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====== Studio ======

===== Music =====

Info on my music gear and setup, in case this's useful to someone. I'm not an expert at this, stuff here's a combination of bumbling and too much research ;3

==== Equipment ====

  * [[Keith McMillen K-Board]]\\ Little USB 25 key keyboard/controller I find handy for playing stuff in a [[DAW]].
  * [[roland_tr-8]]\\ Really like using this. Sequencer is straight forward, no messing in menus. Was the first electronic instrument I bought having never messed with anything aside from some cheap keyboards. A good intro.
  * [[arturia_matrixbrute]]\\ Feel like this is a bit wasted on me. Would probably be good to replace it with a keyboard and other [[MIDI]] controllers, and/or something gnarly like a [[PWM Malevolent]].
  * [[korg_electribe_es-1]]\\ Sampler that loads from [[SmartMedia]] cards. Limited capacity, but fine and cheapish. Main downside is it can't play samples chromatically.
  * [[korg_electribe_ea-1]]\\ Haven't used it much. It's fun to make weird sounds with it?
  * [[korg_electribe_er-1]]\\ Thought this was a kinda bland drum machine, but you can actually make some really cool sounds.
  * [[yamaha_portasound_ps-3]]\\ Good op-shop find! Lovely colour.
  * [[yamaha_qy100]]\\ Was a fun thing to take on holiday. Nice to sit outside and play with, but normally I'm a bit too impatient to want to mess with the UI.
  * [[mackie_onyx_1640i]]\\ Big mixer I got a good price on. Was hard to find one that could work with a useful amount of effects sends. Maybe in hindsight should've got a matrix mixer.
  * [[alto tx132]]\\ Powered PA speakers. Way too big and too powerful for a studio, but they were only $10 more than the next size down :3
  * [[sony_tc-124]]\\ Tape recorder I got at a carboot sale, doesn't work right anymore.
  * <del>[[chromatone_ct-312]]\\ Got one when they were giving them away. Feels really plasticy. I don't have the room to keep it setup, but would use it as a MIDI controller if I did.</del> Ended up selling it, keys felt too yuck to use it as a controller.
  * [[zoom_h5]]\\ Field recorder.
  * [[Livingstone E10 AD Delay]]\\ Some delay pedal I got at Cash Convertors ages ago. It's all sticky for some reason, spilt tea on it maybe? https://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/livingstone/2009/e10ad
  * Some dinky generic spring reverb box. You need a little amp to drive it out of a mixer, so haven't been finding it useful now it's not attached to my bass amp.
  * [[M-Audio M-Gear EX-P]]\\ Two expression pedals I have plugged-in to the Matrix Brute.
  * [[JLCooper MSB Plus Rev 2]]×2\\ 90s [[MIDI router]] that has all the features I need. Love it. Would love to replace them with one of the big 16×20 routers they've made, but they seem real hard to find—finding a second one of these was hard enough.
  * [[Roland UM-ONE mk2]]×2\\ USB→MIDI cable for connecting my computer to other MIDI hardware.
  * [[Yamaha TX81Z]]\\ FM synth for a reasonable price. Haven't tried making my own patches yet, but having fun with the stuff included and stuff I've found online.
  * [[Roland DEP-5]]\\ Effects unit. Don't really understand my way around it yet, but been enjoying the stereo delay.
  * [[Roland JV-880]]\\ Sounds really nice. Some real nice crystally sounds, and some big orchestra hits. You can DIY your own add-on cards, which might be a fun alternative to a sampler (for my use case)?
  * [[DigiTech TSR-12]]\\ Another multi-effects rack unit I've been using a lot, though really just using the presets so far.
  * [[Novation 61SL MKIII]]\\ MIDI controller keyboard. Sequencer is real nice and easy to use.
  * [[Waldorf Blofeld]]\\ Was looking for something wavetabley and say a real good price on one of these. Feel like I was missing real cold digital sounds and this fits that. Before that was after a [[korg_01rw|01R/W]] but never see them for sale.

=== Practical Wishlist ===

Trying to be realistic with this :)

  * JL Cooper Synapse\\ I really like the two MSB+s I have, but even better would be be one of these 16 input 20 output units by the same company. Would save me me a slot having to link two units too. Have never seen one for sale, just old ads. on Reverb.\\ They also made a 16/20 one with the MSB branding, like the MSB versus the Rev 2 there are some differences in functionality.
  * Still trying to decide on a [[sampler]]. Problem is ones that have a gritty sound I like don't have a great workflow. I really just want to prepare the sample son my computer, put them on an SD card, and plug that in. Recording with the line-in isn't that useful to me, apart from maybe using my voice.\\ I guess a bit of an update to this is that I think I'll save up for a fancy granular one like the [[tasty_chips_gr-mega|GR-Mega]], as that takes care of regular samples and manipulating them in interesting ways. Still tempted by 12-bit stuff, but more as a thing to sample straight into. For now I'm fine using the [[korg_es-1]] and using recording changes on the pitch knob. 

==== See Also ====

  * [[synths_and_drum_machines]]

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