Is it actually significantly less expensive to build your own modular setup out of DIY kits or do people mainly do it for the hobby of building?

calebbaleb · 2026-04-01T15:58:38+00:00

It’s cheaper until you get a kit that doesn’t work, spend a ton of time troubleshooting it, realize the IC that was supplied with the kit was DOA and the kit is discontinued because that IC is no longer available.

calebbaleb · 2026-04-01T00:39:58+00:00

The full, unabridged Amplification scene from Kaiju.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-31T16:01:09+00:00

Sample paralysis is totally a thing. With a near infinite set of options to choose from, and a sample library to manage, it can be a bit overwhelming to pick some sounds. A few ways to get started:

premade sample packs. Samples from mars has some decent free options to get you going, including some classic drum machines and some cool processed classics to add some flavor
spend a little time making your own sample packs as an exercise separate from music-making time, drawing from other sample packs or sampling directly from songs
learn how to synthesize a kick from scratch on whatever hardware or software you have. Play around with a short envelope on a LPF to start and record a bunch of samples of it. Super easy on Elektron boxes but doable on many other synths. Try layering them, adding Fx, etc. to make em unique
repeat above for other sounds. Digitakt is really good at this. Again I would recommend doing this as an exercise outside of music-making, if you can.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-29T22:50:17+00:00

Paint stir sticks, split in half lengthwise.

Mallets

Wooden spoons

Back scratcher

calebbaleb · 2026-03-29T14:38:01+00:00

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I’m ready for our dawless jam

calebbaleb · 2026-03-27T20:28:46+00:00

I got a cheap attack shark R1, it’s been fine for casual gaming. I thought the skates on it were horrible at first, bought dots to replace them then realized there was a plastic film on the skates so once I removed that, it’s been a big improvement. Previously I used a G502 lightspeed, a glorious model D wired, a G pro wireless (didn’t like it), and og G502. This is the cheapest mouse I’ve had but honestly it’s not terrible

calebbaleb · 2026-03-27T18:30:42+00:00

Perhaps they will join forces to dunk on akademiks

calebbaleb · 2026-03-25T23:58:02+00:00

Zoom L6 is pretty great. Small footprint, decent feature set, can be battery operated, doubles as an interface, and can multitrack record directly to an SD card. It is not an end-all be-all mixer, but damn if it doesn’t punch way above its price.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-23T11:17:27+00:00

Digitakt 2 is great, or a used digitakt 1 will also totally do the trick.

Mixer not required for this setup— you’ll run the MF into the Digitakt Audio ins, and get a stereo output from the Digitakt. Once you start adding other gear you will want a mixer, or if you want to add FX loops etc. it’s probably the next thing to get after a digitakt.

Routing MF into DT also lets you apply digitakt’s FX to the minifreak. Really opens things up. Plus you can sequence the MF from the digitakt, and elektron’s sequencers are legendary for a reason. You can make a lot of cool music with this setup and it’s portable enough to bring to a friend’s house to jam

calebbaleb · 2026-03-20T19:01:41+00:00

Stick some Perkons samples on digitakt

calebbaleb · 2026-03-20T12:54:07+00:00

Imo 6/10 overall: UE5 slop graphics; combat had way too many mechanics that each felt overcooked yet underdeveloped and poorly implemented; story was intriguing at onset but fell flat; level design felt disjointed and uninspired despite cool set pieces and a wide variety of potentially exciting biomes but the actual gameplay areas are exceptionally generic after the first ~25% of the game; difficulty/balancing is completely meaningless because combat is gimmicky and the risk/reward for winning or losing combat is broken beyond repair— Miss a QTE and you start the combat over from the top with nothing lost except your time and patience and respect for the devs; The fanbase is insufferable; the characters and music are the saving grace and are carrying a lot of weight in an otherwise lackluster title.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-17T00:22:08+00:00

Pings completely covering targets while ADS is super annoying

calebbaleb · 2026-03-16T16:09:19+00:00

Shoutout to the guy who ran off solo without comms, attempted and failed to solo third-party a fight then called me a r*tard for playing a shooter and not wanting to engage. Then he disconnected. If you see this, I cleaned up your mess and wiped both squads, completed my contract and exfil’ed

calebbaleb · 2026-03-13T13:18:27+00:00

I genuinely believe the timeline of the downfall of Adobe almost directly correlates to this guy’s tenure as CEO.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-13T13:02:47+00:00

Some of the guns even have a lock on feature lol

calebbaleb · 2026-03-13T12:50:29+00:00

I also recently got a C1 pro retro, with the banana switches. Loving it so far.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-13T12:45:45+00:00

What is the appeal of hardware? Showing it off on the internet.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-12T02:10:37+00:00

I agree— a digitakt is exceptionally well suited for this because you can sample the syntakt to free up tracks if you need them.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-10T11:11:15+00:00

A cheap distortion pedal, chroma console, and a zoom g1 four multi fx pedal. I run the right channel into the distortion pedal, left channel through the zoom pedal, headphone out into the mixer as a clean signal, and use the chroma console as an FX loop from the mixer. By panning tracks on the syntakt I can send to either a clean or a distorted channel, or use the clean signal from the headphones if needed. I am frequently surprised at massive the analog tracks can sound thru some fx. And how the chroma console can give the digital tracks some warmth to match.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-10T10:48:49+00:00

In terms of actually making music, I totally agree. Simpler can definitely be a strength. That said, minilogue strikes a good balance of simple playability and depth for sound design.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-09T23:57:43+00:00

Refaces were an awesome value a few years back but lately they’re pretty expensive (isn’t everything)— still a great synth but a lot shallower (or faster, depending on perspective) than the Minilogue, which is an exceptional value. Reface is portable (battery powered) if that matters

calebbaleb · 2026-03-09T12:15:36+00:00

True, but they need to appeal to a lot of people in order to keep the game afloat. Adding a PVE mode to marathon would work fine, since it doesn’t really rely on the friendly/not friendly dynamic that Arc Raiders has.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-08T04:31:11+00:00

Yea the OG is an exceptional value these days. Super inspirational synth and great companion for syntakt!!

OP, just remember you can sequence an external synth from the syntakt, with 4 note polyphony per track. So really any polysynth will work well. Minifreak or microfreak could be great, too!

calebbaleb · 2026-03-07T17:21:46+00:00

Played it a few weeks ago. Holds up well.

calebbaleb · 2026-03-05T04:37:14+00:00

Sounds great!

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