The Hardware Megathread

#3137

You had me at Skinny Puppy!

#3138

Got lucky, found this one for half the price those fuckers sell it for ($60 to be precise, which for a double album that was only pressed 1,000 copies is a good deal… especially considering how SP stuff goes for crazy prices)

#3139

I answered that in my first line, I’m an odd ball :joy::rofl:

#3140

I’m in the same boat on that one, for more practical reasons. I have a copy of Discovery by DP, and there’s a manufacturing error on it in track 9. Just one white spot on the record where the press was contaminated or something because an otherwise perfect album has a random pop for like a minute in that song. So I’d rather buy used mint/near mint than sealed new so that I know the album runs well. Plus, the first 2 or 3 plays of an album are actually hardest on your needle IIRC, and I spent close to 200 bucks on my needle so I want that thing to last. Which is to say I’m going to thoroughly clean any record I get before I play it for the first time, old or new.

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#3142

Seriously fuck Behringer.

Bringing affordable tools to people who don’t care to spend astronomical prices for vintage synths and gatekeeping a generation out of the joy of synthesizers.

They’re terrible.

#3143

I bought a Boog Model D and a Buno 106 (Deepmind) out of spite. SPITE.

#3144

I mean, they did kinda did make themselves look bad when they went after that one reporter who posted negative press about them.

#3145

They are. Indisputably, on some levels. The same way Amazon and Walmart and all the other “we’re going to muscle in and undercut and you can go fuck yourself if you don’t like it” companies out there are terrible. And they’re assholes about it to boot (re: corksniffer stuff).

But at the same time, just like a broke-ass single mom can make a meager paycheck stretch a little farther at Walmart than the local grocery, it means that you and I and all the musicians that aren’t Richard Devine or Joel Zimmerman can afford go get a thing that makes awesome sounds and do something cool with it.

I wish I had the moral center to only shop at locally owned boutique places and buy synths that were handwired by underprivileged children, but I don’t. I’ve got a room full of Behringer shit that’s fun and useful, and I’ll make dope tracks with it to cover up the sound of my woke socialist sobs at night.

#3146

I’ve never really had beef with the stuff they’re remaking for a better cost, just that every single behringer thing I’ve owned has broke in the first few months of owning it, or just felt really cheap and sloppy. But with that said, I’ve never touched a neutron and everybody I know who has one loves them

#3147

Regardless of what you think about all this, this video is pretty entertaining…

#3148

I was going to tell you I think he did a follow up you might not have caught where Berhinger actually responded to him.

#3149

This looks stacked with features and is supposed to come in under $600

#3150

A new Alessandro Cortini/MakeNoise collab is going to be revealed in the next day or so. Saw a bit of it on his IG live stream today, looks/sounds pretty cool. Pretty much a drone synth, I suppose

#3151

Any recommendations for a cheap-ish small tabletop synth good for strings and pads? I’ve been playing with my new Electribe EA1 and can’t help but think “I need some strings or pads”. I’ve been trying to find a Novation A-station, Nova, or even a K-Station but can’t find one for sale for a reasonable price or, in the case of the A and K, can’t find one at all. The other similar synths of yore that I remember (Access Virus, Waldorf Microwave XT, etc) all command a pretty hefty sum for even completely abused examples.

#3152

If you like the Novation stuff, you could take a look at the Mininova, or maybe a circuit (which I believe has the same synth engine as the Mininova but with a sequencer and other stuff).

Also, Streichfett by Waldorf (I think, not sure about the spelling, but I do know it’s a Waldorf tabletop unit) is a modern take on the string machine.

#3153

I agree with @White_Noise that the Mininova is worth looking into. A very powerful subtractive synth engine. It does tend to have a 90’s ish vibe to it IMO. The patch flipping pads are a cool feature. I had the UltraNova (same synth engine as the mini) which is bigger but not a full size keyboard. More menu diving on the Mini.

Otherwise the Waldorf Blofeld comes immediately to mind for strings and pads (though I imagine it is quite a workhorse). I feel like maybe a Juno 106 clone (I think there is an inexpensive ish one out there). Possibly also a Deepmind Module (I would defo go for the 12 voice one).

#3154

Waldorf blofeld

#3155

https://www.makenoisemusic.com/synthesizers/strega

#3156

Seems that would be and awesome audio trough for a sampler! Some interesting textures and tones there.