Lessons come from all angles in this strange life we live, people we meet for a reason or a season can teach us much about those places in us that hold us back from fulfillment but terrify us to look.
If only we can summon the courage to examine what it is in us that has us reacting so strongly to another, then we can grow and move on.
But sometimes the sight is too ugly to bear.
Enter the Akai Rhythm wolf.
Time to cut the BS, the Rhythm wolf is a very good analog drum machine. It's kick drum lacks compression in comparison to the other voices and can therefore, sound unbalanced out of the gate, but some high-tech production skill can be applied (The goddamn volume knobs!) along with the native overdrive circuit (Howl like a pig boy!) and the problem is soon corrected.
The wolf owes more to pre 808 drum machines then to all that 80's goodness (About 2 other machines in total) that the general populace buys new imitations of every year. It's sort of like a CR8000 (Of Blondie fame) meets a Boss DR110. That is to say, it is a PERFECTLY serviceable analog drum machine, yes the bass goes out of tune, but that's not what brought us tp the party so why leave because it doesn't want to dance?
(At the time of writing there is a perfectly serviceable tuning app that, while annoying, gets the bass in tune and ready to use)
So why all the hate? Simple! It's symptomatic of our globalized homogenized NWO one world culture running smack dab into the cowardly-non-conformists rebel-who-fits-right-in-dare-to-be-different-from-anyone-who-is-different-follow-the-leader-or-die-trying, youth of today.
Rarely have we seen a generation as spineless as the current crop of young people, they all look the same act the same, and have been careful installed with the urge to BUY the same.
THEY rejected the rhythm wolf before it had even been head, because they THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.
If you trace the Wolf's doomed run, you will see that it mostly traces back to a video made by some french teenager who was obviously a virgin and couldn't be bothered to try and air brush his pimples prior to posting has scathing anti-wolf rant on youtube. His sublimation of sexual frustration into hating the wolf from his mama's basement was certainly entertaining, and as people laughed and saw others laugh, they assumed the laughter would be directed towards them should they objectively grade the wolf, and thus, an excellent product from Akai was D.O.A
Why am I thinking about this now a full two years after the mighty wolf fell in battle to an army of skrillix wanna-be worker ants?
Two words: Drum Brute
The French company who shall not be named due to having the worst and most insulting excuse for customer service I have ever encountered. Have released a new Analog drum machine and let me tell you something people....
....It sounds like SHIT,
Oh yeah, smudgy poop-hitting-the -toilet thuds all centered in the low-mid frequency range (Or the Mix-Killer range, as I call them) and fingernail-while-being-water-boarded sounding high hats, leave little doubt to the objective ear, and so far reviews are definitely mixed. But, as a machine that is clearly inferior to the wolf, it is not being piled on and skull-F%$ked to death.
And alas the reason for that, is that no one pimply virgin has yet to stand up and convince the others that they will be socially ostracized if they dare to love/hate this thing, you can tell the kids are cautious , they are waiting to be told what to think. As voicing the wrong opinion to them holds punishment worse than the afore mentioned skull-f%^king.
Well, I refuse to get in line. the truth is the truth and that truth is this:
1.The Rhythm Wolf was a good drum machine,
2.The Drumbrute is steam baked cat poop served in a nice cream sauce.
3. A whole lota folks out there did some skull-F^%king who in fact, had a Skull-F^$king coming!
4. The night is still young
Well that's all for now, and remember folks....it would probably be better if you didn't breed!
Have a great weekend!
Showing posts with label Music gear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music gear. Show all posts
Saturday, 19 November 2016
Monday, 14 November 2016
The most boring video in all of youtube and how NOT to do a synthesizer demo
Holy mother of a$^fuck!
I needed hard drugs to get through this
this man took 33 minutes of my life and flushed them down some cosmic black hole/Toilet bowl from which there is no coming back.
Watch is you DARE
Run if you are WISE
Click if you are MASOCHIST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzKzWnmFx4w
I needed hard drugs to get through this
this man took 33 minutes of my life and flushed them down some cosmic black hole/Toilet bowl from which there is no coming back.
