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After some twit hit a mate, I got involved and hit him harder. I got banned from one games lesson and had to play the violin. I was shite and hated it, went to a concert and totally ballsed it it and ended up not using the string |
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over a year ago
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"The triangle 
I used to play triangle in a Jamaican Reggae Orchestra, I had to stand at the back and ting. "
That is funny a fook 
Sadly all i can play is steering wheel Bongos  |
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"Clarinet, bass clarinet and recorder. I was fucking cool at school.
l like those. The recorder reminds me of the penny whistle."
I forgot the tenor recorder too. I was the only kid in year 4 with hands big enough  |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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I tend to err on the side of woodwind and keyboard instruments and play pretty much all of them, some of them not too badly. I'm also not bad on a vibraphone or harp since they follow the same principles as a keyboard in what you play, just the method differs. But me and strings don't really get on; I gave up the violin and can only manage a few chords on guitar or ukulele and three or four bass riffs. Percussion wise I'm limited to a basic 4/4 or 6/8 beat on a kit although I have OK cabasa, cowbell, triangle and tambourine skills. |
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"Clarinet, bass clarinet and recorder. I was fucking cool at school.
l like those. The recorder reminds me of the penny whistle.
I forgot the tenor recorder too. I was the only kid in year 4 with hands big enough "
I could play that too, walked around like I was Kanye West, throwing shade at the average recorder players! |
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"I tend to err on the side of woodwind and keyboard instruments and play pretty much all of them, some of them not too badly. I'm also not bad on a vibraphone or harp since they follow the same principles as a keyboard in what you play, just the method differs. But me and strings don't really get on; I gave up the violin and can only manage a few chords on guitar or ukulele and three or four bass riffs. Percussion wise I'm limited to a basic 4/4 or 6/8 beat on a kit although I have OK cabasa, cowbell, triangle and tambourine skills."
l was most natural with stringed instruments and less so wood wind. Mother plays viola. Pretty musical family. My Scottish side would play old folk songs and sing them in the kitchen. You don't get that anymore. Well, unless l'm in the car with my dad; then we try and vocal harmonies to things like the Everly brothers lol. |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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"I tend to err on the side of woodwind and keyboard instruments and play pretty much all of them, some of them not too badly. I'm also not bad on a vibraphone or harp since they follow the same principles as a keyboard in what you play, just the method differs. But me and strings don't really get on; I gave up the violin and can only manage a few chords on guitar or ukulele and three or four bass riffs. Percussion wise I'm limited to a basic 4/4 or 6/8 beat on a kit although I have OK cabasa, cowbell, triangle and tambourine skills.
l was most natural with stringed instruments and less so wood wind. Mother plays viola. Pretty musical family. My Scottish side would play old folk songs and sing them in the kitchen. You don't get that anymore. Well, unless l'm in the car with my dad; then we try and vocal harmonies to things like the Everly brothers lol. "
BBC4 (I think) had a great documentary on them over Christmas. I love harmony singing. |
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"I tend to err on the side of woodwind and keyboard instruments and play pretty much all of them, some of them not too badly. I'm also not bad on a vibraphone or harp since they follow the same principles as a keyboard in what you play, just the method differs. But me and strings don't really get on; I gave up the violin and can only manage a few chords on guitar or ukulele and three or four bass riffs. Percussion wise I'm limited to a basic 4/4 or 6/8 beat on a kit although I have OK cabasa, cowbell, triangle and tambourine skills.
l was most natural with stringed instruments and less so wood wind. Mother plays viola. Pretty musical family. My Scottish side would play old folk songs and sing them in the kitchen. You don't get that anymore. Well, unless l'm in the car with my dad; then we try and vocal harmonies to things like the Everly brothers lol.
BBC4 (I think) had a great documentary on them over Christmas. I love harmony singing."
Me too. Love choral vocals and the Everlys are a fave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_6qQEyCSv8 |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_6qQEyCSv8"
That just took away the nasty ear taste residue I encountered earlier hearing a Simon and Garfunkel cover that was great apart from the fact it only had one vocalist, which missed the best bit out entirely as a result. |
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over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try. "
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you |
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you "
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming."
