Post-Meta_Horizon: FIXED ARCHITECTURE SYNTH GENERAL

[chrisdermo]

Anyone else considering the field kit fx kickstarter? I kinda think it would be amazing to accompany my tabletop stuff. I guess if you're running eurorack it's not much of a revelation, but as someone that has to rely on 2 digital multifx pedals due to space/power restrictions in a setup, the idea of a compact digi/analog multi fx unit is super appealing. SUPER APPEALING. I'm so skint.

[Ruiner]

Anyone else considering the field kit fx kickstarter? I kinda think it would be amazing to accompany my tabletop stuff. I guess if you're running eurorack it's not much of a revelation, but as someone that has to rely on 2 digital multifx pedals due to space/power restrictions in a setup, the idea of a compact digi/analog multi fx unit is super appealing. SUPER APPEALING. I'm so skint.

Yeah, i ordered one for use with the Field Kit and for travel purposes with other travel instruments.

[D.o.S.]

I thought it was much less interesting than the Field kit proper, but I also don't add FX to field recordings in that manner: would rather reamp through a sampler.

[chrisdermo]

I thought it was much less interesting than the Field kit proper, but I also don't add FX to field recordings in that manner: would rather reamp through a sampler.

Ah yeah I wouldn't use it for field recordings or anything like it's implied usage with a field kit. I have clunky/cumbersome workarounds for basic things at the moment - e.g. I CV a Boss DD7 for modulating delay times, CV a Boss PS-3/PS-5 for sequenced pitch shifts, or use my EHX crash pads as amplitude envelopes for an input signal, I have no traditional envelope generator currently etc. This thing would cure that thing. I've also had my favourite spring reverb tank sitting around without any circuitry for years. Oh and it has a, easter egg phaser built in too right? That's another separate pedal I have to power/plug in and would like to use all the time if I could!


I mean 219Euros is definitely winning right? I also desperately need to get my stereo microcassette recorder fixed as it broke in Greece

[chrisdermo]

Yeah, i ordered one for use with the Field Kit and for travel purposes with other travel instruments.

Portability is super important for me. Of pretty much all my purchases over the past year only the double knot doesn't work with battery power. I use rechargeable 9Vs and USB powerbanks with dc jack adaptors, this seems like it would be fine with that too. Sod it. I'm backing it when I reach payday, if they aren't all gone by then.

[mr. sound boy king]

Just paid for the Lyra-8, ordered up last January. I'm excited to run it through all the pedals and win.

Any thoughts from folks who have been running a Lyra for a while? Still getting a kick out of it or finding it a one trick pony?

[chrisdermo]

I'm excited to run it through all the pedals and win.

I'm excited to see/hear you run it through all the pedals and win

[$harkToootth]

I've kind of neglected LYRA cause I've been playing guitar more but I assure you!!!! It has nothing to do with LYRA. I think LYRA is beautiful.

That said, I go through cycles where I'm very influenced by Martin Freeman's (REPEATER and now MZROZTRONIUM) work. This design (used to be on the REPEATER tumblr...still on muff) has me interested.

[MrNovember]

I've been ignoring the Lyra stuff, but wow, they sound good and are pretty tempting. Fuck it, I sent a pre-order email. Lets see where I'm at gear/money wise in ~6 months

Also, I really like the direction of this thread since weird synth stuff is all I really do now

Anyone else considering the field kit fx kickstarter? I kinda think it would be amazing to accompany my tabletop stuff. I guess if you're running eurorack it's not much of a revelation, but as someone that has to rely on 2 digital multifx pedals due to space/power restrictions in a setup, the idea of a compact digi/analog multi fx unit is super appealing. SUPER APPEALING. I'm so skint.

Yeah, i ordered one for use with the Field Kit and for travel purposes with other travel instruments.

I also backed this. I love my Field Kit and the FKFX will definitely compliment it nicely. I'm planning on putting together a little tabletop noise/drone setup with the Field Kit, FKFX, Mescaline, some modular, some misc pedals, and now possibly the Lyra-8.

[$harkToootth]

I drool over Martin Freeman's homemade SERGE everyday.
[youtube][/youtube]

[chrisdermo]

I ended up backing the FKFX as well, super excited.

I drool over Martin Freeman's homemade SERGE everyday.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47WmnRaEaIU[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47WmnRaEaIU

Yes! It's a beaut.
There's some new vids on his IG with some unknown banana device interacting with the grackler and double knot...

https://instagram.com/p/BbC9OrohHbl/

[$harkToootth]

I saw your post with Meng Qi's homemade touch plate controller for the Grackler. Very cool!
Noise synths are what got me back into pedals a few years ago and now they're my top interest again...time is a flat circle...

[chrisdermo]

I saw your post with Meng Qi's homemade touch plate controller for the Grackler. Very cool!
Noise synths are what got me back into pedals a few years ago and now they're my top interest again...time is a flat circle...

Same for me..... I ended selling most of my boutique pedals for my current synth/noise stuffs. Now wishing I had a glitchy stuttery pedal again to use with these noisy machines, but those seem to be coming thick and fast from lots of different manufacturers now that I'm sure it'll be cheap to buy one by mid 2018. Kinda shocked not to see a dedicated Boss/EHX one yet, maybe NAMM? Keeping eyes peeled for the copilot release on Black Friday.

[$harkToootth]

My favorites are the hybrids. I am usually bad at following any rules I make for myself but I had one for a while that went along the lines of 'any piece of gear I get needs to be able to generate AND process audio'. It's not that helpful of a rule as there is no shortage of wonderful things that do that.

EDIT: In another moment of self reflection I'm also realizing I don't like patch cables and always preferred synths with hardwired architecture but lots of knobs and switch for signal routing. I think this why as wee soy boy ARP always resonated with me (don't think 2600; think 2500 with pin matrixs and the portable keyboard synths). I tend to hold this preference with noise boxes and effects which may be why I find the RMA stuff so appealing (Curtis knows I admire his work).

Does anyone understand analog computing? I'm trying to wrap my head around it.

[chrisdermo]

Does anyone understand analog computing? I'm trying to wrap my head around it.

I see Peter Blasser reference this a lot but I have no idea what it means.

How about that new Eowave Quadrantid? I like the look of that! I think it could be good for my drone/drums project once I've exhausted the drone commander and boardweevil combos.