#2807

That’s a beautiful deck! Been meaning to get a decent cassette deck myself… all I have is some Walkman and a crappy portable deck that doesn’t sound too good. You should def get a Walkman if you’re getting a good amount of tapes, I stopped using my iPhone for music and started listening to entire albums again on my work commute - plus you hear all the electronic interference as you move around which can sometimes be a weird bonus :grin:

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#2808

i have a bunch of old tapes, some are not properly labelled, half of the fun will be finding out what’s actually on them :slight_smile: but yeah, that’s the plan for walkman, takes me about 30 min to walk from work, so basically one side. i think having to choose ahead of time what to listen to as opposed to being paralyzed by choice will make for more mindful listening too.

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#2809

The giant milled aluminum knobs and analog VU meters on my dad’s Pioneer and Teac hifi gear were definitely a big part of my early (as in “in diapers”) love affair with recorded music.

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#2810

‘having to choose ahead of time what to listen to as opposed to being paralyzed by choice will make for more mindful listening too.’

Yes! I tend to take two tapes with me just in case my mood changes though. Generally something acid-y along with whatever I’ve chosen for the day :+1:

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#2811

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I finally am able to use all of my modules together! :grin:

What do I do now :sweat_smile:

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#2813

Thank you :slight_smile:

I’ll have a recording of some kind up this weekend!

#2816

Mine doesn’t, so they aren’t all that way!

#2817

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Got a moon lamp for evening patching.

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#2818

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Got tired of loose ribbon cables that were too short. I2C was makin’ me crazy! Now to plug it all in and see if it works…

Edit:
Well, it boots. That’s a start!

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Now to update some firmwares…

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#2819

Very interesting to see the back of a system with lots of I2C connections, I knew it was possible but it never occurred to me just how awkward it would be to wire up!

What is the huge module in the top left with a big screen and a bunch of USB ports?

#2820

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.

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#2821

It’s the Percussa Super Signal Processor, and I’d very interessed to hear what @jasonw22 thinks of it (or be linked to his thoughts on it if he wrote them on another topic already !)

#2822

That’s a real beaut. I bought a Technics deck last year that smokes when powered up. Probably a cheap/quick fix, if I had the time!

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#2823

can’t recommend the µO_c highly enough for you. reclaim some space!

#2824

I know! I could also replace my Clouds clone with a uBurst! And I will likely replace Maths with a Stages sometime next year as well. In the meantime I will consider the size of a regular O_c as a luxury :wink:

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#2825

The Percussa SSP hardware is amazing. The software… has a lot of growth potential.

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#2826

I would say that of all the “miniaturised” things, only the µO_C feels like “that was the size it should have always been”; none of the tiny MI modules seem to make much ergonomic sense to me. But I’m very happy with my little OC.

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#2827

I second that! Wouldn’t know where I’d be without mine

#2828

i’m lost when it comes to DIY/electronics, fortunately we have a good shop here that does repairs (they have some amazing stuff, i could easily spend a couple of hours there just browsing).

and i’m finally able to play your tape now :slight_smile:

#2829

I kind of wonder about the newer version of Plancks with the sliders. It makes a lot more sense to me than the first one with the crowded knobs. I even considered getting one just as a mixer/offset generator (which is how I usually used Frames), but decided against it.

I agree that uO_C’s layout seems clearer than the original O_C. I’m considering it for my next module purchase, since Hemisphere Suite seems particularly useful to me. I just bought a tanh[3] minutes ago though, so I’m not sure when that’ll be :slight_smile:

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