danswift Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 A cello.(possibly).. I went to the same store again and it was back on sale at £62.50 so this time I asked the sales guy to take it off the wall and I had a play with it for a few minutes using the bow on the strings and stuff. Its a nice instrument for sure and it was pretty cool trying it out and I managed to get a half decent sound out of it but I still didn't buy it even though (A) I kind of quite fancy the idea of owning a cello for some odd reason and its a proper bargain and (B)I could possibly force my youngest to become a famous child prodigy on it so me and his mother can have the house in the countryside we so rightfully deserve. Maybe I'll nip down at the weekend and offer them £50 cash for it then.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswift Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 £62.50 for a cello ??!. I meant to include this in my previous post but at the moment I'm far too busy listening to Julian Lloyd Webber albums to edit it properly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 It's not very exciting, but I probably ought to prioritise an 8 ins soundcard...That said, I'm looking at the £300 range at least there are SO many more exciting things to spend that £300 on... Things with CV capabilities, for example... Things like the EHX 8-Step Program!Since I now have taken possession of my wife's iPad, there are masses of things I want to use that for so that's scratching a load of itches at present. I need to grab the first iRig MIDI (i.e. the 30 pin one) which Maplin seem to have for £40 so I'll probably grab that at the weekend. I'm trying to put a band-aid on my soundcard issues by attaching an A-D converter to my SPDIF-in which will mean I can connect my 05 pro to it and hijack a few inputs from that sucker. I'm wondering whether I could, in theory, use the left and right of the SPDIF as individual mono channels, too, but I have no idea about such things so I'll just suck it and see. I'm guessing I should, in theory, be able to do it if I have the crossfader in the middle and the two channels each hard-panned left and right on the 05 before I send them out the back and into the SPDIF... maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Pete probably my best ever music purchase has been the rme fireface ucx - soundcards are the most boring thing you can buy but this thing is tits! It's absolutely rock solid and can do an incredible amount of routing and stay rock solid at low latency, stuff that only people with silly setups like me need but makes a massive difference. It's also got the best outputs I've ever had on a soundcard, up there with my Allen and Heath desk in terms of driving my monitors and headphones. I don't see myself ever upgrading from it really, and I think I've used more than 900 quids worth of soundcards searching for incremental improvements in the past 20 years absolutely no problem. It's the boring but sensible but in the really nerdy way quite exciting choice! Oh and it's fully standalone iPad compatible too! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Oh, man - RME interfaces are INSANELY good, but I just don't have the money for one right now and can't see that changing any time soon. Hehe - honestly, if I had a grand to spend on a soundcard... I wouldn't trust myself not to spend it on another Moog or something similar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 I've got a first 1st gen Focusrite Scarlett 6i6, it's great and also works with the iPad, you can get them with more inputs too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 I don't have any euro rack but I REALLY want one of these, I have some max for live devices that do the same thing but it's not the same 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Aye that's fair enough, didn't mean to rub it in 😇 I very nearly did the same before buying mine but I'm glad I didn't! In other news I've just dreamed I was vacuuming hair off a very hairy person then went naked swimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 In other news I've just dreamed I was vacuuming hair off a very hairy person then went naked swimming.I'm holding RME entirely responsible for this! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I don't have any euro rack but I REALLY want one of these, I have some max for live devices that do the same thing but it's not the same Hehe - is it still Eurorack if it's in cardboard boxes? Eurobox, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutis Mayfield Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Europack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I'm going to grab this: Bastl are (/is) the shit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswift Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 £62.50 for a cello ??!. My missus went into the place a few days ago with the intention of buying it for me. It had finally been sold on the weekend when I couldn't get down to the store. For £27.00.! I'm a dick for not buying it when I had the chance too, basically.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 That's one hell of a pound-per-cello ratio! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswift Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Another SP 404.I want to have two machines to run at once for doing my stuff live like I did several years ago when I owned two SP 808'sHehe- back then I had 32 pads to play with on the 808's but 24 would be sufficient now I guess.. I used Alecs SP 404 SX last weekend along with my sampler to record my new track and I had a blast working that way as I'd sort of forgotten how much more fun you can have and how easier it is to compose tracks with more than one sampler.The 404-SX is a nice machine,it's definitely cleaner sounding than the O.G. model but you can still filth it up if needed..one thing it doesn't have though is the 'Vinyl Sim' effect like the O.G...well it does but they've changed the new version of it for some reason and it doesn't sound as good now which puts me off the SX somewhat as its one of the FX I tend to use for drums mostly because it adds a lot of weight and crunch to the sound of them.So yeah,having another original 404 would be really nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutis Mayfield Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Standalone samplers are drug :V Did you consider the launchpad pro + iPad launchpad app or new BeatMaker3 (15 July) with Push2? Even the dev is wondering the possibility to add native support to it (and its screens)... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 BeatMaker3 (15 July) with Push2? Even the dev is wondering the possibility to add native support to it (and its screens)... Stop. my penis can only get so erect! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswift Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 BeatMaker3 (15 July) with Push2? Even the dev is wondering the possibility to add native support to it (and its screens)... Stop. my penis can only get so erect! FLOL Dan.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutis Mayfield Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 BM3 and Push2 little offtopic Raspi with Push2 new open APIhttps://youtu.be/9HuNeQQoEmMhttps://github.com/Ableton/push2-display-with-juce In this page Mathieu (Intua) shows interest... (scroll down a bit)https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/19374/beatmaker-3-july-15th/p8 Also about gear lust the new Roli Seaboard Block...https://roli.com/products/blocks/seaboard-blockhttps://youtu.be/xK-uJhuLtDc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flexinoodle Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Got an Sp808 again, need to pick up a flash drive for it, but for some reason i have a serious gas on for both an MPC1000 and MPC2500 right now lol I would live to think BM3 would stop that gas next month, but it wont, i want everything ever made that samples lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutis Mayfield Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Got an Sp808 again, need to pick up a flash drive for it, but for some reason i have a serious gas on for both an MPC1000 and MPC2500 right now lolI would live to think BM3 would stop that gas next month, but it wont, i want everything ever made that samples lolI search everyday secondhand sp and other like volcas even I know I don't need them... but drugs, you know xDDDD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I just bought one of those Roland A01s cause they are blowing them out at £85 at Bax hahaha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I take it that's in person? You just got me excited with that post, but they're £220 on the BAX website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutis Mayfield Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I have on near for 75€ but IDK what it is? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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