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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:42 pm
by __________
mate what is that midi keyboard/controller directly in front of your monitor? that looks like exactly the controller i want!
make/price?
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:53 pm
by deadly
^^^ It's a Novation X-Station 25, it's synth as well as a MIDI controller... about £275.
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:44 pm
by concept_
i dont like to look at this thread cos it makes me jealous
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:24 pm
by fixation
concept_ wrote:i dont like to look at this thread cos it makes me jealous
qft
some really reeallly nice studios in here, my laptop is so dire, but im so poor
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:13 pm
by edwin katzer
Deadly wrote:^^^ It's a Novation X-Station 25, it's synth as well as a MIDI controller... about £275.
spot on, it is a soundcard as well, I got mine at a cash converters for £170.
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:24 am
by Shift Recordings
Just got the sticker from a local supporter! looks dope, Im stoked!
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:57 am
by futures_untold
I had no neighbours at that gaff
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:46 am
by stier
Update!
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:46 pm
by pubstep cunt
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:22 pm
by djprojekts
Pubstep tnuc wrote:
Thats nice man .
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:34 pm
by junglist
If you're wondering where the monitors are, there are some bangin' 2 watt Packard Bell passive speakers under the table hooked up via a 3.5mm gold plated headphone jack. Fucking Hardcore!!! Until I can afford some ADAM A7's the headphones will have to do lol.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:21 pm
by duskky
Djprojekts wrote:Pubstep tnuc wrote:
Thats nice man .
That's fuckin ridiculous is what it is.
I'm pretty sure that was just the heinous amounts of jealousy speaking.
And re: the midi controller thing i use one but pretty much only when i'm building synth sounds (i.e. keep hammering a key and twisting knobs). I find using it to come up with basslines etc is kinda counter intuitive cos i'm not a very good keyboard player. drawing it in cuts out the middle man between my brain and the sound - don't fall into familiar finger patterns etc.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:06 am
by duskky
Junglist wrote:
If you're wondering where the monitors are, there are some bangin' 2 watt Packard Bell passive speakers under the table hooked up via a 3.5mm gold plated headphone jack. Fucking Hardcore!!! Until I can afford some ADAM A7's the headphones will have to do lol.
Adam A7s are sic ting. Best money i've ever spent.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:13 am
by pubstep cunt
Duskky wrote:
That's fuckin ridiculous is what it is.
It's not everyone's aim to sit around making fart noises on a synth all day....
Not sure what you're getting at regarding the funny MIDI controller thing. It's keyboard.
Unless you mean the faders... They're just faders. Are your hands mutated?
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:58 pm
by Sub Shifter
futures_untold wrote:Why pick on the fella?
With regards to production techniques, we all have our preferences.
Tbh, I spent a good year drawing in midi arrangements by hand and it worked well.
While I realise that using a keyboard can speed up work flow, it doesn't solve the issue of being creative in the first place..
Midi editing by hand for the win I say. It's not like we don't quantise our hand played recordings anyway..!
That said, anyone with a spare 88 key weighted keyboard please send it my way lol
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:29 am
by duskky
Pubstep tnuc wrote:
Not sure what you're getting at regarding the funny MIDI controller thing. It's keyboard.
Unless you mean the faders... They're just faders. Are your hands mutated?
i just mean that my brain's better than my keyboard skills.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:45 pm
by mohan
All my hardware Is DIY (at the minute)
I just finished a rackmount Sound lab MiniSynth which is pretty limited but very cool to sample from.
http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/anal ... ndlab.html
I'm building a Monome at the minute, should be ready in a few days, pic was taken this morning, just waiting for 64 green LEDs
http://www.vimeo.com/1145061
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:11 pm
by martello
Mohan, did you design this PCB by yourself? Cool
And soldered manually or how?
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:04 pm
by mohan
alvin18 wrote:Mohan, did you design this PCB by yourself? Cool
And soldered manually or how?
I etched the PCB on the synth myself but the design was by Ray Wilson, to be honest it still has a load of bugs to be ironed out a few of the functions don't work yet. The front panel was my own design.
The Monome PCB is from the 40H Kit which I soldered together, it’s a pretty expensive kit but should be a lot of fun when it’s built (if it works)
http://monome.org/40h/kit
I love DIY Culture, I just need to build my own Dub style sound system (perhaps my next project
)
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:48 pm
by assailant
