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Post by pt3r on Jan 13, 2024 8:48:39 GMT
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Post by maydonpoliris on Jan 13, 2024 9:23:17 GMT
that actually sounds really good
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Post by rockysmalls on Jan 13, 2024 13:02:14 GMT
that actually sounds really good yeah, if it just had separate patch points & cv ins for the filters & FX then i think they could bandy the term ‘modular’ around a bit more truthfully.. still , a good price and the circuit board might have those points available for modding maybe?? shame their new ‘theremin’ thing only has pitch control and no ‘wavy hands’ timbre effect!! both good directions for them to be going in though.. wonder how big this drone thing actually is IRL? |
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Post by maydonpoliris on Jan 13, 2024 21:02:42 GMT
that actually sounds really good yeah, if it just had separate patch points & cv ins for the filters & FX then i think they could bandy the term ‘modular’ around a bit more truthfully.. still , a good price and the circuit board might have those points available for modding maybe?? shame their new ‘theremin’ thing only has pitch control and no ‘wavy hands’ timbre effect!! both good directions for them to be going in though.. wonder how big this drone thing actually is IRL? No wavy hand effect!? thought that would have been the first thing built in...... yep, a good price, would need to hear more sound and workflow demos. I'm not a drone expert but thought cv ins for filters and FX especially would be ideal or is traditional droning more coming from the OSC modulation? |
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Post by pol on Jan 14, 2024 9:13:30 GMT
It does amuse me about having specific drone synths; all you need to do is not have the audio VCA(s) shut! I get that subtle modulation facilities etc. help with drone music but one hell of a lot of synths can do that. I feel it's just a marketing thing like you get exactly the same shampoo for men/women in different bottles etc. But then (good) marketing seems to work.....
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Post by pt3r on Jan 14, 2024 9:21:40 GMT
It does amuse me about having specific drone synths; all you need to do is not have the audio VCA(s) shut! I get that subtle modulation facilities etc. help with drone music but one hell of a lot of synths can do that. I feel it's just a marketing thing like you get exactly the same shampoo for men/women in different bottles etc. But then (good) marketing seems to work..... Are you talking about drone38?  |
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Post by rockysmalls on Jan 14, 2024 9:56:33 GMT
yeah, if it just had separate patch points & cv ins for the filters & FX then i think they could bandy the term ‘modular’ around a bit more truthfully.. still , a good price and the circuit board might have those points available for modding maybe?? shame their new ‘theremin’ thing only has pitch control and no ‘wavy hands’ timbre effect!! both good directions for them to be going in though.. wonder how big this drone thing actually is IRL? No wavy hand effect!? thought that would have been the first thing built in...... yep, a good price, would need to hear more sound and workflow demos. I'm not a drone expert but thought cv ins for filters and FX especially would be ideal or is traditional droning more coming from the OSC modulation? just for the sake of more ‘complex’ sounds really , but i did realize after i said that - the filter cutoff DOES have a cv input .. but i would REALLY miss not being able to cv the delay time/reverb amount etc ... THC recursive machine is a much better option , costs about £80 more ,, BUT you do have to be prepared to solder it all up yrself. |
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Post by rockysmalls on Jan 14, 2024 10:04:43 GMT
actually - what am i saying!! Vcase-7 with 2 oscillators , 2 delays , 2 filters & a uBase for 3 ‘interesting extras would be more versatile and would come in probably only £100 more.. the lfo & oscs do look quite capable on the stylothingy though  |
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Post by maydonpoliris on Jan 15, 2024 8:45:11 GMT
I've had a session with the THC Recursive and what a learning curve it was, really confusing. My vote is for the V7 too! 😅
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Post by rockysmalls on Jan 15, 2024 15:18:11 GMT
I've had a session with the THC Recursive and what a learning curve it was, really confusing. My vote is for the V7 too! 😅 funny ,, i have built 2 now, one with lfo mods , but i HAVE labelled all the internal cross modulations so it seems relatively simple a thing to me ,, and everything is in pairs , so you only have to learn ‘half’ of it ;-) what comes out of it though ..... now that can be a confused ball of weirdness |
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Post by maydonpoliris on Jan 16, 2024 9:03:17 GMT
