Synthesizer Gear Porn ;-)

[battema]

Nice! Kind of a Jean-Michel Jarre groove going on there Thanks for sharing!

That's actually the next trick I need to sort out...in my studio I need to stack this an a Moog Voyager vertically. That's two heavy boards with a 2-tier solution...

[Gizmotron]

Cool! Congrats!

[bjoneill74]

There's this killer place in Falls Church here in VA called Action Music. They have a wall that is nothing but pedals, everything from your basic Boss gadgets to some serious novelty items (both used and new). All three of us in the band (drummer sits it out, ha ha) go in there and just drool over some of the effects.

That place is quite dangerous! The only boss stuff they have is generally used, but they are usually in great shape and priced very well. They have an amazing variety of pedals and effects. My jaw dropped when I first went into that place.
I think he even has some of the very first prototypes of the Fulltone stuff in there (I don't think they are for sale though).
Oh and if you're into vintage guitars and amps.. just WOW!

[Gizmotron]

That place is quite dangerous! The only boss stuff they have is generally used, but they are usually in great shape and priced very well. They have an amazing variety of pedals and effects. My jaw dropped when I first went into that place.
I think he even has some of the very first prototypes of the Fulltone stuff in there (I don't think they are for sale though).
Oh and if you're into vintage guitars and amps.. just WOW!

When I went to Falls Church in 1992 I realized that Retail had been taken to a new level.

[battema]

Now I have a hankering to hit Action Music this weekend

[hFx]

DSI/Sequential meetup in Stockholm last saturday, with special greeting from Dave Smith himself

[hippypants]

Just found this thread, never looked on the Artist forum before. Anyway, the guy below has a pretty interesting YT channel on synths. I used to have an Arp Odyssey, but it broke. Had it for many years. Bought a MicroKorg the other day, so it's nice to have a synth around the house again.

[GuitarGeek]

Just found this thread, never looked on the Artist forum before. Anyway, the guy below has a pretty interesting YT channel on synths. I used to have an Arp Odyssey, but it broke. Had it for many years. Bought a MicroKorg the other day, so it's nice to have a synth around the house again.

I still have a non-functional Minimoog Model D, late 70's model, I think. My dad tried to talk me into selling it to a neighbor who apparently makes rap music, but I refused. One of these days, I'm going to have it refurbished.

[hippypants]

I still have a non-functional Minimoog Model D, late 70's model, I think. My dad tried to talk me into selling it to a neighbor who apparently makes rap music, but I refused. One of these days, I'm going to have it refurbished.

Yeah, I wish I had kept my Arp. It was a mistake, but I was trying to lighten my load when moving across Texas at the time. Sort of water under the bridge now. But who knows maybe I'll buy a new model or something else.

Here's a link to a Vintage Synth blog some might enjoy.

[hFx]

Yeah, I wish I had kept my Arp. It was a mistake, but I was trying to lighten my load when moving across Texas at the time. Sort of water under the bridge now. But who knows maybe I'll buy a new model or something else.

Here's a link to a Vintage Synth blog some might enjoy.

One guy brought a mint condition Odyssey to the DSI meet (above). It's a really nice synth! If you want to buy one, the Korg reduced-size Arp Odyssey clone is very similar in sound and action to the original an quite affordable. Korg have released a full scale Odyssey Clone too - less cheap however.

mini-version: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Odyssey

Full Scale (article): http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/...ing-for-646766

[Progbear]

I’ve seen this. They go out of their way to clone every aspect of the original 1972, white-face Odyssey...and go and shoot themselves in the foot by saddling it with the much-loathed PPC system? What were they thinking?

I have an Odyssey in storage that I need to retrieve and sell one of these days. Last time I trotted it out, it didn’t work.

[GuitarGeek]

Yeah, I wish I had kept my Arp. It was a mistake, but I was trying to lighten my load when moving across Texas at the time. Sort of water under the bridge now. But who knows maybe I'll buy a new model or something else.

Here's a link to a Vintage Synth blog some might enjoy.

One of the times I talked to Michelle Moog-Koussa, I told her about my refusal to let go of my Model D, and she said "Good! Everyone who sells theirs regrets it!".

Anyway, I've kinda made up my mind I'm going to get a wavefolder next, for my modular synth. I can't make up my mind if I should get a Doepfer A-137-1, or an Intellijel μFold II, or perhaps a Disting. The Disting looks like it's one of those "menu" modules, which I'm not crazy about, but it looks like it can do a lot of stuff, and would be very useful for that reason.

