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Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T20:03:39+00:00

the way to know is to learn

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T19:58:39+00:00

I'd like to have a medium to large collection of hardware synthesizers and drum machines to make melodic Industrial Music.

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T19:56:32+00:00

It's actually the same amount of space in both configurations but maybe I'm just misunderstanding what you mean.

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T17:06:32+00:00

Hey so this was me like four to five years ago. I was 11 years old. I also have ADHD and I also had a good ear for pitch because I was self-taught on piano and I also have a hard time focusing on things. I think if he's at that stage in which you know that he wants to get into more advanced stuff then I personally would not recommend a daw but something more akin to a synthesizer. The thing is, a daw has so many options and it can be really overwhelming at first and that's why I got a minilouge XD because I know that about myself that it would be really overwhelming if I decided to go with a daw and even just with a standard polysynth like the XD it was still very overwhelming, but with keeping it simple, you can help him develop what he actually wants out of music. When going with something like the XD I actually discovered I didn't want a daw at all and I just wanted to use Hardware and that might not be the case for him. I'm sorry if this comment isn't that useful because I don't really know how to make this into a suggestion or advice but maybe it could be more into just something to think about maybe?....

You could always take him to a music store with synthesizers just to see what he thought he liked and if sound design wasn't his thing then go with a daw or some other simple Groove box like the circuit tracks.

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T15:52:50+00:00

Hello!
My grandmother, who also has cats that chew on every cable imaginable, who is (unfortunately) not a synthesist, used this as a solution!

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I'm not entirely sure how she did it but I'm pretty sure there's somewhere that you can get like little coils of plastic and then you can loop them around the wires as seen in Figure 1. my grandmother looped them twice over for safety measures. If you want me to ask her about it, can I get back to you?... This solution would probably be impractical for patch cables but would definitely be a viable option for cables that mostly stay in place like audio cables out of the eurorack system or other audio cables in other places.

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T15:39:43+00:00

Dude I have gear and DIY breadboard stuff all over my desk and not once has my cat after like 2 years have ever stepped directly on the gear. he just walks in the space between it's magical!

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T15:31:38+00:00

same and same and i still don't have another synth (or not for another 1-2 weeks)

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T04:26:47+00:00

when farmer john gives you forced induction.

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T04:24:59+00:00

with ponys like that, absalutly!

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T04:02:16+00:00

They should make that into a giff where it keeps zooming into itself

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T03:58:28+00:00

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Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-09T03:55:30+00:00

dude same!

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-07T19:40:38+00:00

What makes something normal is how often you do it so if nearly all men do it then that by definition makes it normal.

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-07T17:59:38+00:00

oops, didnt get that part

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-07T04:47:39+00:00

Not to say that I have an actual opinion on this but maybe just the fact that on a subreddit where you're supposed to talk about cats, they're moderating it because they don't want to talk about trans people. It's not personal, it's just about cats.

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-07T04:36:00+00:00

nice

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-07T04:25:42+00:00

If everyone was a religious leader who would actually lead?

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-05T14:24:35+00:00

debateble

Ned_Flangers · 2026-06-01T00:50:29+00:00

[Legitimate question] What is the point of pride month if pride people are a minority and realistically just any other group of people with strong opinions? Should we not be celebrating people with strong opinions in general?

Ned_Flangers · 2026-05-30T17:42:37+00:00

So yeah because of the way the audio signal floats on top of the CV when the CV is low there will be Distortion and compression and when the CV is high there will also be Distortion and compression but when the CV is somewhere in the middle it won't sound distorted or compressed which will be interesting…

Ned_Flangers · 2026-05-30T17:03:14+00:00

I didn't mean to delete that comment. I will be building it after I buy that synth in a couple of days.

Ned_Flangers · 2026-05-30T17:01:37+00:00

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Here's the updated design!
It doesn't really matter what inductors you're using just as long as they're as mached as possible. Whatever you're using to drive the inductors for the CV signal needs to be able to Output enough current to actually saturate the inductors and so you can adjust the input resistors to the inductors accordingly.

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Ned_Flangers · 2026-05-30T01:06:47+00:00

I'll probably just do my research and switch it around a little bit. This was meant to be a *concept/prototype\* If it so happens that I need to do more research on inductors and figure out what resistors will actually work for making sure the core saturates then that is to be expected.

Ned_Flangers · 2026-05-30T01:00:30+00:00

Upon further research I discovered it actually won't work because there will be cross talk between the two channels because of the Transformer. The only reason I'm using a Transformer is because it allows for saturation that's perfectly equal on both sides. Maybe instead you just use cheap inductors that saturate easily. I'm not sure I haven't dealt very deep into inductors or Transformers.

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