en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/603491 Comments by ideletemyself http://createdigitalmusic.noisepages.com/2012/01/arturias-550-minibrute-analog-monosynth-how-it-compares-to-moog-rogue-update-on-fabric-of-reality/#IDComment269403348 i always find it hilariously frustrating that MANY people ask for MORE analog gear. Then want said analog gear to be affordable. When a company comes out and seemingly delivers then there's ALWAYS multiple people who deride such an accomplishment or as Mr. Distell did above my comment, claim that one must discard new cheaper options for essentially 'the real deal' ... The product isn't even out yet and yet people like him are claiming you should pay twice the price because it'll simply be worth it to do so, then slagging us all assuming we all buy only the newest and biggest fads for the sake of doing so... Listen man, some of us out there have VERY slim budgets and simply cannot 'throw down' $1,300+ at one time for anything outside of perhaps a new computer and similarly cannot/don't buy every new synth that hits the stores... Taking into account the Minibrute is in the SUB-$600 range I'm assuming such a product is primarily aimed at folks such as myself who have very little gear due to choice firstly and price/cost secondarily. We'd all love to purchase a luxury/sports car when we go car shopping but many out there have to be realistic and decide to settle on a utilitarian fuel efficient vehicle instead. And really there's nothing WRONG about that. Not every product that comes out needs to be or even should be ultra-boutique and dominant in every way possible to any conceivable competition... You know, the old 'Everything else is piss' statement/argument... The more options out there the better in my opinion. What's right for one may not be for another. The more analog options at affordable prices seems like only a good thing to me... I don't even know if the Minibrute will be good or not yet but it does look very interesting and if it delivers like I think it will I know it could very well be MY very 1st analog synth. I'm not saying it absolutely will be that but let's not discard new & interesting options for obviously great Moog products or items from any other company that are basically more than twice the price of the Minibrute, okay? Thanks... lulz... Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:31:21 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.noisepages.com/2012/01/arturias-550-minibrute-analog-monosynth-how-it-compares-to-moog-rogue-update-on-fabric-of-reality/#IDComment269403348 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/05/06/do-expensive-audio-cables-matter-monster-cables-vs-el-cheapo-cables/#IDComment149627290 Most studio rats know that there's no difference between high end cables and low end cables in sound quality... Really the only thing you have to worry about is whether or not your cables are shielded because you can get some funky interference in some places depending on if you take your gear out on the road... If you're certain you aren't getting interference you can use whatever the hell you want really :) Sat, 7 May 2011 01:19:29 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/05/06/do-expensive-audio-cables-matter-monster-cables-vs-el-cheapo-cables/#IDComment149627290 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/18/groove-x-r-a-hardware-host-for-virtual-instruments/#IDComment144957622 oh sweet! Guess I should have done some research before opening my big mouth lol... Time for me to check out those demos :) If everything is as tight as it would seem after these revelations then this would be a great viable alternative to having to plunk down $3k on a tight Mac system. I guess it depends on ones own needs as always but people slamming this seems pretty short sighted. I know lot's of people who would love something like this, especially for live performances since bringing ones own personal home studio on tour wouldn't be too logical just to use their favorite VSTs. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:30:57 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/18/groove-x-r-a-hardware-host-for-virtual-instruments/#IDComment144957622 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/18/funkbox-bassline-modrum-electribe-emx-ableton-synced-with-coremidi/#IDComment144057823 neato. props :) Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:44:21 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/18/funkbox-bassline-modrum-electribe-emx-ableton-synced-with-coremidi/#IDComment144057823 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/18/groove-x-r-a-hardware-host-for-virtual-instruments/#IDComment144043899 this looks like a great idea that could have been and still could be done much better... it would be awesome to have an ultra stable environment like this to use all your favorite vsts with live. I'd like to know if you just load in pre-configured sounds from your favorite vsts or how exactly that's handled because having all your favorite virtual instruments on an ultra-stable, ultra-fast environment is great but if you can't mess with all the many parameters pretty much every vst usually has then what's the point? Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:43:14 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/18/groove-x-r-a-hardware-host-for-virtual-instruments/#IDComment144043899 http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt110406kevin_smith_red_stat#IDComment140846639 WOW, I love Kevin Smith but sheez he could not shut the F up for 2 seconds so poor Elvis could actually take part in the interview instead of listening to Kevin talk about almost to a word exactly what he talked about on "The Business" on this very station... was still cool to listen but man, was kind of hard to listen to since I've heard him talk about this in almost the exact same words before and I dare to say MULTIPLE times on other shows or avenues... Thu, 7 Apr 2011 22:50:16 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt110406kevin_smith_red_stat#IDComment140846639 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/06/pro-tools-mp-9-gets-you-started-with-the-industry-standard-for-300/#IDComment140793053 lol... thx, that made me laugh pretty good :) Thu, 7 Apr 2011 18:15:44 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/06/pro-tools-mp-9-gets-you-started-with-the-industry-standard-for-300/#IDComment140793053 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/06/korg-monotribe-video-preview-is-this-the-budget-303/#IDComment140656140 this thing looks pretty cool depending on the price it could be really attractive... On a side note I'd LOVE to see somebody else demo it because the guy in this video is just very very annoying to me... Thu, 7 Apr 2011 05:52:14 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/06/korg-monotribe-video-preview-is-this-the-budget-303/#IDComment140656140 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/11/02/brian-eno-interview-4/#IDComment107525820 wow, i didn't think there COULD be an interview with Brian Eno that would suck but as VLERN said and i agree. the interviewer was horrid and thereby made the whole thing shit... too bad :/ Wed, 3 Nov 2010 04:53:50 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/11/02/brian-eno-interview-4/#IDComment107525820 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/10/23/gary-numan-on-not-being-a-nostalgia-act/#IDComment105914989 I get more and more respect for Gary the more I hear about him and the things he often says... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:34:04 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/10/23/gary-numan-on-not-being-a-nostalgia-act/#IDComment105914989 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/10/23/gary-numan-on-not-being-a-nostalgia-act/#IDComment105914734 Trent is actually pretty short yeah... would've never guessed huh? I guess we just get a picture of people in our minds and wearing boots like I seem to remember him doing will add some false height... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:33:26 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/10/23/gary-numan-on-not-being-a-nostalgia-act/#IDComment105914734 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/10/20/akai-synthstation-ion-audio-idiscover/#IDComment105905302 soooo... nobody at this fine site knew that these brands are owned by the same parent company save for the people that post in the comments??? Hmm, I can't believe I'm about to say this but thank goodness for people who post comments. LOL! Not that it's all very much important but I mean really, nobody at Synthtopia caught this one? I've done a quick Google search, nothing thorough or anything cuz it's not THAT important to know but I am curious... Who exactly IS the owner of these companies? I guess I can't really talk about Synthtopia not mentioning this fact but I mean, it would make this article a moot point knowing that they're all owned by one parent company and so of coarse would have similar designs... It's a no brainer at that point. Ah well :) Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:00:13 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/10/20/akai-synthstation-ion-audio-idiscover/#IDComment105905302 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/10/02/akai-mpk-mini-usb-keyboard-pad-controller/#IDComment102015234 I know assumptions are the mother of ALL fuckups but maybe you can program one of those knobs as a mod wheel... would obviously lose the functionality of whatever it was doing before but still... i agree though no MOD or pitch wheels is a bummer. Still for $199, I still might get suckered into this thing or I should just prolly pickup the LPK25 since I already own the LPD8... lol, ah well Sat, 2 Oct 2010 21:30:43 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/10/02/akai-mpk-mini-usb-keyboard-pad-controller/#IDComment102015234 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/09/28/the-first-ipad-street-musician/#IDComment101450721 LOL... this was one