I've had a session with the THC Recursive and what a learning curve it was, really confusing. My vote is for the V7 too! 😅 funny ,, i have built 2 now, one with lfo mods , but i HAVE labelled all the internal cross modulations so it seems relatively simple a thing to me ,, and everything is in pairs , so you only have to learn ‘half’ of it ;-) what comes out of it though ..... now that can be a confused ball of weirdness Built 2?! that's great. labels or some sort of instruction would have helped. Wish I had had more time with it to get to that weirdness |
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Post by rockysmalls on Jan 17, 2024 17:00:59 GMT
funny ,, i have built 2 now, one with lfo mods , but i HAVE labelled all the internal cross modulations so it seems relatively simple a thing to me ,, and everything is in pairs , so you only have to learn ‘half’ of it ;-) what comes out of it though ..... now that can be a confused ball of weirdness Built 2?! that's great. labels or some sort of instruction would have helped. Wish I had had more time with it to get to that weirdness nothing fancy ,, but it’s enough for my dim memory ... the cross modulation of the 2 pt2399 delays is easy to remember so its mostly which module outputs are hard wired to which inputs ,, colour coding for the top 4 mixer ins & which vco waveforms are fixed into the vcas..  |
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Post by maydonpoliris on Jan 18, 2024 9:00:00 GMT
even with the labels I feel overwhelmed. It's a puzzle just waiting to be mastered though. Have you blown anything by patching the wrong way or are they like Ae where you can't really break it. That was the biggest thing I was worried about when using it
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Post by rockysmalls on Jan 18, 2024 11:56:07 GMT
even with the labels I feel overwhelmed. It's a puzzle just waiting to be mastered though. Have you blown anything by patching the wrong way or are they like Ae where you can't really break it. That was the biggest thing I was worried about when using it no, it’s a bit like AE - ie: 0-5v .. so theoretically easy and safe to patch into AE and it’s designed to be patched to high heaven, though i haven’t tried cross patching AE stuff yet , i have run effects pedals in feedback loop patches in it , which i guess is more risky but nothing bad has happened . and i generally have it running on it’s battery pack for the simple reason that i love to turn it over and use the old wet fingers to circuit bend all the exposed solder points . big selling point for me that one.. the first one i built has all the smd decoupling caps on the back , but i haven’t done them on number 2 ,, which also has slow lfo , extra pt2399 time/grit mod etc .. in my head it makes it more “unstable” but i might just be imagining it? hopefully the Stylo-thing is cheap enough that a good few people will hack at it and go mod crazy and share their findings.. |
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Post by maydonpoliris on Jan 19, 2024 2:29:45 GMT
rockysmalls this machine is getting more attractive by the minute and possibly patchable with Ae! "use the old wet fingers to circuit bend all the exposed solder points" I love this 😂
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Post by rockysmalls on Jan 19, 2024 12:24:40 GMT
rockysmalls this machine is getting more attractive by the minute and possibly patchable with Ae! "use the old wet fingers to circuit bend all the exposed solder points" I love this 😂 if you weren’t so far away i’d offer you my ‘first build’ |
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Post by Gaëtan on Jan 19, 2024 14:31:18 GMT
Honestly, pretty cool specs for the price. Could totally be part of a bigger set-up.
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Post by maydonpoliris on Jan 19, 2024 21:29:18 GMT
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Post by admin on Jan 19, 2024 23:42:32 GMT
Oooh, it's getting the Sonicstate treatment!
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Post by duddex on Jan 20, 2024 9:26:30 GMT
[...] But then (good) marketing seems to work..... I think also part of the marketing is this "SIGN UP NOW FOR EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER"-thing on their webpage: So when it is available, I can buy it!? Anyway: I think this is a nice drone-box. Hopefully it is available on Drone Day (May 25) |
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Post by tww on Jan 20, 2024 22:30:58 GMT
Before I knew about AE Modular, I’d be thinking “this would make a great drone box to take on a trip”. Now, I can just take a small rack of modules and a power bank 😁
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Post by pol on Jan 21, 2024 11:34:43 GMT
It does amuse me about having specific drone synths; all you need to do is not have the audio VCA(s) shut! I get that subtle modulation facilities etc. help with drone music but one hell of a lot of synths can do that. I feel it's just a marketing thing like you get exactly the same shampoo for men/women in different bottles etc. But then (good) marketing seems to work..... Are you talking about drone38? Could be on the list! It also could be a good way of getting lots of oscillators though.... |
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