2 Jul, 2010
Being honest, I watch those videos 50% for the modules and 50% for the dogs.Shabdahbriah wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 1:21 am don't tell Vurt about the Splosh, Hypster, Divine CMOS, or Squid Axon, or he'll go there https://www.nonlinearcircuits.com/modules , and watch the videos at the bottom of each modules page, and lose the highly coveted monthly "Gear Acquisition Restraint Award", for the next YEAR! (at least)
I figure if I have the resistance in proportion to the candela ratings then they shouldn't be too far off. Suppose it would be wise to check with a breadboard though. The painful part will be poking around with a multimeter to identify which pads go where.Absolutely see the appeal for that, but (frustratingly) figuring it out is beyond my grasp, with my memory issues. (sigh)... I'm pretty sure I have a screen-grab from Muffs, stashed somewhere, of a discussion of that very thing, not necessarily for that module, but that technical "process" ... and that "synth DIY" guy on youtube, goes over it specifically (in order to compensate for brightness) in one of his vids, a year or two, ago, where he makes his own module and is messing with various LEDs brightness factors.
I'm a bit wary of adapting fibreglass panels as it's not the nicest material to work with. Aluminium blank panels are also pretty cheap.Noticed several tasty 'b-stock' face plates really cheap at that nonlinearcircuits link, that I'm thinking I can use/re-purpose for my own projects.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105853 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
yup, looking forward to itShabdahbriah wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 3:03 amExcited for you! ... and awaiting your disclosure of almost crapping yourself, when you start to experience it, and its potential to evoke that "giddy as a schoolgirl" state, to which you unhesitatingly aspire.
have even recorded some drum noodles in to morphagene for a quick glitch up
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- addled muppet weed
- 105853 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
i shall have a look! they do have interesting sounding names "splosh" in particularShabdahbriah wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 1:21 am
Wow, some truly mind-bending stuff there. Cool projects! I hadn't checked them out for quite a long while ... don't tell Vurt about the Splosh, Hypster, Divine CMOS, or Squid Axon, or he'll go there https://www.nonlinearcircuits.com/modules , and watch the videos at the bottom of each modules page, and lose the highly coveted monthly "Gear Acquisition Restraint Award", for the next YEAR! (at least)
ive seen a fair few splosh videos in my time, not one had anything synth in it
but im done for now, have enough "fun stuff" (well, strega obviously when available, but otherwise...) to be getting on with for now.
maybe some utility bits not too far off, decent output mixer would be nice.
but otherwise, august onwards, loved ones birthdays start piling up, so all gifts go outwards
and maybe if theres anything in the auction but i try to avoid buying myself stuff till post xmas.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105853 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass