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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / sequencer?

« on: March 10, 2011, 07:19:18 am »

Had fun last night linking my Dark Energy up to an Analogue Systems modular, and a Future Retro 777 sequencer (https://www.future-retro.com/777overview.html). which got me thinking how nice it would be to have a friend for the DE.

any recommendations on sequencer hardware options? Ideally something compact rather than deluxe... showing a distinct lack of imagination, I am wondering about just keeping it in the family and thinking Dark Time, but stocks are limited due to demand at present, and wondering if there's something worth keeping an eye on ebay for...

slightly off my own topic, but the DE played very nicely with last night's friends - there looks to be an awful lot of flexibility in that little box...

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Mutable Instruments Shruti-1

« on: March 09, 2011, 04:32:54 am »

what would be really cool would be have that Seq trigger CV changes back to the Shruti. craaaaaaazy.

I found the Shruti "pretty" easy to build, and definitely brushed up my skills good. 

I need to work out what the first sentence means in practice (I'm still learning... got a 'tutorial' tonight, where I'm going to hook the ickle Dark Energy up to a massive modular synth - I hope to fully understand rather than notionally appreciate CV by bedtime)

the second line might cost me a few quid... in a good way

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Mutable Instruments Shruti-1

« on: March 08, 2011, 09:33:55 am »

food for thought indeed... slightly terrified by the relative complexity of the build, so will wait until I have a few successful analogue projects under my belt before maybe trying of these. but it looks very interesting... for some reason, more attractive  than the DSI synths (which is probably illogical)

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Mutable Instruments Shruti-1

« on: March 08, 2011, 07:17:04 am »

noob-like question - would a Shruthi 1 play nicely with my Doepfer Dark Energy as a sequencer? obviously, I've had the DE less than a week, but I don't want it to get lonely 

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FIELD RECORDING / Re: The "what portable recording device should I buy?" thread

« on: February 23, 2011, 04:00:11 am »

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FIELD RECORDING / Re: The "what portable recording device should I buy?" thread

« on: February 22, 2011, 06:23:54 am »

hope I'm not going to get shot for restarting two slightly old threads in succession - I'm looking to get a pocketable portable recorder to move on from using minidisc, and on a budget... ideally, something that'd could be carried everyday, be able record with with contact mics, field recordings with onboard or external mics, and general rehearsal/acoustic room recordings on the fly.

primary reference points, as well as this forum have been Sound on Sound reviews, and Transom (http://transom.org/?page_id=7514)

been considering the Zoom H2, but wary of not being able to plug in mics without an additional preamp.

Reading about the Tascams, seems that their hiss levels are more acceptable than on other budget recorders - has anyone any experience of the Tascam DR 2D? looks like a nice compact, well built unit, although lacks x/y mic configuration (seems to be set at 105 degrees - is this a problem/concern?), and figured the external inputs may be consistent with their other models (like DR07, DR1, etc).

sadly, the Zoom H4n and Sony PCM10 is out of my budget at the moment

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: Recommend me a reverb unit

« on: February 16, 2011, 11:03:08 am »

inadvertently, I drifted off topic, and went with the TC Electronics Flashback for now, and the reverb will come later... the looper function sold it to me. I'll go find another thread 

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: Recommend me a reverb unit

« on: February 15, 2011, 04:49:34 am »

sorry if this is late, but this turned me in the direction of TC Electronics (I only know their distortion pedals - bloody lovely), but I was looking for a unit to wire up with little noiseboxes, and looking for some nice delay or reverb pedal. taylor's lead has got me thinking about the TC Electronic's Hall of Fame reverb (http://www.tcelectronic.com/hall-of-fame.asp) - anyone tried one? had been considering a EHX Holy Grail, but slightly unsure now the pedal's changed shape from the original (has it changed inside??)

thanks for any steers