Yeah, someone I know grabbed the 606 as well. And I'd bid the day before on the one that went for £360 with more postage costs, so it's not as bad as it could've been.paradigm x wrote:Ahh. Well its in perfect nick!
He was celaring out a lot of nice gear.
http://equalizermag.com/news/power-outa ... or-months/MONTREAL — To say that Quebec-based gear head René LeBlanc has developed a deep love for the intricacies of programming and patching the many units that make up his modular synthesizer would be an understatement. After losing his job as a sales associate for Canadian telecommunications giant Rogers, LeBlanc devoted nearly all of his time to programming the “patch of [his] life.”
Unlike many other synthesizers, LeBlanc’s modular set up does not allow him to save patches digitally once he has created something he likes.
“I just don’t like the way digital synths sound,” says LeBlanc.
“There’s just something very appealing to me about existing in that single moment; losing myself in sounds that no one has ever heard before and will likely never hear again.”
LeBlanc, who has been single since purchasing his first modular unit four years ago, believes he has logged roughly 8,760 hours tweaking patches to date, though has never recorded any of his “experiments.”
“I had invested two LSD trips and countless joints into this particular patch that I had been programming since November, 2012. I would leave my equipment on when I went to work and immediately return to it after getting home. The synth was never turned off, and the achievements I was making sonically with the patch were not of this world.”
On the night of May 12, 2013 however, LeBlanc lost everything during a thunderstorm of relatively average intensity.
“I was in the middle of re-patching a sine generator into an analog delay unit, then back into itself, then into the existing patch which was being arpeggiated by my sequencer, when I heard a tree branch coming down in the back yard,” he recounts.
“I quickly ran downstairs to the garage to grab the small generator I bought for these exact scenarios, but to my horror it was out of gas.”
LeBlanc then ran back up to his studio just in time to hear the last oscillation of six months of meaningless sound exploration.
“It was truly devastating, but like any modular synth user, I am equally excited to start plugging in new patches and seeing where my experimental intuition will take me.”
At press time, LeBlanc was tweaking the first parameter on a new patch that he believes will be equally important in his own life, despite the likeliness that its existence will again be rendered completely irrelevant upon the powering off of his equipment.
http://patchblocks.com/aboutProgram your own synthesiser modules
Software patching goes hardware! We are proud to present you Patchblocks, a modular synthesiser system where you decide what the modules do. You want a filter module? Turn your Patchblock into one. You want a crazy sounding bassline synth with built-in appregiator? Make it so. We provide you with an empty canvas, your imagination fills it.
What can I do with them?
A lot, it's really up to you. Plug some of your gear into it and use them as a sound processor if you want. Make an awesome noise box that produces pure digital filth. Let them play a concerto of chaos based algorithmic sequences. But also, don't forget to think outside the box! Because you can combine several Patchblocks, you can make them work together. One Patchblock could for example be used as an LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) that you plug into another block to modulate processes that happen in there. Or you create a chain of effects. You can do this analogue, by connecting them with audio cables, or digital, by clicking them together directly.
René should go all analog, they'd power up right into the same configuration they were in before the power outage?JizzMan wrote:MONTREAL — To say that Quebec-based gear head René LeBlanc is a loser is an understatement. But he functions as a concise and particularly cutting metaphor for all the aspiring producers out there who fritter there time away on irrelevancies, most notably those writing and reading this post.
TBH sounds like most modular synth owners that I know.JizzMan wrote:LeBlanc, who has been single since purchasing his first modular unit four years ago, believes he has logged roughly 8,760 hours tweaking patches to date, though has never recorded any of his “experiments.”
Sounds like most producers, tbh. edit, to clarfy; if you replace 'recorded' with 'finished'wub wrote:TBH sounds like most modular synth owners that I know.JizzMan wrote:LeBlanc, who has been single since purchasing his first modular unit four years ago, believes he has logged roughly 8,760 hours tweaking patches to date, though has never recorded any of his “experiments.”
nowaysj wrote:Raising a girl in this jizz filled world is not the easiest thing.
If I ever get banned I'll come back as SpunkLo, just you mark my words.Phigure wrote:I haven't heard such a beautiful thing since that time Jesus sang Untrue
nowaysj wrote:Raising a girl in this jizz filled world is not the easiest thing.
If I ever get banned I'll come back as SpunkLo, just you mark my words.Phigure wrote:I haven't heard such a beautiful thing since that time Jesus sang Untrue
SunkLo wrote: If ragging on the 'shortcut to the top' mentality makes me a hater then shower me in haterade.
nowaysj wrote:Raising a girl in this jizz filled world is not the easiest thing.
If I ever get banned I'll come back as SpunkLo, just you mark my words.Phigure wrote:I haven't heard such a beautiful thing since that time Jesus sang Untrue
SunkLo wrote:Lmao
Yeah my Senns are the same way, both in velvety comfort and obscenely long cable.
SunkLo wrote: If ragging on the 'shortcut to the top' mentality makes me a hater then shower me in haterade.
nowaysj wrote:Raising a girl in this jizz filled world is not the easiest thing.
If I ever get banned I'll come back as SpunkLo, just you mark my words.Phigure wrote:I haven't heard such a beautiful thing since that time Jesus sang Untrue
Thats a good point about visuals. Im taking a cue from the garment industry where the lining in a mens suit jacket or a leather jacket can have that effect. When the lining helps a garment slide on easily you feel like millions bucks.SunkLo wrote:Yeah quite possibly. I'd attribute visual aesthetics to marketing a bit more than comfort though since you can't really tell how they'll feel till you've got them on your head. Easier to sell a sexy looking can than a sexy feeling can. It's also probably due to the fact that they're marketed to professionals meaning the users will be wearing them long periods all day. Nobody's gonna put up with a super uncomfortable headphone regardless of sound quality, so that could be really detrimental to an otherwise great headphone.
I think superb headphones won't be obtrusive in any way. Whether that's in terms of sound signature or comfort. When I use my ATH M50s, all I ever think is: "fuck these clamp my head and squish my ears." and "fuck these sound kinda hyped." My Senns just float around my head and apart from a rolloff in the deep bass, I don't notice any discrepancies in the frequency response. They're delicate in every possible way. I'd really like to try some HD600s and a few other upper tier models. I don't consider myself a fan of the AKG sound signature but I've only ever heard grainy low tier models. The 702s with maybe a high shelf cut might suit me well. Then there's the Fostex, Sony 7520, Focal Spirit Pro, Beyer 880s, etc... Time to play the lottery.
SunkLo wrote: If ragging on the 'shortcut to the top' mentality makes me a hater then shower me in haterade.
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