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Broken mod wheel? Frustrated by LFOs or Envelopes? Need new hardware that would make all your other hardware/software new again at a sub $300
They just announced a less expensive USB midi version (bothered the USB and CV versions fit your price points)
Expressive E Touché SE
https://www.expressivee.com/touche
Roland JD-Xi digital/analog crossover synth
No other synth has its sequencer! Plus all the epic drum kits. It’s Big brother JD-Xa has no drums.
Quick workflow sitting on a couch, Mobile, use an editor for menu diving with ease.
I have several friends who have an 0-Coast. It does sound great.
I made myself learn basic patching on the iMS-20 app before I'd let myself by an MS-20 Mini, so I'm kind of trying to stick to that pattern.
Since you're also in the market for a new midi controller something BassStation 2 or MiniLogue would get my vote. Or, if you don't mind trolling Craigslist, any number of cool older keyboards come up regularly in your price range. If you can find an older Ensoniq or Kurzweil, most of them sport polyphonic aftertouch on the keybeds.
Bass Station 2
Buy some weed bro and maybe order a pizza
Then make some tunes with gear you already have
(The weed makes everything sound good)
Not sure what you really want, but I see a few folks mention the Bass Station 2 and I’ll say I love mine and you can get them pretty cheap these days. Combine that with a delay pedal or reverb/delay pedal and you can cover most mono synth ground. Or just get an interface for the iPad and slap some iOS effects on it. As for the keys, well they are full sized, but if you like full sized keys chances are that 25 is just not enough. I wish my Bass Station was just a synth module. As a knob controller it works great with the Model D/Model 15 apps because you can get double resolution as the majority of the Bass Station knobs are in CC pairs giving it the equivalent of 8 bit MIDI.
I would recommend a seaboard block or everything you want for iOS 🙂 the iPad is hardware and all the hardware you need
I didn't realize that about the knobs. That is a nice bonus indeed.
@RUST( i )K What's your closest craigslist? I wanna go shopping with your money.
Always ! muuuwaaahahaha
One of these would also fit with the improvisation stuff we talked about
If you want to get into modular patching on a far deepr level than the OCoast (and be able to save patches!) and don't mind keeping a legacy comp to program edit it, you might find a Nord Modular for cca 500 USD. Without doubt, the Nord Modulars are the most flexible digital synths ever made: Also top notch build. The clips below give an idea of its capabilities'
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1Kzc9w9Snlw
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8GyZ28uVaEI
With some outboard FX
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ADJZ5A4C2Mw&list=RD1Kzc9w9Snlw&index=2
Minilogue and Bass Station 2 recommended a numver of times: I've got them both and really like the Minilogue, BS2 is great bang for buck, But if I had I'd choose one, Nord Modular without hesitation.
Absolutely. It's not that there wasn't a large choice of modulars out there, both in software and in hardware, but the Nord Modular system for some reason is the one I have the most fun with. Take the "legacy computer" hint seriously though: You'll need at least a Windows XP virtual machine and a reliable USB MIDI interface to talk to the Nord Modular. The communication between NM and editor software eats up a large amount of MIDI bandwidth, and not every one is up to the task. I have good experiences with M-Audio, Roland and old emagic interfaces.
However I'm not sure if I would buy yet another one today - the open-source VCV Rack is amazing, and the developer community is quite active with all kinds of free and commercial modules available. I bet that developing your own audio and MIDI modules is far easier than developing iOS apps, which was recently discussed here too
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I'd probably need more processing power to run VCV,, looks very interesting and a good tool for planning a real modular system. But for a purely software modular, I'd take the dive in to Reaktor . But for live puposes, I'd always choose hardware over a laptop.
25 stylophones. do it.
What about Backpages........blublahahaahhaahhahahhahhahahaha
BassStation
Yup.
Does it have a sequencer?
Fully analog?
Because the other Novation synths are Digital right?
Except peak.
Just bought a 0-Coast. I spent more time on it in a week than on all my synth apps on my iPad in months. I even managed to finish a full track, albeit somehow amateurish, on just a rainy afternoon. Now I just want to hook it up to my iPad and unleash Rozeta on it
Nice sounds. What reverb did u use?
