Tuesday, August 10, 2021

just a few more...

first basement:
- mid-sized keyboard amp (like the vox kb50)
- e609 mic to upgrade the altec, maybe.

second basement:
- if i find an affordable ry30 somewhere, i must get it. not a priority.
- akai mini-like controller for pads
- plastic recorder (or wind controller?)
- orchestral string midi controller hack ideas

third basement:
- metal case dan electro fabtone, if found cheap enough
- $50 (max) mini modelling amp
- pignose amp
- mini trumpet
- mini sax
- piano (long term project that will probably never happen; i don't have the space, and i can't move it, even if i bite on one of those $100 pianos on kijiji)
- 21 fret classical with piezo
- megatrancer vst effect
- update koan
- any basic ring mod box
- theremin
- ukelele
- electric mandolin
- bontempi b4 reed organ

fourth basement:
- 12-string acoustic
- a guitar with goldfoil pickups

fifth basement:
- the altec 683b & harmonica are both still in my possession. so, nothing.

sixth basement:
- from previous post:
still hoping to get that demented foot pedal guitar sound, i swapped the morley for a digitech xp100 and still didn't really get what i wanted. the harmonizers are exceedingly synthetic sounding, probably because they're ultimately doubling the sound from a sampler, which is kind of lame. it was used in the next two basements, but was sold in 2003. the pod actually does what this did a lot better than it does.

so, nothing.

seventh basement:
- the digital piano was nice (the quality of font is noticeably upgraded in reflections and flying), but it doesn't require a replacement.
- a version of cakewalk was actually purchased, but it didn't run correctly and disappeared some time when i was gone in bc. i've used cubase sx 3.0 as my main daw for years, since i upgraded pcs in 2006, which is still my main recording pc. i will update this when i move to 64 bit, eventually. but, this was my first attempt at multitrack digital recording and i didn't try again for years.
- i don't have setup files for orion anymore, and don't really remember what it was. iirc, that sequence part was done in the only time i ever really looked at it. there's lots of ways to make sequencer parts...
- i still have files for drumstation, but i don't install it. it might not work well on xp; i don't recall. it's a roland style emulator, and i have lots of options, even if i'd rather score it, generally. but, it's still around.

so, nothing....