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meltedbuzzbox

I wanted a synth and a drum machine. I have a huge love of hip hop and merging some aspects of it with rock/guitar (more Beck rather than Aerosmith with Run DMC). 

So I planned to buy a mininova and a korg volca beats/akai rhythm wolf. 

I spoke with @GavRichList and he mentioned a Roland TR8. Cheers mate, that just increased by budget by £250...

but its an 808 and a 909 for a fraction of the price of the originals and of my limited drum machine knowledge I knew an 808 was a) the shit and b) perfect for what I was after. 10 Minutes in PMT confirmed that. (excuse the poor picture)

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/meltedbuzzbox/IMG_20160129_185252_zpsxfjanxsa.jpg

I thought I wanted an Ultranova synth (after upgrading my search on the internet)

It sounded great on the demos and I liked that it had full size keys. 

It just didnt feel right to play, the screen driven menu was too fiddly and seemed to lack the interactive feel of a synth. It also felt pretty cheap and flimsy like it has been made from the inside of a milk tray box. 

So I played a fair few of the synths in store and I was gravitating towards the roland stuff. It just worked better for me and sounded great.

So I got one of these (poor picture again)

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/meltedbuzzbox/IMG_20160129_185327_zps5r96cnnw.jpg

Roland JD xi. I really like it, it even has an analogue section and a vocoder for when I want to get my daft punk on. 

At the moment its all ambient and trance stuff that I am creating which unfortunately are 2 genres I am not a fan of really but once I have had some more practice hopefully I will get them working how I want them. 

and cheers @GavRichList the TR8 was totally off my radar but its brilliant and I can see it getting much use :-D

Moss

Loving both of those - seriously jealous of the TR-8

randomhandclaps

I used to have an 808 but flogged it and have been tempted by a TR8 for a while.  I had other things that covered the sound but missed the interactiveness.

benmurray85

I love everything about this thread

Fretwired

Wow and wow again. Amazing kit. Unfortunately I've invested in NI - Maschine Studio and Komplete Control otherwise I would be interested. Look forward to hearing some of your music @meltedbuzzbox

GavRichList

Thumbs

meltedbuzzbox

That TR8 is just epic. So much fun

as an added bonus I discovered I can use the JD xi as a multi effects unit for anything. 

All kinds of synth'd up goodness has been happening. Today was a good day :-D

Teetonetal

mmmmmmmmmmm.

nice