That’s ok, you’re gonna make a set and livestream it for us instead, right? 
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So…:Sweetwater just “leaked” a new LXR…
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LXR--erica-synths-lxr-02-desktop-digital-drum-synthesizer
The price will probably be about 600Euros, a bit steep, but I am thinking this will be an absolute banger. Might have to pre-order one once they show up in the EU.
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I do not need more drum machines, I do not need more drum machines. I always wanted to build a LXR though. Funnily enough this costs about what the parts would have cost me due to EUR vs USD, iirc… 
I wonder if this and their Bassline will become the next “acid combo” in a decade or two…
Probably not. “Tee Bee 303. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively gots to melt every mutha fucka in the room…! Accept no substitutes.”
Behringer are getting boring, I was expecting more than the RD-808 MKii.
They announced a few non-clones in the past, well almost no clones, but never materialised.
Did behringer release a bunch more unexciting stuff again? Exciting lol
I’m with you on this, but there might always be space for a special one…
I’d love to be able to afford a Soma Laboratory Pulsar but it’s quite expensive and experimental so not sure I can fit that in.
When I look at the changes, I feel like the majority of them should have been in the first product The changes are likely being very overplayed by the marketing department, too.
Lean year due to everything being closed? XD
Not to mention they just announced on facebook that their IC supplier for it screwed them. They had a contract for X ICs at X price with a 6-week leadtime and the IC supplier bumped them to 2 years because of the silicon shortage and they’re a smaller customer. No joke, Soma already had a waiting list for the rest of the year for the Pulsar, and now they might have to ask all those people to wait two years. They put out a post on their FB page asking if anyone can get them a lead on these ICs, will give them the next Pulsar they can make if they get help on this.
I work for a videogame company, the impact of this is huge, it will be felt for years.
On top, add the Bitcoin mining causing power shortages in certain areas in China.
And GPU shortages around the world…all for a virtual currency that supposedly costs “nothing” to invest in, except is really costs a lot, and most of that in the form of power, which generally is not very eco-friendly…the whole situation is just shitty. I am hoping they drop those anti-cryptomining GPUs soon at least. Then I may have enough spare cash after an upgrade to get the LXR-02.
iirc I read or heard that China is banning some forms of crypto due to power shortages. I just need my 6.5yo video card to last a little longer… Someone even told me just today that prices started to come down some, not sure where he got that, though.
I’ll have to dust off the CDJs here and see. At the very, very least you’ll get a recorded set. I don’t know what it is about the A/V stuff whether its recording jams or streaming but my brain screams bloody murder and just doesn’t want to deal with it. I’m full of all kinds of other excuses too but I’ll leave it at that. Also I’m pretty ya’ll would be in bed in the UK when I’d do it live ;p
I’ll stay up.
Neeeeeext!
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Excited to be receiving anAnalog Heat, it’s the first time I buy a tool for my sound as opposed to a sound source.
I had a few pedals but this is a different price range so it feels like it should be a synth.
And I can easily route it as a send or insert on the Force, good times ahead.
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I should be asleep, but instead I’m working on a funky “five on the floor” beat in 5/4… o.O I don’t even know why, other than I started trying it with 3/4 and that didn’t work well, but 5/4 with the right snare work, this is working out much better than I thought. I hummed out a bassline to it as it was playing, and fell into a groove with that, too. I think it’s time to go clean my face and faceplant a pillow, though.
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I just logged on for my day’s work.
Not sure if I’m referring to my job or IDMf
https://www.facebook.com/somasynths/videos/846622722943969/
The Soma nutjobs are at it again. This sounds like a combination of the Continuum engine with Soma’s craziness. Interested to see how this evolves. I’m not going to say I don’t need another poly-synth, because I’m always looking if I’m being honest. I hear a lot of clipping, but it’s early days.
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The idea seems cool, not sure where it will go though…
NI dropped Maschine 2.14 and 1.13+ on us today. Added some things, including a “poly synth” recreated from Pro-53, but instead of placing it in the Plug-In browser where Massive, FM8, and Reaktor reside, it’s in the “internal” things as “Poly Synth”
…kinda like Akai. Tube Synth, Poly Synth, etc…
But why in sweet tap dancing christ did they not get to oscillator control until page 4 and 5??
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I’m really happy you have Maschine as you are keeping my gear lust for it at bay and helped me understand I don’t really need it. Thanks
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