what wierd/wonderful things do you have in your studio?

djake · Post by **djake** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:11 am

african bongo

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:57 am

damn and i thought i was nerdy bringin' up the philtre! out to the paia heads-- i've built mic jacks and fixed circuit boards, but this is clearly your time. post up and let us know how it goes.

i think the philtre is a great bit of kit--it's noisy, it's ugly, and it can build in depth in 45 seconds that would take me 30 minutes in software. so many folks jump on gearslutz and are convinced they need a $2000 mic pre before they can start using hardware... sure it'll make things nicer but fuck it, you need to build vibes for a dancefloor!!!

i know plenty of folks who have shit linked up to weird guitar pedals, shitty mics, busted speakers-- find what makes a sound like nothing else for you and go for it.

thesis · Post by **thesis** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:25 am

I have a bunch of percussion...

- pair of congas
- bongo
- djembe
- set of 3 frame drums
- various small shakers, claves, sticks, maracas etc
- a few other random drums

Also have a Wurlitzer electric piano.

Unfortunately this is all packed away on the other side of the planet... I'm living in Europe for the time being, so running a minimal laptop setup!

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:41 am

midi keyboard made from the fingers of dead children

chunkie · Post by **chunkie** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:57 am

TeReKeTe wrote: so many folks jump on gearslutz and are convinced they need a $2000 mic pre before they can start using hardware... sure it'll make things nicer but fuck it, you need to build vibes for a dancefloor!!!

i know plenty of folks who have shit linked up to weird guitar pedals, shitty mics, busted speakers-- find what makes a sound like nothing else for you and go for it.

guitar pedals are subject to stupid amounts of snobbery!

for the money a decent set of multi effects pedals will cost you they kick shite out the equivalently priced 'pro studio' models

(for the budget lovers, eg a behringer delay pedal is £17 new!)

also think of the routing and chaining options with guitar pedals

silentk · Post by **silentk** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:10 pm

Does disgusting (read: beautiful) things to a bass line.

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:15 pm

decklyn wrote:a hot and kinky red head babe watching me fuck her in the reflection of my HR824mk2s.

hahaha!!!

auan · Post by **auan** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:00 pm

Hohner Melodica (the green one), Roland RS-09 (old, OLD organ & strings synth, predates the Jupiter), Yamaha EZ-AG midi guitar...

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:59 pm

This weird thing is called a microphone. It captures sounds and prevents you from asking for samples on forums...

cursedc · Post by **cursedc** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:32 pm

TheDeadMethod wrote:
wanna pick up something from Paia http://www.paia.com/p9700s.asp like this. But I have to get my soldering tools to do it. Always wanted to build a synth like this.
that shit is all the way crucial. anybody got monomes? i've always wanted one.

monome.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awMgevUjx8g

tl;dr it's a giant pad of typically 64 freely assignable buttons. sicker than all hell.. don't pass up the video, it's gold from the start.

those are sweet from what i've seen. I want to snag one of those to experiment on. Flying Lotus just acquired one, that sneaky bastard.

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:56 pm

two oh one wrote:

This weird thing is called a microphone. It captures sounds and prevents you from asking for samples on forums...

please explain this concept further

I would love to have an NTK

rode FTW

abstractsound · Post by **abstractsound** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:40 pm

monomes are ridiculous.. thatd be much fun to exploit. the jazz mutant lemur is pretty sweet too.. wish i could afford to even think about toys like that..

moog pedals are great if we are talking about pedals

__________ · Post by **__________** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:55 pm

two oh one wrote:

This weird thing is called a microphone. It captures sounds and prevents you from asking for samples on forums...

ya bastard! i have that mic but it is broken. finally sorted phantom power and XLR leads out after months of not using it, and i find out the fucking mic doesn't work any more

anyone know if there is any money in broken NT1A's or if it is worth paying to get repaired? i was thinking of putting it on ebay, sold as seen (pretend i don't know its broken) but i'd feel guilty - whoever bought it would be a music maker and i don't want that playing on my conscience.

what would you all do?

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:08 pm

you can send it back to Rode, I am sure

simian · Post by **simian** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:48 pm

decklyn wrote:a hot and kinky red head babe watching me fuck her in the reflection of my HR824mk2s.

Big up the mackies!

Tried these v.s. the rokkits and the mackies won hands down. went for the 6 inch version in the end...

And yeh. The piano finish is sex.

thedeadmethod · Post by **thedeadmethod** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:19 am

picked this joint up today for 3 bucks. it plays cassettes and you can scream over the shit with the mics. very dope. so far the only thing i've done is added a knob to control the speed the tape plays at. it's cranking out some serious creep shit, since the only cassette i have is opera. i had big willie style, but can't seem to find it anymore.

__________ · Post by **__________** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:35 pm

unklefesta wrote:you can send it back to Rode, I am sure

yep that bad mofo has a 10 year warranty. looks like it isn't going to cost me anything to fix

sypha · Post by **sypha** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:45 pm

i got a hawaiin lapsteel guitar. fucked up sound

soundz · Post by **soundz** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:48 pm

A fuc3in leak from the shower above at the moment, bits of ceiling fallin onto my monitors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Water is not my friend

psyphon · Post by **psyphon** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:18 pm

This motherfucker right here:

is what I make all my music on...

(i'm also a compulsive liar... no i'm not)

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