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- _niko0
any recos for software/hardware for a 10 year old kid that wants to get into this?
- microkorg0
@_Niko
How much you got to spend?
If the kid has an iPad then there's lots of awesome apps out there for pretty serious music making.
Samplr, Moog have a few, Korg Gadget etcIf the kid wants to get into software then Ableton (&Push2 controller) is as deep as you can go but quite pricey.
Maschine is a good start and good fun.Teenage Engineering is a great instrument, it looks like a toy but is about £600.
Cheap fun things likethe Korg Monotron , MonoTribe or Teenage Engineerings PO range (Pocket Operators) are great fun but not really serious things for music making.
- Yup, iPad and the app offerings from Korg, Moog, Akai is a good investment, most flexibility as a device, is cheap... and a small keyboard controller w/ padsprophetone
- awesome, thanks for the advice, cheers micro, prophet_niko
- I have a 10 yr old too... and honestly his generation is happy with touch devices, shows no interest (yet) in my synths, drum machinesprophetone
- ...that stuff is too knobby and 'old timey' hahaha... one day he'll wake up and be like 'yo this is an mpc 60!!!!... did you even know?!'prophetone
- ....and i'll be like 'yeah, mitts off kid. you have your ipad...' (and quietly pffft to myself)prophetone
- novation circuit is worth a look too. although if they're in to rap they'll resent it not being an MPC.kingsteven
- yeah novation circuit is a good affordable suggestion. forgot about this. lots of great reviews and stories about it.microkorg
- these things look cool - https://www.youtube.…autoflavour
- uan2
I am not a musician, but this box looks like fun
- yeah a lot of people raving about how much fun the 0-Coast is. Definitely a gateway drug to modular.microkorg
- is very cool, but i fear if i would say to myself "man! if only i could have this sort of thing but like 3ft wide and 2ft high and more options..."prophetone
- this is why i fear modular.. i would buy this, but yep, it would soon become out of controlautoflavour
- microkorg0
@_niko
Still looking for a present for kid?
I forgot about Little-Bits
https://littlebits.cc/kits/synth…Kids can build their own synth!
- futurefood2
I was going to post in the chick of the day thread...
- futurefood0
- Beautiful. I just bought my first module today :)microkorg
- nice! as they are starting to make smaller, cheaper modules, it's getting too tempting lolfuturefood
- cheapest way is to learn soldering then just buy kits. lot of time though.microkorg
- what did you get?futurefood
- Bastl Instruments Grandpa Module. I used to have their MicroGranny but sold it. I plan to build an effects/performance skiff rather than a multivoice synth ...microkorg
- I already have an Analog4 (which can send CV out to modular) and have many VST including ReaktorBlocks which will also be CV out to Modular too :)microkorg
- section_0140
Picked up one of these last week:
Never had an MPC, but I had a MPK keyboard before and the pads were shit. These feel nice and responsive in comparison. It was real easy to get working in Logic.
- Just looking at that myself. How is it?********
- So far, so good. Had a small problem with occasional double hits. Loosening the back screws about a 1/4 turn solved it.section_014
- Just looking at that myself. How is it?
- microkorg0
I think my BASSLET is arriving tomorrow.
I'm VERY excited about getting this in time for Christmas break as i'll be spending a lot of it listening to and making music.
- hah, nice. was thinking this would get interesting on guitar... got a few toys waiting for the break too, inc. the circuit, which i'm just blown away by btw.kingsteven
- inteliboy0
would you write trailer music on pitch/spec? for big Hollywood pics.
we've been asked a few times.... feels like pipe dreams though, and as if anyone cares who did the music on most trailers....
- autoflavour0
our container arrived yesterday..
finally the rest of my studio is reunited..
so much cabling to do..
but soon..
soon..
you can witness the power of this fully operational battle station..
- microkorg0
Anyone else been checking out the Erica Synths Pico System 1?
Thinking of selling my A4 for this.
http://ericasynths.lv/en/shop/eu…
- microkorg0
Something new coming from Elektron.
Octatrack2 ?
- Cant imagine so.. that thing is way ahead of its time..autoflavour
- elektronauts community guessing at either Octotrack2 or a Mixer. Don't think its another FX box.microkorg
- ********0
This looks fun.
- Is it just a gimmick? Not sure. It has potential, but for now, for the price of one of these and the control unit you could get a Novation Circuit.********
- gimmick for the EDM crowdmicrokorg
- Seems gimmicky to me from the demos. Too soon to judge though.section_014
- Is it just a gimmick? Not sure. It has potential, but for now, for the price of one of these and the control unit you could get a Novation Circuit.
- faxion-3
