Knob Geeks

05:13 pm - music equipment for sale in Buffalo, Ny

heres the deal, I want to upgrade both of these synths...so I can only sell one right now.
I want a virus TI, and I want a V-synth XT



Access Virus Indigo, Mint, comes with a disc of hundreds of sounds. $800

Roland v-synth v2 ,has a few scratches on it, and one key needs to be pushed harder then the others (its probably the contact, but I dont feel confident in taking my synth apart)
comes with an ATA flight case which cost me a pretty penny
$1000

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2 technics m3d turntables (mint) with ortofon digitrack needles, (one has a broken arm, a zip tie is in its place and does the job), denon dnx800 mixer , plus odessey flight cases for the turntables, $750 (will sell each part individually too)

hartke transient XL 4X10 bass cab, one handle is broken $175


prices dont include shipping, I have good feedback on vintagesynth.com, livepa.org, and on ebay- n3wt15

located in Buffalo, NY

04:57 pm - ANGELSPIT'S FREE "BLOOD PACK"

In anticipation of Angelspit's soon to be released album Blood Death Ivory, Angelspit have created a bundle full of vicious relics in the 'Bloodpack' which contain digital goodies to adorn your desktop and infiltrate your playlist. As a special gift for their fans, the'Skinny Little Bitch' MP3 from the new album is included, wallpaper designed by Destroyx, as well as discount vouchers for isotank.com & surgeon-x.com

Download THE BLOOD PACK now!
get it here:
www.angelspit.net/bloodpack

Keep checking Angelspit.net in the coming weeks for more digital gifts, competitions and the latest news as it will be coming thick and fast.
Enjoy! XXX destroyx & ZooG

Angelspit's Blood Death Ivory

10:48 pm - ANGELSPIT Blipvert #3 : Destroying Bass

ANGELSPIT Blipvert #3 : Destroying Bass
Zoog from Angelspit shares ideas about destroying bass using a modular synthesizer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPghita0zF8

Check out Angelspit's other Blipverts here: http://www.angelspit.net/blipvert/

ROCK!

ZooG+Destroyx
www.angelspit.net

10:44 pm

Does anyone here own a Korg ER-1 MkII? I 've had mine for a few months now, and honestly I don't put it to much use because of a terrible latency problem. I'd estimate that when trying to sync it to other MIDI gear, it lags by as much as .20- .25 seconds. I have a Virus Indigo II and a Nord Lead 2x that I sync without issue. I tried replacing the ER's midi cable to no avail. Any suggestions?

11:13 am - Cool Aberrations

Cool Aberrations

 
Lush melodic instrumental electronica. Composed entirely in Live 5. Live instrumentation crossed with a LOT of vsts. . . .

Free album download: www.generalfuzz.net

02:33 am - like-new nord lead 2!

hello all!

i've just listed my mint clavia nord lead 2 synthesizer on ebay starting at $499 with $35 shipping via fedex. i'm sorry to see it go, but i never use it.

here's hoping you'll want to adopt it:



clavia nord lead 2 synth - like new.

09:14 am - on ebay SCSI CDROM drive for your sampler

RELIST OF AUCTION. BUYER FLAKED.
SCSI CDrom drive for Your Sampler.
This will be going cheap, I started the auction for 5 bucks
I used this with my Yamaha A3000, and Kurz k2500.
Comes with power cable and scsi terminator.

SCSI External CDROM Drive for your sampler</a

09:27 pm

I am a god damned synth geek. I love them. Right now, I'm currently working with a Korg MS2000B, Roland JP8080, Roland Juno-106, and a Korg Triton Le workstation. I have previously owned a Yamaha An1x, Korg MicroKorg, and an Alesis Micron. I have also used a Roland XP-80, Access Virus TI, Alesis Ion, and Korg Radias. Here is some of my music with the current synth setup.



Digital Sacrilege is dark, orchestral electro-industrial, which I like to refer to as either Electro-Noir or AggroTrance. It includes lots of strings, choruses, sometimes pianos and bells. However, it also utilizes the pounding, rapid fire beats and ripping, acidic synths of electro-industrial and EBM.

Area 51: This is a mix of house, goa, and psy trance. Very fun project, usually gets the giggles out of my system before producing some of my darker material.

04:38 am - old VST plug in that did Real time analyzing

I am trying to remeber a name of a plug in that was on the market around 1998 when I was a wee lad working at Guitar Center.

