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[marshy]

those little zoom sampletracks are ill as shit!!

Had some good fun with it, thinking of selling it to get me through Uni if anyone is interested, though. Comes in origional box n all.

[magma]

[saunasound]

Elektron Monomachine - My baby. It's my favorite instrument. It's so intuitive and i can work really fast with it. It's great to come up with new ideas and sounds. It's small enough to have it on the lap on a couch with headphones. What I miss is that i cannot load different drum sounds.

Elektron Machinedrum - Such a deep machine. Like the monomachine it is very intuitive and fast to work with. I come up with the strangest stuff. I can load samples and resample with the RAM. I have it for a couple of years now, and I still haven't used all the functions. What I don't like about it is the limitation of the sequencer to 32 steps.

Nord Lead 3 Rack - Great sounding synth, especaly for pads. You have a knob or button for each function, so it is very hands on. I sequence it from the monomachine without any problem. A downside is, that it doesn't have any FX like a virus for exampl. But I get around this by routing the audio into the monomachine or machinedrum and use their FX.

Jomox XBase 09 - Basicaly a 909 clone. I bought it used for cheap. I just love its sound. Sometimes it's difficult to hold back, so it doesn't dominate the mix. I love to route it into the machine drum for FX and complex modulations. It is also very easy to handle, you have a knob for everything, very hands on. It acts a bit strange from time to time. Like it loses saved patterns or sounds, or a funtion doesn't work temporarly. But it is a quite old machine and I'm happy to use it as it is.

Sherman Filterbank 2 - I haven't had the time to go deep into this. I did some surface scratching. Routing drums into it is so much fun. It has al kinds of inptus to trigger envelopes and stuff. I have to pay attention that I don't overdo it. It can easly happen that no matter what audio you send into it, it comes out as distorted noise. I'm not yet used to it.

MPC 1000 - Bought this not long ago so I'm not that deep into it yet. My plan is to sample sounds from my synths, like when I route the Jomox into machinedrum into filter bank. I sample the sound into the MPC, cut it up, sequence it. Then I have the other machines free for new sounds. As I said I haven't spend much time with it, so I can't talk about downsides or wishes for this.

Patchbay - This one is very important to me. I have all intputs and outputs of the hardware mentioned above connected to the patch bay. This way I can easly route sound from one synth to another. I can create crazy FX chains and in the end sample it with the MPC.


The basic idea of my setup is to have everything as hands on as possible. I prefer easy and fast to use synths. They might not sounds the best and have limitations, but for me it's all about the fun. Operating a synth with a mouse is one of the most horrible things I have done in my life. It sucks all motivation right out of me. Propellerheads Reason with a dedicated controller is nice, but I really want more. Also I don't really use any EQ or compression. Only for musical FX. My stuff doesn't sound very polished and fat, but I have lots of fun.

Here are some songs I did some time ago with this setup:
http://soundcloud.com/sauna-sound/spring-10
http://soundcloud.com/sauna-sound/scan
http://soundcloud.com/sauna-sound/02-daemmerung
http://soundcloud.com/sauna-sound/04-altstadt
http://soundcloud.com/sauna-sound/nede

[saunasound]

[edit] double post

[Depone]

Theres already a thread i created recently covering this topic. (props though i doubt you would have searched for "wet dreams" here lol)

http://www.dubstepforum.com/audio-gear- ... 23884.html

[christthetiger]

dope lil setup!

[christthetiger]

how are these guys?

Korg Kontrol49 Midi Keyboard and only for $200.



that a deal?

[Novelty]

My setup is nice, especially for a beginner such as myself..

I started with JUST a Novation Remote SL61 and my old ass computer. No special speakers or anything, just a controller. The Automap feature that came with my Novation REALLY helped me as far learning MIDI controllers.

At Christmas I was given a pair of Alesis M1 Active Monitors and an EMU-0404 USB audio interface. Since then, I've been introduced to a whole new world of sound, and these items have helped me develop significantly, simply because I can now hear things as they should be heard.

Right after Christmas was when I received my first financial aid check from school. After buying a completely new, top of the line PC, I picked up a KORG electribe ESX (which I am now selling due to its impracticality within my studio), a Roland SH-201, and a Mackie 1202-VLZ mixer.

I have everything set up properly, but I don't know how to play the piano, and I don't really understand what I'm supposed to do with my synth once I've made a sound that I like... but that is why I'm taking classes on synthesis, piano, sampling, etc...

Anyways, this is my setup. Not bad for only being 4 months in... Its just a little intimidating. Once my understanding of it all comes together a bit more, I'm sure these items will end up paying for themselves.