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My favorite pastime is learning.

If something is unconventional it’s typically better for it.

Music is crucial and experiencing it is mandatory - be it through listening or creating.

Reducing suffering is the best life goal I’ve come up with.

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  • Some well documented things that give pause about the manufacturer (check the comments section on the linked article or the Bad Gear episode on the Pro for a quick catch up if unfamiliar), but the sound of the Uno synth has always been good. Beyond that, UI and build quality on the previous versions made them non-starters to me. As long as the build has improved it looks like they’ve addressed the UI issues pretty well. Nice feature set, dual filters are always welcome, and the vids I’ve seen on this sound good as expected.

    I’m sure if you’re into what this synth seems to offer you will have a lot of fun with it. I’d personally go with something else if I was in the market for this kind of thing right now. Plenty of worthy contenders, though they’ll have different assemblages of features than this does.


  • I’ll give that a firm maybe, depending on how it turns out. :) If it’s not a disaster I may throw it out for people to hear.

    Our campaign is in a wasteland desert right now and the party inquisitor is being driven mad through hearing voices of some enslaved spirits, so the tone may not be transferrable to everybody’s table (lol), but if that sounds interesting I’ve got some weird ideas I’d like to see if I can get to translate to that vibe.


  • I’m in a ttrpg group that plays Pathfinder about once a month. We had a session yesterday, and with where we left off I’ve got some cool ideas for some synth scoring for the next session. I haven’t written for the group before, though I’ve been invited to by the GM since he knows I’m into synths and he usually uses dungeon synth as the background music during play sessions. Planning to get to work on this later today, and I’ve got probably 5 weeks to get things wrapped. Our sessions usually run 4+ hours, and I think aiming for that run time is overly ambitious, but I’m thinking maybe roughly an hour is the goal. We’ll see how easily things progress since what I have in mind is stylistically quite different from what I typically do. Maybe things will flow gang busters and I’ll get a lot more out than what I’m anticipating. Hoping this will be a cool surprise for the group.


  • Is this actually a “Quiet down about being exploited by a known bad actor!” post, or am I missing something?

    Also, why should discussion stop concerning a current, ongoing development in a space where how we choose to interact with that development hasn’t yet been set by many on an individual and a community level? Just because you’re tired of seeing it, and some people are arriving at a conclusion that may be different than yours?

    I personally haven’t decided where I stand 100%. Nor have I seen this addressed by the person running my instance on what (if anything) they are considering concerning the entry of Meta into this space. Why on earth would it be warranted for discussion to cease and everyone take it as fate that the behemoth be allowed to roll over a reluctant userbase? This is absurd.


  • Maybe a Waldorf Quantum MK2? I don’t know, I’m not going to think about this too long. Never interacted with one, but I’d be aiming for something that’s flexible with deep sound design capabilities, and wavetables are mandatory. The sounds are good from what I’ve heard. Voice count is probably adequate. Excellent variety of filter options. They haven’t skimped on envelopes or lfo’s. Fatar keybed with polyphonic after touch (which I haven’t any experience with, but I’d need channel aftertouch for sure). Being a theoretical exercise I don’t have to worry about the price, lol.