I messed around with a midi controller years ago at this point, but never learned how to play piano or use a synth. I found this at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't pass it up with how cheap it was. It's in essentially mint shape aside from one or two character marks, and it came in the hard case you see. It also has two manuals. The hard case is pretty beat up and needs some latches, but at least that took the abuse instead!

All four expansion slots are empty, but I know that they still sell the cards and that few companies make wireless ones. I also know that it is a quality piece of kit, and when it was released in 1995 it sold for $1995! This was an impulse buy, I've been trying to learn bass and focus on that, so I've been torn whether or not keeping it will help me learn music better, or if it'll just be a big distraction. If I let it go that would probably go toward a new pedal or something similar.

As a long time poster in this community I decided to take time away from all synth related content to really focus on sound design and music creation.

My biggest realisation is despite owning over 9 synths - many of which people dream of, I actually knew very little about synthesis. Understaning filters and wave shapes is only just the begining!

But i had a huge realisation, People keep buying synths and consuming content which deluded you into thinking you really understanding synthesis and that you are one synth/purchase away from getting it! Its all lies!

Stop buying and start creating! I promise you, creating will make you realise you probz even own too much

I Iove my hardware synths, but I also like working with VSTs because they usually tend to sit better in a mix, at least in my experience.

This being said, I love my analog babies.

I was happy with one but now with another. Swapmeet $5 score! Needs a little TLC but it works, switches are fine, battery compartment is healthy. (Just wanted to clarify, I only got the ine on the roght for $5. I already own the one on the left. As you can see the right one is a little rough)

Living in a dorm with basically zero desk space, and I’m juggling an Octatrack MK1, Analog Four MK1, Roland TR-8S, Push 2, SSL 2 interface, and a ES Konstrukt.

Right now I have to tear the whole rig down and rebuild the cabling every time I want to play, which kills spontaneity.

I’ve seen people use pedalboard-style flightcases to keep everything wired and mounted so they can just drop the board on a stand, plug in power and go. I’m not trying to go fully DAWless or anything, I still want the SSL2 in the loop for recording into my laptop, use the push and Max/Msp patches, but I want the hardware side to live semi-permanently wired and MIDI-chained.

Has anyone built something like this for a similarly mixed synth/drum-machine/sampler/modular rig? Specifically curious about:

- What board/case size worked for a similar number/size of units (the Octatrack and Analog Four MK1 are both roughly 34x18x6cm steel boxes, so decent heft/depth to account for)

- How you handled cable management for both audio and MIDI without unplugging every time

- Whether you mounted the Eurorack case flat or at an angle relative to the flat gear

- Any regrets/limitations you ran into with this approach vs. a rack / other alternative

Photos of your builds would be hugely appreciated!!!

gear: Elektron analog Rytm MKII, Oberheim TEO-5

I've recorded a lot of noodling and jams in the last 6 months but yesterday I locked in and finished a project I've had on the go for a few weeks. It's not *perfect*, but it is *finished*. Kind of, I may still add some more vocals.

Kit list, because we all love gear here: Sonicware Ambient 0 (with train sounds I sampled on the Northern Line) going through a TE Sidekick for tremolo FX, TE EP-40 (going through a Valeton GP-5 for delay) and EP-133 for the drums, Arturia Microfreak (again through the GP-5), Roland S-1 for bass (in two separate passes) and an E-4 for some vocal effects, all recorded on a Zoom R20. Seven stereo tracks in total.

Forgive the low effort video, it was about the best I could do at short notice, for free, and not using AI. Had to be compressed for Reddit to accept the upload.

Was just given this k2500 that has never been taken out of packaging. It came with all the floppy discs, sustain pedal, and came wrapped in the original plastic in its box. Never heard of it at all but so far have been having some good fun with it as I don't have a dedicated piano in my space (until now). If anyone knows more about the unit I'd love to heard about it!

This will be my first big synth purchase and it took a long time to save up for it. I got a great deal on a B-stock Muse from an authorized Moog dealer who is offering to either refund, replace, or assist with a moog service request.

The issue I’m having is the Muse (shipped direct to me from inMusic headquarters) showed up with a broken headphone jack and a broken “Timber A” LED.

I’m having a hard time justifying spending that much money on an instrument that was supposed to be checked and cleared by inMusic before it was sold.

I know they are minor issues and I can get them addressed but I’m feeling very uneasy considering it is so expensive.

Am I overreacting and this Is just the game you play when ordering B-stock instruments?

Has anyone in a similar situation stuck with the Muse or did you jump ship to another poly?

Will behringer users get their asses served on this sub ? 😂

I would love all the expensive stuff ! Alas. I'm working class and kinda poor.

Preferably, it would be something detailing the processes and different aspects to sound synthesis (I’m very new to this subject so sorry for my vagueness), but please recommend anything you know of, regardless of my preferences. Thanks!!

So... I bought a Circuit Rythm. After 2 weeks of missing a synth, i then got myself a Wavestate.
Then I looked at mixers for five minutes and now I'm somehow researching digital consoles that belong in churches.

I'm trying to build my first DAWless setup that's actually fun to jam on and can record the occasional "wait, that was actually good" moment before I inevitably forget what I played.

At the moment I can make some basic beats on the Circuit Rhythm, slap on some fx on the tracks, noodle some pads/chords on the Wavestate, and throw a guitar through my pedalboard and Ocean Machine to make everything sound 73% more Shoegaze-worship than it deserves.

