> >The reason was that I found that the gear was getting in the way of me
actually writing
> >music - I'd play with synths instead of writing tunes. I get way more
done these days...
> >Anyone else had a similar experience?
hello all,
same here - post MOTM, i've sold all my other synths (and my sherman
filterbank), now i'm much happier and work much faster
thanks to the beauty of hard disk recording, if im in mid flow, i'll flesh
out ideas with a simple monosynth voice, and re-record them later with
something fantastically complex - sometimes i'll even remember to tune the
oscillators first.
i find composing much easier, and for me the main joy is that i can throw
(what i suppose are) dadaist elements into the mix by having filters
controlled by solar panels, and using some of ken stone's excellent
sequencing modules, i've recently been using fruit batteries to create
sequences (shameless plug - Dr Universalis "The Phobos EP" out on iTunes
Music Store any day now).
my only problem, is that i collect delay units like they're going out of
fashion (oh hang on...) my latest purchase, a second powertran, so now i
have two...
cheers
paul