of the most silly/funny videos I've ever seen considering it to be a "street musician" ... However, as someone pointed out the iPad can be cheaper or just about right about the same price as say a decent acoustic or electric guitar I know that for sure... Yet, you can find decent guitars, bass guitars and even keyboards for far under $600 if you look in your local paper or eBay type deals. Whether or not that doesn't give this gal any "merit" I dunno... I'm not the end all be all judge in what is or what isn't. I do know this video made me laugh pretty good though. :) Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:12:40 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/09/28/the-first-ipad-street-musician/#IDComment101450721 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/08/30/the-loudness-war-and-why-ipods-are-ruining-music/#IDComment96789973 hahaha! so SO true... sad but so very true... kudos my friend. :) Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:16:18 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/08/30/the-loudness-war-and-why-ipods-are-ruining-music/#IDComment96789973 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/09/02/korg-microkey-usb-keyboard-controller/#IDComment96785995 Although, I guess you could pick up a full-size keyboard/synth like my Alesis QS6 for about $100-150 on eBay or something but then you'd have to have an audio unit with midi connections to really even USE it truly... which again bumps you into the HUNDREDS of $$$ range for any decent cheap solution like an M-Audio Fast Track Pro (USB)... So, again all I'm saying is unless someone really WANTS to learn piano or that style of playing and is fine with the stock sounds of whatever old keyboard like my great Alesis QS6 has... Then these mini solutions are a cheap and most of all fun way to get started or just fool around with music in general. No need to get serious about things unless you really want to get serious. Ya know? Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:46:36 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/09/02/korg-microkey-usb-keyboard-controller/#IDComment96785995 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/09/02/korg-microkey-usb-keyboard-controller/#IDComment96785177 I completely understand what you mean... but... not everyone can shell out hundreds even THOUSANDS of $$$ on a piano or synth. Even your cheapest synths cost at a minimum of about $600+ after taxes and all... However, if you had one of these and already had a computer of any type with all the free VSTs or cheaper packages one could easily get up and running for the same price as picking up a cheap Fender Squire guitar & amp. Maybe even less. On top of which, who knows how people want to play. Maybe they don't want to play like a conventional keyboardist or just want to play bass synth for their band or who knows... All I'm saying is why "worry" about stuff like this. Just let kids & people do what they do and hope for the best, they're going to either way so deal ;) Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:40:26 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/09/02/korg-microkey-usb-keyboard-controller/#IDComment96785177 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/08/05/henry-rollins-on-jungle-trance-hip-hop-fuckin-shit-music-remixed/#IDComment29612487 whoa whoa whoa, then what about people like me that make their own "sounds" in programs like Max/MSP or PD?!? Are you telling me Aphex Twin or Autechre aren't musicians?!? Both of which make their own sounds... Just because you don't like the process or method doesn't mean said method is FALSE. It just means different floats for different boats in different moats! And, btw I do play the guitar and keyboards as well but I don't think that in and of itself makes me anything besides a person who plays guitar and keyboards. I do agree about creating your own songs and compositions... But that CAN be done in many ways not just a couple... Broaden your horizons and open your mind a bit, you might just learn something. Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:04:57 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/08/05/henry-rollins-on-jungle-trance-hip-hop-fuckin-shit-music-remixed/#IDComment29612487 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/08/05/henry-rollins-on-jungle-trance-hip-hop-fuckin-shit-music-remixed/#IDComment29546600 Hahahaha, omg that was one of the funniest things I've seen in a while... Thx :) Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:57:07 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/08/05/henry-rollins-on-jungle-trance-hip-hop-fuckin-shit-music-remixed/#IDComment29546600 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/10/synthesizers-are-killing-drum-corps/#IDComment26983130 okay i'm sure that's Harrison Ford. i can't place the movie though... :( Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:28:26 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/10/synthesizers-are-killing-drum-corps/#IDComment26983130