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hey, music geeks!
Aimed mostly at, but not limited to my music-geek friends:
Tell me, if you please, your recommendations for two things.
Firstly:
Trip-hop. I want more trip-hop. I'm familiar with some, but not a lot. I like it, I want more. School me! Dark is good, glitch influence is good. I really like Portishead, I really like Bowery Electric, some Tricky and some Massive Attack.
Secondly:
(Warning, music geekery following.)
I wanna save up for more gear in the next 6 months to a year. I wanna continue and refine the live-loop-based solo thing, but get more gear that will facilitate doing this without hauling my whole dang studio around. I basically rigged up the K2000 to a MIDI fader box (Peavy PC1600, for those who care) to be a 16-track looper, but it's not really built to do that; setting it up is a pretty severe pain in the ass and it's glitchy in a not-good way. Not to mention that thing is HEAVY. I like the ease of the boomerang, but get annoyed at its limitations pretty easily. So, my geeky gearhead friends, lay it on me- Pros and cons of grooveboxes? An Echoplex? A laptop running Live? The various electribes? Possible combinations of these? I'm thinking a MIDI synchable looper would be really awesome, so I'm seriously considering saving up for an Echoplex even though they're mono.
I'd eventually like a new keyboard too, maybe an Ion, something so I can put Sigfried the Prophet into gigging retirement and let him live out more of his lovable yet detuned old age in the studio and have something more conducive to Low Orbit shows and recording practices. Also, I'm still poor, so only cheaper or older gear is usually really feasible. Okaythanks.
I might know as much as I need to know about this stuff via Low Orbit and just have to hunker down, save some money and just decide, but thought I'd think out loud and solicit opinions anyway.
(Music geekery done.)
I feel some trip-hoppy kinds of things wanting to come out. I haven't made nearly enough music this year, so this is the seed of the plan.
Tell me, if you please, your recommendations for two things.
Firstly:
Trip-hop. I want more trip-hop. I'm familiar with some, but not a lot. I like it, I want more. School me! Dark is good, glitch influence is good. I really like Portishead, I really like Bowery Electric, some Tricky and some Massive Attack.
Secondly:
(Warning, music geekery following.)
I wanna save up for more gear in the next 6 months to a year. I wanna continue and refine the live-loop-based solo thing, but get more gear that will facilitate doing this without hauling my whole dang studio around. I basically rigged up the K2000 to a MIDI fader box (Peavy PC1600, for those who care) to be a 16-track looper, but it's not really built to do that; setting it up is a pretty severe pain in the ass and it's glitchy in a not-good way. Not to mention that thing is HEAVY. I like the ease of the boomerang, but get annoyed at its limitations pretty easily. So, my geeky gearhead friends, lay it on me- Pros and cons of grooveboxes? An Echoplex? A laptop running Live? The various electribes? Possible combinations of these? I'm thinking a MIDI synchable looper would be really awesome, so I'm seriously considering saving up for an Echoplex even though they're mono.
I'd eventually like a new keyboard too, maybe an Ion, something so I can put Sigfried the Prophet into gigging retirement and let him live out more of his lovable yet detuned old age in the studio and have something more conducive to Low Orbit shows and recording practices. Also, I'm still poor, so only cheaper or older gear is usually really feasible. Okaythanks.
I might know as much as I need to know about this stuff via Low Orbit and just have to hunker down, save some money and just decide, but thought I'd think out loud and solicit opinions anyway.
(Music geekery done.)
I feel some trip-hoppy kinds of things wanting to come out. I haven't made nearly enough music this year, so this is the seed of the plan.
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