Gear lust

AxeD · Post by **AxeD** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:52 pm

hasezwei wrote:
AxeD wrote:In a bit of a bidding war over an Elektron Machinedrum now.
Hope I can pick this up for under €700.
good luck! is it the one with sampling?

It was yeah. But the seller didn't react to anything.

Did get a mint Maschine for €280,- though. Thought that was a decent price.

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:58 pm

Wish you were in the states, could have hooked you up.

Lucifa · Post by **Lucifa** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:37 pm

Does anyone have any low-end vintage polysynths?

Reckon I might sell off my Doepfer to get a really gritty digital one from the 80s.

wolf89 · Post by **wolf89** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:35 pm

Had a DSI Tempest for quite a while now. Forgot about this thread.

It fucking rules. Happy I bought it

Lucifa · Post by **Lucifa** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:00 pm

i almost got a Tetra last week then decided against it.

Also saw an SH-101 going for £500 if anyones interested. They tend to go for a lot more on eBay.

edit; no apparently thats like standard so nvm.

where's a good place to sell gear aside from forums?

AxeD · Post by **AxeD** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:35 pm

wolf89 wrote:Had a DSI Tempest for quite a while now. Forgot about this thread.

It fucking rules. Happy I bought it

Not fair, ban.

Seriously though, I might get one.. I thought I could get close with Maschine when I set it up right.
Not the same though.

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:46 am

Just nabbed a FMC Really Nice Compressor for 135USD out the door.

Also have you guys heard about the new Korg Volca series http://www.idmforums.com/showthread.php ... 8&page=147 Read this page and to the end of the thread, a lot of pictures and chat about them. Also on Gear Slutz. Some think they might for for Monotribe prices.

Jizz · Post by **Jizz** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:54 am

If i just wanted a set of rotaries that i could assign to different things on my daw and mess with on the fly, what should i buy?

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:09 am

JizzMan wrote:If i just wanted a set of rotaries that i could assign to different things on my daw and mess with on the fly, what should i buy?

I think the Novation Zero is an awesome controller. Look at the Akai mini series. I had an Akai LPD8 and the knobs worked great. Nice movement.

Jizz · Post by **Jizz** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:42 pm

fragments wrote:
JizzMan wrote:If i just wanted a set of rotaries that i could assign to different things on my daw and mess with on the fly, what should i buy?
I think the Novation Zero is an awesome controller. Look at the Akai mini series. I had an Akai LPD8 and the knobs worked great. Nice movement.

ooh the Novation Zero is what I want, bit pricey though. LPD8 does look good. I'm also thinking maybe just going full-fledged and buying a Maschine or something soo I can get some rotaries as well some MIDI pads too... but again, pricey

Jizz · Post by **Jizz** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:53 pm

actually, what's the consensus on the Akai MPD32? its got all of it at first glance...

Lucifa · Post by **Lucifa** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:35 pm

just bought an Akai AX80 - digi polysynth from the 80s

Muncey · Post by **Muncey** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:41 pm

^ Lend me dat

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:31 pm

JizzMan wrote:
fragments wrote:
JizzMan wrote:If i just wanted a set of rotaries that i could assign to different things on my daw and mess with on the fly, what should i buy?
I think the Novation Zero is an awesome controller. Look at the Akai mini series. I had an Akai LPD8 and the knobs worked great. Nice movement.
ooh the Novation Zero is what I want, bit pricey though. LPD8 does look good. I'm also thinking maybe just going full-fledged and buying a Maschine or something soo I can get some rotaries as well some MIDI pads too... but again, pricey

Maschine is a whole other animal though. I just scored an MK1 for like 300USD some months ago. Easily worth the money. The Maschine work flow is amazing. The software/hardware combo is perfect. I can get lost just writing beats on it. I need to do an all Maschine project some day.

I don't know how it is using Maschine as just a MIDI controller, haven't bothered with that. But honestly if you are just looking for quick and easy knobs and pads the LPD8 isn't terrible. I never got on with the pads much, but used the knobs on the regular.

wub · Post by **wub** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:36 pm

Maschine has it's own stand alone sequencer program thing, right?

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:44 pm

wub wrote:Maschine has it's own stand alone sequencer program thing, right?

Yes. Maschine's software is damn near a DAW, I haven't tapped into most of it. You could more or less complete projects inside Maschine if you wanted to. Easily a good live performance tool. Can be loaded as a VST or used stand alone. Also you can route up to 8 channels of audio to outs on your interface opening up other live and studio possibilities. If/When I try to put a live something together, it'll be with Maschine.

Jizz · Post by **Jizz** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:46 pm

yeah you could effectively make tunes without a DAW if you've got Maschine.

yeah I know Maschine's on another level fragments, but then again i wanna just become more hardware oriented with my music and it looks like a good place to start really. So sick of just a keyboard and a mouse lol.

and I'll repeat my earlier question, anyone used the AKai MPD32? is it any good?

AxeD · Post by **AxeD** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:23 pm

Yeah mpd32 is a good tool. Not if you have a Maschine though.

Maschine was not really what I was looking for and I'm looking to get away from the computer more.
If you like working with sampling a lot, it's great. But I've been looking for a synth from having Maschine after 1-2 weeks.
Keeping my drums in mschn and redrum though.

webstarr · Post by **webstarr** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:41 pm

JizzMan wrote:yeah you could effectively make tunes without a DAW if you've got Maschine.

yeah I know Maschine's on another level fragments, but then again i wanna just become more hardware oriented with my music and it looks like a good place to start really. So sick of just a keyboard and a mouse lol.

and I'll repeat my earlier question, anyone used the AKai MPD32? is it any good?

I had an MPD24 and the pads were horrible, not sure if they're any better on the 32. The LPD8 is a great little tool and has much better pads than the MPD24 I had. At the price it comes at you can always sell it and upgrade to something else if it isn't giving you what you want.

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:13 pm

I got my LPD8 for 50 and sold it for 40 after shipping. Not bad.

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