That's an impressive list! 12 hours to go until kick off :-)
161 January 1, 2012 11:09 am
Re: Who's up for participating? (88 replies, posted in General Discussion)
162 December 29, 2011 5:36 pm
Re: Weapon/s of Choice (72 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Dwight Davis wrote:
FRENCH HORN (HECK YEAH!)
Wooooooo!!! Yeah!! Can't wait :-)
163 December 28, 2011 1:54 pm
Re: Weapon/s of Choice (72 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Tristan Louth-Robins wrote:
the Casio CZ-101 synthesiser which is, imho the greatest cheapy phase-distortion wavetable synth known to man.
You lucky bugger! Those little things sound great! Pinnacle of 1980's and the pitch bend is bliss.
164 December 28, 2011 1:49 pm
Re: Personal Goals Beyond Writing 52 Tracks In 52 Weeks (60 replies, posted in General Discussion)
OK, I'm setting out 3 goals:
My main goal is just to write more music! Had a shocking 2nd half of 2011 (breakups suck) and hardly wrote anything new. Yet I wasted so much time sitting around making up reasons why I wasn't in the right headspace, blah blah. So this is 2012 - bring on the tunes!!
Repairing gear is the another reason. I aim to include every instrument I have - which means new stings on all guitars, fixing of toggle switches, servicing of synths and checking for battery leaks, etc. Also will be testing / dev'ing a couple of open source synths during this year so my test files will inevitably turn up!
Finally, I'm finally going to have a crack at this VSTi thing. I have always stayed away from MIDI and virtual-whatever because I love to hold a real instrument and disapprove of having a fake one on the screen which I can't touch and "vibe" from. But if I can get a good orchestral pack and percussion VST, I might be able to translate a few ideas which are floating around in my head. :-)
I can't even imagine what I'll be writing as a result of this. It certainly won't be all gameboy house, thats for sure.
165 December 28, 2011 9:15 am
Re: Who's up for participating? (88 replies, posted in General Discussion)
This is going to be really intense. But probably what I need this year!
166 December 28, 2011 7:42 am
Re: Weapon/s of Choice (72 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I'm going to make it a mission to use every piece of gear I have in the next X weeks! It'll also mean I'll get around to fixing a lot of stuff and getting a few bits out of storage / find their whereabouts. Will be something like:
Synths:
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- Yamaha DX7
- Sequencial Circuits Prophet 600
- Roland Juno 106 (need to fix oscillator)
- Roland MC202 (need to fix resonance slider)
- Chimera Synths BC16
- Kawai MP8
- Nord Stage EX (gotta give it back soon!)
- Yamaha Portasound ??? (something - PSU needs fixing)
- Casio VL1
- Open Source Rocket 8bit project (running cTrix firmware which I'm currently working on!!)
Sequencer workstations:
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- Roland MC505
- Roland MC303 (lol - worst piece of hardware I've ever owned)
- Yamaha QY70
- Zoom Sampletrak ST224
- PC or Mac running Reaper (Comercial licence and worth every cent!) w/ Tascam 8 i/o rack
Like tristan above me, I also have a Tascam 424, but I'm not sure I'm up for dealing with it ever again. Tristan: if you need a Chrome cassette let me know. I've got a few on standby!
Instruments:
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- LP Drumkit (if it's not broken - has been in storage for 11 years) - (can someone lend me cymbals plz?!)
- Electric guitars: Strat Copy (needs new pickups / pickup toggle) // odd Gibson copy from the 80's (needs new toggle switch / pots)
- Maton custom
- Jaden (??) electric acoustic someone gave me
- Yamaha bass (mad arse crackle - needs servicing)
- Samick Nylon Acoustic
- Various bits of percussion as I find them.
*** everything needs new strings and heads here!
Oldskool computers
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- Atari 2600 (my software)
- C64 (MASSISH)
- Spectravideo SVI318 (my software)
- Gameboy DMG (LSDJ)
- Amiga 500 / 1200 (Protracker, might try AHX)
VSTi
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??? Never really used any (I only have FX, not instruments) Anyone know a good one for orchestral that doesn't cost too much?
Also I'm open to suggestions for my guitar processing as my old multi FX is dead.
That's basically it. Might crash a mates house to "borrow" her baby grand for a few tracks if I have time :-)