Tuesday 23 December 2008

Crimble Tasks

I've decided to put some time in re-learning some of my underused kit - my DSS-1  for example hardly ever gets used as a sampler, as it's a pain to map samples ( but it sounds terrific). My Roland S750, which I got almost 3 months ago has hardly been used too, so I'll make some new libraries for it with the two weeks I've got off work. What else? Build some decent patches for my EX-800 and DW-6000 and get to grips with making the most of my Evolution UC33e midi controller.

Sunday 21 December 2008

Christmas Cheer?

[sigh] The S700 turned up - and it works (to a degree). It samples and plays back fine, but alas, the drive is a dud. Hopefully I can fix it over the Christmas hols. It's usually the belt drive - and hopefully I can find a rubber band the right size and tension to get it working again. The floppy on my S1100 has also given up the ghost too - those drives are easy enough to get, it's just having to get the beast out of the rack and open it up.
I also spent a few quid this month as well - I'm a gonna if the missus finds out... Pro Tools Le 8 upgrade, Sylenth2  soft synth and the new Alchemy synth from Camel audio (which, by the way, is bloody amazing - actually they all are).
So, i'm gonna be busy over the next weeks justifying my purchases. :-)

Akai S700 (top) Akai S1100 (bottom)