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July - New Gear Thread (pg. 2)
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| evo8 |
| quote: | Originally posted by djnitride
Looking at grabbing a pair of Focal Alpha 80's and some treatment when I move into a new house.
Anyone used Focal monitors before? Good value for the money? I just want decently flat frequency response and hearable sub bass. |
Ive had 2 sets of Focals, Twins and currently SM9
honestly, your room plays a more important factor, if you can get some treatment in there it will improve your monitors no end.
Spend a decent amount on monitors if you know you are going to be making music for a while as you will only want to upgrade in a year or 2 if you dont |
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| djnitride |
| quote: | Originally posted by evo8
Ive had 2 sets of Focals, Twins and currently SM9
honestly, your room plays a more important factor, if you can get some treatment in there it will improve your monitors no end.
Spend a decent amount on monitors if you know you are going to be making music for a while as you will only want to upgrade in a year or 2 if you dont |
I don't have any monitors currently and yeah, when I move into my new house I plan on using the least square space possible and setting up damping on the walls among other things. But I currently have *no* monitors, just headphones and want to get a decent pair.
Think I am in this hobby for the long haul as well. |
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| djnitride |
| Ended up ordering a pair of Focal Alpha 50's and a Steinberg UR28M. The eventual plan is to get a 5.1 monitoring setup :cool: but its pointless doing that with 8" monitors. |
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| djnitride |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zak McKracken
is the alpha line taking over for the twin/sm and cms series? or are they somewhere in between? looks very decent. they are 5" from what i can read but the size of the bass doesnt have anything to say in stereo or 5.1 setup anyway as long as they sound good they sound good, for 5.1 you need a sub anyhow. |
Yep, that was my reasoning on the matter as well.
Now I just need to re arrange my room and start working on optimal placement and some treatment. Thing is I am moving in a few months though so I can't go overboard on it... |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| Bought a kyma unit. The paca rana |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
Bought a kyma unit. The paca rana |
Dayum.
Did you get their strange fabric keyboard too? I love that you can use a wii remote with it.
Only thing that seems strange is that it's only T100 ethernet and FW800. Seems bizarre that they're using such outdated/soon to be obsolete technology on a "super computer". Then again, I suppose it's only connectivity and the magic is under the hood.
It's also weird that they are notoriously secretive about the actual goods. No mention of any of the hardware inside or what platform the software is hosted. |
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| tehlord |
My GAS is rubbish at the moment.
All I bagged recently is a CME X-Key 25 for the Macbook/iPad
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| djnitride |
| quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
My GAS is rubbish at the moment.
All I bagged recently is a CME X-Key 25 for the Macbook/iPad
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Grabbed one recently as well, the fact that they managed to work in polyphonic aftertouch is awesome.
The keys have a decent feel considering the form factor too. |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by djnitride
Grabbed one recently as well, the fact that they managed to work in polyphonic aftertouch is awesome.
The keys have a decent feel considering the form factor too. |
Yeah i've heard good things.
It's surprising how many good quality small form factor keyboards simply don't exist. I bought this to replace an Arturia keylab and Akai MPK mini, both of which were a little but .
Aftertouch is a bonus when designing synth patches. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Dayum.
Did you get their strange fabric keyboard too? I love that you can use a wii remote with it.
Only thing that seems strange is that it's only T100 ethernet and FW800. Seems bizarre that they're using such outdated/soon to be obsolete technology on a "super computer". Then again, I suppose it's only connectivity and the magic is under the hood.
It's also weird that they are notoriously secretive about the actual goods. No mention of any of the hardware inside or what platform the software is hosted. |
I think it is a UAD sort of situation. NEcessary when it was being used in film but a giant dongle now. If anyone wants a guaranteed job in nedia, learn kyma , some object oriented language like C or java and you will have a job if you like that stuff.
Unless they are using quantum bits, then its pretty much a computer like every other computer. They won't release the details because the flops is probably like UAD and as powerful as an ipod |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
Yeah i've heard good things.
It's surprising how many good quality small form factor keyboards simply don't exist. I bought this to replace an Arturia keylab and Akai MPK mini, both of which were a little but .
Aftertouch is a bonus when designing synth patches. |
Hmmm, I have the akai MPK mini and it is a bit pony, although it serves my rubbish playing needs.
That X-Key though looks ing perfect, and has poly aftertouch? How is the velocity sensitivity on it?
| quote: | Originally posted by Richie
I think it is a UAD sort of situation. NEcessary when it was being used in film but a giant dongle now. If anyone wants a guaranteed job in nedia, learn kyma , some object oriented language like C or java and you will have a job if you like that stuff.
Unless they are using quantum bits, then its pretty much a computer like every other computer. They won't release the details because the flops is probably like UAD and as powerful as an ipod
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You're right, although it's a little bit of a dying breed to just program Kyma. Having said that you'd be amazed (well not you actually, but others) in how much outdated tech gets used by composers and sound designers.
Right up until about a year ago, one famous, mainly comedy composer who happens to have a more famous composer brother, both of which have double barreled last names, was using still a giga array for all his samples. The system was really limited, like straight out of 1995. but I suppose, when it works, it works. |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Hmmm, I have the akai MPK mini and it is a bit pony, although it serves my rubbish playing needs.
That X-Key though looks ing perfect, and has poly aftertouch? How is the velocity sensitivity on it?
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It's not brilliant tbh
The keys on the X-key are a bit like long Macbook keys so low velocity is hindered by a definite click with note on. Velocity sensitivity is 'ok', but not as modulatable as a normal keyboard. It's a bit low or high and maybe something in between, but better than nothing. Aftertouch is just on or off, simple as that!
It's the same with the pressure sensitive pitch and mod buttons. I find it difficult to instinctively feel much difference between low and high pressure. I would have preferred a much harder prod to achieve full pitch/mod values.
It's also bloody noisy to play, like you'd imagine a full size qwerty would be :p
Still, I need aftertouch for some banks I'm doing so I'd rather this than having to go find a full size replacement for my midi controller. |
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