List your gear here. What are your favourites?
I just got my first hardware synth about a month ago. MicroFreak. It’s so fun. I saw this when it came out and was super tempted to get one, even though I knew getting hardware was a can of worms I probably shouldn’t open :) Then the Stellar Edition was announced and I instantly pre-ordered it. I don’t regret it one bit and it scratches the hardware itch well enough that I don’t feel tempted to go down the rabbit hole. I might want a drum machine to go with it at some point but I’ve got a BeatStep Pro controlling VSTs for now.
Just wanted to share that I ordered my new Roland SH-4d and will be here, hopefully, before the next weekend. I am trying to find some good video tutorials to be ready for my new baby next week! Super excited!
My setup represents mid life crisis hehe: Volca keys, Moog Subharmonicon, Korg Wavestate, Argon8 and Yamaha CP88 (which is rom piano really, not a synth). I’m mostly just playing with CP88 as a piano, or pushing it’s capabilities to the max by using weird combinations and octaves (great for ambient I think). Subharmonicon is great for generative ambient, especially when it’s clock is controlling other synth’s sequencers. Volca Keys was my first synth and I didn’t like it’s sound at all and it killed my enthuasiasm for years. I do appreciate how some people are able to great cool things with it, though!
If you get over your mid-life crisis, let me know. I am about to get into mine and will be offering to buy your synths! :)
haha unfortunately I’m also semi-hoarder! They’ll be dusting in my home for couple of decades before I can get rid of them.
My workhorse (or better my main toy) is a Yamaha MODX6. I also have a Roland JD-08 and then I have some software synthesizers on my Linux laptop. Specifically, I use Ardour as a DAW, where I finish everything that comes out of my MODX6, and use mostly Vital, which I have learned a little bit. I also use SurgeXT but mostly starting from a preset as this is a very strong synth that feels overwhelming to a newbie like me.
How do you like Ardour?
I like it a lot. It may not have all the bells and whistles of something like bitwig but when combined with plugins like carla, vital, surgeXT, etc, it becomes quite impressive. I don’t have experience with other DAWs (people praise Reaper a lot) but it’s “my DAW” and I love it. (Perhaps not the objective opinion you were hoping for!)
