Ruiner wrote:I'm going to copy and paste this now so I can insert it later in the modular diary thread I just posted
I can totally see that happening though. Did you use guitar with it or strictly modular? I'm hoping that will be the difference for me as I just want a killer sampler/looper (er301 and morphogene) and stuff to make slow modulating drones and soundscapes to play guitar over and a pedalboard of sorts that will modulate and do things my pedalboard can't or won't easily.
It was mainly strictly modular, but I plugged the guitar into it from time to time. My goal with the new setup is to integrate other instruments with it more. I think some of my issues came from trying to make my modular into an instrument that could do everything and cover every part in a song.
Eivind August wrote:MrNovember wrote:I guess since I'm calling this the Circle of Synth, I should start probably at the beginning.
Where is the beginning of a circle?
Seriously though, great read, and the part about planning your next purchase and how it would affect your music rather than actually making music resonates with me - that's why I downsized and decided to stick with only the essential tools to do what I want to do. Which is to be free, and have a good time. And that's what we're gonna do. We're gonna have a good time. We're gonna have a party.
Downsizing and sticking with essentials is exactly what I intend to do now.
Dark Barn wrote:Totally agree about looking for the next module fix. Although I was the exact same way with pedals, so this is probably just a personality
flaw. For me it goes pretty deep, like when I decide I need something else for my rig, I kinda stop (or cutback on) making music until I have it. This can be a short wait on some in stock priority mail item, but it has happened to me on items that I had to preorder or be on a waitlist. For whatever reason my brain tells me to put things on hold until that piece of kit gets here.
I actually get to be the same way too. It's definitely a personality flaw. I honestly thought I was the only one that got like that