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Dr Tony Balls wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:43 pm

tallchris wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:34 pm I’ve been watching some pre-Nevermind Nirvana live shows when I’m up late on baby duty when they show up in my algorithm on YouTube, and dear lord now I want a DS-1 but I don’t want to pay more than $30 for one.

$30 is a bit low, it seems, but Reverb is chock full of ~$45 options. Not that it matters much, but brand new they're only $60!

tallchris wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:34 pm I’ve been watching some pre-Nevermind Nirvana live shows when I’m up late on baby duty when they show up in my algorithm on YouTube, and dear lord now I want a DS-1 but I don’t want to pay more than $30 for one.

tommy wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:11 am

tallchris wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:34 pm I’ve been watching some pre-Nevermind Nirvana live shows when I’m up late on baby duty when they show up in my algorithm on YouTube, and dear lord now I want a DS-1 but I don’t want to pay more than $30 for one.

Don’t do it. Get the DS-2 instead, which he used more often anyway. Or, get a seeing eye/ultra modded DS-1, which is actually a bad ass pedal and is awesome on bass too.

TylerDeadPine wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:37 pm I'm having so much fun with my Prophet 08 Rev2 in all of it's polyphonic glory, that I'm now lusting after a companion mono-synth for destructive bass and non-Curtis Filter sounds, and then being done with synth buying forever. I have a behringer pro-1, so I have an idea of where a mono-synth gets me, and it has brought me much joy, but I can't live without saving presets.

I can get a Pro-3 SE for $1500 and it ticks many functional boxes the Rev2 doesn't. I love the DSI/Sequential control layout/workflow, and the aesthetics are awesome. This would all be to make aggressive noise /sounds in and out of bands. I've written exactly 3 synth heavy songs in my entire life. TALK ME OUT OF IT

losthighway wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:06 pm

TylerDeadPine wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:37 pm I'm having so much fun with my Prophet 08 Rev2 in all of it's polyphonic glory, that I'm now lusting after a companion mono-synth for destructive bass and non-Curtis Filter sounds, and then being done with synth buying forever. I have a behringer pro-1, so I have an idea of where a mono-synth gets me, and it has brought me much joy, but I can't live without saving presets.

I can get a Pro-3 SE for $1500 and it ticks many functional boxes the Rev2 doesn't. I love the DSI/Sequential control layout/workflow, and the aesthetics are awesome. This would all be to make aggressive noise /sounds in and out of bands. I've written exactly 3 synth heavy songs in my entire life. TALK ME OUT OF IT

Okay, I know you said presets, but for a grindy mono, why not a Microbrute? There are only a dozen knobs and you can twist them into your favorite places. It weighs like a pound, you can jump octaves so there's tons of range on that tiny keyboard. It would save you like a grand.

But damn, Sequential makes a fine synth.

Maurice wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:27 pm

Maurice wrote: Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:34 am

Bubber wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:01 pm

C'mon man. I can't be the only person who wants an update. Saw a Mpls/AZ luthier post a 9-string guitar the other day and it jogged my memory.

Still waiting on the neck! The board was scheduled to be slotted last weekend. I had a few moments of crisis-of-confidence about the tuning, but running it through Scale Workshop showed me that it was a good neutral bridge between typical 12TET and 24-fret JI.

Here's the interval set in Scale Workshop. As a comparison, here's a simple 7-limit arrangement: see how the note distribution is sparser and less even.

Gonna check in with the neck guy about progress. I'm on the verge of ordering all new electronics, though: the loaded Squier body has these little micro-potentiometers. I've seen inconsistent documentation about potentiometer values on these; I'd expect 500ks, but Fender's own documentation says 250. I'm going to order 500s and just...like... wire it up new.

Neck guy had made the neck and slotted the board as of the 27th. Radio silence after that, so I emailed him yesterday, and he got back to me today: the neck is "super close" and should be done "in a few days," so it's possible I'd get it by the end of the month.

Meanwhile, I did order all new electronics, which I need to wire up to the Vintera pickups. With the neck possibly coming soon, I have motivation to carve out wiring time.

Barbo wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:59 pm

losthighway wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:06 pm

TylerDeadPine wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:37 pm I'm having so much fun with my Prophet 08 Rev2 in all of it's polyphonic glory, that I'm now lusting after a companion mono-synth for destructive bass and non-Curtis Filter sounds, and then being done with synth buying forever. I have a behringer pro-1, so I have an idea of where a mono-synth gets me, and it has brought me much joy, but I can't live without saving presets.

I can get a Pro-3 SE for $1500 and it ticks many functional boxes the Rev2 doesn't. I love the DSI/Sequential control layout/workflow, and the aesthetics are awesome. This would all be to make aggressive noise /sounds in and out of bands. I've written exactly 3 synth heavy songs in my entire life. TALK ME OUT OF IT

Okay, I know you said presets, but for a grindy mono, why not a Microbrute? There are only a dozen knobs and you can twist them into your favorite places. It weighs like a pound, you can jump octaves so there's tons of range on that tiny keyboard. It would save you like a grand.

But damn, Sequential makes a fine synth.

Microbrute is fun. But the Pro3 has some more filter options though and digital oscillator as well. It is pretty great from what I have heard. There are of course digital options galore for not much. I think the Microfreak or Minifreak is a huge amount of fun and has an analog filter.

Jon

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:15 am

Barbo wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:59 pm

losthighway wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:06 pm

Okay, I know you said presets, but for a grindy mono, why not a Microbrute? There are only a dozen knobs and you can twist them into your favorite places. It weighs like a pound, you can jump octaves so there's tons of range on that tiny keyboard. It would save you like a grand.

But damn, Sequential makes a fine synth.

Microbrute is fun. But the Pro3 has some more filter options though and digital oscillator as well. It is pretty great from what I have heard. There are of course digital options galore for not much. I think the Microfreak or Minifreak is a huge amount of fun and has an analog filter.

Jon

The Microbrute/MicroFreak are fun as hell, but I think that gets me part of the way and I would end up buying more synths, where the mentioned filter options covers a hell of a lot of ground for one bandaid ripoff.
Plus the wood panels on the SE version can be replaced with even nicer wood panels.

This conversation is making me want it even more - you guys are powerless against my nonsense