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My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« on: April 23, 2011, 10:16:01 PM »
Behold, the MicroKorg!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOyiDAJiDpE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adVu639pjN4

And a video for the more traditional musician. ;P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp3mQPxw428


Needless to say, I'm in love, and this has a lot to do with why I've not so much as touched a girl in nearly four years. Sighhh...
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2011, 10:03:07 PM »
Alright, I think I should start taking photos and recording videos of my set up.

Mind you, I am by no means a musician, and I am still trying to develop my "style", so half of what I'm doing ends up sounding like techno at the moment, but I'm working on over coming that mountain. ;)

As you may have guessed, I'm not a huge fan of techno, it's fun for a while, but I want to move on...

So what I've got hooked up to the A600 is the MicroKorg, an Atari 2600, and a Commodore 64. Currently I am only using the C64 for the samples as my Micromys mouse adaptor does not seem to like it at all, thus I can not take advantage of Mssiah's more advanced features unless I want to do it all via joystick. (bah!).

I'm be interested in seeing other's photos and videos of their Amiga MIDI set up, and perhaps to trade ideas on things they have done and can be done. Hopefully I'll get around to clearing of my DVD-R's and will record some videos of my set up in action...

...and on that note, hopefully the my old crappy mixer board will not screw up during the recordings.

Speaking of which, how does one go about fixing bad contacts on a mixer board anyhow? I thought wD40 was the way to go, but it only partially resolved my issues.
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2011, 12:39:28 AM »
I just got it a couple days ago, and I must admit, to a non-musician, the manual is very confusing, though there are plenty of guides on Youtube that have got me pulling off more tricks with this than I expected to be doing already.

Bottom line, I DO NOT resent forking out the $200 for this that I spent in the least bit!

Sadly it did not come with the mic. Any good suggestions for a quality replacement?
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2011, 01:23:21 AM »
Yes, thank you for the link, very helpful!

As for the mic, I used one I have at home, it was not very loud which is why I want a replacement, but what I did was plug it into the line 1 port, then I ran some Bethoven into Line 2. I then set it up so that line 2 would only come through when Line 1 was in use, thus changing the "pitch?" of the Bethoven coming in through line 2. After playing with the knobs a bit I was able to create some really ethereal effects! I'm in love!!!
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2011, 05:55:06 PM »
Runequester: Soon, I forgot to bring them with me today. :)

Magnetic: I really don't have anything else to compare it's octave range with, but I can say that it does have one at least, though certainly not as deep as OctaMED's. :)

None the less, if you want to spend $200 or less on a nice synth, this is the way to go.

Magnetic: At first I was cringing a wee bit because it was not analog, but now that I've seen what can be done with it, I'm not regretting it a bit.

spihunter: I'm new to a lot of this, midi, electronic devices, and so forth. It has been a collection I've slowly been buiding up, and slowly learning at the same time (amongst other hobbies), so I am greatful for any advise any one can give, such as your advice on the mic...

...on that note, what exactly is the difference between an amp and a pre-amp? I presume this is something that will boost the mic's output audio? If so does it cause any problems with over loading the MicroKORG and causing the light to turn red?
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2011, 04:27:38 AM »
Minator: Great link, thankx!

Magnetic: I got mine at a local Christian Musick store of all places and talked them down on the price. Though I've seen them go for around the same price on Ebay.

Spihunter: Will check out track, thankx!

I need to upload some of my own material...


So to those who are using these with OctaMED (more here than I expected, wow!), can I send commands from within OctaMED to control more than just the keys? I.E. Adjust the filter, mixer, lfo, etc.?

Also, how do I tell octamed to not only trigger a key on the keyboard, but also to hold it down instead of press and release?
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2011, 07:07:49 PM »
Magnetic: I'm figuring that what ever can be done by hand should be able to do through OctaMED, but I could be wrong.


Spihunter: That track was awesome, reminds me of something...

GOing to check out more of your stuff, thankx again!
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2011, 06:58:05 PM »
Well, the OctaMED S.S. guide often times tells me to refer to the hard manual which I do not have, so...

....does anyone happen to have it in PDF?

