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Re: The Synth Thread...

Post by StevenO » Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:53 am

That sounds fun. The Casio is my least favourite part of that, especially the way he uses it, but still very cool. I think effects like delay and reverb add sooooo much to otherwise bland sounds.

The nasally/thin/8bit sound kind not reminds me of the It Follows soundtrack at times too, like on the "Jay" theme from the soundtrack.

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Post by Maggieo » Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:51 pm

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I suddenly want this setup very badly. :fp:
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Re: The Synth Thread...

Post by Telliot » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:47 pm

Leave it to Knobs to do a beautiful tutorial on the benefits of modular synthesis. :-*

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Post by mackerelmint » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:07 pm

I came across this little page that lays out the keyboard matrix used on my casio and the CT-410v. There are, apparently, a number of features and sounds in the chip that aren't used, and can be hooked up. It's geared more toward modding that other keyboard, but the guy's MT-45 links to it for "the instructions" and it's pretty well laid out. Could be a fun breakout box project at some point in time, though there are plenty of other things more pressing to finish up first!
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Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:13 pm

Telliot wrote:
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Leave it to Knobs to do a beautiful tutorial on the benefits of modular synthesis. :-*

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:-* :-* Knobs isn't always the most direct in their videos, but they make the most artistic and beautiful demos of anyone. I love watching Knobs' videos 8)
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Post by Telliot » Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:52 pm

The cool thing about fretless is you can hit a note...and then renegotiate.

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Post by tdbajus » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:20 am

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The *ahem* Zoom MS-70 CDR.

I swear that's the greatest single pedal ever made. There are plenty of youtube videos of people running synths through them to wonderful effect.
I have the previous model- the 50, I think. I have been a fan of the Zoom weirdness for a while, but while I still have it, I don't love it. Is the 70 an improvement?

Also, there is something weird about the prophet's output. I think there is some kind of impedance issue, maybe? That's what I thought I'd solve with the re-amp boxes....

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Post by tdbajus » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:24 am

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I already told Mike about this, but I have been not really enjoying my Moog Prodigy for awhile... Pretty much ever since I got it, it always sounded harsh and too "raw" sounding. Not particularly musical in any case.

Now, silly me, I had been running it primarily into guitar and bass amps and often both at the same time. At my old place, I had no room to set up my recording setup so there was no using a mixer or any kind of monitor. Welp, my new place has that. So I'm now playing my synths through an interface/mixer and monitors, and holy moly does everything sound better.

Seems like such an obvious thing, but yeah... :wacko:
Funny, but I had the same revelation, but in reverse, with Rhodes/Wurlies: they really don't sound their best, IMHO, until you run them through a guitar amp. Rhodes into a Magnatone w/vibrato could very well make a person faint. Delicious.

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Post by StevenO » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:39 am

I could definitely see that being the case for an electric piano. To me, those are more like guitars than anything.

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Post by StevenO » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:39 am

I could definitely see that being the case for an electric piano. To me, those are more like guitars than anything.

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Post by mackerelmint » Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:14 pm

tdbajus wrote:
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Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:59 pm
The *ahem* Zoom MS-70 CDR.

I swear that's the greatest single pedal ever made. There are plenty of youtube videos of people running synths through them to wonderful effect.
I have the previous model- the 50, I think. I have been a fan of the Zoom weirdness for a while, but while I still have it, I don't love it. Is the 70 an improvement?

Also, there is something weird about the prophet's output. I think there is some kind of impedance issue, maybe? That's what I thought I'd solve with the re-amp boxes....
I dunno, I don't have any experience with the 50. IIRC, that one covers all the bases, right? The CDR is modulation, delays, and reverbs, and they're nearly all very good sounding.

If it's an impedance thing you're dealing with, then I dunno. If it's coming out of the prophet wrong, it's probably better to fix that than buy some kind of impedance matcher/switcher/whatever.
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Post by oid » Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:35 pm

tdbajus wrote:
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Also, there is something weird about the prophet's output. I think there is some kind of impedance issue, maybe? That's what I thought I'd solve with the re-amp boxes....
Prophet should have no issue driving anything but low impedance studio gear. Reamp box is just a preamp for interfacing low impedance studio gear with the high impedance amp input, unlikely to solve the issue. Sounds more like something is wrong with with the prophet's output stage or something between it and the input amp of what ever you are plugging into, chord, plugs jacks. Or possibly the zoom's input amp if that is the only thing that causes the issue.
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Post by Zork » Thu Nov 22, 2018 11:53 am

I just chopped my Microkorg. I'm a proud owner of an Ampukorg now:

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It's very easy to do. I got the idea and instructions from this site: http://cavisynth.com/cut-your-microkorg/

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Post by oid » Thu Nov 22, 2018 12:31 pm

I never thought of chopping a micro korg, that makes them considerably more interesting to me, I dislike keyboards on synths. Nice work.

Edit, haha, just noticed your rebranding, nice!
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Re: The Synth Thread...

Post by StevenO » Thu Nov 22, 2018 4:05 pm

I'd love something like that. I'm surprised more companies don't offer modules like that. Sometimes the key-part of the keyboard is my least favourite part of a keyboard. That's certainly the case for Microkorg.

I know LCD Soundsystem has a system of about 4 or so chopped Microkorgs. Really cool.

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