Watch is you DARE
Run if you are WISE
Click if you are MASOCHIST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzKzWnmFx4w
How to fix sticky broken buttons and keys on the Elektron Octatrack
I recently purchased an octatrack, I decided to get it instead of a Roland JDXA I had been G.A.S'ing badly for, so deep in the gear lust was I that I absolutely ignored the sonic reality of the JDXA: it doesn't sound all that great.
Luckily the gear gods showed mercy on me and cut me a break, how can it be anything but providence it's self when you show up to buy a JDXA ad find a MOPHO x 4 that you just happen to own one of, set up next to it in the store.
I tried to resist the urge to A-B this new synth I was to own, with the other synth that I already do. Some part of me knew what I would find, and I didn't have to look far.
The MOPHO X4 smoked the JDXA in every category you can think of and made me admit to myself that the JDXA is the worst price to quality ratio item I have ever seen in the world of Audio.
The JDXA idea has been shelved, unless I can find one for $750 or less I just can't justify the MASSIVE price tag.
But wait!!!
You didn't think I was going home empty handed did you?
Hell no!
I immediately switched my focus to the OTHER overpriced underperforming (Depending on who you ask) thing I absolutely did not need, something that was guaranteed to waste months of my time ad send a wrecking ball through my bank account, something that I had always known I would get, but the timing (and price) was just never right.
It was time for the goddamn OCTATRACK!
No sooner did I have the idea when a rouge wave of reason tried to break the levies of my G.A.S.S'ed up insanity, I had to act quickly before reason wrestled control away from my impulsive immature but oh so fun to hang out with "Let's blow the rent on golden bathrobes' animal instincts.
Like some toy-store running back I grabbed the octa off of a counter where another customer had requested it be taken out so he could examine it.
I watched his face turn from that of a smug "Tire-kicker" to a man who had taken the very thing he lived for torn from his well earned grasp, as I sprinted by him and grabbed it, while simultaneously motioning for the clerk to meet me at the counter,
"Sold!" I yelled for all to hear, it wouldn't matter what the other guy complained about now, my intentions thus declared the clerks would let ME keep it, just so long as I was buying!
And buy I did......oh god did I buy....I bought the F%$k out of that goddamn Octatrack,
My journey with (Kidnapped by?) Octatrack will be documented in other blogs, the purpose of this one is too ofer a proven solution to a common problem:
After owning it for two days, a key on my Octa was sticking badly! I didn't not recall having spilled anything close to it so that was confusing enough, but when I goggled the problem and discovered that MANY Octatrack users have similar issues I was now adding afraid to my self description.
I read through page after page of forums where people detailed subterranean spelunking expeditions into the guts of their Octa voiding their warrantee and usually breaking the device in the process, others were sending their Octa's to Elektron in Sweden and getting it back 3 months later with the button (It was usually just one) fixed.
No way Svendele! Not me! when the buttons get sticking the tough start dicking! (around)
And so I did I stumble upon an easy fix for this all to common defect.
For those of you who skipped all the BS YOU SHOULD START READING HERE!
HOW I FIXED THE STICKY KEYS ON MY OCTATRACK
1. Get Isopropyl alcohol (Rubbing alcohol) and Q-tips
2. Notice their is usually quite a bit of space between the buttons and the edge of the chassi
3. After disconnecting the Octatrack from everything (Especially POWER Dummy!) Dip a Q-tip in alcohol, soak liberally,
4. Run the Q-tip around the circumference of the button in question, apply enough pressure that the Alcohol is squeezed from the Q-tip and runs down into the chassi to the bottom of the button.
5. Vigorously and repeatedly press the button, until you can feel it come loose from whatever was sticking it,
you may have to repeat steps 3-5 a few times (I did) in order for the button to unlock, but unlock it did and I have not had a problem with this button since.
Do this at your own risk! I assume no responsibility for broken or damaged Octatracks, all I know is that this WORKED for me and was a hell of a lot quicker than shipping it to Sweaden.
Happy life-wasting Octa-buddies!
Luckily the gear gods showed mercy on me and cut me a break, how can it be anything but providence it's self when you show up to buy a JDXA ad find a MOPHO x 4 that you just happen to own one of, set up next to it in the store.
