This looks amazing but way over my budget. I think I’ll ask my parents to buy him a cheaper midi keyboard at around £50-100.
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Agree it’s too expensive for a child. If he gets really into it, maybe for later years, perhaps off eBay. I had to get my dad to finance a Roland MC303 Groovebox when I was 17.
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I have a fully working Arturia Mini LAB midi keyboard. it has 88 keys, 16 knobs to twiddle and 8 drum pads, And comes in original box. It’s yours for the postage if you want.
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It might also have Ableton Lite with it.
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Mate. When I was wanting to have a little dabble on some hardware, I done loads of reading and the Novation Circuit Tracks was what was recommended more than anything else.
That would be amazing, I’ll pm you!
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Tempted at this price!
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As was I, got the 303 clone and sent it right back. Felt like it was out of a cracker, heigh ho ho ho, not.
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Yeah my mate bought one and sold it soon after
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Forgot about this from Roland
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Yeah good shout, a lot for the money
“That doesn’t smell like normal pooing Mark…”
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1454882139/normal-pooing-vintage-style-harmonic?frs=1&pro=1&sts=1
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I mean to be fair is pretty much exactly the same as the original (same is true if the 606 clone) in terms of weight / plasticvetcetc
Does the same. Same injection moulded plastic casing… basically the same machine
Whether or not it’s an advisable buy is a whole other conversation on ethics and various other things… but if you want to know what a 303 is really like it’ll scratch that itch. Same US true if the 606
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What’s the reason for EQing first?
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I’d second the teenage engineering ep133. I enjoy using mine, and it’s a great first piece of gear that can be the main brain for midi controlling other stuff with minimal setup. The downside is a lot of shortcuts to memorize, but on the other hand, the ones you’ll actually use fit on a page or two and the manual’s pretty understandable. Used ones are routinely 200 and the new dub flavored one with mic is 330 new. Build quality is a little flimsy, but no worries if you aren’t playing out much. 1/8" ins and outs are also handy for sampling off your phone and playing through bluetooth speakers without messing around with adapters.
The new MPC’s are rad, but there are like a million different settings menus and it’s definitely a chore to get it setup with other gear. The UI is also kind of divided between buttons and the touchscreen which in practice means there’s often a couple ways to get to the settings or shortcuts you are trying to use and it’s all a bit confusing in general with different software updates and manuals. Staring at touchscreen is also a bit of a buzzkill imo.
Also been thinking about swapping the ep133 for a sp404 mk2. I’ve seen some local folks use the new dj mode to great effect and the build quality is definitely better. Seems like it’s designed to be less screen dependent as well, while still having an easy to read little screen.
All that said, no wrong answers, there’s so much amazing cheap gear these days.
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I should preface this by saying I’m definitely no expert and fumbling my way around.
So, reason I say that is a lot of my recordings or available downloaded tracks need a little tweaking EQ wise, and it’s best in my opinion to do that before you do any ’Stemming’ as you really don’t want to be doing it after you split it into 6 or 7 parts. More of a housekeeping thing rather than a necessity.
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That makes sense, I’m just starting out making edits so I’m still in the habit of EQing towards the end.
Think you’re onto something though, I’ll give it a try. Cheers!
Nice simple console style saturation plugin free for 48 hours
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Think they’ll sell a ton of these
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At £340 you bet! Might sell my Digitakt II.
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