Nick Blanc

And here we are! Thank you.

I did something I wasn't really comfortable with, writing my own lyrics. And not just some random words which would sound cool. Actual lyrics. It's in Dutch and the translation is in the description. I'm still a bit apprehensive, but it's out now. Enjoy!

They have quality stuff, but does anyone have any experience with this one?

I used it immediately today on a jam (online next week). It doubles as a nice idea machine. Haven't tried a lot but I like it so far.

Not the greatest productname...

Looks cool. I bought it. I find myself more often than not automating my arpeggios with envelope followers or LFO's and having a dedicated plugin for that on top of the more options it has than the somewhat limited Ableton arpeggiator, could be a great addition to my workflow.

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Really depends on the genre. I produce hiphop beats on the side and I use Output stuff all the time. I use their fx often time in techno productions / livejams but they don't seem te be on sale.

Whoops, I was busy mixing my recording of yesterday and almost forgot to post this one. Well here we go. The Microcosm is a beautiful piece of kit. But to me the Malevolent won again. I don't know how (it has a mind of its own I swear), but it decided that it would do some weird unstable pitch fall thing. It immediately gave the whole track some extra character.

If I'm ever going the hardware route (and most likely I am), I thinking of starting with a Fusion and Bus+.

MixbusTV did a shootout with this one and SSL Bus+. I liked the sound of the Wes audio more, but not 3000 more.

Oh that's nice. I can upgrade for €39 which gives me FETII and British Class A. Tempting.

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Well, isn't it interesting Behringer got (and still gets) a lot of flak for 'stealing' and here is Warm Audio being the teacher's favorite... (not knocking their products though, the're probably fine).

I'm rethinking this setup. Yes using a pedal with its own dedicated input would give me more control (recording of the 100% dry and 100% wet signal seperately and blending them afterwards to taste), but I've done some testruns now and I haven't found the need. For now I think I'm ok with recording the wet signal (most pedals have a mix knob). So I'm leaning towards your solution @Glenn Stanton. Having everything connected for direct recording. And the pedals connected seperately in the patchbay (or a second one, doesn't really matter, I might as well). So I could patch the synth signal from the top output to the pedal path and that output back into the synth path for recording. Am I making sense here?

https://www.westwoodinstruments.com/instruments/ Includes Lost Synth and Lost Piano. Normally $139. now $79 each. Runs until he 22nd of May.

This is going on my BF shopping list.

My first jam using the Microcosm. Still working out the levels and the signal has some bleed, so I might have to switch/re-route some cables. In hindsight the track would have benefitted from a couple of extra BPM's I think. But hey, there's always next time. Anyway, enjoy ?

Perhaps a little late to the party, but I searched a long time for extra I/O. Finally I found the RME Digiface. It has 4 ADAT I/O so 32 channels in, 34 channels out (32 ADAT, 2 on the Digiface itself). So I use 4x Behringer ADA8200 and it works. Sometimes I have to adjust some latency stuff in the DAW. As noted, your 'gargling noise' (or weird underwater thingie) is a synchronisation issue. Could be a samplerate mismatch or just a 'lost' handshake. Changing samplerates and back again can fix this. I believe RME is like the super saiyan of interfaces. And Totalmix (their software, similar to the Focusrite one) is insanely powerful. Too powerful. I'm constantly bothering their support with questions. But they are great. Maybe I should pay them a visit at Superbooth this May. It's in Munich, so pretty close by.

I've read this now several times, and it seems like a logical plan. Especially the splitting off with a Y cable. I'm a bit of a control freak for mixing and editing so I like my signals seperated. That's why I chose the 4x8 pre-amps solution over a mixer. But in reality, recording a wet signal in my workflow is 90% of the times all I need. I mainly do weekly livejams so there is no time for mixing it for weeks. Hours tops. I think I'll order a second patchbay, a whole bunch of cables, a week off work and a bottle of Jack. And RME support on standby ?

As another topic of mine hinted at, I'm going the pedal route. This was my first try with de Edge going through a fuzz pedal. Well, that was awesome! As we say in Dutch, "mokerharde" kicks. Which translates to something like "sledgehammer-hard". I have other pedals (coming up), and this one (Walrus Audio Eons Five-state Fuzz) seemed to be the 'lesser' one between things like the Microcosm, Nightsky etc. Was I wrong. It's absolutely great. This will not be for everyone, but it is for me, so there! ?

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Yeah I figured as much that labeling would be one of the first things to do. At least with an Excel sheet.

Awesome info. There's definitely more to it than just 'let me patch this thing in'. So I have to put a lot of thought in setting things up and thinking about how I want that and what my end result should be. Thanks!

Oooh right. Thanks for taking the time to be this elaborate. That second patchbay in de-normalled mode makes sense for FX. Indeed a pedal would be in the signal path (with mix control). I'm a complete newbie to this, so would this also allow me to use it as a send? So sending a (or multiple, in case I wanted to do this with more) daw output signal to a patchbay (as I would with a synth) and patching that signal to a pedal. That way I could use the pedals also for vst. My brain hurts. But just a bit less thanks to you.