Made a place to jam and have fun while I learn piano and finger drumming in the office. Separating learning from playing has been awesome to have.

Edit: I promise I’ll post the music that I make here! Pictures are good, but I need to back it up with music.

  • LordXenuOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Honestly I just signed up for Melodics to learn finger drumming. I’ve played drums for so long I had to talk myself of getting an electronic drum set to just track drums fully.

    I’m glad the guy I bought the neutron from threw in the skin and a deck saver. The red is… a bit much.

    How do you like your neutron? I’m having a very hard time finding its “voice”, it just clashes against the other synths.

      • LordXenuOPEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I think the issue is I just haven’t figured out how to interact with it yet. I won’t fault the instrument.

        • UnderwaterbobMEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Yeah, it’s certainly janky. Have you found out you can lock tuning to midi notes yet? I was tuning it every time I played it. With the big knobs and the huge range, it was a huge PITA. Finding out it could be locked was a big “doh” moment.

          • LordXenuOPEnglish
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            1 year ago

            So it is 100% me and not knowing how to sequence it with the Beatstep. I moved it to the office and hooked it up to Maschine. Ran some midi clips through and it sounded fantastic.

            Having it plugged into a PC, the built in tuners are a godsend as well.

              • LordXenuOPEnglish
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                1 year ago

                So far just have the software version. Told myself I needed to master the software and navigating the hardware before buying the standalone Maschine+.

                For perspective, I’m barely over “what even is a splice, I just want to play clips” level of Maschine understanding.

                • UnderwaterbobMEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  Haha! Truthfully, I’m not in on the Maschine workflow at all. I use Csound and Reaper to sequence external hardware and use no software synths at all.

                  • LordXenuOPEnglish
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                    1 year ago

                    Can I ask how do record each part individually and then layer everything and if so how do you normally work through it all in your head?