July - New Gear Thread

[roland4387]

My 303's new traveling buddy, just received it today. Mint too!!!

[Reptil]

OI that's quick!
nice machine! spotless!
I'm 100% broke this month (but happy nonetheless)

[roland4387]

Originally Posted by Reptil

OI that's quick!
nice machine! spotless!
I'm 100% broke this month (but happy nonetheless)

Thanks man! The seller had the following notes in his description, "THE OUTER CASE SHOWS SOME STORAGE WEAR OTHERWISE NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED." He meant the carrying case which threw bidders off. He also wrote, "I heard static and when I pushed some of the buttons the tone and pulse changed. I don't know if this is how it is supposed to sound or not." Zero static, buttons and knobs are like out of the box! 100% functional! I was looking at completed auctions and the last one in comparable condition went for $519.00, mine, $277.55!

As far as being broke, that's why I had nothing to post in the June new gear thread, but was happy as well.

[Derp]

Got my Kenton Pro-2 this morning. I'll try it out when I get home. It'll be nice to be able to really utilize my Pro One finally.

July's gonna be a ? kind of month for me gearwise. I might end up with enough money to get a Red Square if AH happens to restock them or if somebody has one they want to sell me. Otherwise, I don't know what I'll be spending that money on.

[e6400ultra]

[e6400ultra]

[chrisrnps]

[iangomes]

still saving...

[Acid Hazard]

Three more Doepfer Modules...






A bag of socket cap screws
And some Vector rails

I'm waiting on a Doepfer PSU. I also got an Analogue Solutions AS0084 case, but i don't need it.

[Ali Perc]

Malekko Spring Chicken reverb pedal - which goes perfectly with my DRM1 MK3 or on an aux send in Ableton.

Malekko Heavy Industry «» Spring Chicken

D16 Nithonat - very solid 606 emulation, but nothing radical.

And still waiting for my Doepfler Dark Energy...

[Captain Proton]

I bought a Roland Space Echo RE-301 last week

Has a lot of mains hum on 2 of the modes but otherwise very good condition.

[ekwipt]

Originally Posted by roland4387

Thanks man! The seller had the following notes in his description, "THE OUTER CASE SHOWS SOME STORAGE WEAR OTHERWISE NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED." He meant the carrying case which threw bidders off. He also wrote, "I heard static and when I pushed some of the buttons the tone and pulse changed. I don't know if this is how it is supposed to sound or not." Zero static, buttons and knobs are like out of the box! 100% functional! I was looking at completed auctions and the last one in comparable condition went for $519.00, mine, $277.55!

As far as being broke, that's why I had nothing to post in the June new gear thread, but was happy as well.

I was looking at that and those exact things threw me off, the whole synth buying thing on ebay is so small of an audience don't you think?

[roland4387]

Originally Posted by ekwipt

I was looking at that and those exact things threw me off, the whole synth buying thing on ebay is so small of an audience don't you think?

That's what I figured with most bidders on this one, that they would be turned off by the description. A leap of faith is what I took, really, and it paid off thankfully.

When you say the whole synth buying thing on Ebay is a small audience, what do you mean exactly? If you mean that literally I would agree and disagree at the same time. If you're talking a 303 or 909, there's huge interest, and that's going off my own selling experience. It's a matter of condition and price for prospective buyers, especially when it's a good condition 303 going for around $1000 or so. You'll have 50-60 people watching an auction like that. Now, if you're talking a MacBeth M5N going for $4500-5000 you'll have a lot of people dreaming of buying one but only a couple of real players. Hopefully I understood your question correctly....

[peglegjoe857]

Originally Posted by ekwipt

I was looking at that and those exact things threw me off, the whole synth buying thing on ebay is so small of an audience don't you think?

You guys were probably both also watching the 606 I sold just a few weeks ago as well! Haha. You Gearslutz...

It's a good little machine. I was initially planning to take the time to do the mods and get a bigger boom out of the kick. Instead I just sampled it into my machines and past it along. It's kick is ok, kind of a thud... I can't afford an 808 or a 909

But I use the Tama Techstar. I have the TS306 and also a Drumfire DF500 and my buddy.. ahem "musical counterpart"... has the TS305 and a Simmons SDS 200. WE get all kinds of 909/808 style kicks out of them. It's all about turning the byooooow knob down (pitch decay)! And on the techstar there is this nice kind of drive circuit called emphasis. It makes kicks bump harder, gives em a nice 909 thump. My techstar has a dope "synth" section, which gets some mad results, as well as a clap. Electro from hell! The simmons has a great knob called "2nd shell" or something like that... it does these great ring mod type sounds that are really cool/usble. It allows to ditch that byoooow sound completely without making a sound that is pitched and will clash harmonically with whatever else is going on in the song... just add some "2nd shell" and you have an oddly tuned and fantastic sounding tone!

I have owned the KPR-77 and The DR-110 also... both of which I sampled and then tossed on the bay. The 77 has nice toms but otherwise sounds mostly like crap. It does have a bizarreness to it that makes it usable when you need something simply completely different/crappy. Weak ass kick... weird ass snare. The cymbals are dreadful. It does have great Toms though! And the DR-110 is actually really cool sounding... I might like it better than the 606! If only it had toms.

I love analog electronic percussion! Right now I am building a Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synth module. I need to go pick up the caps, pots, switches, and jacks. Other than that it is mostly assembled. Maybe soon enough we can start an "analog electronic drum/drum synth" thread with samples of machines.

