#104

Volca Modular, handheld field recorder and good headphones?

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#105

Recorder, Norns, Grid.

#107

15 years ago I just had a laptop with FL Studio (I think it was version 4.0) installed. I had a library of sounds made from my voice that I had recorded directly to the mic in the laptop. From those sounds I made songs in Fruity Loops. That was a really fun setup to work with.
I havenā€™t worked with Ableton, but I guess thatā€™s a great tool for that aswell. So: a laptop and a field recorder and youā€™re ready to go :+1:

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#108

Likely not a popular answer, but TBH you can do this all of this in spades using only an iPhone with AUM and AUv3 plugins.

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#109

A good iPhone mic would be helpful!

Iā€™m looking at the shure 88

#110

I brought this up in a thread on the Elektron forums, but when I see the title of this thread I recall a solo triangle set that Sarah Hennies played here in her hometown of Louisville about 10 years ago that was absolutely captivating.

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#111

Honestly, for sound collage-type stuff I find the internal mic works fine. I have heard lots of good things about this:

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#112

i would take an ipad + good portable cassette recorder

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#113

I agree that the internal mic can be very useful. The Ambeo is better, as the mics are better, and they are stereo. Binaural, actually which only matters if you are listening on headphones. But they are quiet and give a decent stereo image on speakers too.

A recorder, which could be your phone, some software and a computer, which could be your phone (I prefer a laptop and Pro Tools), and you can make music or whatever out of your recordings. Enjoy your trip!

#114

I just got the Ambeo. Itā€™s a little noisy for my taste (but Iā€™m super picky - even the more recent Zoom recorder mic preamps have too much noise for me- but then I tend to record a lot of REALLY soft environmental sounds) but the best and easiest solution Iā€™ve found, and other than that bit of high end noise when recording in very quiet environments, itā€™s really good. Iā€™d choose Ambeo+iphone over most portable setups for this, except that I really miss having a pot/dial on the side for real time level control.
The MV88 was just a little too much trouble / bulk for an iPhone solution, but if I remember correctly itā€™s pretty quiet. The Ambeoā€™s ability to just be ready as faux-headphones at any moment is a huge advantage.

#115

I use my modular and synths for sampling so every time I go away for a business trip or holiday I can mess around with the samples in Ableton.

#116

I think I could definitely have good times with: Laptop/DAW, 2 Bastl Micro Grannies, an RME Babyface Pro, and assorted cabling to connect it all (might need/want a MIDI device to hand the lack of thru on the Grannies).

My thinking on this is: if Iā€™m somewhere new I would have a lot of fun sampling the local environment and building up tracks based on that. Having 2 Grannies means Iā€™d always have one on me in the field and also would let me set up one to be controlled via laptop/midi while I play one live during sketching. Then lay it all down on the DAW.

Now that I talk about it here, I kind of just want to make some tracks like this.

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In reality, I often travel with a 19" box of modular + 1 row of tile (Pulp Logic frame and tiles in a road ready lighting controller rack), a Mackie VZ802 (the routing capabilities on this are the secret weapon), and the RME Babyface (comes with itā€™s own hardshell so I can throw it in the backpack). Thatā€™s my normal on-the-road rig. But itā€™s bigger and heavier than what I list above and also requires two bags: one for RME/laptop/mackie and then the separate modular. Thereā€™s a reasonable chance I could live just fine with the Bastl Dude and save space/weight. I like having the options for lots of inputs though in case I am collaborating with someone.

#117

I donā€™t travel a ton, but mine is:

  • Novation Circuit
  • 10.5" iPad Pro with pencil
  • MacBook Pro
  • ATH M50X Headphones
  • Tascam DR07
  • Mackie Onyx Blackjack
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#118

I could definitly get by with:

Laptop
Ableton Live
Headset
Fieldrecorder/mic

Bonus: Max/Max for Live

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#119

My family holiday ā€˜set-upā€™ is a laptop + Reaktor + Ableton Live. Depending on luggage space, I might augment that with:

  • decent headphones
  • field recorder
  • Faderfox MIDI controller
  • external audio interface

(Which is pretty similar to my non-holiday set-up now that I look at itā€¦)

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#120

So can I ask. For all of you who have said that you are using iPads, what are you using them for?

#121

Mostly using AUM as a quasi-DAW.

Recently making soundscapes with MiRack.

A bit of processing of guitar and other audio.

Itā€™s incredibly powerful and versatile for the size and cost.

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#122

which model of iPad?

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#123

Mine is a first generation Air. Itā€™s getting old, Iā€™m thinking about getting a new one.

I also still have an original first generation iPad, which still works and runs a few cool apps.

#124

Bigger 2018 pro, using it for

  • AUM for mixing and fx for app sound sources
  • AUM as fx bank in modular aux loop
  • Modstep & Fugue Machine & others to sequence modular thru FH-2
  • miRack for modular geekery while on the road
  • granular stuff with field recordings, using Samplr, Borderlands, Spacecraft, Quanta, etc
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