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing "
oh, we was actually talking about instruments? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments? "
Why yes of course we were |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were "
so unlike you though...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though... "
I can be good on the odd occasion |
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"Does no one else like Synths? Was going to buy a DX7 but FM is apparently a nightmare to programme. Just about the time you put in."
I do like that but have no idea where to start |
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I used to play the recorder at primary school
And forced to play the flute at secondary school.
I can play a few tunes on the piano ( badly) but my dream when I was little was to be a singer
Kareoke at the pub was as famous as I got |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion "
starting to think you're account's been hacked. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Does no one else like Synths? Was going to buy a DX7 but FM is apparently a nightmare to programme. Just about the time you put in.
I do like that but have no idea where to start"
There are lots of inexpensive analogues that are pretty easy compared to FM and sound great. Wanted an Arturia MiniBrute.
People who can programme the DX series can get amazing unique sounds, which is pretty ironic since it gave us every 80's cliche synth sound. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked."
Whatever gives you that idea |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea "
Get a room you two.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea
Get a room you two. "
nah. all the clique does this, i've got my own clique with youlelover here. all the ignored can join it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea "
coz my pervy sexy buddy has gone. also you haven't done any sataning for a long time now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea
coz my pervy sexy buddy has gone. also you haven't done any sataning for a long time now."
He's still here just not been very active in forums lately  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea
coz my pervy sexy buddy has gone. also you haven't done any sataning for a long time now.
He's still here just not been very active in forums lately "
i've been sleeping loads myself so maybe not been around when you have?
trying to think of more instruments i can play, got nothing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea
coz my pervy sexy buddy has gone. also you haven't done any sataning for a long time now.
He's still here just not been very active in forums lately
i've been sleeping loads myself so maybe not been around when you have?
trying to think of more instruments i can play, got nothing."
Yeah I should really sleep now but napped a lot today last week caught up with me. I played the recorder and xylophone in school that was it. Always been interested in trance and Edm music |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea
coz my pervy sexy buddy has gone. also you haven't done any sataning for a long time now.
He's still here just not been very active in forums lately
i've been sleeping loads myself so maybe not been around when you have?
trying to think of more instruments i can play, got nothing.
Yeah I should really sleep now but napped a lot today last week caught up with me. I played the recorder and xylophone in school that was it. Always been interested in trance and Edm music "
why you working again soon or travelling?
get yourself a music maker? i've got a few for the PC, not very good with them but they're still fun. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea
coz my pervy sexy buddy has gone. also you haven't done any sataning for a long time now.
He's still here just not been very active in forums lately
i've been sleeping loads myself so maybe not been around when you have?
trying to think of more instruments i can play, got nothing.
Yeah I should really sleep now but napped a lot today last week caught up with me. I played the recorder and xylophone in school that was it. Always been interested in trance and Edm music
why you working again soon or travelling?
get yourself a music maker? i've got a few for the PC, not very good with them but they're still fun."
Don't start till twelve which is good |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea
coz my pervy sexy buddy has gone. also you haven't done any sataning for a long time now.
He's still here just not been very active in forums lately
i've been sleeping loads myself so maybe not been around when you have?
trying to think of more instruments i can play, got nothing.
Yeah I should really sleep now but napped a lot today last week caught up with me. I played the recorder and xylophone in school that was it. Always been interested in trance and Edm music
why you working again soon or travelling?
get yourself a music maker? i've got a few for the PC, not very good with them but they're still fun.
Don't start till twelve which is good "
yeah not bad, even if it is new years. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"piano.
most of percussion, i've got good rhythm.
How about the trombone
so long as it's not a rusty one i'm willing to give it a try.
I'm sure it will be nice and clean for you
lol, just no! i don't like the idea of rimming.
Haha of course not I'd never insinuate such a thing
oh, we was actually talking about instruments?
Why yes of course we were
so unlike you though...
I can be good on the odd occasion
starting to think you're account's been hacked.
Whatever gives you that idea
coz my pervy sexy buddy has gone. also you haven't done any sataning for a long time now.
He's still here just not been very active in forums lately
i've been sleeping loads myself so maybe not been around when you have?
trying to think of more instruments i can play, got nothing.
Yeah I should really sleep now but napped a lot today last week caught up with me. I played the recorder and xylophone in school that was it. Always been interested in trance and Edm music
why you working again soon or travelling?
get yourself a music maker? i've got a few for the PC, not very good with them but they're still fun.
