caught a roland slash BOSS de200 for ~50 bucks without a power cable few years back and it has continued to impress me. it sounds great, has cool modulation. trig/sync and mod speed as well as some other functions in the back. the other versions accumulate in features and in price... SP90 and 990 ar...

also turn of the monitor, open the window, close your eyes and listen to this hauntingly beautiful album by spectrum that will stay with me for the rest of my days...

I get the impression that some people here think that actual instruments are an unnecessary distraction to the process of creating Pure Music of the Mind freed from the corruption of material things. Maybe eventually they'll develop "conceptual music," where the music is freed from the constraints ...

Ok, no more excuses on not making a new polyphonic synth... I'm pretty sure this IS their excuse for not making a poly. But honestly, who cares? It's just another ass-backwards move from Moog--maintaining a "legacy" by making products for exactly 5 people in the world, using a rock dinosaur (who's ...

I was wondering whether anybody uses compression at the recording stage on guitars & vocals. I read somewhere that the steadier level makes it easier to adjust the gain, which makes perfect sense to me. it really depends on the instrument being recorded and the context. i think the compressor setti...

i dont see why people get hung up on preset sounds, of an instrument thats supposed to 'synthesize' any concievable (and sometimes unimaginable) sounds. must have very little imagination.... on the other hand... theres some preset sounds (lately bass, soundtrack, fat fifth) that are just so characht...

i hear the midistudio 688 is king. but either way you put it, its still cassette...

not exactly the same thing but i have a thing for farfisa combo organs... two fixer uppers a mini compact and a fast 5 still in the shop... they were gifts/bundled in a deal. nowadays i use the 'comboF' farfisa VST it stays in tune much nicer

i carry the space heater over from my bedroom and plug it in behind my studio chair. hope that helps...

distortion is a form of compression. i learned to use the Saturator in ableton on 'analog clip' mode and it basically brickwalls stuff at zero, adds a tasteful pinch of drive, but avoids the 'sucking' time feature of a limiter or compressor. i use this trick 9/10 times instead of a compressor now......

everythings a sample. nothings a sample. funny how when you play something the first time around its a performance, but the recording, when given to someone completely removed from the process becomes a 'sample'.

i used a now sadly discontinued RTA 'creation station' studio desk. holds my pair 8" MAudio studio monitors and about a 14" VGA computer monitor. i have on stage stand metal monitor stands for my rear surround monitors but you couldnt pay me to put my front monitors on them. they are a bit dodgy and...

I don't know... No audio manipulation Kind of sucks the fun out of working within the limitations, don't you think? WHY? The point of these "single synth" competitions is to PUSH THE LIMITS of said synth. Is there no interesting music ever made without audio manipulation? If you answer "yes", then ...

What happened to any sampling drum machines? I can't seem to find any that have actual MIDI slave and master sync and also can sample and also have a drum machine style sequencer. Also looking for something that can do CD Redbook audio (44.1 kHz 16 bit stereo). Are the MPC's the only choice? id sug...

Read p.36 of the SH201 manua l. There is a "center" key for tracking. On the SH201 it's C4. Set tracking to 100% (the full range is +/-200%), play a C4 and set the cutoff to taste. Play C5 the filter opens up one octave, play C3 it closes one octave. This assumes of course no other modulations....L...