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Budget compact mixer recommendations anyone? I want a few stereo and four mono channels, bells and whistles not required. Prefer to avoid Behringer because Uli seems to be a jerk.

Thanks, that's good to know. I had heard from someone in a synth group on FB that the Keylab will be available once again in September. Coincides well with me being (hopefully) slightly less poor.

I kind of want to get the Arturia Keylab 61mkii, for controlling my Deluge. A secondary benefit of getting one is that it comes with a pretty great suite of softsynths too (Analog Lab collection). But I don't have a computer that will do it justice. Are standalone softsynths as demanding of computers as DAWs? Or can I improve an old PC by adding RAM and an SSD, and a low-latency interface, and be happy? I'll already have to save up for the Keylab, and a decently-spec'd computer like I'd need to run a DAW just isn't in the cards during pandemic.

@Dusty Chalk

Hell yeah you should. The JP8080 looks like a lot of fun.

I admit to having lust for the Model D, Poly D, and TD-3.

Yeah, that's always been their reputation, though it's improved in recent years. I bought one of their mixers around 17 years ago and it still works great. I have powered studio monitors of theirs from the same era and they're also decent, though I had to replace a cap that blew up at one point.

I'm torn on this one. I hate what a douche-canoe Uli is being and I probably won't buy anything of his though.

I think I'm gonna stare at the void awhile longer and save some more Wilfreds. I keep flip-flopping on what kind of thing I even want. Elektron's samplers intrigue me, so do their FM synths, and Arturia have nice drum machines and the Microfreak. Or for the price of one of those, I could get a couple Volcas and an NTS-1. Then there's the Poly-D. Probably best to sit on my money and play the synths I already have for awhile.

I feel like buying something so that I can stop contemplating the void for awhile. But I don't have much money. Cheap monosynth (I've already got one but more is better up to a point), or Zoom Q2n-4K camera so that I can record my jams moar better?

A very rough jam of a new thing I'm working on.

Happy birthday Jeffy!

Ha, thanks Peter! My main vocal technique is to add reverb and delay to conceal (some of) the mistakes. 🤣

Thanks! Yeah, if I end up trying to nail a really good version of it, I'll make individual stems of all the instruments and put them in Reaper or something. And maybe find someone who is better at singing 😛

I made a song entirely on the Deluge. I'm obviously not a singer, and not a great lyricist either, but I'm having fun. I'll probably retake the vocals at some point. https://drive.google.com/file/d/11h95Zpz80QJ_frDnWJKjeiUfJ3UaK4Vf/view?usp=drivesdk

I bought a couple of the Glencairn Canadian whisky glasses, and I really like them. They've become my preferred glass for neat whisky, highballs, and beer. Next to original Glencairn for scale.

Very cool, Craig. One of my kids was talking about him a few days ago. "Avoid dying." Love that.

Have a great one, Naaman!

Which one of you did this?

Have a great one!

This is pretty frigging cool.