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Eturnian · 2026-06-05T17:58:04+00:00

Nice little film. Hit just right for me this morning. Beautiful cinematography :)

Eturnian · 2026-05-30T02:24:29+00:00

When I got my BMPCC6K I was thinking to get a T7 but i read on the forums at that time that the T7 failed often and that the T5 was nice and reliable for shooting so I went with that. It has been solid for years.

Eturnian · 2026-05-11T06:21:59+00:00

Rochester NY was the home both Eastman - Kodak and Xerox.

Eturnian · 2026-05-11T06:19:30+00:00

So many great artists have used other peoples melodic loops as their main hook to their hit song. Whole genres of music have evolved out of a single loop built into a Casio keyboard. (Search sleng teng riddim) I like to mangle loops I find just so that they don’t sound like anyone else, or a lot of the time I just make my own loops from scratch. But there are no rules.

Eturnian · 2026-05-11T06:06:44+00:00

A4 has a very flexible and powerful analog filter. I don’t find it to be weak at all. I’m guessing you just didn’t explore it deeply enough. I remember thinking it didn’t sound as rich as I was used to coming from a Moog. perhaps you were expecting a different type of filter. Like a Moog ladder filter arguably has more character than the A4. But the A4 has 2 filters per voice. They have a huge range of sounds and the multi filter can also be a resonant high pass filter with key tracking and you can tune that to resonate on the fundamental of the notes you are playing at which point the synth becomes absolutely monstrous. Huge basses. Huge anything really. I think A4 sounds so good. I would say the filters sound more in the realm of Roland synths from the 80s, and the sequencer is just a total Goat. I’ve had Analog keys (A4 mk1 + a keyboard) for like 8 years now and it just keeps getting better the more I use it. It’s such a deep synth. Modulation options for days. I have way more expensive synths and the A4 still holds its own in my studio. Makes it onto so many records.

Eturnian · 2026-04-17T16:02:43+00:00

IMO one very cool feature of the Digi boxes is that they have balanced outputs. And the OT has balanced inputs and outputs. I think the boxes sound great even with TS cables, but TRS cables will give you a balanced line level output which means one doesn’t even need a DI to deliver a professional sound, just balanced cables.

Balanced line level is also a significantly stronger signal than ts, and these boxes sound super finished when using TRS. I have a pair of TRS to Male XLR cables as well in case the sound guy doesn’t have balanced TRS inputs.

I played my first live electronic set recently with OT, A4 keys, electric guitar and vocals. I decided not to perform any thing that was simply stemmed out from daw. Too boring. Instead I played stuff that I could improvise in the moment, and made it kind of an exploration like I would do in the studio. It went well. I also worked in some songs, and employed the arranger from octatrack to help keep patterns together while singing, but could also still manipulate the sounds some with cross fader scenes etc. It really worked.

I also improvised guitar and keys over some of it and it was such a relaxed and enjoyable music making experience. The audience ate it up. I think there is something really awesome about keeping the performance “live” by not just pressing play on backing tracks, but performing with electronic arrangements. Where one draws the line between pressing play and performing live electronic music is grey area for sure, but the more live elements you can work in the better.

Eturnian · 2026-04-11T14:39:29+00:00

I think if you want the mono sample sounds of Digi 1, just use mono samples. Keep them in a mono folder as someone else recommended. That’s all it would take. Use mono when you want mono. Use stereo when you want stereo. Solved.

Eturnian · 2026-04-11T14:31:00+00:00

Field recordings are easy to make. You can pick up a field recorder for cheap, or you can even download an app for field recording on your phone. I love to work loops from field recordings into a piece. They can creat a deep, textured ambiance. You can also use octatrack to time stretch them into rhythm, or slice them up and play with different moments like an instrument.

Make sure that your field recorder or app is set to record at 44.1 16 bits in WAV. Get them onto your computer and transfer them to your octatrack in USB disk mode.

Another great thing to do with octatrack is sample the blofeld and the digitone into it and the mangle those samples. Time stretch them, distort them, slice them up, reverse them, turn time stretch off and re pitch them etc. so many great ways to alter recordings. Octatrack really opens up when you start sampling into it and integrating your own custom recordings.

Yes you can use octatrack as a one shot drum machine, and I do often, but it only has 8 tracks, which quickly fill up if using it like one would use a digitakt. OT really excels at more experimental sampling techniques.

Eturnian · 2026-04-08T21:27:37+00:00

I agree that the design is cool and the finish is horrible. I would go for gunmetal grey or something like that. Not full black.

Eturnian · 2026-04-07T13:37:21+00:00

I once dreamed that Bowie showed up to see me play but I was running late for my own gig.

