Anyone Miss Their Hardware ?

[module]

i flogged it all & now use jus a lappy.. love what i can do & it outstrips the old drumachines & synths & samplers i had..

but i miss them.. i miss my TR505 & SR16.. i'm >almost< on the verge of gettin an MPC or the like..


anyone else miss their old Roland & Yamaha plastic wonders ?

[rhythmtech]

i miss my korg..

BUT

controllers kinda make up.. not totally but at least you get hands on with them :)

[stjohn]

im just beginning to ride the hardware superhighway....

IMO it it is a gazillion more times more fun feckin with the dedicated harware...
controllers are good too... but it can never match a perfected h/w design

[Patrick DSP]

i miss my soundcraft ghost the most. so warm it was like putting my mix through a fireplace!

[FILTERZ]

dont miss it coz i still have it and use it

[dirty_bass]

Don`t miss it all all.
Flogged it all now.
I`m enjoying total freedom and immersion in my composition environment.
Although I have a particular way of working, and know exactly what I want when I begin, so playing around with gear has never really been a part of my way of working.

[Louk]

don't have any except a yamaha su-10 sampler which is not used but I woulld like a Virus TI.

[christian wagner]

I love my hardware, breaks you away from the lifeless dull computer screen, plus, im really starting to dislike softsynths.

[Alphajuno]

I have a Alphajuno 2 (hence the name) back in Leeds. I miss it soooooo much, everytime i write a sub part especially.

But bah hardware and travelling dont go together so well.

[RDR]

Dont miss it in the slightest, love my environment.

[Jay Pace]

Love my waldorf pulse, love my sherman filterbank.

I could probably lose the pulse and just use the filterbank though. Proper unpredictable analogue character. I like using hardware that brings something new to the table. Otherwise you might as well just go digital.

[stjohn]

Love my waldorf pulse, love my sherman filterbank.

I could probably lose the pulse and just use the filterbank though. Proper unpredictable analogue character. I like using hardware that brings something new to the table. Otherwise you might as well just go digital.

yea man... these things look the shit!!! fancy throwing up a quick mp3 snippet of just some filter madness? i think i might invest this summer...

how do u set about using it?

[Jay Pace]

Will do, the distortion on it is just plain nasty, the filters are mad.

You can do some sublte warming and filtering to sounds to give them character, or you can mangle them beyond recognition.

Good to use for both. Subtle on drums and bass, aggressive on synths etc.

Will post you up some samples. Every track I've done uses the sherman on the synths

The sherman site has some pretty decent examples:
http://www.sherman.be/

[stjohn]

sweet cheers for the link...

do u route hardware through it.. or send some software out into it and back in ??

[stjohn]

wau!! it sounds ****ing great man..im sold!

[Jay Pace]

I route soft synths to give them character, hardware synths for massive sounds.

Its a beast. Depends on what you want to make, but its absolutely crucial to me when making stuff.

[stjohn]

i can imagine man..there wasa serious beef out of those snippets!
are you using the single or dual rack?

im on the hardware hunt this month... i was going to get a Dave smith evolver too! so the tally will be 2 serious pieces of kit for 1,000 euros

[Jay Pace]

Just got the single myself. Would love a dual, but don't have the cashish. Plus finding it more of a challenge to make tracks sound big with very little use of stereo. They're made to come out of mono PA's after all...

[stjohn]

* strokes chin and ponders the possiblities of mono Vs stereo!

[paulcortex]

nope dont miss my kit cos i kept it all...and im still buying more :)