We are the music makers - producers?

Speaking of CV and GATE though...any recommendations for books on modular synthesis? Like how the fuck do you make it work? 😁

Patch And Tweak would be my first port of call.

@Black_Rainbow_Project https://bjooks.com/products/patch-tweak-exploring-modular-synthesis

Sweet! I'll try and find a place with it in stock tonight. 👍

The guy that co-wrote that book has a website too:

https://learningmodular.com/

Looks like that's going to be really helpful for someone like me who normally just presses things until he hears something he likes. 😁

Not exactly like for like but I had the Focal Alpha 65s and found them far too much for my small mixing room - too flattering, too bassy, too mid-cut-y. I replaced them with the 8020Ds and found them a lot more flat and reliable

Thanks appreciated

Impulse purchase:

https://youtu.be/3G-RHoxscOw?si=YfhsylS6eljLquEg

Looking forward to being confused like hell, in a good way. Praise for YouTube tutorials.

I have actually being making some choons on Logic with a buddy, will duly share some clips.

This thing is great

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That looks like a lot of fun. I must get my electribe out again, I had almost forgotten that I have it!!

It's awesome. It's very easy to get a loop together. Not sure if/how you could get a full composition together, other than playing it live and muting elements as you go, as it only goes up to 16 bars (I think). How I'm currently using it, the samples I'm selecting are all over the sample banks, so it's hard to keep track of where they are to switch them on or off. I just need to spend more time figuring out the workflow I think. You can upload/record your own samples, so it will be much easier when you have everything you're using for a single pattern on one bank. As you can probably tell, I'm very n00b, but having fun and that's the main thing!

I really want one but can't really justify it this month.
you're not helping! 😅

Within the space of about 4 minutes, sampled an amen directly from youtube on my phone into the line-in and got this (attachment) jam going.

This is aspirational! https://youtu.be/YSVpsPLUokg?si=Go9vqgOes4ECRItt

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That is awesome. Doing something like that in an old amiga tracker would've taken a good few weeks of solid work!

awesome! what else have you got it plugged into?

To clarify - not my vid! That's what I'm aspiring to!

hah! sorry, missed that bit!
if you've not got it already (and apologies if it was you that told me about it) there's a great app called amen break generator on android.
might be a good place to sample in some amen breaks from

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X3f6WjdHDvQu7D8wlAnhcUgqyAw3JxSg/view?usp=drive_link

Since we're on an amen tip, I uploaded a couple of tracks the other day including this old one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEZizRam37w

Lovely! Love the Think break breakdown.

What did you use for it? I need to investigate a basic sequencer/DAW to start actually composing arrangements on my own. Logic is scary and I don't have a Mac. Have heard Reaper is good.

Cheers, I'll look into it. I've just been grabbing samples from free packs on Bandcamp and they've been fun to muck about with.

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Thanks, that was all done in Logic.

Nice.

Check this forthcoming module out, the brilliantly named Ectocore. I know one of the guys developing it.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_ipw7xvHRl/?igsh=MWUza3diM3Z3Z28wZQ==

Heh, love the idea of an Amen knob.

Sampling the train conductor

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBg393vsdCO/