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I've successfully chopped down my AX73 from 6 octaves down to 4
now it's size makes it much more desirable.

My workshop rig for when I,m not working...or shopping.

Two of the things in that picture make me drool.

Hmm, I counted three.

I have been getting crazy with my SK1 lately. Such an awesome tool!

Yeah, the SK1 is a classic. I've had mine for ages, planned tons of circuit bending to do on it maybe 10-12 years ago and still kept it mostly intact because the basic sounds (especially the ones using the simple additive synth engine) sound so good. Wonderful with a bit of overdrive. Or a lot.

The SK-1 runs through the Korg Monotron to further enhance those cool synth engine sounds and then into a mixing board, some powered monitor speakers, and a subwoofer to take advantage of the Monotron's fat bass abilities. The Rhodes of course goes through the Mu-tron.

SoaringTortoise wrote:The SK-1 runs through the Korg Monotron to further enhance those cool synth engine sounds and then into a mixing board, some powered monitor speakers, and a subwoofer to take advantage of the Monotron's fat bass abilities. The Rhodes of course goes through the Mu-tron.

I've actually been planning on getting the Monotron Delay to mount to my SK-1 to use the filter and delay. Hoping to pick one up very soon. Also going to mount a little Sandisk MP3 player to it to keep samples on.

smallpond wrote:

SoaringTortoise wrote:The SK-1 runs through the Korg Monotron to further enhance those cool synth engine sounds and then into a mixing board, some powered monitor speakers, and a subwoofer to take advantage of the Monotron's fat bass abilities. The Rhodes of course goes through the Mu-tron.

I've actually been planning on getting the Monotron Delay to mount to my SK-1 to use the filter and delay. Hoping to pick one up very soon. Also going to mount a little Sandisk MP3 player to it to keep samples on.

Cool. Sounds like a lot of bang for buck. I have found that connecting even a cheap, semi-decent, microphone to the mic input on the back of the SK-1 greatly enhances the quality of the samples you can make.

Anybody here use a laptop and a soft-synth live or with a band? I've been using Logic for a few months and they've added Alchemy and I've also purchased Omnisphere 2 and they're pretty awesome. My poor Moog Sub 37 almost never gets used in the recordings I've been doing lately. I recently bought a Nektar P6 keyboard that not only is a midi-controller but also controls Logic so I can do all of the transport and even control plugins and automation from the midi controller with no real fuss since it's already set up to work with Logic (and a few other DAWs). This weekend I accidentally found out that I can have multiple presets of Ominsphere going at once on the Nektar. I can spread them out for certain ranges on the keyboard, I can assign some to the pads and some to the keys or I can have the keys play a bunch of presets all at once...it's pretty amazingly powerful. I've always personally felt a little weird seeing laptops on stage especially when it's just some guy clicking around on a mouse the whole time but you can essentially use it as a synth engine pretty effectively but I just don't see it all that often in the doom/stoner rock world I normally inhabit at shows. I'm pretty excited by it, it's a whole new world to me.

louderthangod wrote:Anybody here use a laptop and a soft-synth live or with a band? I've been using Logic for a few months and they've added Alchemy and I've also purchased Omnisphere 2 and they're pretty awesome. My poor Moog Sub 37 almost never gets used in the recordings I've been doing lately. I recently bought a Nektar P6 keyboard that not only is a midi-controller but also controls Logic so I can do all of the transport and even control plugins and automation from the midi controller with no real fuss since it's already set up to work with Logic (and a few other DAWs). This weekend I accidentally found out that I can have multiple presets of Ominsphere going at once on the Nektar. I can spread them out for certain ranges on the keyboard, I can assign some to the pads and some to the keys or I can have the keys play a bunch of presets all at once...it's pretty amazingly powerful. I've always personally felt a little weird seeing laptops on stage especially when it's just some guy clicking around on a mouse the whole time but you can essentially use it as a synth engine pretty effectively but I just don't see it all that often in the doom/stoner rock world I normally inhabit at shows. I'm pretty excited by it, it's a whole new world to me.

Dude in my band does this with an Arturia keylab, along side a Micro Korg. He uses it in much the same manner as you but with a focus on Rhodes/Wurly sounds as it is infinitely more flexible, affordable and portable than an actual vintage elec piano. Most of the synthier stuff comes from the Micro Korg.
I say embrace it. Once you can get past the visual it really opens up a world of possibilities.

that sub37 sounds like a burden. let me take that off your hands.

Forrrest wrote:that sub37 sounds like a burden. let me take that off your hands.

It's just not fun for me. The Sub Phatty was a lot more fun to just start twisting knobs and finding something cool. I feel like I really have to have a plan and know exactly how to execute it when I go to use it and the presets sound really bad, much worse than the Sub Phatty so tweaking them a bit doesn't seem very interesting. Tonally it just doesn't seem to be as rich, it has a thinner sound that reminds me more of a digital synth in analog mode. I'll probably just sell it and re-buy the Sub Phatty.

might just be something in the calibration of yours?

which should I hit:? Nord Wave or Chroma Polaris?

Forrrest wrote:which should I hit:? Nord Wave or Chroma Polaris?

No direct experience with either of these, but specs and the Nord sound tell me to go for the Wave. I just wish it came in a left-handed version because the Nord control layout SUCKS for me.