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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Madrona Soundplane

« on: February 04, 2010, 06:16:28 pm »

that does look nice.
if it is a little less than the continuum i would certainly consider getting one.

i love that 60% of the continuum demo videos i have seen sound like the music from a sex scene in an 80s cop movie.

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COMPUTER MUSIC / softstep foot controller

« on: February 04, 2010, 12:00:25 pm »

http://www.keithmcmillen.com/products/softstep/

this looks like a great controller midi and osc apparently.

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Re: Classic Production Plug-ins

« on: January 25, 2010, 01:22:22 pm »

fabfilter pro-q my new favourite eq

http://www.fabfilter.com/products/pro-q.php

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Re: monome experience

« on: January 20, 2010, 02:54:10 pm »

i think that do to max4live both of these should be very compatible with max/msp. and i think that both, other than the look are pretty basic midi devices (i could be wrong about this) with a special edition of live that comes with each.
there is a decent amount of information on the launchpad at create digital music.
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/10/02/novation-launchpad-impressions-video-questions-and-answers/
and a tone of videos of people controlling max patches for the monome with a launchpad on youtube.
the monome is still such a lust worthy little box though. and i honestly have never heard anyone say anything bad about it.

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: teenage engineering OP-1

« on: January 19, 2010, 04:42:42 pm »

http://www.teenageengineering.com/pro/studiosystem/
this already exists (for european customers)

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Re: buffer reverser AU (free)

« on: January 19, 2010, 04:38:41 pm »

thanks.

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Re: monome experience

« on: January 19, 2010, 04:38:06 pm »

one of the first things that you may want to do is figure out if you want a touch screen or if you prefer "real" buttons... particularly for live situations "performance" there is something to be said for being able to feel your way around the interface. for anyone with a background with an acoustic instrument you know that you don't spend the entire time looking at your fingers and the keys, strings...
next is how many buttons do you need? there are a few other matrx style button controllers worth looking at. such as:
http://www.lividinstruments.com/hardware_ohm64.php
http://www.lividinstruments.com/hardware_block.php
as other have said; i wouldn't worry too much about actually programing any of these, there are a plenty of people online who would be willing to help you out with the various stages no matter which hardware interface you go with and i don't think it will take too long. + playing with new things is fun.

after years of "an apple multi-touch tablet is coming soon" unless it is magical like a bloody chitty chitty bang bang i am going to be underwhelmed.

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: teenage engineering OP-1

« on: January 18, 2010, 04:46:33 pm »

i spent a good chunk of the morning watching terrible youtube/vimeo videos of this and looking at the teenage engineering website.
they have some other beautiful looking products in the works:
http://www.teenageengineering.com/pro/studiosystem/
http://www.teenageengineering.com/projects/styrofoam_turntable/
i am not really a hardware guy, but this really appeals to me. in addition to the 2001 a space odyssey aesthetic it looks like a great balance of lo-fi fun and useful features. from what i have seen so far i would be willing to spend a max of around $500, but apparently there are still quite a few changes to be made.
unfortunately i think that removing the built in speaker, mic and receiver would make a marginal difference in price. and the first two give it that take-it-out-and-play-anywhere quality. which seems like something that is important to the designers.