levicole

ah, the toilet paper and plumbing lobbies. I knew it!

hah! I tried to recreate my local mall, I didn't get super far, but I did have a lot of fun doing it!!

When I was probably 13 years old, I got Duke Nukem 3D. I really wanted to figure out how to build my own levels. I had found other levels online and I couldn't figure it out. My 7th grade teacher made us do was write formal letters as a project for class. So I wrote a snail mail support request to 3D Realms asking for help getting set up with build.exe. They sent me a printed version of the manual, and some troubleshooting tips for the issue I was having.

Now I wonder if it was this guy that resonded...

I'll take my Suhr "Strat" over any American made Strat any day, as well as my hand wired boutique amp over any pro reverb (new or vintage).

"If it's free, you're the product"

The emotional support chicken isn't a great beginner project.

You want to start with a scarf and move onto a beanie.

Someone should show this to Squarepusher's brother (aka Ceephax Acid Crew).

I love my TD-3 and my KO pocket operator. The comment below suggests the minifreak, and I kind of agree with them.

Behringer Pro 800 looks pretty great too, same price, analog, but fewer sound options.

Also, I'd like to say, if you're looking for a nice community for this stuff, look up EZBOT on youtube, and join his discord. It's a great group of people and they'll talk all day about this stuff with you :). And say "hi" if you join.

I'd say, if you find joy in soldering and DIY electronics, something like this could be great. It's hard to say without hearing it...

I really think a first synth (I know you already have one, but it seems like you're unhappy with it...), should be a polyphonic one. I went a similar route as you, but with a Behringer Neutron, and it was fun, but I immediately wanted something more.

Anyway, If you've got the itch for a new instrument, get a Microfreak, or a Minifreak from Arturia instead of either of these. Microfreak is paraphonic, so not full polyphony, but you can play chords, and when I use mine I don't miss having 1 filter per voice.

I own a deluge, and think it's great. I'm really excited about them going open source.

Things I'd like to be able to add:

- Oscillators from MI Plaits

- MI Rings sound engine

- A monome Grid mode (either via midi, or via USB serial), so that the deluge can be used as a Grid

I worked at Griffin for a short period of time while we were still selling this. I was in tech support, and I didn't even know about the battery.

This is true. The basics are required for ear training. But once you get past the basics (reading music, intervals, identifying chords), I don't thinking going much past that is necessary.

I think I'm incorrectly assuming people want to take it past the basics when they say they want to learn music theory.