#144

Not sure if I fully understand the premise of this thread. I have tons of instruments, but all I really need is my voice and one other instrument. If I had to choose only one, it would be a close tie between a tanpura or a classical guitar. I’m leaning towards the tanpura.

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#145

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#146

For me, all I would need is my MPC Live and some headphones. If I figured I’d have time+privacy+inspiration for recording vocals or sampling my environment, I’d bring my FMR Really Nice Preamp and my EV RE-20.

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#147

This is a Zoom MS70CDR feeding back into itself (a sequenced filter effect and some other things). There’s also a distortion pedal in the chain here, but you can do a lot of stuff just by taking one output to an input and recording the other output. I think that and a multitrack recorder with some rudimentary editing capabilities would be viable for a certain kind of electronic music for a certain kind of person…

If I had to live with just my MPC Live, I’d be more OK than though. It’s boundless, for all practical intents.

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#148

Could be fun!

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#149

How are you liking your Gen R-8? The sequencer seemed quite limited to me.

#150

Is that the Alex Rice pre-amp?

#151

The sequencer is indeed limited, but I like it that way: it is very immediate, and I use it 10 times more than some “better” sequencers I have which require you to remember button presses etc. to access hidden settings.

Personally I love the Gen R-8, but in good conscience I would have to flag issues like wobbly knobs, quirks / anomolies in the sound, noisy output etc. to any potential purchaser.

I’m willing to work around its flaws because it has tons of character. The low pass filter in particular, with no resonance, if you catch it in the right spot, is really beautiful. Marc Doty’s demo video describes it as “the sound of the 70s”, or words to that effect.

I did some basic demos to show some of the things one could do with it: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZPQgDikfh4PT_GKo-8rzSO3mPbQ9BGTE

#152

Norns - Fates - Grid - Arc - Faderfox

#153

Your demos of this synth are by far the best on yt, and convinced me to buy one. I actually won an auction on eBay, but the seller discovered a flaw and had to cancel.

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#154

Thanks, good luck getting hold of one, I think Dubreq are planning to release another batch in the not too distant future.

I raised it in this thread because it is a really inspiring and self contained instrument - battery powered, immediate ad tactile in its touchplate and knobiness (despite those knobs being rather plasticy and wobbly), surprisingly weighty (but obviously within the 50 lbs limit referred to in the OP) and really sui generis.

Generally its limitations force you into approaches you wouldn’t otherwise try (e.g. no independent volume control on the two oscillators - how do you deal with that?).

I had planned to take it away with me on the week-long holiday I just returned from, and see what I could do with the set-up in my photo. But then my new half-sized Continuum arrived earlier than expected just before I left, and the Stylophone got gazumped… :wink:

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#156

Nice set up. The Tascam looks like my DP06 but yours has silver buttons and dial - what model is yours?

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#157

I moved to Europe with two suitcases. It included everything here except the keyboard, which is also incredibly portable.

  • MiST FPGA for running a sequencer
  • MicroQ for sounds
  • CME XKey keyboard

My main interest is working with harmony/counterpoint, so I need a sequencer that has a clear ability to to display notes vertically.

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#158

Well, I’m one of those lucky guys who’s got stuck in China when all the virus situation has started. I got literary locked in a hotel for a couple of weeks. Luckily I had my little boy with me, it made everything a little better than it could be.
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#159

I’ve been house-sitting for a friend this week and just brought this mini system with me. It has been so much fun. The new w/2 is so deep and lets you do so much with a small set up.

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#160

Awesome! I love how you didn’t even use all the hp and had some blanks in there. Like you went “nah - this is plenty”. Brilliant :-).

It’s funny how much I’ve gone from wanting to expand my system and having to resist GAS to feeling envious of people with smaller and more focussed cases. Is this the life cycle of eurorack ownership?

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#161

The Absolute Minimum Viable Creative Setup…

Polyend Tracker

Job done

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#162

I’ been trying to force myself to limit the ‘on a trip’ equipment to and iPad, a Sony pcm-m10 and some headphones.

Some of the apps available offer unique functionalities and I feel I should try the less is more approach more often.

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#163

I am boggled at least weekly by how much you can do on an iPad with Aum, AudioShare, and whichever apps suit.

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