From negativesaucer Sent Tue, Nov 19th 2019, 18:21
From negativesaucer Sent Tue, Nov 19th 2019, 18:21
I should say that my MPC Live is one of the more exciting pieces of gear that I've purchased in the last years, but holy shit is there a lot to learn. As someone unfamiliar with the MPC workflow I spent a lot of time watching youtube videos just to get me started. but for whatever reason that wasn't as frustrating as having to look at PDFs every fucking time I use a modular that I've had for 3 years. the MPC gets less cryptic, while my modular stays the same. I definitely have considered going to a fully "traditional" modular like Mike suggested. I kind of which I'd just done that in the firstplace, but in 5u. we'll see. if I drop 300HP of euro in a FS post here you'll know what I decided ;P On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 1:18 PM Scott Fox <xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > I've been jonesing for a Medusa for a while now. I'm a little worried abo= ut the build quality. I got to spend 5 minutes on one at a store and a knob= just popped off mid use and wouldn't re-seat afterwards. Have you guys had= any issues with it? > > Scott > > On Tue., Nov. 19, 2019, 11:12 a.m. Justin Maxwell, <xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrot= e: >> >> with you 100% dude! >> >> it all started coming together for me when i realized i wanted my euro a= s an extension of my cwejman s1 and nothing more. i am not interested in th= e rube goldberg machine style because my brain doesn't work that way, and m= y bank account doesn't either. >> >> so i extend my s1 with >> - endorphines hardware >> - living vco >> - braids >> - dinsync 303 modules >> - a few other misc things >> - 4ms PEG >> >> but these noodly modules like O+c, Temps Utile, etc...I just don't care = anymore >> >> ------- >> >> Mike: nope, after a few weeks with the monomachine it's fluid. I've had = it for 13 years, can go a year without touching it, and still know what to = do next time i turn it on. The hardest part is the +drive stuff. >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 9:54 AM negativesaucer <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx= > wrote: >>> >>> this is one reason I'm carefully considering punching out of eurorack e= ntirely. I've started to appreciate the fact that fixed routing or semi mo= dular synths have narrowed down the possibilities to mostly stuff that soun= ds good, I'm sick of lack of standards in Euro cv, and I'm sick of a 3u for= m factor that necessarily leads to ease of use issues. I left the daw spa= ce because making music would require 30 minutes of setup and I've found I'= m in the same basic boat with my modular, as I'm looking at pdfs to figure = out what mode disting is in, how to do xyz with the STS, which module outpu= ts -5 to +5v and which output 0-10v etc. I get lost in the frustration and= possibilities and end up just turning it off and moving to the mpc. >>> I'll have to look at the medusa. >>> >>> np: k-alexi shelby - vertigo >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 12:38 PM Justin Maxwell <xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> i sent alex this privately and wanted to share it here too >>>> >>>> Think of the medusa like apple in the 2000s. You got a mac not for the= specs, but because it just let you do what you wanted to do without irq co= nflicts or registry errors. The medusa is like a spiritual successor to the= monomachine really. What elektron set out to do but lost sight of. Everyth= ing is easy. Nothing requires remembering the manual. (really, nothing). Yo= u can do absolutely crazy shit with it. It even has tons of frustrating lim= itations like not having different wavetables for each osc or sometimes the= modulation routings don't cover the parameters I want them to. But who car= es, I get more fun out of it than anything else I've bought in 10 years. It= 's hard to say that it's replace things in that I just am not using anythin= g else right now some having so much fun with it.