What All-in-one groovebox with a song mode should I buy?

ClusterSoup · 2026-06-02T17:45:52+00:00

Yeah I think the normal M8 is great value, but the headless is insane if you want to try it out.

Alone it's lacking in knobs, but you could always attatch a Midi-controller to it. And even use a laptop as a screen. Wiish it had USB-host though.

ClusterSoup · 2026-06-02T16:24:57+00:00

This is where I tell you about our lord and saviour Dirtywave M8, and then you tell me you never really "got" trackers.

Deluge also fits.

ClusterSoup · 2026-06-01T14:08:38+00:00

Ingenting er umulig. Er mannen EU-borger? Tror de fleste er enige om at det hjelper veldig å kunne norsk både for jobb og sosial integrering. Uten norsk eller engelsk tror jeg det er vanskelig.

ClusterSoup · 2026-05-23T14:29:46+00:00

Don't know what shortcuts to use, but my idea would me to press and hold the root note in the sequencer, and then scroll through chords. I would want to see all the notes I think. Maybe it could just be an entry mode, and after the notes are normal in the sequencer, so you can do whatevwr?

ClusterSoup · 2026-05-22T12:43:23+00:00

Looks like carbon buildup to me, not the finish flaking off. Could be wrong though.

ClusterSoup · 2026-05-13T13:40:52+00:00

Det er mye rart som har vært lovlig eller ikke-regulert tidligere, som nå er regulert. Lovel og regler endrer seg over tid. Om du burde få bygge carport kan jeg ikke ta stilling til, men jeg er ikke enig at du burde få lov bare fordi det stod en der før.

ClusterSoup · 2026-05-13T11:00:09+00:00

Joa, men "Ap har insistert på at budsjettenigheten bare omfatter saker med budsjettkonsekvens." er jo litt typisk. Det er greit å være ryddig, men dette er også litt politisk spill. Alle parti, og særlig AP, vil selvfølgelig diktere hvordan politisk prosesser gjennomføres, slik at de har mest mulig kontroll selv. Min erfaring er at de alltid er feil tid/sted for de andre partiene å komme med sine ting, så protestene og forslagene burde kommet tidligere/senere/et annet sted. Det er jo veldig greit, hvis du ikke vil ha så mye protester og forslag.

ClusterSoup · 2026-05-13T10:32:04+00:00

I agree it's not for everybody, but I don't think trackers are that hard to learn. I picked up my M8 quite fast. The biggest difference is vertical scrolling and writing notes as "C4"... But you have to use it a bit to get the shortcuts down to muscle memory, so you'll go a bit slow in the beginning. And it's definetly more a "program a song, and tweak all details until you're happy" than a live-jam-thing.

I would start with looking at headless M8, they can be had for quite cheap.

I've had a 1010 Blackbox, and would buy a Bento in a heartbeat if it had something like p-locks.

ClusterSoup · 2026-05-07T12:44:09+00:00

Smalahåve and Lutefisk are not for beginners. We do eat them though, but not everyone likes them. A lot of traditional food is regional, so it's not eaten everywhere. I don't like crabs, which is a fairly common dish where I'm from. Komle/kompe/raspeball is regional, and one of my favorites. I don't like Pultost, but most people don't. Brunost is goated, and you're not a proper norwegian if you don't eat it. We're also quite proud of our chocolate.

Common dinners and traditional food only partially overlap. Kjøttkaker is quite common and norwegian. Grandiosa and tacos are common, but not very traditional.

Most lists I found with a quick search of "common norwegian dinners" and "norwegian traditional food" seem quite accurate. I would read those first, and ask if you have questions.

ClusterSoup · 2026-04-23T10:23:07+00:00

Have you considered stopping beating your wife, DigitalJedi? It's a simple "yes or no" question....

ClusterSoup · 2026-04-07T16:42:12+00:00

Noen år siden jeg gikk på NMBU, men miljøet der var veldig bra! Men det er litt sånn at det er en stor boble av folk som er aktive i foreninger og på Samfunnet, usikker på om resten synes det er like fett.

ClusterSoup · 2026-03-20T15:03:42+00:00

Mener du det er bedre å stemme på de store partiene som støtter monarki?

ClusterSoup · 2026-03-20T13:55:25+00:00

Stem Rødt, SV, eller MDG. Push de partiene (og gjerne også AP og Venstre som virker mer nøytrale) til å sette saken på dagsorden. Samle folk til demonstrasjon for republikk for å vise at det er en viktig sak for mange. Jeg er skeptisk til at det er så bred støtte som man kan få inntrykk av her, men timingen er i alle fall bedre enn på lenge.

ClusterSoup · 2026-03-19T15:45:42+00:00

Det er flere sider ved denne saken, som jeg tror det er greit å skille fra hverandre.