Also there are many functions in the guide that I do not understand. Such as when it talks about using HEX values, or when it shows symbols such as $0F or something to that effect...

You can't use the $ sign in OctaMED, so what is it trying to tell me?

It does appear that you can control the Korg in ways beyond merely pressings keys, but thus far I'm making no sense of any of it. I thought I had the Press and Hold/Press and Release Key, element down, but apparently I'm off on that too.

Can someone present a screen shot of how some of this actually works in OctaMED. All my MOD samples are MIDI free and thus free of these commands.

Thankx!

Also here are some photos...

I have my Synth sitting on wood atm till I can find or construct a better replacement, so things are looking a little hill jack at the moment.

The second photo is the Atari 2600 Pro Sounded with Guitar Jack. The photo shows the Atari, two numeric keypads which can be used as the drums and settings selection buttons, as well as a copy of SynthCart and the MIDI adapter which I was using to plug it into the Amiga.

Lastly we have  a photo of the Atari hooked into the Amiga along with the Korg. On the right there is a lap harp which I am trying to use in conjunction with my cheap mic and the Korg Vocoder. To the right is my piece of shit mixer, which is giving me issues so I still can not record...

Again anyone know any good techniques to clean contacts on these old mixers?

And on that note, I don't really see a practical use for the 2600. I could get by using FM samples instead, so I think my Pro-Sounded 2600 is going on Ebay today.
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2011, 07:55:07 PM »
I don't recall seeing a file titled "Manual".

Care to upload it for us?
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2011, 08:16:55 PM »
Not all of us own the CD. :)

Though I did find a link to download it. Going to be a long while though, the connection is shitty here.
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2011, 09:52:51 PM »
Atari is now listed as for sale:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-2600-Pro-Sounded-MIDI-SynthCart-Key-Pads-/220776318959?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33674b47ef

With this listing I shall be including the Following.

1: Synthcart Cartridge: The Synthcart is an Atari 2600 cartridge that turns your 2600 into a pop music sensation, letting you play music using a pair of Atari's keyboard controllers and can also be controller with the 2600 MIDI controller.

http://www.qotile.net/synth.html


2: Atari MIDI Controller: http://highlyliquid.com/kits/midi2600/


3: Two Kid's Controller Atari Numeric Key Pads.


4: Atari 9v Power Pack.


5: 2 Atari Joystick Extension Cables: For use with MIDI Controller.


6: Instruction Manuals.


7: Video Output adaptor which allows you to bypass the use of a channel selection box. (Note:Video output is really not required to use this, but is an option.)


For more information, please have a look at these videos:

http://youtu.be/zgDyOSDUAx0

http://youtu.be/djfadUJIFmk

http://youtu.be/0BxjCAnUFn4
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2011, 08:06:05 PM »
Of course. Shipping would be a bit more, but I have shipped to there before.
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2011, 10:37:43 PM »
Thank you! :)




Just got back from the musick store. Turns out that I need to buy a new mixer board as the one I'm using (old 80's mixer) does not have gain, which is something I need. I did some recording last night which I might upload (nothing special), but hopefully when I can afford the new Mixer, my output quality will be improved over all.
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2011, 04:27:42 AM »
I need a new mixer anyhow, some of my gear is really dated, and yes I could use the gain to resolve a few issues I'm having, besides half my input ports are failing me so I can see this mixer dying all together sometime soon.

Minator: I loved the track! Dark and moody! You should keep at it man!!!

Spihunter: I made it through all the material you uploaded and I am very impressed! Such talent from the Amiga community, everyone!

I believe the 1994 track is my favorite. It brings a lot of things to mind/heart.

So what that an Amiga on the opening drums?
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2011, 04:49:49 AM »
x303: I'm looking more for Studio Gear, the whole DJ scene makes me ill to my stomach. My buddy is a DJ, and while he is very talented and really a great guy, he has given some terrible advice on gear as it all seems to be nothing but machines that make quick easy dance beats, but can't really be used for much else.
As for me, I have no interest in making people dance. If what I put out happens to make a person feel like dancing, that that is purely accidental side effect. ;)
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