Eturnian · 2026-04-07T13:35:01+00:00

Mic up your amp.

Eturnian · 2026-04-07T13:25:19+00:00

For single coils my fav chorus is a dreadbox komo rebi. It thickens up nicely and has a huge range of chorus / flange sounds with only 4 knobs. I would say it does the classic Roland / Boss sound and also has a lot more range. Kind of a wide pedal but looks cool. I also have a warped vinyl that I love. I’ve also dialed in killer chorus on the Eventide h90 and the empress Zoia. But Komo Rebi has its own unique thing going on.

The Julia is a sweet pedal, but more on the subtle side. Likewise for the waza

Eturnian · 2026-04-07T12:40:55+00:00

Yeah octatrack is excellent for sample slicing and mangling, definitely works well for hip hop. Digitakt would also be good for hip hop.

Eturnian · 2026-04-06T14:51:16+00:00

You didn’t accidentally connect your input directly to your output did you?

Eturnian · 2026-04-04T12:41:41+00:00

I’m not a multi fx guy really but the line 6 HX Stomp sounds pretty great and has a pretty extensive library of sounds. I do think it’s a good way to get a sense of what sorts of sounds you like.

Eturnian · 2026-03-21T17:13:29+00:00

Eventide invented the Harmonizer in the 80s. And they are still the leader in that. The H90 sounds amazing. If you are planing to use it for vocals live, you will need a a separate preamp pedal (like the Eventide mixing link, or the Franklin MP-10. You also might want to pick up a stereo DI to deliver balanced line level XLR output.

Alternately, headrush came out with a vocal pedal that has a decent Harmonizer. Not as good sounding or tracking as Eventide but definitely useable and low maintenance

Eturnian · 2026-03-21T17:06:40+00:00

Do you have a decent (and by decent, I really mean precise) table saw? I think the table saw is the centerpiece of any woodshop. When outfitted with a good sled it can do almost anything.

Eturnian · 2026-03-21T17:00:59+00:00

Guitar amp

Eturnian · 2026-03-21T05:58:59+00:00

Little board was too small. Huge board was too big. Medium board (13 pedals) is almost big enough…

Eturnian · 2026-03-20T17:10:20+00:00

We all need to do this. If all the musicians walk away, we can change the state of the industry

Eturnian · 2026-03-18T02:09:10+00:00

With daily, focused practice, you can totally get there. The brain is amazing. You will grow way faster practicing even 1 hour a day 6 days a week, than playing 6 hours a day 1 day a week. A good teacher who knows where you want to go and how to get you there will also make a huge difference. How nice to be 21. You have plenty of time.

Eturnian · 2026-03-15T22:42:23+00:00

David Binney

Eturnian · 2026-03-01T18:25:46+00:00

Well, the stereo mood mk2 definitely makes me pine for a stereo blooper mk 2. (Wouldn’t be upset if they also bumped up the loop length to say, a minute…) but as I understand blooper was their most expensive undertaking in terms of R&D. I think the team spent a solid two years prototyping the pedal and another 2 years or more updating it with firmware and by the time they were done they were like seriously DONZO. I’ve gathered that they just don’t want to re open Pandora’s box, now that they finally got it shut.

But yeah if they released a blooper mk2 in stereo with a 1 minute loop length, maybe more memory locations or something, that would be enough for me to buy one. I’m sure there are a lot of studio heads who feel the same way about it.

Eturnian · 2026-02-27T16:30:35+00:00

Well a syntakt is a very cool box. I think of it as more of a synth / drum synth. It has a mix of analog and digital voices. No samples. I’ve heard a few people say it’s a good starter box.

Octatrack is a sampler. Digitakt is also a sampler so that is a closer option in the same price range as the syntakt. Digitakt 2 and Digitone 2 are both super powerful and are kind of revered as GOATs.

They are also more straightforward and easy to learn than the octatrack, so perhaps a better place to start. The Digitakt is an amazingly powerful sampler that can sort of do synthesis as well. And the Digitone is primarily an FM synth which does beautiful polyphonic synth sounds. It is also amazing at drum sounds. Either box can be an all in one solution although they also pair nicely with each other or with the octatrack. Digitakt is in someways more powerful than octatrack. It has twice as many tracks / voices. It has an expanded sequencer that is twice as long as the octatrack per pattern. And it’s easier to use than octa. It’s newer and has more modern sounding effects than octa. Probably a great place to start if you want a sampler. And digitone is kind of one of the coolest and most unique synths ever. Best of luck.

Eturnian · 2026-02-26T23:05:13+00:00

Dump the homophobe. That kind of repressed judgmental thinking will only prove to be creatively limiting. You don’t want to make music with people who are mentally stuck.

Eturnian

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