I only judge them based on the Microfreak, it’s great how they supported that product and how much fun it is.
Would buy a larger one…
I can still read this.
lol I don’t even remember what it was XD
The only thing they did a faux pas on with the MicroFreak was calling it a collaboration with MI originally, when it wasn’t. They just used the open source Braids code for the oscillators. I think that misunderstanding has since been corrected, though.
Time for a shower, I got a battery for the Maschine+ and I’m going out to the pond with my Sonic Port VX to see if I can grab some nature samples to put into something fun.
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It was a dick pic, you obviously posted drunk and I’m not banning you just because you deleted it.
Lol I remembered in the shower. It was that thing about connectors. I found one though so I deleted it 
Well it’s useless when it’s this light out. But dawn and dusk jam sessions are a go. This bag is perfect for trips with a Maschine+ (I bought it to carry a MPC Live), Launchpad X, cables, earbuds, and the slim battery.
edit at 60% CPU it was drawing 9.8W. Not bad.
so for funsies and because I can’t sleep, I hooked an MPC up to this new battery. It was drawing a whopping 33W, and it’s rated for 50W continuous and 65 peak. But it seemed okay, if anyone decides to power a modern Akai off a 19V battery.
edit I’ve since hooked up an MPC Live and X, both are around 30W of use at idle (which makes sense, obviously).
Still loving the tracker, he’s a quick idea i did today, 6 samples out of an old native instruments battery library. i might make it into a full track someday 
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Id own a Proteus rompler again.
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There’s little details about the Hydrasynth that are super hot:
- looping envelopes: you can have an envelope loop x number of times or forever, thus becoming another Lfo…
- time based envelope stages: you can have the attack last 1/8, 1 bar of decay and so forth.
- LFO designer, similar to the OT, 64 steps that can be smoothed. Also they can be snapped to semitone increments if needed;
- shortcuts to map modulations.
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once all my pre-ordered hardware finally arrives i might turn my sights on a Hydrasynth module.
2025? Give or take a few years?
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Once I sell a few things the Hydrasynth is on my short list. I have to be realistic about myself; as much as I want the MS-20 I have plenty of analog monosynth goodness and just do not need it. And there are many plans to just build a MS-20 filter pair anyway. I don’t really need an analog poly like the Pro-800, either. I’m just overcomplicating things needlessly. Which also probably means no TX81Z, either; thankfully if I change my mind they are under $250 all day on eBay and there’s a space in my modest rack for it…
Model:Cycles incoming though… 
And a Zoom H6.
Now if Output would be so kind as to ship my desk XD
I also really want touch capacitive knobs in various colors. I wanted them since my MPC, and it’s actually more difficult than just finding anodized knobs (the anodizing can be insulative XD )
someone said this on YouTube about GAS and I felt so dumb for not thinking of it… and I literally know how to do it lol
“Pro tip. Start an LLC for your music production so you can write off all these purchases. You don’t need to make any money or turn a profit to do this”
The corp hires you to manage its gear…
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This is very dangerous.
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I’m not sure I want to continue with this PCI audio card. It still does some weird things, like, things that I have to restart the computer to unfuck and I’m thinking that’s why I originally got the Ultralight mk3 before I put all this into storage. Yeah inputs will be cheap to add, and I need a lot of USB ports already, but… yeah. I dunno, I’ll see how it goes before I add more inputs and see if the audio gets staticky enough really be a huge issue. I worked on a song in Bitwig basically all morning and didn’t have a problem until this evening. It wasn’t tragic…
But eventually I won’t be able to use it; that’s just how it is with old stuff XD
edit Selling this PCI 424, the PCIe 424, and the 2408mk3 could get me a lot of the way towards a MOTU 828ES that would plug into ethernet.
I’ve had this little guy since 2001. It’s basically new since I must have used it 10 or 15 times at best. I had a really shitty computer back then and it was not fun.
Notice how I didn’t even remove the screen protector? Let’s say I’m super-careful with my things.
It came with me to the US in 2005 and has lived in bubble wrap ever since. I need to get a US power cable at some point or some kind of adapter. If you say it’s worth it, I might 
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I do not like how NI handled the audio interface via USB thing on Maschine+. Instead of doing an aggregate device with the internal and the USB, it’s either or. Not too terrible aside from having no way of monitoring, say, my Sonic Port VX without plugging headphones into it. My iRig HD? Forget about it… it’s just a glorified guitar input. That one is less of a problem as you can get away with plugging a guitar into the mic input though I don’t think the impedance is ideal.
I actually can’t seem to find out if Linux can do aggregate devices. OS X does it natively, ASIO4ALL can do it on PC, but Linux and whatever NI is using for the audio server? I don’t know. It can swap between interfaces readily, at least. I’ll leave a feature request…