If my machine isn’t on this boat i’m going to be more angry than Major Robert Henry Cain
You didn’t order before me, did you? I forget and can’t be bothered to search lol. But I was right by the cutoff mentioned in the last update and don’t have mine, I was early October, so ours are out there on the ocean, chilling and vibing with the salty spray, or some other random “lofi beats nonsense” XD
lol sorry, there was a thread on reddit’s lofi sub about how “lofi” has basically been co-opted by “lofi study beats” etc and essentially taken over the entire thing, mostly by a bunch of people with gear that is either a DAW or has essentially pristine converters, etc.
Back in my day…! etc… I mean they aren’t wrong per se. There’s definitely this instant gratification vibe coming from a lot of these, usually younger, people… and basically all imitating each other and not really doing much different.
It does, however, give me a sense of confidence as an artist that doing the weird or even possibly dumb things I do has merit XD Even if it might sound a little wonky…
Examples:
Audio Damage Discord’s plugin “sickly chorus” preset is my jam
Using the OP-1’s “tape” and slowing it down after recording, or even before recording, as it lowers sample rate…
Sampling from cassette tapes using an old janky surely in need of TLC Tascam 414 mkII I picked up for $20 at one point. It’s twice speed so I have to pitch it down. I stole/modified the idea old samplists used with their shitty RAM samplers and playing records faster and pitching them down, with a different twist.
I used to guard the last two and then laugh because I realize none of these “influencers” are doing even the OP-1 thing and it became their little darling…
I ordered before you on August the 2nd, I should of had mine by now by Brads earlier estimations which left me convinced he’s had people queue jumping behind the scenes. Let’s face it if you have an excel document with everybody’s details on how can you later be so far out in estimation as the last boat that came was originally supposed to fill orders till the end of August.
PS he gave the end of August cut off estimate after boxgate.
Man, that td3-MO definitely has me gassing, I don’t really need it and it’s hard to justify in the current state of the world (who knows how long I’ll actually be making money)
Should probably just focus on making music while I still can haha!
Fuck…
I told you, might as well wait for the Behringer remake…
Well, that explains why the TD-3 price drops and lack of color models.
Considering selling my DeepMind12 in the fall to fund a Subsequent37.
DM12 is currently my only full sized keybed, i need to have at least one.
Today I’m planning on taking the Microfreak to the garden and just enjoy making patches. It is undoubtedly my favourite synth.
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I actually had to work work rather than fun work.
So I’m now installing Bitwig demo to give it a spin and see what all the fuss is about.
i was going to try it earlier only to find my OS is too old 
I have it 10 minutes then I missed Ableton. Old habits die hard. I’ll try again…
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At this point in my life I don’t see the value of learning another DAW as I’m basically just using it as a mixer and the VST FX. I do want to try Harrison Mixbus someday though. Should have bought it when it was $40 US lol
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My thought process:
- Smack Relic for being a twat
- He may be right. Curses
- Smack Relic for being right
- Violence and bullying on the internet is bad cos court of public onion. Or opinion. Who cares
- Smack relic even harder but come up with something convincing
- Too much effort, try and come up with pithy response. Derp, one appears to be pithless.
- Effort invested for positive strokes from people I don’t know outweighs gain, so…
- Go back to current PC game being played after writing too many words.
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I keep thinking about diving into another DAW, and I always wonder how much sound I could have produced in the time it takes me to learn it enough to be competent in it.
They’re just tools, they all do the same stuff (especially once you add plugins/VSTs) - the grass is always greener, and it feels like digital GAS to me. Think I’ll take a Tums and get back to banging on what I know how to use.
Mixbus is pretty cool. I use it for mixing, after I arrange my tracks in Bitwig. For hardware, it is a bit fiddly for recording for me, but I am a super noob so it is probably more me. Mixbus is on sale several times a year, and I am on their mailing list, I can give you a shout when I see it is on sale, if you want.
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To be honest, I tried to force myself to get something going on Ableton only.
30
Minutes later I turned on the Force and the Microfreak and I had something going in seconds.
That’s just proof that I need limitations to make music.
Which also means I might get a Minibrute 2 to go with the Microfreak…
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If you think of it next time you see a sale but no big deal. I do appreciate it though 
Ive been thinking about buying it for years and years and haven’t yet so…
W the 1010 Bluebox I probably won’t be recording to a DAW in the near future. I haven’t used it a lot but for someone recording only line level devices I can’t see a reason to record through an latency ridden interface ever again.
MPC 2.10 is out, with audio interface support, new instruments, new envelopes and effects on drum samples, new effects and big fixes. Quite a big deal. The new drum sampler effects and finally the pitch envelope are quite cool.
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I’ve been hesitant to update my Digitakt even though the new update makes it a whole new machine. I think I might give it until the next minor update.
Also taking a long good look at the Modal Argon8M (the module). Wave table/wave shaping would be very different than what I can currently do with my hardware. Also, it comes with a rack mount kit which help it fit into my the space I currently have.
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