[space2012]

More Amplifiers "a bit bent in shipping",
more lights, and a Drawmer D-Clock

the drawmer d-clock was nice but at first was verry annoing to see how flawed diferent clocks are.

the M-clock i have was a out of tune, it was drifting,
i opened the M-Clock turned-on!, and used the D-Clock to visually callibrate the M-Clock to AES Grade1.
each 22/24Mhz TCXO EQZAL has an small philips screw to calibrate something, dont know if its for input voltage or for temperature.
but worked, and now works like it should:
44.1000Khz 00000ppm 0.00000% 48.0000KHz 00000ppm 0.00000%

to see 43.0997 was verry annoing.
or 47.9999

[Don Solaris]

So far looks very good. Internal microphones are... well standard electret of average quality (nothing spectacular). Stereo separation at 120 deg is good, however i prefer true 3D recording with my own "magic device" which luckily can be plugged as external mic. There is some noise at max microphone gain, but that is expected.

Some very good features available. As 48V phantom supply for plugging in professional mics via XLR. Automatic recording above selected threshold - nice when you're somewhere on remote area without your DAW nearby and need to sample a lot of stuff (i.e drums). There are 3 limiters and compressors that come very handy here too. At 16/44.1 quality is good. Didn't tried XLR line inputs yet and the 24 bit / 94 kHz mode. Will do these tests later today - regarding the real noise floor of this unit.

[ekwipt]

Originally Posted by roland4387

That's what I figured with most bidders on this one, that they would be turned off by the description. A leap of faith is what I took, really, and it paid off thankfully.

When you say the whole synth buying thing on Ebay is a small audience, what do you mean exactly? If you mean that literally I would agree and disagree at the same time. If you're talking a 303 or 909, there's huge interest, and that's going off my own selling experience. It's a matter of condition and price for prospective buyers, especially when it's a good condition 303 going for around $1000 or so. You'll have 50-60 people watching an auction like that. Now, if you're talking a MacBeth M5N going for $4500-5000 you'll have a lot of people dreaming of buying one but only a couple of real players. Hopefully I understood your question correctly....

Yeah sorry mate i was a bit vague, i agree with everything that you said. I think that's about a fair price for a nice unit, congrats dfegad

[rachel]

My dream is realised. I get to post in this thread!

And my DRM arrives next week





And so the Octopus will have a mate, and I will have pure x0x.


rachel

[Daithi]

Hi Rachel,

Was just wondering what x0x means in this context. I tried google but couldn't figure it out. Something to to with step sequencing?

Love the Vermona, I'm lusting after a Perfourma myself.

Cheers.

EDIT: Just figured it out. 303, 606, 808, 909... Duh

[msl]

Originally Posted by rachel

My dream is realised

Oh I share your dream.... soon very soon...




I picked up one of these



and one of these




.

[Meriphew]

I have these on order, but won't get them 'till late July/early August.

Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop (serial #169)



Fairfield Circuitry Randy's Revenge (serial #69)

[nofi]

Originally Posted by Don Solaris

So far only complaint is, when using internal mikes, there is a sine wave at 15625 Hz about 36dB above noise floor. Can be heard when playback speed is reduced. Luckily, the signal is very narrow and can be removed with a sharp notch. This is probably due to construction / poor physical isolation of the internal mikes. Of course, without a proper mike i should not judge this unit yet!

that's not very good... I was really gassing for the new model of the H4, but not so keen on one now.

Have you tried taking it back to the shop for an exchange and see if another one has the same problem?

[golden beers]

stand back this is gonna blow your mind!......

[Don Solaris]

Originally Posted by nofi

that's not very good... I was really gassing for the new model of the H4, but not so keen on one now.

Have you tried taking it back to the shop for an exchange and see if another one has the same problem?

Doh! I found the cause. It's not the unit. It is the power adapter! What else can one expect from a cheap switch based voltage converter. I re-edited my post and removed the comment regarding the sine wave. When operated with battery (as designed) there's no interference of any kind.

I like this unit more and more!

[Reptil]

there are some switching amps built to good specifications and these function flawlessly. But there's a lot of junk on the market. Caveat Emptor. Lineair ones are only a little more expensive (for the end user) but so totally worth it. Most can be fixed if broken (new Caps)

[space2012]

Originally Posted by golden beers

stand back this is gonna blow your mind!......

*the best midi interface search... can you help?

[roland4387]

Originally Posted by ekwipt

Yeah sorry mate i was a bit vague, i agree with everything that you said. I think that's about a fair price for a nice unit, congrats dfegad

Oh, no worries, I was just hoping that I was answering you correctly. But it's also true what you said, because right now there's a few things on the Bay that would've been snatched up with a BIN a few months ago, but nowadays, no takers. Eb and flow I guess...

Thank you on the unit, I feel quite fortunate!

[Feinstrom]

Found a non-working Philicorda GM753 (the blue tolexed tube model) on the fleamarket for 15 Euros.
On July 1, my tech delivered it to me working as new; now it's my turn to make it shine again.

Cheers,
Bert

[jsrockit]

Incoming...

EH Voice Box
Moog MF-104z
Evolver

[nofi]

Originally Posted by Don Solaris

Doh! I found the cause. It's not the unit. It is the power adapter! What else can one expect from a cheap switch based voltage converter. I re-edited my post and removed the comment regarding the sine wave. When operated with battery (as designed) there's no interference of any kind.

I like this unit more and more!

aaah, excellent!!! that seemed like a really bad problem for a newly released audio recorder to be sold with... :-) glad to hear it's not an issue. I have enough recording inputs in my studio that I'd never be recording with it plugged in to a power supply, anyway. if I got it, would be 100% for recording out and about sounds.

that said - why are they selling it even with a power adapter that makes noise in that frequency range??!



anyway - I'm also very keen to hear your thoughts on the internal mics vs running with externals (and which externals) because the thing that pushes his over the line past similar units for me is the built in mics, and the rubberised body for reduced handling noise (which again, is just about the interenal mics) if I was going to use it with external mics anyway, then I could easily go for something a lot cheaper.