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Job: Programmer My biggest source of happiness comes from playing the violin and listening to music. I tried getting into making electronic music, but I too hi

Job: Programmer My biggest source of happiness comes from playing the violin and listening to music. I tried getting into making electronic music, but I too hit the wall of not wanting to sit in front of a computer anymore after workday. That's why I like the violin's pure analog-ness: absolutely raw and crude, no abstraction, no interface, fret-less, zero-config, no knobs to be _fiddled_ with. You sound as good as you can control your muscle. Cooking is both a necessity and an absolute joy. I also read books for entertainment (and for learning English). I especially like reading good prose aloud, and feel the rhythm of the language. And I sometimes write short stories. At times, I hike with my SO and friends. I also jog, but only for the health benefit. It's a torture, but the lesser evil compared with my nascent obesity.

f0e4c2f7 5y ago
I'm not very musically inclined but I really enjoy playing with this little device as a way of making electronic music without sitting at my PC. OP-1 https://youtube.com/watch?v=yuXq3gBQ0dI https://youtube.com/watch?v=yuXq3gBQ0dI
- squarefoot 5y ago
  Very powerful, but the pricing is insane. With a lot less money one can buy a full keyboard synthesizer plus a multi track recorder. I don't think that portability alone can justify that price tag. Examples: https://www.thomann.de/intl/yamaha_mx61_v2_black.htm https://www.thomann.de/intl/yamaha_mx61_v2_black.htm https://www.thomann.de/intl/zoom_r20.htm https://www.thomann.de/intl/zoom_r20.htm And I didn't choose the cheaper ones. Also, for those into diy electronics, check out the Electrotechnique Tsynth at https://electrotechnique.cc https://electrotechnique.cc Demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCA2L7CeWSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCA2L7CeWSE
kataklasm 5y ago
Just like user f0e4c2f7 said in the sibling comment, I'd advise you to check out hardware synthesizers if you are looking to create electronic music without being in front of a monitor. Maybe take a look at Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operator line, a bunch of synthesizers in pocket calculator size. They are extremely limited but if you know how to work them they can create suprisingly complex tunes ranging from hip-hop beats and R&B to industrial and hard techno; and of course everything in between. Currently I am toying around a lot on an Elektron Model:Cycles, a roughly Letter-sized FM-Synthesizer (Frequency Modulation) box that harnesses great potential, much more than I can dream of using right now; but it's a journey, right? Beware, it's easy to fall into the rabbit hole of modular synthesizers because they allow the maximum degree of control, meaning full, over the sounds you can call into existance.
- kcindric 5y ago
  I'm not powersnail but I'm the OP - I tried going the DAWless route and bought myself a synth and a drum machine/sequencer Digitakt. Generally I enjoyed the process but I still feel it's too much of a programming approach to creating music which made me feel fatigued too fast (after a workday). I'm genuinely happy playing an 'analaog' instrument like a guitar without an aim to creating something, just fiddling around.
  - kataklasm 5y ago
    Totally understand your viewpoint, sometimes I do feel the same way. It tends to feel a lot like programming because in a sense, it is. It can feel very deterministic and absolute, especially when you are fatigued and stressed out from work/studies. Sometimes you have to take a step back and reconsider what is possible. If handled the 'right' way (there is no right way, just what sounds good to the creator) you can create some quite unexpected stuff, almost feeling like you are distancing yourself from the absolute, deterministic and hard-edged nature of it.

f0e4c2f7 5y ago

I'm not very musically inclined but I really enjoy playing with this little device as a way of making electronic music without sitting at my PC. OP-1 https://youtube.com/watch?v=yuXq3gBQ0dI https://youtube.com/watch?v=yuXq3gBQ0dI

squarefoot 5y ago
Very powerful, but the pricing is insane. With a lot less money one can buy a full keyboard synthesizer plus a multi track recorder. I don't think that portability alone can justify that price tag. Examples: https://www.thomann.de/intl/yamaha_mx61_v2_black.htm https://www.thomann.de/intl/yamaha_mx61_v2_black.htm https://www.thomann.de/intl/zoom_r20.htm https://www.thomann.de/intl/zoom_r20.htm And I didn't choose the cheaper ones. Also, for those into diy electronics, check out the Electrotechnique Tsynth at https://electrotechnique.cc https://electrotechnique.cc Demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCA2L7CeWSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCA2L7CeWSE

kataklasm 5y ago

Just like user f0e4c2f7 said in the sibling comment, I'd advise you to check out hardware synthesizers if you are looking to create electronic music without being in front of a monitor. Maybe take a look at Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operator line, a bunch of synthesizers in pocket calculator size. They are extremely limited but if you know how to work them they can create suprisingly complex tunes ranging from hip-hop beats and R&B to industrial and hard techno; and of course everything in between. Currently I am toying around a lot on an Elektron Model:Cycles, a roughly Letter-sized FM-Synthesizer (Frequency Modulation) box that harnesses great potential, much more than I can dream of using right now; but it's a journey, right? Beware, it's easy to fall into the rabbit hole of modular synthesizers because they allow the maximum degree of control, meaning full, over the sounds you can call into existance.

kcindric 5y ago
I'm not powersnail but I'm the OP - I tried going the DAWless route and bought myself a synth and a drum machine/sequencer Digitakt. Generally I enjoyed the process but I still feel it's too much of a programming approach to creating music which made me feel fatigued too fast (after a workday). I'm genuinely happy playing an 'analaog' instrument like a guitar without an aim to creating something, just fiddling around.
- kataklasm 5y ago
  Totally understand your viewpoint, sometimes I do feel the same way. It tends to feel a lot like programming because in a sense, it is. It can feel very deterministic and absolute, especially when you are fatigued and stressed out from work/studies. Sometimes you have to take a step back and reconsider what is possible. If handled the 'right' way (there is no right way, just what sounds good to the creator) you can create some quite unexpected stuff, almost feeling like you are distancing yourself from the absolute, deterministic and hard-edged nature of it.