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I would say it's a very personal journey producing music. I've been at it since 1990 with an Atari sampler program, I suppose before that programming tones on a BBC B.
Many nights spent tweaking knobs. To me it seems such a massive subject and I've never met anyone who really simplifies it although there are some good tutorials around for Techno.
Then there's the outboard gear like reverbs, delays etc. and eq and compression the list goes on and on. I've witnessed friends spending £100k in todays money building rigs as a hobby.
Todays market is very different with so much choice of great synths. I got into Elektron early doors so I have the monomachine with keyboard and joystick, only 500 were made. The Machine Drum, Octatrack, Analog Keys. Just picked up a NDLR and I have the trinity TR909, TR808 & TB303. Slightly ratty condition but all originals. EMU SP1200 in case I need more percussion! & an XoX box that I built from the first batch. It all runs through a digital 32 track mixer.
I went through a period of selling a lot of gear and I am looking all the time for a synth I can afford that might add something. I sold a Virus Ti and a Moog Voyager just to make space but I miss a knob per function interface so something like that is probably in my future.
I'm always working with software too. Logic and Ableton. I don't see any reason to limit myself to hardware only.
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Sounds like a lovely set up.
I’ve actually been pleasantly surprised by how affordable stuff appears. The Korg Volcas seem a lot of fun for ~£120 for example.
I can see how it gets silly when you tell yourself that you need something that you’ve seen on a YouTube video.
For example, I’ve decided that I really want this to make some dark doom laden techno. In fact, I’ve got a list of about £1k of kit that I’ll probably end up buying. https://youtu.be/iGQFQvYsF8o
I know a guy who has gone down the Eurorack route and seems to have spent an insane amount.
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Anything you can share?
What’s your set up?
My volca drum is supposed to arrive today so I won’t be seeing any sunlight.