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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/22 18:45:38 (permalink)
Roland Fantom XR for sound.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/22 22:33:11 (permalink)
Vintech X73i preamp. Sounds fantastic! A Neve clone without all of the cost. And the best costomer service around. The owner called me back afterhours to help me fix a problem with a new unit and ended up Fedex'ing a replacement the next day without a credit card or anything.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 07:10:07 (permalink)
I have a Mary Kaye Closet Classic that I play alot. It is a totally different sound though. The 56 is much deeper and woolier. The 56 has a big V neck too, which is kind of nice.
ORIGINAL: pgw


ORIGINAL: chauncey_gardner

Nice. I have a 56.

Yup, the oldies are cool - Q: have you compared it to the new-made customshop ´56´s? I tested a customshop-relic ´59 ( at a store ) a couple of months ago, it felt pretty good, but nothing like mine - partly due to my original having a well worn maple neck & the relic having a rosewood neck. It was a really well built guitar, but I don´t think it should be advertised as an exact replica. Didn´t remind me of my buddy´s ´60 or ´61 (both RW necks off course) either, the neck was noticably thicker.

Off course there may be differencies between the relic´s too, just like the originals.
I´m just curious.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 07:12:59 (permalink)
Neve 1073 preamp, Groove Tube MP1 Tube preamp, Groove Tube Brick preamp and 2 original Groove Tube mics, an MD1 and MD1a. 1962 Fender P-Bass, Ampeg SB12 and B15 flip top bass amps. I will never sell any of these.......however, if you make me the right offer....well <G>

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 07:15:59 (permalink)
My old original Blues Deluxe with new Groove Tubes.



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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 07:37:24 (permalink)
Would definately be the roland V-synth or waldorf pulse or roland handsonic

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 07:38:08 (permalink)
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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 09:11:51 (permalink)
Since I don't have my trusty XP-60 anymore, I'd have to say it's my Fantom X6. I have lots of other stuff, but that would be my desert island synth.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 09:19:49 (permalink)
My Roland Fantom X6 synth.
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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 09:39:40 (permalink)
Arp Odyssey and Analogue Systems Integrator.
Also, a Roland GR-50.
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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 09:52:18 (permalink)
gnie I didn't know you were a modular guy (or girl). I have a Modcan with 3 racks high * 3 racks wide (9 of their 12 or so module mini-racks) chock full. You should try a Zeroscillator if they make them in your format. They are pretty wicked. I love my modcan. Then again, I like 1/4" better than bananas or 1/8". Just a users preference more than anything else.

I have a roland GR 700/707 combo. I have been outbid a few times on the GR300. I like their simplicity.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 09:54:25 (permalink)

ORIGINAL: gnie

Arp Odyssey and Analogue Systems Integrator.
Also, a Roland GR-50.


Also, gnie
Have you tried the virtual modulars? Or the Nord? how do you think they stack up? Obviously they are better at storing presets (hah) but I don't think they are as intuitive or inspirational. There is that mad-scientist like mentality that evolves when I am patching my modcan. The music sounds like it too.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 10:10:49 (permalink)
My church organ
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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 10:48:15 (permalink)

ORIGINAL: chauncey_gardner

ORIGINAL: cryophonik

My favorite piece of hardware is my Waldorf Wave that I lent to chauncey.


Yeah cryo
I've been meaning to give that back - WHEN I AM COLD AND DEAD.
Ha - just joking.



Then, I guess my next favorite would have to be my Virus Polar.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 10:53:00 (permalink)
Tie: Wavestation SR and Roland TD10 expanded.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 11:06:50 (permalink)

ORIGINAL: chauncey_gardner


ORIGINAL: gnie

Arp Odyssey and Analogue Systems Integrator.
Also, a Roland GR-50.


Also, gnie
Have you tried the virtual modulars? Or the Nord? how do you think they stack up? Obviously they are better at storing presets (hah) but I don't think they are as intuitive or inspirational. There is that mad-scientist like mentality that evolves when I am patching my modcan. The music sounds like it too.