I tried to resist the urge to A-B this new synth I was to own, with the other synth that I already do. Some part of me knew what I would find, and I didn't have to look far.
The MOPHO X4 smoked the JDXA in every category you can think of and made me admit to myself that the JDXA is the worst price to quality ratio item I have ever seen in the world of Audio.
The JDXA idea has been shelved, unless I can find one for $750 or less I just can't justify the MASSIVE price tag.
But wait!!!
You didn't think I was going home empty handed did you?
Hell no!
I immediately switched my focus to the OTHER overpriced underperforming (Depending on who you ask) thing I absolutely did not need, something that was guaranteed to waste months of my time ad send a wrecking ball through my bank account, something that I had always known I would get, but the timing (and price) was just never right.
It was time for the goddamn OCTATRACK!
No sooner did I have the idea when a rouge wave of reason tried to break the levies of my G.A.S.S'ed up insanity, I had to act quickly before reason wrestled control away from my impulsive immature but oh so fun to hang out with "Let's blow the rent on golden bathrobes' animal instincts.
Like some toy-store running back I grabbed the octa off of a counter where another customer had requested it be taken out so he could examine it.
I watched his face turn from that of a smug "Tire-kicker" to a man who had taken the very thing he lived for torn from his well earned grasp, as I sprinted by him and grabbed it, while simultaneously motioning for the clerk to meet me at the counter,
"Sold!" I yelled for all to hear, it wouldn't matter what the other guy complained about now, my intentions thus declared the clerks would let ME keep it, just so long as I was buying!
And buy I did......oh god did I buy....I bought the F%$k out of that goddamn Octatrack,
My journey with (Kidnapped by?) Octatrack will be documented in other blogs, the purpose of this one is too ofer a proven solution to a common problem:
After owning it for two days, a key on my Octa was sticking badly! I didn't not recall having spilled anything close to it so that was confusing enough, but when I goggled the problem and discovered that MANY Octatrack users have similar issues I was now adding afraid to my self description.
I read through page after page of forums where people detailed subterranean spelunking expeditions into the guts of their Octa voiding their warrantee and usually breaking the device in the process, others were sending their Octa's to Elektron in Sweden and getting it back 3 months later with the button (It was usually just one) fixed.
No way Svendele! Not me! when the buttons get sticking the tough start dicking! (around)
And so I did I stumble upon an easy fix for this all to common defect.
For those of you who skipped all the BS YOU SHOULD START READING HERE!
HOW I FIXED THE STICKY KEYS ON MY OCTATRACK
1. Get Isopropyl alcohol (Rubbing alcohol) and Q-tips
2. Notice their is usually quite a bit of space between the buttons and the edge of the chassi
3. After disconnecting the Octatrack from everything (Especially POWER Dummy!) Dip a Q-tip in alcohol, soak liberally,
4. Run the Q-tip around the circumference of the button in question, apply enough pressure that the Alcohol is squeezed from the Q-tip and runs down into the chassi to the bottom of the button.
5. Vigorously and repeatedly press the button, until you can feel it come loose from whatever was sticking it,
you may have to repeat steps 3-5 a few times (I did) in order for the button to unlock, but unlock it did and I have not had a problem with this button since.
Do this at your own risk! I assume no responsibility for broken or damaged Octatracks, all I know is that this WORKED for me and was a hell of a lot quicker than shipping it to Sweaden.
Happy life-wasting Octa-buddies!
The ROLAND JDXA just sounds BAD
JDXA apologists....the time has come for you to stop, the war is over the smoke has cleared, the results inarguable....you spent a lot of money on...heh...ha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (Sorry I always start laughing when I remember what you spent on it) HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!
I realize you probably paid $3000 for a JDXA and you are despite to try and drive up the price on eBay, but you forgot to take into account something important: THE JDXA SOUNDS BAD!! let me repeat THE JDXA SOUNDS INFERIOR TO NEARLY ALL OTHER SYNTHS ON THE MARKET, IT SOUNDS BETTER THAN A GAIA BUT THAT'S IT!!
