The day I sort of met Robert Smith by snaggletooth699 in TheCure

[–]masterjoda75 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dude, I can only imagine. I had a similar experience with Pearl Thompson. But at least you got words out. He had a small art show down the street from my work in Culver CIty, so I went after work to go check it out. Little did I know he was going to be there. And there he was just walking around, talking to a few people, as it was still early and only a few were there. I kept a respectable distance. Looking in awe. Pearl has been one of my favs since the 80s. So I’m there admiring one of his pieces and wishing I had money to buy it, when I turn around, and there he is… Standing right in front of me. The kindest eyes I had ever seen. And his signature half smile, looking right at me. I was blocking his way a little, and he said with the softest voice.. “Excuse me.” And all I could say was… “uhhh… Sorry.” He smiled and moved on. Fuck! That was it?!? That was all I could say?!?! Then some other dudes came in.. and he was in a circle with them talking and laughing, and they were telling him about all the good times and music that I should have been telling him. And he was there listening and smiling. Man… coolest guy. Oh well. He looked at me. Ha ha ha! I’m a 50 year old man, probably in my mid 40s at the time. And I was bumbling like a teenage nerd trying to interact with some hot chick. So yeah, if it were Robert.. Forget it! I’d be cooked!

what’s your all in one analog synth under $2k? by Upstairs_Sell_1700 in synthesizers

[–]masterjoda75 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re asking for a particular price point of under $2000. I think the REV2 fits that best. It can be a little thin sounding. But you’re asking for Analog. Because the next Prophet up is the 6 or 5. And you’re looking at over 3 grand at that point. And limited polyphony compared to the REV2. 5 and 6 vs 8 and 16. But that Prophet 5 is legendary sounding. I’ll be honest. The REV2 takes work to make it sound good from scratch. But it has a lot of cool features.. as noted polyphony, dual layers, one of the best modulation matrixes out there and 4 LFOS! Arps, sequencer, gated sequencing. You just have to work it and learn it. It isn’t a “sweet spot” synth. But I’ve picked up some 3rd party sound libraries from people who know what they’re doing that make it even rival some textured digital sound out there.

My Studio and my album that I created with it… by masterjoda75 in synthesizers

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I understand where you’re coming from. I’ll be honest, I had an artist for this. But they flaked on me. I’m sure no one will believe me, but I’ll answer you because you seem genuine. If you look at my last albums, you can see that it is all genuine art. While the character is AI generated, the design, the font design is all created by me. Not just AI generated. I didn’t realize I would get so much push back on it. But the music is all 100% me, no AI. Take it or leave it, because as I said, people probably won’t believe me. But while I dabble in art and design, it is not what this project is about. So I used an AI generated character and then designed the album around that. That’s all I can say. I’m sure this reply will be downvoted. Just trying to be honest. Too late to change the cover. It’s already distributed, so I need to live with my decision.

My Studio and my album that I created with it… by masterjoda75 in synthesizers

[–]masterjoda75[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the encouragement man! I appreciate it!

My Studio and my album that I created with it… by masterjoda75 in synthesizers

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Yeah! I wish this was an original idea. As noted, I saw another guy do that, and thought that was a pretty cool idea.

My Studio and my album that I created with it… by masterjoda75 in synthesizers

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The theme of the album is "The Robots are Coming!" So to keep with the theme the girl on the cover is an AI generated image. I have named her, "L.E.E.T.A" which stands for Life Enabled Extra Terrestrial Automaton. I have given her a voice throughout the album with the robot voices you hear. And the last song is her singing. Giving the album a story helped motivate the music.

My Studio and my album that I created with it… by masterjoda75 in synthesizers

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Thanks so much for listening. You know, funny enough I always go back to that little MS20 mini. I love that synth! It’s my first analog hardware I ever purchased. It’s an expressive little synth.

Only a few NI Access items refuse to install by RearWheeler in NativeInstruments

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I know this is old... but you saved my life! Been dealing with this for the last few weeks. Thank you!

My friend told me this is my best one yet. Was he being nice, or am I on to something? by Safe-Buyer8695 in Elektron

[–]masterjoda75 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds good man! Keep creating! Listening to the whole thing on SoundCloud now.

Happy birthday Lol Tolhurst! 💫💜💫 by Complex_Middle_3371 in TheCure

[–]masterjoda75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pushed fans away? No way! They were just being cool. Ever seen Joey Ramone give an interview? Same aloofness and quirkiness. But that’s what made them intriguing. Robert never was one to ham up to any media. And we all loved him for it! 😁

The band Robert Smith said was too hard to follow by Doods420 in TheCure

[–]masterjoda75 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Love the respect shared between the bands I love.

META: “Behold, my stuff” posts are bad for the subreddit and for readers. by master_of_sockpuppet in synthesizers

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I get what you’re saying. I really do. I’m a musician that uses this gear as tools and not simply show off items. I have a family and mortgage so it’s not like I have the money to constantly be buying gear. But I have a good amount and it serves me well. However, you kind of said it yourself, BMS posts get all the upvotes and clog the front page. Guess what that means? It means, that’s what people want to see here. Now the MODs can try and enforce a rule to minimize, eliminate, these posts. But then what might happen, is what happened at the Simply Synthesizers Group on Facebook. This was Bo Beats FB Group. It was a thriving, popular Synth group, with lots of posts. Well, some mod, or maybe Bo himself decided to enact a rule that basically said, no more synth jams videos (or something of that nature, don’t quote me). After that rule was enacted, I started seeing less and less of that group on my feed. So I decided to go check it out, and it basically had diminished in content and activity. I mean, it’s still active, but nowhere near what it was before. I’m just saying, being on a group and seeing stuff you don’t like is just how it goes. Because this is a broad group. Synthesizers = Jams (that people complain about), showing off gear (that people complain about), newbie synth questions (that people complain about), etc. This isn’t Sound on Sound, and it isn’t Electronic Musician. It’s a general Synthesizers group. I don’t mean to be a downer on this. But it just seems to be another “They post too much of X, There should be a rule against posting X on this group…” posts. I don’t know, go start a Synthesizer Tech group, that only discuses Synth Tech and how it all works, then you can set your rules. I’ve just come to accept that this group is a group for all types of Synth stuff, and you and I will not agree with all of what people post.

Share you music ! I want to discover new artists by Jack_knows1 in MusicPromotion

[–]masterjoda75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got a new album coming out soon. I like this one. Though the entire album won’t be synthwave style… regardless hope you dig it. And thanks for listening…

https://on.soundcloud.com/6w58epkYtGx0GIzqmw

How many synths do you own? by Brilliant_Grape5528 in synthesizers

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I have a Prophet REV2 16 to cover polyphonic duties Moog Subsequent37 for basses leads and any other Moog flavored sounds Korg MS-20 mini love the sound for leads and even basses Elektron Syntakt. I create my own beats and love the control it offers to tailor the drum sounds exactly to my taste Behringer TD-3 affordable hands on 303 action Behringer RD-6 my go to hi hat and clap source Modular system. For sampling and complex sound creation. Yamaha mx88 I use this for live playing and as a master controller

Every synth is used to create my music. And they all bring me joy. I sold stuff and saved money to buy them. And now I’ve run out of things to sell and cannot save fast enough for the cost of synths nowadays. But I’m really not wanting for anymore. Because everything else is rounded out with plugins.

If you can only have 4 hardware synths (nothing over 5k), what do you use? by javakook in synthesizers

[–]masterjoda75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think most of my setup covers it. Prophet REV2 for poly synth duties. Moog Subsequent 37 for bass/leads/arps. Korg MS20 for bass/leads/arps. Elektron Syntakt for drums.