We are the music makers - producers?

also for sequencing I liked the Turing machine and quantiser of your choice pairing, it's random but not at all really and it's completely constrainable if you want to tighten things up

I have the Music Thing Modular Turing and a quantizer. I don't really get on with it, such a shame it doesn't have seven steps, but also it seems to need recalibration all the time?

i never seemed to have a recalibration problem with mine, I did also use the pulses to reset a 8 step sequencer to get any division you'd like. A digitakt would probably be simpler overall if you're not committed to being entirely 'in the box'

I've got the 1010 Music Blackbox. I would like to reduce desk gear it has to be said!

You've really made me think. I'm going to hold off from going to sequencing in the rack, my case is nearly full and I think I'd rather fill it in with smaller useful utility type modules than a huge sequencing module.

If I was going to move to a bigger case fair enough, but no plans to just yet.

All good. Euro sequencers always look fun in videos… but unless you need/want CV control over them to do something a midi sequencer can’t (eg rapid resets, extreme tempo changes and randomisation and stuff), I just struggle with the cost/benefit aspect.

I’m not someone that is “all in” on eurorack though. If philosophically you want everything in the rack then I get it.

My production partner Paul and I are doing our improvised live Techno thing in Glasgow in a couple of weeks, here’s a little promo I made 😝

https://youtu.be/RD-fgijRm84?si=fjnma3ujBoWbCbgM

If anyone's interested in a brand new, unused Cirklon 2 with CVIO, breakout box, cable, mahogany end cheeks, and black keycap set, I'm selling mine for what it cost me to buy. No scalping. Let me know.

Edit: now sold elsewhere

I bought one of these
https://www.rhythmo.io/

on kickstarter, thinking my daughter would get into it. For reasons, they haven't.
Is it of any interest to anyone on here? And what is a fair price? And what is a fair price not on here?

It's good and works.

Anyone have any idea wtf is going on with Universal Audio plugins?

They've utterly collapsed their business model with these new bundles from what I cna tell:

https://pluginfox.com/products/universal-audio-uad-signature-edition-bundle-upgrade?variant=44497139171551&sfdr_ptcid=21430_100_700494049&sfdr_hash=9530a2beca2039fa09436775a52e4e14&gad_source=1

A few years ago that would've cost you, even on sale, upwards of a grand. Wtf is happening?

Do you still need the UAD interface to run these, I'm confused

Nope, I picked up their free LA-2A compressor a while back there. I'm guessing the price drop is due to the competition making more affordable alternatives.

That particular bundle includes both - the ones that run on the UAD hardware, and the ones that run natively.

Not all of the bundles include both but that one does.

On the subject of UA, anyone got the Ox box? Although I've been having fun with Neural Amp Modeler I would like to record through my own amps, I struggle with mics, I'm really shit at it!

PS & BTW I used BandLab to master a few tracks the other day, so good. Very impressed with the results and totally free.

The Ox box does look good have to say! Spring for one, let us know what you think!

New TE calculator thing looks actually great and is only £299. Love it.

Also the new AR update sounds really good. Saving p-locks as new sounds is something I’ve been asking for for years.

https://youtu.be/T6PBG_WWRXA?si=jNK2RY7_H2JrSTMv

Selling an MPC One if anyone’s interested. Open to offers!
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/392153/#comment17215171

I really like Boz Digital stuff. Free Piano not bad!

https://www.bozdigitallabs.com/new-york-l-bundle-lite/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%E2%9D%97FREE+Gift+Alert%21+%7C+Xmas+is+HERE%21&utm_campaign=Christmas+Sale+2023+-+Email+%231

Anyone want an ableton live lite licence? Just got one with a beatstep pro I've just bought but I already have the full fat version.

Free for anyone who wants it.

Thoughts on the Arturia Microfreak as a first box synth for a teenager?

They’re good little synths but I would say it has its niche, it’s not a do it all or “conventional” kind of synth. The touch pad keyboard is unusual, it works in an interesting way but it’s not exactly what you’d expect from a typical synth.

I think if the intended recipient is interested in experimenting and creating unusual sounds (especially digitally synthesised sounds) it’s a great choice. If the aim was to be able to cover a load of classic analogue/subtractive sounds and/or learn the basics of synthesis there might be better choices (eg the Korg Minilogue is very popular as a more conventional analogue synth).

He's been fiddling with VCV rack for a while. Just moved over to Ableton from GB. I'm quite amazed how quickly the young uns pick all this stuff up. I think what he really wants is a shelf of eurorack.

Oh yeah then the Microfreak is perfect. It has a bunch of the open source Mutable Instruments sound generators in.

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