It was a VST audio plug in that did Real TIme Frequency Analyzing. What made this plug in great was the save feature where you could save a the analyzation of one song, and use that as a template on another song.

This was fun because you could tack a track that you liked the sound of, analyze it and use the template on an original song to get close to the same sound.

If no one knows the name of it, please suggest another software plug in that will do this.

12:17 am - to whom it may interest

the stage edition of the moog LP hath snuck out from the secrecy!

http://www.moogmusic.com/detail.php?main_product_id=254

behold the beauty! looks like they'll be going for $1,250 retail as opposed to the tribute edition @ hundred bucks more. 's a nice price drop, and the thing is still gorgeous, love the new look. i 'spose people hoping for a more drastic price drop might be a little annoyed, but it's an incredible machine, totally worth it.

04:36 pm - New synth

Two questions:

1) Does anyone know where I can get voice chips for the Roland Juno 106? I had one replaced from Roland spares before the chips in Australia ran out, but need another three voices...

2) What is everyone's common idea of a good stage synth? It would need to be in the 500-1000 AU$ (times 1.5 for US)...lots of knobs, analogue or modelled, reliable and multitimbral a plus...for a electro-pop/rock-pop band.

Thankyou kindly!

12:22 pm - Help!

Hi guys, hope everyones ok.

I'm trying to get my music to a wider audience and want to start playing live... my band is lacking members but my music is a wall of sound but I've been trying to avoid the 'laptop band' route for months now. Besides I don't really need a laptop because I have a perfectly good desktop!

What I'm thinking is using a digital multitrack recorder, something small and portable like the boss BR-600, and then wacking a big compact flashcard in there, bouncing all the parts me and my musical collegues need to the tracks on there and running it through the PA.

Does this sound like a good idea or a recipe for disaster? Any horror stories trying this technique? Any recommendations on what else I can try? I've got a pretty flexible budget (I work in a pro audio store so get good staff rates on gear) so any recommendations any of you have would be fantastic! If anyone says laptop I may come at them with a rusty pen knife.

Cheers!

Matt

04:50 pm - this almost makes me cry

http://www.art-offer.com/rd_p?p=113082&t=1091&c=190083&gift=10886&a=10886-analog%20synth

Current Mood: moogtastic

02:35 am - the Indie-OK Super-Ironic MIDI Keytar is now on the chopping block

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220029470068

11:53 pm

so i'm in the market for a new compressor for beats/vox/overly dynamic synth stuff.

i previously owned a art pro channel, but sold that in favor of something different, and not housing tubes.

right now the favored one is a dbx 160a, so any specific opinions on that would be most appreciated, but it anyone has suggestions, please give a shout out. i'd love to afford a 1176 or the like, but it needs to be under $600.

thanks!

09:00 pm

If you get a chance, I uploaded a new track on Myspace.
So if you want to check out what Ive been up to latley, different direction then ive been doing...i also plan on adding some lyrics to this soon...but want some feedback on the track before i do that.
Any thoughts on it are welcome.
thanks!
-n3wT

track is called "Kaiuv", 4.35min, 122bpm

12:23 pm - Fender Rhodes on a Juno D

Can anyone offer suggestions for tweaking a Juno D to produce as close a sound to a Fender Rhodes as possible?

11:08 pm - FA: SKB 6sp shockmounted case LAST DAY!!

I am auctioning off my 6 Space SHOCKMOUNTED SKB case CHEAP.
If you are playing out with rack gear you NEED the protection of this case.
The internal shockmounted rack floats in the case keeps you gear safe thru the drops and bumps of the road.

I used it on the road for a year when I was giving computer demonstrations. I kept my computer and an audio interface in it.

SKB 6 Space Skock Mount Roto case. SKB-R906U20 auction

Feel free to contact me with any questions.

09:14 am - casio-sounds using a subtractive synth.

I have a feeling that this has been done to death. This being emulating casio-tones (especially the cool low-res high pitched percussive sounds and piano patch). If anyone could help out in providing leads (no pun) to instructions on how to do so, it'd be much appreciated. If not, is there a site that provides samples of these devices? Thanks.

10:17 am - Score!

I got myself a job in a music tech store and its pretty damn fantastic. I'm working at soundcontrol on oxford street in London and in my first week I've tried so much awesome gear including stuff I would never dream of buying (or that I am able to afford).


Anyway, London based knobgeeks know who to come to for the best deal, ok? ;)