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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

PO-24 office instructional

introducing PO-24 office by teenage engineering and cheap monday. order here: https://teenage.engineering/store#po-24 online manual: https://teenage.engineer...
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
That reminds me of another app I'm not using but which I want to use: PixiTracker!

WarmPlace.ru. PixiTracker

www.warmplace.ru
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
#PixiTracker YouTube video: https://youtu.be/vXr16XCT1Jk
#chiptunes

PixiTracker: Intro

PixiTracker is a simple and fun sample based tracker with minimalistic pixel interface. It is portable application, available for iOS (iPhone, iPad), OSX, Wi...
hoergen
hoergen 1 month ago
I have the PO-35 and its really fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9CZ-b6pASA
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
@hoergen I think I have to get one...
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
@hoergen I bought it yesterday, toyed around with it, and this morning it stopped working. 😭 I’m going to bring to it back and we’ll see what they can do.
hoergen
hoergen 1 month ago
Oh, that's terrible when a new toy breaks after some ours. Hope you have it back soon! 🙏
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
@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

Loops & Bits -Modular, DJ- und Studio Equipment

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hoergen
hoergen 1 month ago
YAAAYY ! 👍 Have lots of fun !
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ีชาฟึ†ีซึ‚ีฉึ‡ 1 month ago
@kensanata You know about the SGMK in Zürich? They very much do all kind of electronic sound stuff.

SGMK-SSAM-WIKI

wiki.sgmk-ssam.ch
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
@deshipu I did not! Thanks for the link.
hoergen
hoergen 1 month ago
Maybe you should have also a look on the Deluge from Synthstrom Audible ;) They are coming to Zürich soon
http://forums.synthstrom.com/discussion/966/newsletter-may-june-2018
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
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?
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ีชาฟึ†ีซึ‚ีฉึ‡ 1 month ago
@kensanata I wonder what would be the vim of music.
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
@deshipu A flute?
ีชาฟึ†ีซึ‚ีฉึ‡
ีชาฟึ†ีซึ‚ีฉึ‡ 1 month ago
@kensanata Hmm, that would explain why I choose the tinwhistles and the ocarinas...
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
@deshipu learning the alto recorder (Alt Blockflöte) 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.
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ีชาฟึ†ีซึ‚ีฉึ‡ 1 month ago
@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.
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
@deshipu I can imagine. I got started with the alto recorder because that’s what Claudia used to play as a kid and so I was really looking forward to playing duets.
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ีชาฟึ†ีซึ‚ีฉึ‡ 1 month ago
@kensanata Oh, yes, music is so much better together.
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ
Alex Schroeder ๐Ÿ 1 month ago
@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 don’t think that’s how we learn to play anymore. And that makes me sad!
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