Actually, your kit seems quite big... Just to put it in perspective, I have
a Mac, Kurzweil K-2000, a little out board alises FX processor, and a 12
channel mixer. It works great for me. And, All of my recent stuff is
entirely Computer based (CubaseVST LM-4 and Reaktor). So, I guess what I'm
saying is that it's all relative. By the way, AXF, Squarepusher and even
µ-ziq mainly use software synthesis on PowerBooks for there music. This is
especially true for Aphex.
I have a question though, What's wrong with the 505? It sounds like you got
a good thing going. As far as FM synths go, get a TX81z that's the best one
and it's multitimbral. Yamaha also made a keyboard version called the DX-11.
-=GB=-
-----Original Message-----
From: Ghetto TR-707 [mailto:ghetto_tr707@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 9:26 AM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: (idm) Oops, gear talk
this was my original message, got a stoopid mailer daemon thing again for my
laughable misspellings of hyperreal (sad I know)
My goal is to find a perfect balance between cheap gear and MAXIMUM live
improvisation.
The kit list, rather shitty as of yet, but making do
Yamaha CS1x [synth/master kbrd]
Roland MC-505 [beats, noises]
Akai S1000 [even weirder noises, harder beats]
Yamaha SU-10 [phrase sampler]
Alesis MMT-8 [seq for CS1x, SU, and S1000]
Mac running MOTU Performer and Rebirth 2.0 (I actually bought it, so there)
I really want to get rid of the 505 and get everything it has, component
based, but that's difficult because of some of the features it has. The
sequencer can reload a pattern and all patches to original start points
instantly, no matter how far off you tweak the sounds. I think that MIDI
patch changes aren't as instant, am I right?
The 505 has a feature where you can program a little pattern or hit or
sequence or whatever, then trigger it real-time (banks of 16 sequences)
It has 3 stereo outs, really nice for sending the kick, etc to a separate
channel. Built in FX processor. But I want to do it all by components now.
I don't want those tons of synth sounds.
To replace it I'd like a:
TR-707
MMT-8 x2 [or a Kawai Q-80ex]
DW-8000
Some good FX processors
Yamaha RY-30 (these are pretty cool from what I've heard, the poor man's
R-8]
Hey question: I'm dying to start out on FM synthesis, I know you all are
way into that. Squarepusher, AFX, and µ-ziq all use those old FM synths to
get their neato leads right?
That FS1-r is floating around, but I'd rather start out on one of those
cheaper old TX-whatever modules? any suggestions? ones around $125?
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