J.F.N.
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On the less realistic side of my wishlist, is still the perfect DAW and plugin/ VI controller series, lots of rotary encoders, led scribble strips, flying faders, and assignable buttons with custom led display inside, and of course a big touch screen with buttons and rotary encoders around it. Everything mappable using automation parameters, and no wrapper/host plugins.
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Bits and bobs, that are on my purchase list for the coming 3-8 months:
- Conductive Labs MRCC MIDI Router Control Center (for the Keyboard Lab studio at home)
- A second Novation 61SL MkII (to not have to lug back and forth to rehearsal)
- Crumar D9UX, First one, if it's great, a second one, same reason as above..
- Kurzweil Forte 7, then I can leave my PC3 in the rehearsal as well..
- Apple Mac Mini + some kind of amazing orchestral library, for a musical composition project
- Behringer UB-Xa
Things I'd love to have:
- Some sort of double manual organ clone, (probably split version) both to use as it is, and to use as controller for my HX3
- Leslie emulation pedal, Ventilator MkII and/or similar (to be investigated)
- Real Leslie, preferably a classic 145, but open to the idea of some of the newly produced tiny ones too and/or....
- Hydrasynth Deluxe
- "Upgrade" my Opsix to the MkII (sell the current original one etc.)
Then i always get exicted by different types of small and inexpensive-ish analog synts, I almost bought a Minitaur the other day, and I have the hots for the Uli MS-5 right now, etc.
I also have a vision, of creating a BIG polyphonic modular Moog system using Behringer's Moog modules and some nice wooden Eurorack wall case, and with their pre-filled proposal racks it's definitely realistic, great value for the price.. But not now, one day when I have absolutely nothing else to do, or to shove money on..
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Any K2700 owners who have used the Soundtower editor?
Personally I have absolutely zero confidence in Soundtower due to first hand catastrophic experience, but if the K2700 editor works, it would definitely be a better approach to use it for the visual overview, I do believe this will make VAST programming quite a bit less confusing, not using the word "easy" here, for good reasons, however, VAST is an amazing synthesis, extremely versatile and powerful.
I would start with one VAST layer, and try creating very basic sounds until you get the hang of it, and take it from there.
This was my own approach, and I have programmed synths since way long before I kissed a girl, still VAST is something I don't feel being in my back pocket yet, unfortunately spent way too little time with it.
Got my first Kurzweil, a PC3, a couple of years ago only, extremely satisfied with it, though I had access to a K2000 back in the days when it was released, the Piano player in one of my bands back then (I played Hammond), I fiddled around with it a lot but never really sat down programmed with it.
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Two more of these (now I have 6 in total...)
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3 minutes ago, D. Gauss said:
"Claudia", she's a mid 1950's Baldwin Model M Baby Grand in amazing shape.
If i ever decide to get myself something like that, there's only one name coming to mind to call it/her; Jolene...
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11 minutes ago, D. Gauss said:
Ha! So no actual drummers were harmed in the making of these.
Or, quite the opposite! 🤣
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3 hours ago, Baldwin Funster said:
I was checking out the new Nerd app that is being discussed on another thread and I wasn't sure but I thought it felt slightly latent. I checked the apps buffers and it was defaulted to 512. I reset to the extreme low buff of 64 and got no glitches and the slight latency got even slighter. Like no latency . Check your buffers within the app.
Yes, check settings and adjust buffer, just as it's done in a DAW etc. I run all audio apps on 32 samples on my iPad (M1), which is lowest possible for me (I guess it depends on the audio interface).
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3 minutes ago, David Emm said:
I've been using DAWs since a generation or three before I took up Logic 8. I laugh a bit at that, because it seems as though there is a serious tug of war going on between formats. Apple would LOVE for you to have an iPhone, an iPad, a laptop and a desktop at home. The crossover point between convenience and madness is pretty slim. Excessive management of your platforms will nuke part of your productivity. There's probably only a small percentage of e-music enthusiasts who peck away at an iPad in the park, only to run home and transfer it into Logic.
If you start with an iPad, how can you not eventually feel the itch for the greater horsepower of a MacBook or iMac? I know the answer to that one: the day Apple releases a 24" foldable "pad" with a touchscreen, 16 GB of RAM and at least 1 TB of storage. 💪
Exactly, convenience....!
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I can see why I enjoy this, Prophet VS here we come..
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Auch, I was supposed to practice tonight... First band rehearsal on Monday, tomorrow will be a long day.
This Nerd synth is addictive...
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YouTube link to the creator's walk through of Nerd synth.
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I'm very happy for my Kurzweil PC3 76, it's definitely an extremely versatile workhorse, and I totally adore the keybed, I hope one day I will be able to take the time to deep dive into its VAST universe!
Another favourite is my Prologue 16, with the multi oscillator takes me back to the realms of Prophet VS, which is on my top 3 of all times favourite synths, and I can't wait for Uli to announce a full 16 voice version release with their version of it. The only thing I really miss on the Prologue is aftertouch, how could they miss out on that, channel pressure has been around for a looooong time!
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I really like the waveforms from the Nord here, it's an interesting and different type of pallete. I have their FM/DX app too, which I also find quite useful.
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The combo with the Nerd choir sound, and my Juno pad on the Prologue, is just killing me, this creates suuuuuch a beautiful timbre together!
Bonus if anyone recognise the music in this one! This must for sure have been one of the first things I hacked when I bought my Juno 60 (my first synth) back as a 16-17 year old aspiring keyboardplayer...
(The original is faster, not in the same key, and played by a true Lord!)