I'm another O-Coast vote, I love Brambos's Ripplemaker and I plan to drive down to Ashville and buy the real one on my birthday, big o-coast for the big five-o. I have a BSP so cant wait to link these two. Thanks @gonekrazy3000 for those vids
My other nomination would def be the Arturia MiniBrute 2S (a smidge over budget @ $650 but gorgeous) Maybe save a little longer!
I love Brambos and all his apps. And I love Ripplemaker. But to be brutally honest it does not replace an actual 0-coast. While they have similar interfaces they sound quite different. I'm actually surprised at what sounds you can achieve by using the BSP's drum cv outs to modulate different parts of the 0-coast. Specially since the new firmware allows all the drum parts to run at separate lengths from each other. I must warn you though. An 0-coast could make you want to plunge the dangerous cliff of physical modulars at a surprisingly rapid pace.... Oh BTW. Make sure you get a few signal splitter cables. Like these:- https://www.ctrl-mod.com/collections/cables/products/stackcable-70cm-29-5-inches-blue
Very useful for when you want to send a single signal to multiple places. Like have a single bsp drum lane automating 2 parameters on the 0-coast. Or even sending 1 signal to 3-4 locations by stacking the cables one on top of each other.
BassStation 2 is analogue yes and sounds awesome, the original idea for Peak was to make a polyphonic BassStation.....keyboard is nice and it can be used as a controller for other things (Including Circuit
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It has a step sequencer and a really good arp as well.
Downside to using BassStation 2 alongside iOS is that some of the controls (Filter) use HiRes CC but none of the iOS DAWS properly support Hi Res CC, so you cannot easily edit recorded automation.
Other than that though it is great
Mininova is also a great synth, but you've already got half of what that can do in the circuit already. This can be used as a programmer for the synth in Circuit too as nearly all the parameters match up
go here
https://www.tangiblewaves.com/store/p3/AE_modular_Rack_2.html
get the 2 row rack @ €412..
room to expand as and when you have a spare €20, €30 or more..
might take a week or two as Robert has suddenly been flooded with orders recently..
he’ll probably swap'out certain modules of similar value if you ask him nicely and have other preferences ( for instance I am not interested in having sequencers in the rack, prefer sending more complex midi from the ipad )
I love mine... though spending a lot of time in Ripplemaker has made me covet an O-coast as many have suggested here..
Sold my jdxi to find a push 2. Biggest regret ever. The push is a quality piece of kit but I was popping tunes with ease with the synth.
Definately saving up for another!
This is why I've resisted getting an M32 or O'Coast.... There are hurdles and extra modules required ro intgrate these semi-modulars into a eurorack system. There are many of these semimodulars on sale sh because quite a few folk who go on to investing in eurorack then understand the limitations / constrictions of these synths. I want to put together a modular with 2 oscs, two filters, quad vca, wavefolder, wavehapping, fm, ringmod, but even this without any sequencer modules or fx would cost me at least £1500. One day, but not soon!
This looks interesting. Hadn’t heard of it. Thanks
Yum hardware... better stay out of this thread.
False. You just plug the patch cables in. Easy.
I just picked up a used Ensoniq Mirage (on a trade). hehehe Heavy as a small aircraft and funky in it's low bit-ness. Keyboard is great. I have no idea how it will fit in but whatevs ... it's a blast (from the past). Hardware just pleases when you have the room.
yes, it’s definitely for the experimenters out there, at the moment the only revolutionary thing is the price and the size and the weight.. oh and the fact that the cables all stay out of the way of the knobs ... one of the annoyances that has kept me away from modular hardware until now
you have to see one in real life to realize how cute they are.. i have an extended 1 row (20 modules ) and it fits into a cheapo flute carry case. I enjoy masquerading as a classical musician on flights :-)
but Robert has recently added a steiner filter and a multifx module and there is more to come ( braids, clouds, algodrone etc ) .. i think he is on the cusp of ditching the one-man company thing and getting more people in to help meet demand. He is such a nice guy and the design is so ( volca inspired ) genius that I doubt you could ever regret putting yr money his way...
there’s a forum here now.. http://forum.aemodular.com/forum
. it’s early days yet.. but there is some activity and videos for the curious..
To prove I am non-partisan in all this I also recommend the Nord Modular, as mentioned before, especially a G1 micro modular second hand.. usually about £250-290 though you get them under 200 a year or so back.. stay portable people!!