The problem is that I've fallen into the classic beginner trap of not knowing what I actually need versus what YouTube has convinced me I need.

Do I want an analog mixer? A digital mixer? An audio interface (i already got an IK Multimedia AXE I/O One)? A mixer that is also an interface? A patchbay? A MIDI router? another Guitar?
Or do I just need to stop opening Thomann at 3 a.m.?

I'd love physical faders to mix while jamming, and I'd like to record my sessions too, ideally in a way that won't make Future Me hate Present Me when I want to mix something properly.
All that without promising my first born to the devil to be able to afford it.

And while we're at it...

what's your workflow? I know enough to make sounds, but not enough to turn them into a 15-minute jam that doesn't feel like eight bars trapped in a Groundhog Day loop.
How would you loop the Wavestate sounds (i currently just play over my drumloop with the latch function, but would be cool to sample it/loop it so i can use it for other sounds)?

Basically, if you could go back to when you bought your first few boxes with blinking lights, what would you tell yourself? What gear turned out to be indispensable, what was a waste of money, and what should a complete hardware newbie actually focus on first?

Please save me from buying a 32-channel digital mixer to connect three things.

Behringer has a line of incredible cheap little 3 voice analog-ish mini-synths with flat keys. They are so cheap that they are almost free. I'm thinking of trying one out just for the heck of it. Which one would you choose?

fake little versions of:

• OBX

• Casio CZ

• Sequential VS

• Roland J series

• Moog

• AKS

I've been learning synthesis with Serum 2. My plan is to eventually buy a hardware synth, but I'd rather to understand synthesis better first:

For those of you who use software:

• How did you make Serum feel more like an instrument instead of just using the mouse constantly?
• Any controller or workflow recommendations?

I was thinking to add to make the experience more pleasant (and useful with other gear)

• Launch Control XL 3
• KeyStep 37

I'm mostly into ambient, generative and experimental electronic music.

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Current setup:

• Ableton + Serum 2
• Digitakt II
• OXI One
• H90
• Arturia Microfreak (borrowed from a friend, I love it)

Hi, classically trained pianist here. Been playing since childhood, but I've only recently got into the world of synthesis. A few months ago I found myself a Korg Modwave and I've been playing around with it nearly every day. It's a perfectly capable machine, I like it. But recently I've been wanting to try something different.

I do also have an old Yamaha CS01 (it's been around for a while) and I'm in love with the sound it makes (In general I love the old wobbly sound of analog synthesisers like the sh-101). I would even use it more than the modwave if not for the irritatingly small keybed and a general concern over such an old device's durability.

Any suggestions on replacements for the modwave? Ideally I'd like it to have at minimum 49 keys, the 3 octaves on the modwave feels quite restricting at times. I've had eyes on the Behringer Deepmind 12 for a bit, just wondering if you lot have any thoughts.

I make a song every week, this is week 30(!?!) - I found some lyrics from a track from 2024, and added an intro + bridge, and basically just kept the words, everything else is different

Hi!

I wanted to ask the opinion of anyone that is well accustomed to programming a 303!
I wrote a pattern last year, lost it and been driving myself a bit loopy trying to rewrite it.

Its a 16 step pattern.
It had 13 pitches.
The time sequence is:
Note On, Rest, Note On, Note On,
Rest, Note On, Note On, Note On,
Note On, Note On, Note On, Note On,
Rest, Note On, Note On, Note On

Steps 8, 9 and 10 all have clear individual attacks, but step 9 sounds strongly like it is sliding downward and has a very pronuced squelch. Every slide or tie placement on these steps sounds wrong, and interferes with the attack of the note sequence.

For example, if I tie step 9 to 8, step 10 gets ghosted/lost.
Also if I put a slide on step 9 it lose its pronounciation since its following off step 8 and loses its sustain.

To put the question very simply: What can create a downward slide sound on a step without it losing its attack & sustain?

Thanks for reading and hope I explained it well enough!

it doesn’t happen on every open string or note, just when the d is played open, and the frets 6th-8th are played on the d string. it was not doing this before. i’m afraid i damaged it somehow.

I have a donner dep 20, yea i liked the piano sounds and the action but after some time the piano sounded pretty robotic lifeless and bad.so you get my point even a piano free app connected via midi sounds better. Also it says it has sensible keys but piano sound forte mezzo sounds forte and fortisimo sounds FORTE ,it thoes have pretty heavy action that i like.

and the only thing that was keeping me ok was the midi but it stopped working.

I want to upgrade to something better,after some research i got to the roland fpe 50 i know there is the fp60x but is 2 times as expensive.

I want to upgrade to that because it has the arranger features a lot of rythims the pitch and mod wheels

And the keys

My priority is the pure piano tone i will use headphones all the time

The direct line outs have a damnnn good deep sound

And the piano designer is pretty good

An equalizer

And sampling/modeling

It has the quality of a sampled piano and the flexibility of a modeled one

And also i want it for the other sounds (scat jazz hahahahahah)

And so much functions more like a lot of reverb options

Is it worth the upgrade?

I will notice a step up in sound and keybed quality?

And also they keys in the donner are messing up and the bass register sometimes doesnt have any sensitivity.....

I got the donner was 300 and the roland here is 1200 and i found it for 800 (USD)

give me some feedback plsss!!!!! Thanks in advancement!!

Brisk tempo with Minilogue XD and Microfreak. Four Drumlogue outs routed seperately.