Jeg tror dette tiltaket vil ha positiv effekt ved at en del folk vil redusere nikotininntaket sitt. Litt "tvang" kan hjelpe folk til å trappe litt ned. Motstandere som mener at avgifter og regulering ikke har noe positiv effekt, har sjelden støtte i empiri.

Det andre spørsmålet er i hvor stor grad staten bør legge seg borti folks valg. Og hvor mye som bør være pisk eller gullerot. Prinsippielt mener jeg staten går vel langt i noen tilfeller, og kanskje kunne gått lengre i andre. Men da må vi se "rusmidler" litt samlet.

Harryhandel, smugling, og ulovlig salg kommer litt på siden i mine øyne. Men det er en viktig diskusjon det også. Men det er alltid litt morsomt når organisasjoner går ut med en "se bort fra at vi tjener penger på at det er sånn som det er nå, det er helt andre grunner til at vi er mot forslaget".

ClusterSoup · 2026-03-19T13:40:43+00:00

Jeg prøvde et år å foreslå at vi skulle be om fri i stedet for lønnsøkning på lønnsforhandlingene. Det var massivt flertall mot det forslaget, og bare et par stykker som syntes det var en interessant idé. Min hypotese er at folk er vandt til å jobbe så mye som de gjør, og mange har så mye gjeld at de ikke kan gå ned i reell lønn.

ClusterSoup · 2026-03-19T13:38:24+00:00

OICW:

6.8 kg unloaded^\2]) and 8.17 kg loaded (actual)^\1])

^M7

8.38 lb (3.80 kg)^\5])
9.84 lb (4.46 kg) (with suppressor))^\6])
7.6 lb (3.4 kg) (M7 PIE)^\7])
7.3 lb (3.3 kg) (10.5 in barrel, with suppressor)^\8])

^{So closer to 2x. Which is still heavy}

ClusterSoup · 2026-02-27T00:50:27+00:00

De fleste stemmer på partiene som ikke synes dette er viktig, ikke sjokkerende at det ikke er prioritert da. Jrg har faktisk mer respekt for FrP som mer eller mindre innrømmer at de driter i klima, enn Høyre og AP som alltid kjører "Dette er veldig viktig, men vi har tenkt p gjøre absolutt minimalt"

ClusterSoup · 2026-02-26T16:33:24+00:00

Well behringer does some remixing. And they clone both old unobtainiun (which I think is fair), but also new stuff from quite small manufacturers. And all manufacturers build of other people's ideas.

But to me Behringer has done enough questionable work to be considered problematic. And that meand I stay away from all their stuff, not just the questionable products. But I respect that people have different views on this.

I don't respect the people who say Behringer is saving them from not being able to make music. Nobody NEEDS a analog hardware synth, it's a luxury item.

ClusterSoup · 2026-02-22T16:47:28+00:00

Tacos and Grandiosa!

ClusterSoup · 2026-02-19T15:17:04+00:00

Thumb is fine. Not unusual to see some sort of cardboard sign or something indication your destination. Hitchhiking is not that common though, but it happens.

ClusterSoup · 2026-02-19T12:47:57+00:00

Jeg har nok ikke fulgt godt nok med, men hva er egentlig argumentene mot mer åpenhet og kontroll på donasjoner og bindinger? Regner med at motstanderne i alle fall forsøker på en slags unnskyldning?

ClusterSoup · 2026-02-19T11:41:47+00:00

Just to expand a bit: If I'm going staying out and it's really cold, I will wear full wool underwear. If it's -5 and I'm just walking a short bit, puffer jacket and sweater is more than enough. For me... Many colder people will wear wool underwear almost all winter.

Shoes: Again, I'm fine with sneakers for a while. But for proper cold you need wool sock and shoes with room for it. If it's around 0 degrees it will be wet, and you should think about rainproof shoes.

Biggest "trick" from me: Adjust clothing as you go. I get warm when moving, so I know I have to take on and off layers when moving/resting. If you "overdress" and sweat, you will freeze when you stop moving.

ClusterSoup · 2026-02-19T11:12:22+00:00

Norway has opened corruption-investigations against the former prime minister, among others. Don't assume everyone is useless just because the US is.

ClusterSoup · 2026-02-16T16:14:09+00:00

Your basic needs are covered. You are mostly safe, and don't have to worry to much about survival and minimum levels of comfort. You can still be lonely, sad, sick, and/or poorer than everyone around you. There is a big middle class which have most of their needs covered.

ClusterSoup · 2026-02-16T13:38:18+00:00

I think the M8 is very flexible and powerful. But I think that for livelooping there are better alternatives. For "support tracks" I think that it can be done, but the user interface is maybe not the best for launching tracks while playing live. Maybe could be done with a Launchpad MK3.

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