Don't start till twelve which is good
yeah not bad, even if it is new years. "
Finish at 8 double bonus I love this job |
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"Finish at 8 double bonus I love this job
stop making me want to get a job. 
hope you have a nice time tomorrow/today whatever."
I'm very sure I will hunni it's nice to be in a job I look forward to going to in the morning |
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"Finish at 8 double bonus I love this job
stop making me want to get a job.
hope you have a nice time tomorrow/today whatever.
I'm very sure I will hunni it's nice to be in a job I look forward to going to in the morning "
chat later then? i'm going back to bed, can't stay awake again...old age is hitting me hard of all a sudden lol. |
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"Finish at 8 double bonus I love this job
stop making me want to get a job.
hope you have a nice time tomorrow/today whatever.
I'm very sure I will hunni it's nice to be in a job I look forward to going to in the morning
chat later then? i'm going back to bed, can't stay awake again...old age is hitting me hard of all a sudden lol."
Yeah of course no problem sleep well old un and speak soon |
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"Finish at 8 double bonus I love this job
stop making me want to get a job.
hope you have a nice time tomorrow/today whatever.
I'm very sure I will hunni it's nice to be in a job I look forward to going to in the morning
chat later then? i'm going back to bed, can't stay awake again...old age is hitting me hard of all a sudden lol.
Yeah of course no problem sleep well old un and speak soon "
think i'll sleep just fine thanks. later. |
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"Finish at 8 double bonus I love this job
stop making me want to get a job.
hope you have a nice time tomorrow/today whatever.
I'm very sure I will hunni it's nice to be in a job I look forward to going to in the morning
chat later then? i'm going back to bed, can't stay awake again...old age is hitting me hard of all a sudden lol.
Yeah of course no problem sleep well old un and speak soon
think i'll sleep just fine thanks. later. "
I'm sure you will. Later |
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"I can play the pink oboe. Depending on how well you use your mouth around it, all kinds of noises get made. Most common is 'mmmm mmmmm mmmmmm fuck yessssss'"
Must be a bastard to tune. |
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"Does no one else like Synths? Was going to buy a DX7 but FM is apparently a nightmare to programme. Just about the time you put in.
I do like that but have no idea where to start
There are lots of inexpensive analogues that are pretty easy compared to FM and sound great. Wanted an Arturia MiniBrute.
People who can programme the DX series can get amazing unique sounds, which is pretty ironic since it gave us every 80's cliche synth sound."
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I can do subtractive synthesis, used to own quite a few hardware synths, now just got a knackered moog rogue and use soft synths.
Spent an hour programming an arturia minibrute in a shop. Brilliant fun, sounds great, and because its one knob/one function its ideal for a beginner.
On the DX7 you have to scroll through loads of menus which just exacerbates the difficulty in programming them. The reason all those sounds on them became cliche is because they were the factory sounds that came with it and no-one knew how to program them so they just all used the built in sounds. Brian Eno used the DX7 to brilliant effect though on his 'Apollo' album, apparently he had 7 of them.
I can play guitar, bass, and melodica too, pretty badly though tbh. |
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"Does no one else like Synths? Was going to buy a DX7 but FM is apparently a nightmare to programme. Just about the time you put in.
I do like that but have no idea where to start
There are lots of inexpensive analogues that are pretty easy compared to FM and sound great. Wanted an Arturia MiniBrute.
People who can programme the DX series can get amazing unique sounds, which is pretty ironic since it gave us every 80's cliche synth sound..
I can do subtractive synthesis, used to own quite a few hardware synths, now just got a knackered moog rogue and use soft synths.
Spent an hour programming an arturia minibrute in a shop. Brilliant fun, sounds great, and because its one knob/one function its ideal for a beginner.
On the DX7 you have to scroll through loads of menus which just exacerbates the difficulty in programming them. The reason all those sounds on them became cliche is because they were the factory sounds that came with it and no-one knew how to program them so they just all used the built in sounds. Brian Eno used the DX7 to brilliant effect though on his 'Apollo' album, apparently he had 7 of them.
I can play guitar, bass, and melodica too, pretty badly though tbh."
The whole Eno Apollo album has the DX& on it. Masterpiece.
l follow a guy on youtube who has been plugging away on the DX7 for 30 years, and shows how to get more out of it, instead of just using the presets.