[battema]

I've been circling the Distings for a while now, but the whole "menu" approach has somewhat put me off as well. I don't mind *some* of that, but I do like the more intuitive/tactile approach.

I have and really like the Intellijel uFold II. Works great with stuff like the STO and the Dixie

[GuitarGeek]

I've been circling the Distings for a while now, but the whole "menu" approach has somewhat put me off as well. I don't mind *some* of that, but I do like the more intuitive/tactile approach.

I have and really like the Intellijel uFold II. Works great with stuff like the STO and the Dixie

Part of me wants to go for the μFold II, just because it's less hp, and therefore takes up less real estate. But the A-172-1 seems to be more versatile, with more variable parameters, and of course, CV on all of them. Well, it'll still be another couple weeks before I'll really have the money to buy anything, so I guess that's another couple weeks to ponder...

[battema]

I understand

[battema]

Just for knowing...saw this come up as a preorder on ctrl-mod:

https://www.ctrl-mod.com/products/fo...ssor-pre-order

[hippypants]

That Tip Top processor demo was pretty cool.
Here's a little gizmo for electo-acoustic sound that seems pretty interesting as well.

[battema]

I did that Kickstarter! Hoping to receive mine next month :-)

[GuitarGeek]

Just for knowing...saw this come up as a preorder on ctrl-mod:

https://www.ctrl-mod.com/products/fo...ssor-pre-order

That looks interesting, though the "demo" video was kinda pointless. You get a minute of a bassline, accompanied by a drum machine, with someone mumbling in the background. Is the bassline being played through the fold processor? Is the mumbling part of the track or is that actually supposed to be about the wave processor? Who knows? I couldn't tell because the video would only play about half a second at a time for me. Too bad they didn't think to actually demonstrate what the controls do and what it sounds like when manipulate the controls, or what the octave divider sounds like (though, if it just generates square waves at each octave, I know what a square wave sounds like).

At any rate, I'm not sure if I'm going against my better judgement, or with it, but I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on the A-137-1. I gotta wait for a credit car payment to clear, but hopefully, that'll mean that by Tuesday, I'll be able to order the A-137-1, or if I've changed my mind then, something else.

[battema]

Sweet! Enjoy

[hippypants]

Battema--so I guess with that Koma Field Kit, you have to put it together yourself? I saw a video on YT that shows how to do it. Looked pretty easy.

You seem to have a lot of synths. Have you ever thought about doing a solo album? To record or at least get down ideas these days (unless it's done professionally in a studio), do most musicians just use a software program and computer?

[battema]

Actually, I bought the pre-built kit along with the Eurorack panel so I wouldn't have to also build the thing ;-)

And actually, I've been doing solo things for decades now (and people think I go a bit too soft-sell with my band, LOL). A handful of the better/later albums are on bandcamp; much of my earliest stuff was way too derivative of stuff like 80's/90's Tangerine Dream for comfort. None of them feature the Eurorack stuff yet, but...well, I like 'em.

battema.bandcamp.com

Main one costs $$, but the rest are free to download if memory serves.

[hippypants]

battema.bandcamp.com Thanks I'll check them out.

I ran across this early 1964-1971 acoustic electric various artist selection on Discogs. I think it's pretty good with some classical composers on it.

It'll be nice to hear how you can incorporate that Koma into the mix.

[battema]

battema.bandcamp.com Thanks I'll check them out.

Fair warning: I don't really do "prog" per se when I'm on my own

[hippypants]

Fair warning: I don't really do "prog" per se when I'm on my own

Really that's fine with me. I started to do a thread on one of the other boards called "What You Looking For?" In other words what someone else might be interested in hearing. By the way I heard some of your soloing and it was very good! Reminded me a bit of Isham, whom I like. Nice melodic stuff.

I don't know what or where your taste are, but I assume since you're on PE they are broad. For me though I'm always into the search to hear something different. If I were to either create something or buy something or be interested in hearing something, I'd tend to be a tad more avant in my interest/approach.

I'd want to hear something a bit more an amalgam of things: A bit prog mabye, a bit electroacoustic, a bit drone, a bit jazz, maybe some new age-y drift, maybe some kind of synth soundscape, maybe some zeuhl or jazz rock or something a bit raw or rocky to juxtapose the other stuff, a bass & drum solo, something? and so on. Now in a band this might be hard to muster as not everyone might not want to get into all these different areas, etc. But going solo, you can do what you like.