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@waveform.socialHi there! I just picked up a Roland S-1. It's my first piece of gear that doesn't have a big fat 1/4" mono output. All my other stuff simply goes into my audio interface (8i6) in mono, nice and easy. This one however, has a little 1/8" stereo/trs/headphone out. The thing is, I don't mind going into my interface in mono.. I don't really need the S-1's stereo effects (better stereo plugins in Ableton) and moreover I can save a valuable input on my interface.
The S-1, like most recent synths, also has audio+midi over USB, and I'd be happy to use that (frees up an interface input, plus stereo, what's not to like!), BUT apparently you can't do a USB synth and the audio interface at the same time in Ableton. (Supposedly there are ways.. "aggregate devices" should just work on a Mac, but I'm on a PC. I tried with ASIO4ALL but it just crashed my Ableton.)
So my options seem to be:
So, for now I guess I'm doing that final option. It's mono, of course, but I use stereo effects in Ableton to fill it out. What I'm wondering is, is this the right way? What do other people do? I worry that maybe I'm missing something in the audio, like.. if I'm only getting the L channel now, but maybe this synth uses some stereo tricks to fatten the sound (besides the onboard chorus/delay/reverb, which I can switch off if I want), or..? Know what I mean? This is about where my audio knowledge drops off. If anyone here tells me "this synth is not meant to go back to mono and you'll get degradation" then I'll happily get that breakout cable and use my last precious inputs on my 8i6!
This here is a slightly beside the point ramble: wouldn't it be amazing if I could use USB input for all my synths at once? All my Behringers would go direct, heck the RD-8 would be split into a dozen channels, the s-1 would be in stereo, and I could open up my Scarlett to stuff like guitar pedals.... ah that would be nice.
Thanks for reading!
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This was a really fun setup. I just recently got the Intuitive Instruments Exquis and this is my first real Jam with it. The expressiveness of the Exquis com...
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A few months ago, I posted here asking about a small footprint synth to replace some of my gear, mostly because of my small apartment. However, a few weeks ago I said "fuck that" and created a very small synth studio in one of my closets, precariously perched upon packages and packing supplies. I then purchased a microfreak.
I gotta say, I really should have bought this thing sooner. It's been such a blast making patches and messing with the many oscillator types, toying with the matrix in whatever way I can figure out, and the touch sensitive keys with aftertouch are such a game changer.
I got it for what I feel to be a steal at 300 bucks from a local synth shop in my city, and it's just so worth it.
Lately, I've been using it in conjunction with the liven xfm, and I think the pairing is quite nice. Maybe a bit lo-fi, but who doesn't love a bit of crunch on the drums and bass?
Long live arturia! I am now a fan.
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This time its a more minimalist jam.I recently got the Roland S-1 and T8, so decided to try to make something simple while learning how to use them.Gear:Rola...
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Hi!
So... I have a TD-3 and an RD-6 and they are quite fun together. But I want a little more performability out of my drums. I like playing "live" (by myself, just jammin', minimal acid/techno kind of stuff). I'm really appreciating the whole Behringer thing lately, as I used to own vintage Roland etc gear (I had a tb-303 for a while, but it was a real hassle, and wasn't in great shape). I've never had a drum machine that I loved, but I want to change that.
I've been looking at the RD-8 and honestly I'm fine with being constrained to 808 sounds. But in my shopping I've also been looking at the Roland TR-8 (not the 8S -- keeping it under $300 I hope), and the Drumbrute (OG and Impact). They all look pretty sweet, but I keep coming back to the RD-8.
The plan is to mostly just do bedroom jams with a couple of setups:
The TR-8 looks awesome with the scatter effect, onboard reverb etc. And it has 909, 707, etc. etc. But the RD-8 might edge it out sonically, and just fun-wise, I mean look at the thing.. it's like the teddy bear of drum machines. The TR-8 can also be used as an audio interface, so that might make setup #1 more interesting with that..
Any thoughts? Any good options I'm leaving out? I've vaguely looked at the Model:Cycles because people love it, but something isn't grabbing me about it. I'm open, but also very ready to pull the trigger on the Behringer. Thanks!!!
Hiya!
I'm in the market for a budget-ey Poly-synth. I have a Microfreak which I love, but the 4 voice limitation is really starting to bug me with pads. I'm slowly trying to create a dawless setup (Have a Keystep Pro to make it all happen)
So any of you have any experience with either Pro-800 or JX-08? How easy is it to find the sweet spot on them? How much menu-diving in day-to-day use?
Thank you for your time reading this :)
I recently moved into a smaller apartment, and I currently do not have room for my usual hardware setup (model:samples, liven xfm, volca sample 2)
Because of this, I'm trying to figure out if there's a decent groovebox that I could get to take over for all of my current boxes?
Right now I'm really digging the look of the mc101. Sampling, resampling, editing patches and sound design with zencore all sound great. I'd love to be able to use samples and occasionally create or edit custom synth patches.
Anyways, do y'all think the mc101 is a good pick? Is there another synth/groovebox that would do this for me?
Thanks for reading, I appreciate your time!
Hello,
I have kind of a request. I come from the world of DJ-ing, where I'm used to mixers having:
shorter and easy to move faders
a way to cue music into headphones before outputting it
I have recently started working with synthesizers. For my setup, I am considering buying a mixer. I've noticed that band mixers (i.e. non-DJ mixers) have longer, more precise faders, and no way to cue that I know of. However, they have mono inputs, which are better suited for synths.
I wanted to know if there's a best of both worlds solution, in which I'd have cues, short faders and mono inputs.