The menu diving doesn't put me off the DX range even though the 80's screen is tiny and grainy. l think i'll upgrade it. l think people are put off even learning because it's so different. lt's practically learning all over again.
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"I can play the pink oboe. Depending on how well you use your mouth around it, all kinds of noises get made. Most common is 'mmmm mmmmm mmmmmm fuck yessssss'
Must be a bastard to tune."
Doesn't normally take too long.  |
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"Does no one else like Synths? Was going to buy a DX7 but FM is apparently a nightmare to programme. Just about the time you put in.
I do like that but have no idea where to start
There are lots of inexpensive analogues that are pretty easy compared to FM and sound great. Wanted an Arturia MiniBrute.
People who can programme the DX series can get amazing unique sounds, which is pretty ironic since it gave us every 80's cliche synth sound..
I can do subtractive synthesis, used to own quite a few hardware synths, now just got a knackered moog rogue and use soft synths.
Spent an hour programming an arturia minibrute in a shop. Brilliant fun, sounds great, and because its one knob/one function its ideal for a beginner.
On the DX7 you have to scroll through loads of menus which just exacerbates the difficulty in programming them. The reason all those sounds on them became cliche is because they were the factory sounds that came with it and no-one knew how to program them so they just all used the built in sounds. Brian Eno used the DX7 to brilliant effect though on his 'Apollo' album, apparently he had 7 of them.
I can play guitar, bass, and melodica too, pretty badly though tbh.
The whole Eno Apollo album has the DX& on it. Masterpiece.
l follow a guy on youtube who has been plugging away on the DX7 for 30 years, and shows how to get more out of it, instead of just using the presets.
The menu diving doesn't put me off the DX range even though the 80's screen is tiny and grainy. l think i'll upgrade it. l think people are put off even learning because it's so different. lt's practically learning all over again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfvaW-nzK4"
I did spend a couple of months on a soft synth called FM8, Have you heard of it? Its based on the DX7 but has apparently got a much easier interface. got some good sounds out of it but realised I was hardly going to use it in any songs so I sacked it off.
But yeah, love programming synths, just wish I had more time to do it. I'll be doing it even less now that I'm here! |
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"Does no one else like Synths? Was going to buy a DX7 but FM is apparently a nightmare to programme. Just about the time you put in.
I do like that but have no idea where to start
There are lots of inexpensive analogues that are pretty easy compared to FM and sound great. Wanted an Arturia MiniBrute.
People who can programme the DX series can get amazing unique sounds, which is pretty ironic since it gave us every 80's cliche synth sound..
I can do subtractive synthesis, used to own quite a few hardware synths, now just got a knackered moog rogue and use soft synths.
Spent an hour programming an arturia minibrute in a shop. Brilliant fun, sounds great, and because its one knob/one function its ideal for a beginner.
On the DX7 you have to scroll through loads of menus which just exacerbates the difficulty in programming them. The reason all those sounds on them became cliche is because they were the factory sounds that came with it and no-one knew how to program them so they just all used the built in sounds. Brian Eno used the DX7 to brilliant effect though on his 'Apollo' album, apparently he had 7 of them.
I can play guitar, bass, and melodica too, pretty badly though tbh.
The whole Eno Apollo album has the DX& on it. Masterpiece.
l follow a guy on youtube who has been plugging away on the DX7 for 30 years, and shows how to get more out of it, instead of just using the presets.
The menu diving doesn't put me off the DX range even though the 80's screen is tiny and grainy. l think i'll upgrade it. l think people are put off even learning because it's so different. lt's practically learning all over again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfvaW-nzK4
I did spend a couple of months on a soft synth called FM8, Have you heard of it? Its based on the DX7 but has apparently got a much easier interface. got some good sounds out of it but realised I was hardly going to use it in any songs so I sacked it off.
But yeah, love programming synths, just wish I had more time to do it. I'll be doing it even less now that I'm here!"
Yeah I've heard of that one. Is it by Native Instruments, or something like that? I heard it was pretty good. Sounded almost as good as the DX7 but so worth it because it's far easier work with.
I am on a digital trip right now. I like Elektron stuff but it's way too expensive and boutique.. They discontinued their only digital synthetic : the monomachine. So prices are shooting up.
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