Yeah, I think that's a great deal of it. You just get into a space where things happen. Inspiration. Serendipity.
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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 12:25:44 (permalink)
Crybaby Wah

I like Guitar Rig and Amplitude great for tone etc, especially at 3 in the morning, but for Wah you have to use the real thing.

I dug out my wah the other day, to do a subtle sort of washy guitar part to bed out a track, and how much fun did i have with that. There is VST's for this sort of thing, but why sit there programming it when you can have so much more fun doing it for real.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 12:57:12 (permalink)
My Novation Nova(s) closely followed by the Korg Prophecy (the physical modelling side)

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 14:36:52 (permalink)
my re-built fender bassman becuase it is just'' so there'' i use it for bass, guitar,
jackson sl1 it's a stratocaster basically on steroids with balance, detail & unbelivable craftsmenship.

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 14:51:17 (permalink)
My favorite hardware is my computer--d'oh, just kidding. My favorite (and at my age I've had a lot) is my Godin LGXT guitar with the Roland GR-20 guitar synth.

I have always had to rely on loops to lay my bass lines in Sonar, but I am in the middle of a project where I actually used the Godin and Roland to "play" the bass line. Sounds real!!

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 15:02:16 (permalink)
Pacifica, the little 5 watt Epiphone, and the newest edition to the studio a Tascam M600, 32 channel, 16 sub-channel board that absolutely rocks!!!
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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 15:03:52 (permalink)
My favorite hardware is my computer--d'oh, just kidding

Dude, you scared the living AXE out of me for a minute...

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 15:06:20 (permalink)
Roland GR-20 guitar synth.

Hey Razor (or anyone), I have never had the opportunity to try a Guitar Synth. How reliable/accurate are they? I am intrigued, just not enough to doll out the dough sight unseen (unheard?)...

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 16:40:13 (permalink)
jinga
Go for an Ibanez IMG 2010


And A Roland GR300.


No where near the latest in technology, but they track wonderfully.

I ahve a GR700/707 and it tracks good, but not as good as the 300. I have a GR1 and I hate it.
Of course, I don't want my guitar synth to sound like a tuba. I dont want it to sound like a xylophone. I dont want it to sound like an atomic bomb.

I want my guitar synth to sound like a synth. And the GR300 is probably the best at that out there. It is funny how sometimes things combe back around like again and again, like a bad casserole on a lazy susan. (That is me working on horrible metaphors).

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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 17:29:23 (permalink)
My Mackie Big Knob




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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 17:38:26 (permalink)
Like razor, I use a Godin for my guitar synths. I'm happy enough with the way it plays directly through the dedicated hardware, but conversion to midi is disappointing. Usually requires touch up work. This seems to be pretty standard with guitar interfaces. My GR-33 is rather limited as a synth, and the GR-50 is nice, but ridiculous to program.
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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 17:58:17 (permalink)
My 1st generation SCI Prophet 5 (<1000 serial #)

 
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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 18:21:20 (permalink)
ORIGINAL: jinga8

Roland GR-20 guitar synth.

Hey Razor (or anyone), I have never had the opportunity to try a Guitar Synth. How reliable/accurate are they? I am intrigued, just not enough to doll out the dough sight unseen (unheard?)...

There are two answers. My guitar buddy bought the strap on midi deal for his Les Paul and even had the tracking professionally tuned, but it never liked his playing style (blues) and he trashed it.

The LGXT, on the other hand, has a built-in midi dealy bob and my same friend played it (out of the box) and loved it. I have not had any tracking issues--just, I am not a good enough guitarist to make the violins sound like a violinist, etc. The sounds are there, but the scales are not.

Fun though. I'll upload the tune to my myspace site when I'm done and you can single out the bass if you like.
post edited by razor - 2007/05/23 18:26:41
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RE: Favorite Piece Of Hardware? 2007/05/23 19:00:11 (permalink)
I have a rev 3.3 and a p10. I dont know the difference in sounds vs the series 1s. I have heard the Curtis sounds totally different.

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My 1st generation SCI Prophet 5 (<1000 serial #)


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