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    So I've always loved drum machines since I was maybe 8 years old but back then they weren't only hard to find. They were expensive as hell!

    So I finally decided to give it a go and buy a couple Teenage Engineering pocket operators which are small musical devices that cost about 70$ CAD which all have sequencers but deviate in function depending on which one you have. I bought a chiptune one and a drum machine one.

    These things are so addictive. I sat down on the couch Saturday morning when I got them with the plan of just playing with them for a few minutes and suddenly 4 hours passed by. Now I've gone one step further and bought a analog synthesizer (Korg Volca FM) and was immidiately hit by a huge wall of complexity. The good thing is every step of trying to figure it out is super fun.

    I only fear this hobby could get expensive...

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    11 hours ago, Pericolos0 said: Volca FM is not analog ?

    These things are super fun though, I have a Korg Monologue and Volca beats I toy around with a lot =). My girlfriend has a bunch of synths and drum machines as well, lots of fun to hook them all up together and just jam.

    Anything you can tell me will help a ton. The korg stuff is WAY more complicated than the TE stuff. I have FM, Bass and Keys volcas.

    I just went to the korg page now to check the FM specs. I guess I thought that since the bass and keys were analog I assumed the FM was also analog as well. I do have to say I'm fairly confused now. I guess I need to do a lot of reading to understand the differences. I understand the differences between analog and digital signals from a digital signal processing standpoint but at an audio level I obviously have a lot to learn.

    The one thing I'm learning the more I learn about making electronic music is how much I can barely grasp or understand. So it's basically exactly like art or computer science :D


    edit : you have a cool girlfriend :)

    Thanks for the info :) The interest for me with analog vs digital for me is the general DSP concept of analog having infinite bandwidth. At the end it doesn't really make a huge difference but I wanted to experience it first hand.

    That said I'm trying to focus on the FM right now because I've already watched a few hours of videos. It's crazy you can partially reprogram the algorithms. Super interesting! I also managed to whip up a quick software synth the other night in an attempt to better understand what's going on. Actually calling it a synth is a bit generous... it makes a sin wave and that's it :D

    Not recently at all, actually bought these noise cancelling headphones the day after my baby was born, delivered in the hospital parking lot by this guy that was selling them on fb marketplace. New, only opened and never used - saved £60-80 from RRP back in May.

    According to all review they are still the best noise cancelling headphones on the market and I'm very happy with them. Office is pretty noisy with a call centre within it. Also useful to reduce baby crying when trying to rock her to sleep on the bad days.

    My only complaint is the not really straightforward pairing, despite they have NFC, you need to install the Sony app first.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-WH-1000XM…ps%2C145&sr=8-4

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    The synth addiction and need to not look at a computer screen has lead me to this and I absolutely love it! Also I think I can use it to control my volcas which have a great sound but a really anemic sequencer.

    It's a synthstrom deluge.


    Got me a PS5. I haven't have a proper console since xbox360. ( Switch doesn't count since I never use it in docked mode. )

    I've been coutch gaming most of this pandemic with my PC so why not go all in. I've been wanting on playing those PS exclusives too.


    Pretty fucking sweet that most exclusives I was planning on trying out from PS4 are included in their subscription packages. Though not all, I'll try get some missing ones 2nd hand.

    It'll be a while until I've cleared some of the backlog to even try out the new stuff. Can't wait. The adaptive triggers are amazing.

    I was having horrible back pains from my old mattress and in a moment of desperation and desire to fix the problem I took a huge gamble and paid a shit ton of money for a fancy Tempurpedic memory foam mattress. According to reviews it was supposed to be the second coming of Christ, the one amazing mattress that will give you 15 years of perfect sleep... But turns out I really hate the memory foam feel and after a few months it started to give me different kinds of pains. In the end I had to spend another $400 for a latex mattress topper to make it feel more like a normal mattress, which completely defeats the purpose of the damn mattress... ?‍♂️ (besides, memory foam really sucks for making love)

    If I could go back in time I would just buy a regular Ikea mattress (like the one I had before that lasted 9 great years), and invested on a high quality mattress topper to control how firm/soft it is.

    Oh well, now I know a lot about mattresses at least. If you are shopping and need some pointers hit me up and I can give you a quick rundown

    I'm not jelly, you're jelly!!

    Fuckin miners and scalpers can go fuck themselves, honestly. Let gamers have their fun at an affordable price again, pl0x?!

    Yep it's fucking ridiculous. I honestly would be fine with a rtx 3060 but not for $800. This fucking 3090 cost more than my entire PC I built 7 years ago, which I'm still using. If the opportunity pops up, I'd rather sell this 3090 to someone for what I paid and buy a 3060 or 70 when the prices return to normal. I've never been about buying the best parts on the market but fuck, this has been the only opportunity to buy a GPU that didn't have it's price throttled to the roof.

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