I've tested the JDXA on MANY occasions. once I was asked by a retailer to give a clinic and hopefully stimulate sales (The JDXA is a MASSIVE flop it has already lost over half it's value) to prepare I was given free run of the store when it was closed, I A-B'd the JDXA with every single synth available on the consumer market and here is what I've discovered:
1. Minilogue sounds much better than the JDXA with or without FX
2. Prophet 8, 6, 12 (Duh) destroyed the JDXA
3. BASS STATION 2 Killed the JDXA
4. Arturia MINI and MICROBRUTRES sound much better than the JDXA
5. ELEKTRON ANALOG KEYS sound much better than the JDXA
6. MOPHO X 4 Absolutely DESTROYED the JDXA I mean it wasn't even in the same league the JDXA sounds are muffled thin and plastic, lacking in definition and drenched in FX to cover their deficiencies.
7. YAMAHA REFACE DX AND CS BOTH OUTCLASSED THE JDXA This was interesting as they also compared favorably with others, Yamaha really blew it with these because there actually sound really good
This next one surprised me:
8. VOLCA KEYS AND BASS BOTH, COMPARING RAW WAVE TO RAW WAVE, WERE MUCH BETTER THAN THE JDXA Yep, it's the truth at this point I decided to check on something I never would have thought to do, but the results were shocking
9. THE JDXI SOUNDS NOTICEABLY BETTER THAN IT"S MORE EXPENSIVE COUSIN THE JDXA MUCH BETTER IN FACT. Blown away by that, but U started to realize the reason the JDXA hasn't sold is because the only synth it compared favorably to was the Roland GAIA.
THE JDXA DOESN'T SELL BECAUSE IT SOUNDS BAD, PERIOD, I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE ANALOG PLUGIN IN A BOX OR A PLUGIN UP THE ASS,
IF IT SOUNDS BAD, PEOPLE WON'T BUY IT. AND WITH THE JDXA THEY DIDN'T
I realize you probably paid $3000 for a JDXA and you are despite to try and drive up the price on eBay, but you forgot to take into account something important: THE JDXA SOUNDS BAD!! let me repeat THE JDXA SOUNDS INFERIOR TO NEARLY ALL OTHER SYNTHS ON THE MARKET, IT SOUNDS BETTER THAN A GAIA BUT THAT'S IT!!
I've tested the JDXA on MANY occasions. once I was asked by a retailer to give a clinic and hopefully stimulate sales (The JDXA is a MASSIVE flop it has already lost over half it's value) to prepare I was given free run of the store when it was closed, I A-B'd the JDXA with every single synth available on the consumer market and here is what I've discovered:
1. Minilogue sounds much better than the JDXA with or without FX
2. Prophet 8, 6, 12 (Duh) destroyed the JDXA
3. BASS STATION 2 Killed the JDXA
4. Arturia MINI and MICROBRUTRES sound much better than the JDXA
5. ELEKTRON ANALOG KEYS sound much better than the JDXA
6. MOPHO X 4 Absolutely DESTROYED the JDXA I mean it wasn't even in the same league the JDXA sounds are muffled thin and plastic, lacking in definition and drenched in FX to cover their deficiencies.
7. YAMAHA REFACE DX AND CS BOTH OUTCLASSED THE JDXA This was interesting as they also compared favorably with others, Yamaha really blew it with these because there actually sound really good
This next one surprised me:
8. VOLCA KEYS AND BASS BOTH, COMPARING RAW WAVE TO RAW WAVE, WERE MUCH BETTER THAN THE JDXA Yep, it's the truth at this point I decided to check on something I never would have thought to do, but the results were shocking
9. THE JDXI SOUNDS NOTICEABLY BETTER THAN IT"S MORE EXPENSIVE COUSIN THE JDXA MUCH BETTER IN FACT. Blown away by that, but U started to realize the reason the JDXA hasn't sold is because the only synth it compared favorably to was the Roland GAIA.
THE JDXA DOESN'T SELL BECAUSE IT SOUNDS BAD, PERIOD, I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE ANALOG PLUGIN IN A BOX OR A PLUGIN UP THE ASS,
IF IT SOUNDS BAD, PEOPLE WON'T BUY IT. AND WITH THE JDXA THEY DIDN'T
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