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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #29 from previous page: April 28, 2011, 08:16:34 PM »
Cool rig dude! Kinda Zen with the blocks and wood. I can help with the amigaguide manual, pm me.

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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 #30 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 #31 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 #32 on: April 29, 2011, 02:10:45 AM »
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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



Are you willing to ship to the UK?
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #33 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 #34 on: April 29, 2011, 10:03:43 PM »
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Of course. Shipping would be a bit more, but I have shipped to there before.


Added to watch list :-)
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #35 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 #36 on: April 30, 2011, 01:37:32 AM »
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Thank you! :)

Must make sure I remember it. If my new* synth arrives I'm likely to be distracted.
*Don't know if new is really the word for a synth not made since the early 80's.

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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.



I recorded a track recently.  First time I've ever tried to record anything:

http://www.blachford.info/transfer/Weak1.m4a
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #37 on: April 30, 2011, 02:06:38 AM »
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Must make sure I remember it. If my new* synth arrives I'm likely to be distracted.
*Don't know if new is really the word for a synth not made since the early 80's.





I recorded a track recently.  First time I've ever tried to record anything:

http://www.blachford.info/transfer/Weak1.m4a


Sounds pretty good. A missing Cure track :)
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #38 on: April 30, 2011, 01:03:09 PM »
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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.
If you use the mixer to (only) make music, you don't need gain. Gain is for dj's, who need it for setting the pfl (cue) level.
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #39 on: May 01, 2011, 01:40:12 AM »
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umm what are you talking about? Gain is used to boost the channel for whatever purpose.. not just for cue. ( i dont even understand your post)  I have a Vestax pmc05 and use the gains all the time.. especially for boosting levels on old records. (which is prolly what xdelusions wants it for to boost levels)
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #40 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?
« Last Edit: May 01, 2011, 04:30:31 AM by XDelusion »
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #41 on: May 01, 2011, 03:19:53 PM »
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umm what are you talking about? Gain is used to boost the channel for whatever purpose.. not just for cue.
Well, you could use a dj mixer for boosting tracks, if that's the only thing you're gonna do with it (you could also sample it and use normalize to boost tracks, btw). But a studio mixer, which has gain on the mono channels and -10/+4 switches on the stereo channels to boost thinks up, might be a bit better if doing some more production work. I have both type of mixers and it's just easier to make tracks on a studio mixer.
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #42 on: May 01, 2011, 11:45:51 PM »
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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.


Funny, with synths, the more dated they are the more expensive they get!

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


Thanks :-)

I plan to, I've just built a home studio...
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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #43 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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Re: My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.
« Reply #44 on: May 02, 2011, 06:30:21 PM »
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x303: I'm looking more for Studio Gear, the whole DJ scene makes me ill to my stomach.
Should you be talking to me, then ? :laughing:

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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
You should find a good shop in the area, to let you inform about what you really want.

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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. ;)


Ahhhhhhhhh, I think you want this one: http://www.rolandconnect.com/product.php?p=c-330-da :biglaugh:
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