Fingernail on 5/4/2021 at 09:55
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Guys, I think I found the perfect module. Only 2 hp, and if I had money I would bet you most of it that it's the most mathematically precise filter you can find out there.
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demagogue on 5/4/2021 at 10:57
I've been trying to get into (
https://soundcloud.com/user9513654/from-deep-it-comes) soundscapes of late (although this was recorded a while ago, but anyway, I'm thinking in this kind of line of late. I built this on Absynth out of another patch.)
As an aside, ffs these promotion shills are kind of out of control on SoundCloud, instantly liking your shit & trying to get you to sign up to whatever service they're doling. I know it's always been a thing, but it's particularly weird here. Nobody promotes dark ambient. It's f364ing (
https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a3d2wE5_700bwp.webp) kryptonite to mainstream ears, and I like to make it, among other things, exactly because people don't come to it unless they already know exactly where I'm coming from. It usually saves me from having to interact with the suits. The fact they're coming after me here is either a sign of how truly oblivious they are to the tracks they're commenting on or how desperate things are getting I guess.
Aja on 5/4/2021 at 15:32
Definitely post more ambient if you make it!
I ended up selling the Reface DX and buying a Strega. It’s the weirdest instrument I own, and I’m maybe not completely sold on it yet. It’s incredibly noisy on almost every setting, but the upside is that any sound it makes is full of movement and variation. Run it though a giant reverb and it sounds complex and beautiful, but the dry signal can be harsh. I’m trying to figure out how to dial in small amounts of noise and motion, but the controls all interact with each other in unpredictable ways, so it’s not the easiest. Pretty fun to try, though.
faetal on 5/4/2021 at 16:10
I'm kind of intrigued by the Strega. If you listen to Alessandro Cortini's instrumental stuff, it's pretty noisy in the same way, so I guess those were design choices.
The soundcloud bots are annoying AF Dema. Every track I post (dark moody instrumental stuff of late), I get some comment along the lines of "Sick beat, visit the link in my profile pic if you want to get your stats up", or messages along the same lines.
Jason Moyer on 6/4/2021 at 11:41
Nick Batt's review of the Strega is pretty great:
[video=youtube;QodncN8jhDU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QodncN8jhDU[/video]
If I didn't have a Lyra-8 or a VRL (or the VRL2 coming out this summer) I'd probably grab one of these.
faetal on 6/4/2021 at 12:41
Love Nick Batt's reviews.
Aja on 6/4/2021 at 17:53
I like his reviews, too. He's one of the few popular YouTubers who doesn't seem to be afraid to give a negative review or at least talk about the downsides of a piece of equipment for more than a moment.
One thing he didn't mention in the Strega review that seemed like a pretty big omission to me is how it integrates with the other Make Noise desktop devices. It seems to me that they deliberately left some things out because they expect you to use them together. Like, (
https://youtu.be/PAbty77LJFY?t=967) see this demo (I linked to the exact time) to hear how well it combines with the 0-Coast. I love the sound of them together. I'm finding the Strega is most fun when paired with other things (even something like running voice memos from my phone into the input). And even though it has a delay, in practice it's more of a smeary, glitchy reverb, so running it into a more normal reverb/delay afterwards helps a lot (I guess as it does with most things).
demagogue on 7/4/2021 at 06:58
It's funny; he came to (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1J9TALbXQ8) Tokyo and visited my favorite synth shop like just a day or so before I went. I mean it's the famous one, so it's not that big of a coincidence. But it's still kind of a cool connection. I particularly like him for his Friday jam sessions where he just goes to town on whatever synth he's been reviewing, and they're usually really great.
Speaking of Make Noise, I was also just watching one guy going over their (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZQ9BQuHhwc) Black & Gold set up that just came out a few days ago. (Edit: I mean the video just came out a few days ago, not the system.)
Jason Moyer on 7/4/2021 at 18:10
I liked Nick's reviews before I knew anything about his musical background, but it helps that he's worked on music that I actually like (particularly Goldfrapp). I like Hainbach's videos too, because I respect his technical knowledge and creativity. That isn't to say I actively dislike other reviewers' music per se, but if I'm watching a review of a keyboard I want to see you do something other than playing Vangelis hooks on it or playing the preset patches/sequences. It's kind of hilarious whenever a new Korg product comes out, because they usually have nice sequencers, and the musical examples in 95% of the reviews are the exact same sounds/patterns because they're just loading the presets and demo'ing them. And that's not even getting into some of the more prominent YT gear channels, where they're blatantly just doing the modern equivalent of late night infomercials for companies who paid them to review their shit.
Anyway, Nick is awesome and so is the weekly SonicTalk stream he does.
Aja on 7/4/2021 at 22:33
I love Hainbach too, not exactly because I'm a huge fan of his music but because his videos are often inspirational for me; on a few occasions I've been in creative ruts, watched his Q&As or process tips, and then been inspired to finish a track. He's a good role model for being a creative person.
Mylar is perhaps closer to the late-night infomercial variety, but he's so great at making techno that I'm always hooked regardless.