10/16/2010 Update: My laptop is on the fritz and I'm unable to do music on it. So I've been just playing through an amp and practicing. I needed a beat, so I traded in my Behringer midi controller for another Boss DR-770, yes the same one I'd already written about.I headed down to Rogue Music on 30th Street in Manhattan. At first I was looking at a Zoom 323, which has an interesting setup, 3 tracks of music, bass lines included. But either it wasn't working right or I was too dumb to pick it up. So I tried the 770 and found that it was pretty cool. I'm liking it this time around and it's amazing how much I actually remember about how to run the thing. Not as complex as I remember.
Only problem: after the first hour it began to smell like smoke. Not like it was burning up, but like a pipe. Clearly the previous owner was a smoker.
I'm hoping that the smell fades. I'm considering putting it in a sealed box with some activated charcoal. Any other ideas?
I'm going to program a bunch of songs into there so that I can rehearse my keyboard playing.
Kind of fun to get away from the computer.
i loved layering sounds on the BOSS drum machines. i almost want to find another one just to sample into ableton and mangle.
ReplyDeleteGEARCHILD here: Thanks for your comment. I use ableton live 8 and the full version includes 707 samples in Drum Racks, which was pretty cool for me to discover. Also other Roland and other drum machines. They also just sent me an offer to download free instruments, all vintage synth samples.
ReplyDeleteI love hardware but this is pretty close and better in some ways. Check into it.
They sound authentic and as you know, are mangleable.
Watch for a soon to come post on Ableton Live!
ReplyDeleteahhh...i've heard about the 707 sample pack in 8. ableton 7 and i are in a great relationship. i think i have sampled 707's somewhere on my hard drive.. i haven't found a reason to upgrade to 8 yet...but...i plan on it someday. i'm going through all your archived posts. thank you for sharing. i'm actually headed over to listen to some of your tunes as well.
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