The Zoia is a pretty fun and versatile way to design custom effects for your setup in a way that other hardware just can't. For example, I often run audio through multiple pathways using a variety of vibrato, amp simulation, delay, and reverb, to create a unique, degraded tone. And on top of that, y...

I've had the Peak for some time and really liked it. Recently I picked up the Argon8 and Hydrasynth at the same time. After a trial period, I've sold the Argon8 and I also sold the Peak and have kept the Hydra. The Argon8 really didn't do much to me, and while the body was sturdily made, the knobs f...

Switching to a hardware setup is the most productive change I ever made for my music. If you think the Digitakt might work for you, I say just dive in!

I really didn't get on with the Akai Force when I had it, but despite being essentially the same OS, the workflow here seems much faster and better. I might give this one a shot.

Thanks for the heads-up on this one!

I like it when Behringer takes an existing design and expands upon it (e.g. the Deepmind). This seems fantastic for those of us who have yearned for a Model D and also paraphony.

Sounds really great.

kinkujin wrote: ↑

10 Oct 2019

Sheesh Jay. Lovely stuff. Then went to your personal site. Where do you find the time?

Hah. I suppose I'm selective with my time? Or maybe I don't watch any TV? Thanks so much for the kind words!

Fotu wrote: ↑

10 Oct 2019

Very nice! Got the album, and the Tiptree book

Amazing!

hey bought the album (everyone should) read up on the author while listening to your songs interesting story ordered the books rain falling in brooklyn is a nice back drop to me, there is a difference now between hardware sounds and software sounds a very big congrats to you for your release been l...

Awesome album dude. Some really nice progressions/melodies in there "On the last afternoon" is something else. Hey thanks so much! The Octatrack is a pretty amazing device. I often wonder if there were a way to tweak the Dr. Octorex formula to get to some of the performance capabilities of the Octa...

Hey, team ReasonTalk hardware folk, Happy to announce that I've released an album of live hardware jams. It's mainly focused around the Elektron boxes (Octatrack, Four, Rytm, Digitone, Heat, Monomachine, Machinedrum) but also some other great gear as well. I can truly say that after nine months of m...

I really love the drift and spread on the Deepmind 12, as well as modulating the effects through its LFOs. This thread has me feeling that I need to get back to this synth!

Great choice! Lots of depth to it, and any menu diving is actually quite quick and intuitive. Great sounding filter on it. Enjoy!

I actually almost like the fact that there's no song mode. It really pushes the idea that these are instruments meant to be played live. Yeah, I really don't care about song modes on any of my hardware; if I wanted to make a prefab song, I'd just do it in a DAW. What I love about hardware, and groo...

Aosta wrote: ↑

11 Sep 2019

If anyone is interested here is a nice talk about what modular is...

Holy hell, just the still image of that guy is a hilariously accurate archetype of a modular person!

I don't plan on getting one, but the more I learn about the 707/101, the more I understand the appeal. Mostly positives I'm seeing. However, for long-form performance on a single box, 16 clips per track per project seems a little cramped for my personal taste, especially on the 101 with only 4 trac...

This has a lot of the immediacy and fun of the Circuit, and a lot of the depth of the Deluge, but with more tracks (than the Circuit), better and way more effects, easy on-board synth programming, inputs, stereo send and returns, more knob control for performance, and a bunch of performance-friendly...

Wow, this rabbit hole goes deep! I love it.

Wow, this thread ran spectacularly off the rails. My best guess and my wildest guess, based on the fact that Reason updates often deliver something relatively unexpected with something expected: - The visual update that is so badly needed. - A second rack type! Hear me out: Matthias has mentioned mo...

Can't wait to finally hear some of this altogether. In our ongoing symmetry, I actually sold my Akai Force and recently picked up the Analog Four MkII. If you like the Digitone and you like subtractive synths, you really, really ought to give it a spin, because man alive the thing sounds huge. I lik...

Hey, thanks both of you!

I’m finding I lean on the MF for higher, more twinkly stuff. It’s something about the filter that keeps veering me that way. I need to give it a proper spin in the bass and pads department. Anyone have any audio or video showing success in these departments?

So I picked up the Analog Four MkII after falling in love with the Digitone, especially as a way to carry around four different synth voices at the same time. And while I thought the Digitone sounded generally pretty good, well, the Analog Four MkII sounds absolutely phenomenal. It's certainly not t...

Did a live show last week as the "house DJ" (not a DJ, but there you go) for a regular event. I managed get enough material together to do the entire night (or at least my 2+ hours of it) with just the Digitone and my Circuit Mono Station. It turned out better than I could have hoped, and I ended u...

For what it's worth, I've used the Steinberg UR44 for ages and had no issues with Reason. It just works.

O1B wrote: ↑

20 Jun 2019

Supported. Now, I have some new music to Chill to / Analyze..
Thanks!

Hey, thanks so much! Really appreciated.