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5 votes
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Gear and process
I'd been accumulating modular gear over the course of the pandemic, but over the last month or so I sold the majority of my modular, including swapping my 6U 89HP case for a much smaller model,...
I'd been accumulating modular gear over the course of the pandemic, but over the last month or so I sold the majority of my modular, including swapping my 6U 89HP case for a much smaller model, without anything in it as of yet. Instead, I'm using a lot more standalone gear.
Gear talk:
I'm using (shock, horror!) a laptop, as well as the Elektron Digitakt drum computer and Digitone polyphonic FM synthesizer. I also went from one Monome Norns Shield DIY with no input devices to two Norns Shields with a Grid and a 16n. Observe, if you want! (As an aside, I absolutely love the Monome aesthetic of raw aluminum and I've also gotten a set of faceplates and acrylic windows made for my Norns'. I kept the first two of the run, when I hadn't quite perfected the technique, so there are some blemishes; the rest went to friends.)
Interestingly, where my process tended to run up against the limitations of my gear in the past, it now seems much more constrained just by the time I am able to spend playing music each day, as I work a full time job and do most of the chores in my household.
I'd love to know how gear and process interacts for you folks, and what you do to make sure you're having fun and making music, despite the many demands on all our time.
5 votes -
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (Starparade 02.06.1977)
4 votes -
Lou Elliotte – Happy For Me (2021)
2 votes -
Recording of unreleased John Lennon song up for auction in Denmark – 33-minute audio track was made by four Danish teenagers more than fifty years ago
5 votes -
Billy Talent - End Of Me feat. Rivers Cuomo (2021)
4 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
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6 votes -
Sungazer - Threshold (2021)
3 votes -
Gavin Castleton - Average Man (2014)
3 votes -
King Woman - Celestial Blues (2021)
3 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
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8 votes -
Biz Markie had exactly what hip-hop needed - Rap’s pioneering ‘Clown Prince,’ as remembered by his friends, family, collaborators, and admirers
7 votes -
Hobby update: I had my first live show!
20 votes -
Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish
11 votes -
California Honeydrops - Soul Tub Medley (2013)
2 votes -
Abu Nein feat. Henric de la Cour – Black Light (2021)
4 votes -
Feint - Starseed (ft. Leah Rye) (Rameses B Remix) (2021)
5 votes -
The Shivas - My Baby Don't (2021)
3 votes -
Franzoli Electronics - Take on me (on flyback transformers) (2021)
4 votes -
Miles Kane – Don’t Let It Get You Down (2021)
2 votes -
An oral history of Big Shiny Tunes: The CD that defined a Canadian era
6 votes -
The Fantastics! - Pyramid (2021)
3 votes -
Joon Moon - Feel It (Acoustic Session) (2021)
3 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
6 votes -
Ghost - Enter Sandman (2021)
5 votes -
Steve Conte - Rain (1998)
5 votes -
Desecrator - Belly of the Beast (2021)
5 votes -
Sandy Marton - People From Ibiza (1984)
4 votes -
MILCK - Quiet (2017)
3 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
9 votes -
Billie, Lorde, Lizzo: Pop stardom has never seemed less aspirational
11 votes -
Indiekid Aurelia – Inte Du (2021)
3 votes -
Dot. - Don't You Worry (2021)
5 votes -
Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal - There Will Be Time (Live in South Africa) (2016)
4 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
6 votes -
Kanye West - Donda [2021]
12 votes -
Merle Travis - Dark as a Dungeon (solo guitar, 1951)
4 votes -
Low - Days Like These (2021)
4 votes -
Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
6 votes -
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, reggae giant and dub pioneer, dead at 85
5 votes -
‘I had no confidence, no money’: The pop stars kept in limbo by major labels
9 votes -
MØ – Kindness (2021)
5 votes -
Polo & Pan - Jiminy (2021)
7 votes -
Pop group ABBA have teased a major announcement for next week, as fans await their first new music in thirty-nine years
11 votes -
Tom Cardy - H.Y.C.Y.BH? (2021)
5 votes -
Sigrid – Mirror (2022)
5 votes -
The Bug - Fire (2021)
5 votes -
Parcels - Comingback (2021)
7 votes -
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who helped them become one of the greatest bands in rock 'n' roll, has died at the age of 80
8 votes -
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (2010)
5 votes