kaossilator, but mainly RefD gakken sx-150 analog synth!

[RefD]

i will do this as soon as the opportunity arises.

assuming anyone is still into it, that is.

*puts on Chinese Democracy*


Take care of yourself Ref, we're looking forward to another 5263 posts...

*isn't quite sure how to take that*

[shedshrine]

Well, the health wishes are sincere, the actual post number is arbitarary, and I actually have heard only one song off Chinese Democracy which was while getting our car's oil changed.

As for your analog opus, I'm picturing a softly faded in Em pad followed by Malmsteenesque classical runs that finally settle into a nice ostenatto repeating pattern over which you run the sx-150 through a whammy pedal for counterpoint.

[RefD]

sorry, sorry...my mind isn't all here.

operating on 2 hours of sleep and waiting for the roofing guy to finish remedying the botches committed by his sheet metal subcontractor...whereupon he will demand something close to $9k from me.

[Brett Siler]

I am fucking sick of the Korg kaos pads
every hipster with a macintosh has a noise band which consists of
1 Mac running some playskool software
2 Microkorg with or without the vocoder mic
3 kaos pad that is on sale at musicians friend.
The really hip ones have some boutique pedals.
extra points for white belts and Chrome bags.

you still got white belts in your hood? White belts died out years ago.. now we just got beards and fixed gears galore.. i didn't think the fixie thing would last this long..

*loves to coast and shift, misses the white belts*

Here its dudes with zelda looking haircuts, spandex tight jeans, white canvas shoes and Alesis Microns using just presets... screamo.... yuck

[trodden]

I am fucking sick of the Korg kaos pads
every hipster with a macintosh has a noise band which consists of
1 Mac running some playskool software
2 Microkorg with or without the vocoder mic
3 kaos pad that is on sale at musicians friend.
The really hip ones have some boutique pedals.
extra points for white belts and Chrome bags.

you still got white belts in your hood? White belts died out years ago.. now we just got beards and fixed gears galore.. i didn't think the fixie thing would last this long..

*loves to coast and shift, misses the white belts*

Here its dudes with zelda looking haircuts, spandex tight jeans, white canvas shoes and Alesis Microns using just presets... screamo.... yuck

remember when "screamo" was good shit? like one eyed god prophecy, Union of Uranus, Song of Zarathustra?

[RefD]

here's 5 minutes of meandering warble-fest replete with more and more effects as i go along.

in the process i discovered my IPS-33B has mysteriously bit the dust.

http://creotia.com/refd/Gakken_SX-150_test.mp3

[shedshrine]

here's 5 minutes of meandering warble-fest replete with more and more effects as i go along.

Thanks Ref!

Unbiased review:
My favorite part is where the early atari mosquito phone ring becomes a simulated feline atrocity then becomes a futuristic jailbreak siren that becomes an early devo intro that becomes a passing ambulance
morphing into the opening chord to "jump" all while never losing the moody atmospherics of a desolate kitchen table.
In short it sounds like a totally fun little box for not a lot of cash or assemblage.

[RefD]

it needs a chromatic keyboard, really.

but it's plenty fun already.

[ballpein]

That is as cool as boobs. Thanks a lot refd.

could this thing be rigged up to receive notes by CV?

[segaface]

That is as cool as boobs. Thanks a lot refd.

could this thing be rigged up to receive notes by CV?

I'm glad to see somebody talking about this weird little box- I've had mine for a few months.

There is a cv in (1/8") on the front panel. I've seen videos on youtube demonstrating the gakken synth with the Mini-theremin kit plugged into the "ext" input.


Andy

[RefD]

That is as cool as boobs. Thanks a lot refd.

could this thing be rigged up to receive notes by CV?

I'm glad to see somebody talking about this weird little box- I've had mine for a few months.

There is a cv in (1/8") on the front panel. I've seen videos on youtube demonstrating the gakken synth with the Mini-theremin kit plugged into the "ext" input.

that's not CV, that's pitch to voltage and really only works with a square wave (pulse) input.

HOWEVER!



VOILA!

[RefD]

good news for me: my IPS-33B is not toast!

it was just a bad cable that needed to be resoldered at one end.

[PeterSawatzky]

here's 5 minutes of meandering warble-fest replete with more and more effects as i go along.

in the process i discovered my IPS-33B has mysteriously bit the dust.

http://creotia.com/refd/Gakken_SX-150_test.mp3

What is the effect at the end that makes it sound like a two-oscillator synth? Just delay? Sounds good anyway.

[RefD]

here's 5 minutes of meandering warble-fest replete with more and more effects as i go along.

in the process i discovered my IPS-33B has mysteriously bit the dust.

http://creotia.com/refd/Gakken_SX-150_test.mp3

What is the effect at the end that makes it sound like a two-oscillator synth? Just delay? Sounds good anyway.

the VERY end?

chorusing.

that's most of what makes the Juno 60/106 sound as good as it does.

[nick_a]

mine's not working! i can hear the lfo oscillating a little bit but when i try to use the stylus, no dice. i wired mine up to look exactly like the ones i've seen and the ones in the manual. anyone else have any trouble?