Minimum kit needed to make "electronic music" at home?
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Blue Belle
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Oooooooo, the beginnings of the Pink Fish Sleaford Mods, or Pink Fish's very own Vince Clarke? 
miktec
retired
So this thread really touched a nerve with me ... like you, I can't play piano but I have had loads of fun messing with electronica in the past.
.... SO - just hit the BIN button on one of these for a reasonable price:
minilogue - POLYPHONIC ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZER | KORG (U.K.)
Meet minilogue; the stylish, innovative, 37 slim-key fully programmable analog polyphonic synthesizer.
this has, as far as I'm concerned, got just the right combo of size and flexibility and the exact kind of buttons and switches I like with names that lift my heart like 'attack' 'decay' and 'sustain' .... the stuff I understand
A fine bit of farting around ahead methinks
gustav_errata
pfm Member
I look forward to hearing everyone's forthcoming electronic music, be it for-fun noodling or super-serious composition and sound design! I'm feeling out about music production a lot more than I am about music reproduction these days.
vince rocker
pfm Member
Korg makes kit that is ridiculously good fun for the money.So this thread really touched a nerve with me ... like you, I can't play piano but I have had loads of fun messing with electronica in the past.
.... SO - just hit the BIN button on one of these for a reasonable price:
minilogue - POLYPHONIC ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZER | KORG (U.K.)
Meet minilogue; the stylish, innovative, 37 slim-key fully programmable analog polyphonic synthesizer.www.korg.com
this has, as far as I'm concerned, got just the right combo of size and flexibility and the exact kind of buttons and switches I like with names that lift my heart like 'attack' 'decay' and 'sustain' .... the stuff I understand
A fine bit of farting around ahead methinks
The NTS-1 is worth £90 or so just for the Riser reverb effect https://www.korg.co.uk/products/nts-1
The SQ-1 is instant Berlin School for just over £100 https://www.korg.co.uk/products/sq-1
The only Volca I have tried is the Drum, it makes a big noise for a little box https://www.korg.co.uk/products/volca-drum the others all look interesting.
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
I have one of those. It's no 960, but for the price it's unbeatable. The only thing to be aware of is that you can't use it as a master clock with a DAW and if you slave from a DAW, you can only run the CV / Trig outputs - no huge problem if you have other Volca kit or a modular. On the plus side, I can use it to run my SH-101 from Cubase.
ETA - if you want Berlin School, you'll also need a delay for the chugging syncopation (see below).
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
They do that a lot. The delay on the Monotron Delay is f**king epic for all of those BBD / tape echo effects you'd normally spend big money on from vintage gear.
All together now: "Space is infinite, it is dark. Space is neutral, it is cold. Stars occupy minute areas of space..."
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Hurry up, only 5 left. https://www.analoguesolutions.com/colossus-1
It doesn't say how much, but they ask for a £7000 deposit. That said, Compared to the cost of buying an original Delaware (if you'd ever find one), it's a bargain.
Wolfmancatsup
Empire State Human
£50k…
Raise you…
I love Tom Carpenter‘s work.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
Our boys and I have enormous fun with Animoog, Animoog Z, Synth One and Filtatron on an iPad and M Audio usb keystation plugged into the stereo.
andrew d
pfm Member
When you've perfected a track why not get it cut to disc?!
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paulfromcamden
Baffled
I've used vinyl cutting services twice - once to make a custom Breeders bootleg 7" as a gift for my OH with a track from a gig we'd been to the previous week and once to press up the results of a college recording project. The finished articles won't be giving Abbey Road any sleepless nights but good fun : )When you've perfected a track why not get it cut to disc?!
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