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There are quite a bunch of Jordans out there, faces you see everywhere, but I guess not everyone can land a Nespresso contract the way Clooney has done..
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20 minutes ago, Paul Woodward said:
I was looking through the App Store last night to see what major manufacturers offer for iPad. Really, Korg have the market here despite Yamaha having more ‘apps’, they just have loads of control type apps while Korg recreate their classic instruments. There was very little available from Roland, Arthurian, Kurzweil etc. and I wondered why Nord offered nothing…
I guess this is as near as we get to one 🙂
The trend is that it's small software houses (one or a few people only) who are doing the interesting stuff music instrument wise on iOS these days. It follows a certain logic, larger corporates requires larger revenues for things to be interesting, and in our industry, and probably in all other similar industries as well, they are building this using world wide sales networks with engaged channels/resellers for creating the volumes they need to make money on lunch priced items, app store is just a transaction and delivery platform, and someone has to engage in it to make sales happen there.
I do believe Korg has done this right though with their Module platform, and selling additional content in the app, building volumes by providing a good platform for serious usage, and then making sure there is enough content released to keep the machine growing.
Personally I find the biggest surprise to be that Roland doesn't offer an iOS cloud, I would hit the subscribe button in a jiffy, and in the long run they would probably be able to convince me to grab one of their hardwares like Jupiter X as well by that.
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I like it when I find useful instruments for my iPad, it's a nice "extra" to have in the home studio, and with an M1 processor it becomes a very powerful platform for these things. I just wish Apple will release Main Stage for iPad at some point, would be really interesting to set up and start using (I never used it on Mac, don't have one, sold my last mac in 2017 and went over "to the other side" again..).
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4 minutes ago, CyberGene said:
Thanks, immediate purchase! Will test it later. You’ve done a nice demo 👍🏻
Cheers, if only with one sound, but dang, that sound!
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This was a really nice experience, grabbed it right away after reading about it yesterday night, way too late, and got stuck for an hour with it when I should have gone to bed.. 🫠
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkLxDQezX5E
Recorded a little improvisation with a really beautiful choir sound (attached) and Opsix on the bass, and then another with Prologue 16, a "juno-ish" pad, in layer with the very same choir sound.Blurb from Synth Anatomy:
AudioKit Nerd Synth, new iOS AUv3 app captures the soul of the Nord Lead A1 Synthesizer
https://synthanatomy.com/2024/04/audiokit-nerd-synth-new-ios-auv3-app-captures-the-soul-of-the-nord-lead-a1-synthesizer.html(I am not in any way affiliated with Synth Anathomy or AudioKit, I just really liked the sound of this soft instrument)
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On 4/9/2024 at 2:15 PM, J.F.N. said:
Arrived here yesterday afternoon, installed and ready, sounds great!!
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57 minutes ago, Ibarch said:
As much as you may wish otherwise I don't see that happening. None of the major virtual instrument suppliers have shown any interest in giving 30% of revenue to Apple. And Apple have shown zero interest in allowing iPads to run a fully powered MacOS.
I'm fairly sure there is a market for those who would like the power of soft synths like Arturia's V collection available in a hardware keyboard. It's not just me.
Mind you, this first attempt isn't remotely tempting. Just 2 parts, limited polyphony, lack of controls such as faders and pads, no on board editing, no audio interface. Its like needing a proper computer but being offered an iPad 😂
Supply chain 101, reseller often expect 25-30 percent, if you then have a distribution chain on top of this, you take home only 50 percent, at best, of the customer price. So that argument is just not cutting it.
Yes, setting up a new framework for programming software can be time consuming, however, looking at the hardware platform for iPads running the M processors, and Macs today now with the M ARM processors being standard since about 3 years now, means that all DSP code (math/algorithms) running on the ARM Mac machines, already works.
It smells lazyness, but is inevitable, come 3-4 years ahead, those starting now will have a great advantage.
There are already a bunch of innovative small software houses making decent money on iOS apps, probably their advantage is that they have no back catalogue running on desktops, and are not corporate, or halfways there, instead agile, creative, and fast on their feet.
Go figure.
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24 minutes ago, Paul Woodward said:
Perhaps they know that could potentially decimate sales of the new keyboard.....
Or they are waiting for Main Stage iOS and then they can just release all their models one by one at a fair amount, even subscription, etc.
Decimate keyboard sales, dunno, as long as they keep mapping stuff.. All they need is to port Analog Lab to iOS basically.. and offer upgrades to "full" versions of the models inside it...
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6 minutes ago, Paul Woodward said:
I have a few Arturia soft synths and Pigments as well as the Korg Collection, Sylenth and more. I use them in the DAW at home quite happily so it has no appeal on that level.
If I gig I have all the synths I need on an iPad which I can run with greater poly and more layers from a board like the Keystage with Poly AT paired with a stage piano for the better keys.
I realise I'm not their target audience, but I do struggle to see how I would find a genuine use for this. Watching Woody's revisit after the initial launch, I thought much the same as he did.
It would need more poly, more splits/layers, more controls, bigger screen and a better keybed to justify it's current price tag, or it needs to be sub £1k with all the software options included to be a tempting proposition especially as an iPad and a Keystage offers a 10" touch screen with 61 key Poly AT for half the price.
I realise I'm a bit iPad biased there of course 😜
That's what they should do instead, an "Arturia Stage World" for iOS, with all their models as "add-ons" (like Korg Module) which then integrates with all their existing MIDI controller keyboards... EPIC!
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Then we have the explicit setting for those Detroit techno aficionados, can be dialed in anywhere on the row:
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And motorized faders/drawbars of course!! 🤣