Can we talk about modular synths?

[behndy]

also, FINALLY going to get a Sunday free the same day they do a once a month noisy open mic style no dj sets or songwriter style invited electro thing next Sunday. i really want to do live modular thingy at a place where if it goes totally ass-faced it's not a big deal.

lol. was talking to The GrrL, who has watched me do band stuff at shows, and saying how if it goes very shitty it's easier there than at a club or whatever.

"awwww it won't."

"no. i mean. it could EASILY turn AWFUL. like. super out of key or arhythmic or messy and just noise....."

*head slowly tilting during that last sentence*

"so.... like.... what you USUALLY do HERE....."

"HEY."

[coldbrightsunlight]

[kbit]

I'm glad you two are still adorable

[behndy]

my wife is awesome. glad i ended up with someone smarter than me in so many ways.

and her sense of humor constantly killlllls me. i am a lucky, lucky man.

also, since i have so little energy or time after work lately, working on some ideas for live play today and tomorrow. thinking like 2 or 3 complementary patterns saved on the FLXS, a drum beat or two loaded into either the BitBox or Nebulae, then go from unpatched for everything else? too ambitious for a first time live thing?

[Muse FTW]

norns is pretty cool.

MLR is one of the scripts that it comes with and it's one of the coolest samplers I've ever used. 4 tracks, independent controls of speed and direction, and you can pick and choose the loop points of the sample very easily. Once I figure out how to sync this thing, it's going to be even cooler.

I loved using Grid with Ansible because it worked beautifully but Grid is now a permanent slave to norns. Poor Ansible.

Short video of it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjTqWAhA80D ... eeyedtiger

[behndy]

mmmmmmm SEXY. i'm still super wary of getting into Monome stuff. really want an Arc at some point though. that's the 3 or 4 knob controlly thing right?

finally sat down and played with the Nebulae 2. it's pretty intuitive. read the manual while the vidja rendered, and i dig how it's laid out.

playing around with Rings and Just Friends through Three Sisters, then a drumbeat from Deluge through Sonveskan and JF/3Sis -

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9tIR5-iD2U[/youtube]

[Deltaphoenix]

Muse that is good news about Norns and MLR, I have used that in Max and I dig it. I have been wondering if ordering the Norns was a mistake - I dig Monome stuff but am not a programmer. I am sure it will be the same as usual though, smart programmers will make cool stuff for the community.
I ordered one from the second round, I had an alarm for 1pm on my phone but then something happened at work and I couldn’t get onto the Monome site until 1:06pm.

[Muse FTW]

Muse that is good news about Norns and MLR, I have used that in Max and I dig it. I have been wondering if ordering the Norns was a mistake - I dig Monome stuff but am not a programmer. I am sure it will be the same as usual though, smart programmers will make cool stuff for the community.
I ordered one from the second round, I had an alarm for 1pm on my phone but then something happened at work and I couldn’t get onto the Monome site until 1:06pm.

Norns is a lot of fun so far. Some modes are more useful than others, and some really need a manual of some kind to get going, but it feels like a really well thought out interface/design.

[oscillateur]

Damn, my Teletype is taking its time coming here from Australia...
At least it arrived in Japan yesterday according to the tracking info. Looking forward to some minimal synth/music programming (which should hopefully not feel too much like work but more like coding poetry).

Also, the audio input of Rings is probably the best part of that module. I mean, the rest is superbly designed and easy to use but using something else than the default noise burst as an exciter opens so many sound possibilities.

[kbit]

I've been researching Monome euro stuff more and it seems so enticing (now that I actually understand what they do :lol ). A lot of the concepts that I like from Tempi/Rene/Trigger Riot are all present and expanded upon (albeit in a different direction) with Kria and Orca. I know a dude with a grid integrated in his set up, need to try jamming on that sometime...

[Muse FTW]

Here's a quick jam with Grid and the polysynth included with norns. You can control "earthsea" via grid or any midi controller.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjXua8dg3eJ ... eeyedtiger

I can't wait for the modular integration. They're already working with Mannequins on a 2hp module which is supposed to connect to norns. Now they're working on some kind of footswitch/pedal integration.

[worra]

Here's a quick jam with Grid and the polysynth included with norns. You can control "earthsea" via grid or any midi controller.



I can't wait for the modular integration. They're already working with Mannequins on a 2hp module which is supposed to connect to norns. Now they're working on some kind of footswitch/pedal integration.

Dang that is sweet!

Finally got an Erbe-Verb. No ragrets.

First show went pretty well. Have my second on Monday, but this time I'm bringing my guitar as well

[behndy]

sounds goooood suh.

nice! PLAY ALL THE SHOWS.

this is going to be fun -

[oscillateur]

My Teletype finally arrived.

I got it from someone on llllllll so I had higher than usual expectations in terms of packing, attention to details, etc. (people on Lines are basically civilized and it's a very nice thing). Well, the guy forgot to put the power cable in the package, it was basically the module in a couple of bits of bubble wrap and then crumpled and slightly stinky newspapers and the keyboard with no other protection in a box. And the keyboard is not the original one (which is small and minimal) but a basic Logitech one that's far too big. And the guy never told me that. I asked and apparently his rabbit ate his previous two keyboards. Which, well, scares me a bit. Also, I would have preferred if the guy had spent one minute with a wet wipe cleaning the module before sending it instead of me having to do it.

Ugh. When I sent my Folktek Mescaline to Italy I was super careful, packed things very well, told the guy about the Mescaline's idiosyncrasies and added some bonus snacks because everyone loves snacks.

I guess the universe loves asymmetry.

Anyway, at least it's here and it seems to work well. I just need to get another small keyboard for it. I'll start doing the Teletype studies mostly to get used to the workflow (I already studied the docs a bit and know most of the syntax) and then start implementing "teletype patch ideas" I wrote in my notepad .

[behndy]

awwwww man. that's disappointing. will he refund some to cover getting an original keyboard? do they have a Buyer Seller Rating thread over there to let people know about him?

even with $60 modules i sell, i pack the BUTTS out of them. i would be livid if something that expensive didn't arrive in wonderful condition.

i'm sorry meng.