I think I want one of these PO things. Yesterday I saw a kid play on one of them. The kid didn't do much, just mash some buttons. But these videos are amazing.
I don't really understand the difference between the PO-12, PO-14, PO-20, PO-24, PO-35.
These little videos are amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_118tFJZB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAXJMJaFHzY
To think that I'm still doodling with the Animoog app on my iPad and not getting anything done. Now I can buy gadgets and not get anything done! #synth #chiptunes #po
@kensanata
The really cool one is #sunvox. Too bad it's proprietary...
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@hoergen I think I have to get one...
@hoergen I bought it yesterday, toyed around with it, and this morning it stopped working. ๐ญ Iโm going to bring to it back and weโll see what they can do.
@hoergen Issue fixed! The way the battery was held in place made it possible for the contacts to not actually touch the batteries! After about 10s of fiddling the guys at the shop had fixed it. So thanks, people of Loops & Bits in #zurich #synth https://www.loopsandbits.ch/
@kensanata You know about the SGMK in Zรผrich? They very much do all kind of electronic sound stuff. http://wiki.sgmk-ssam.ch
@deshipu I did not! Thanks for the link.
@kensanata They have open door every Tuesday evening, if you have time you could go even today and see what they do.
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Yesterday, I've been playing around with the PO-35 and made two or three patterns which I liked. Today I've installed VCV Rack, an open-source virtual modular synthesizer.It looks super fancy! Sadly, it doesn't sound very impressive. I had more fun with the simple tool. So I guess modular synthesis is not in my immediate future. I feel like I've just rejected the Emacs of music and opted for some sort of notepad++ or so. Less features, easier to get into, but not growing with you over the years?
@kensanata I wonder what would be the vim of music.
@deshipu A flute?
@kensanata Hmm, that would explain why I choose the tinwhistles and the ocarinas...
@deshipu learning the alto recorder (Alt Blockflรถte) is still on my todo list. It always peters out. Perhaps a new set of pieces to play in a different style would help? Irish folk music or something like that.
@kensanata I can really recommend the Irish tin whistle as the simplest instrument to learn on the planet. Also the six-hole ocarina, which is similar, but easier to transport and has nicer sound. I recently got myself a renaissance fife, and I'm trying to learn to play it, but the embouchure is super-difficult for me.
@deshipu I can imagine. I got started with the alto recorder because thatโs what Claudia used to play as a kid and so I was really looking forward to playing duets.
@kensanata Oh, yes, music is so much better together.
@deshipu I remember seeing a tiny fragment of a Verner Vinge interview where he talks about folk music being a group activity where anybody can get into it even all they can do is blow two notes. I love that aspect of it, too, even if I donโt think thatโs how we learn to play anymore. And that makes me sad!
@kensanata I still have the rattles that I got for our jam sessions. It was the only instrument I was proficient enough with to make a meaningful contribution.
@kensanata Just beware of the Compulsive Tinwhistle Acquisition Disorder!
That reminds me of another app I'm not using but which I want to use: PixiTracker! http://www.warmplace.ru/soft/pixitracker/