ACK! Its HERE!!

carbon111 · Post by **carbon111** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:11 am

But I'm at work

My UPS guy knows me so he leaves packages with me at work so they don't sit on my doorstep all day.

Quite the enticing brown box!

...only seven hours to go

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:04 am

Now I'm going to come and get you for the Wasp and the LP.

carbon111 · Post by **carbon111** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:12 am

JSRockit wrote:Now I'm going to come and get you for the Wasp and the LP.

I had to say goodbye to the Wasp...and most of my other synths too.

For details: http://synthwire.blogspot.com/

carbon111 · Post by **carbon111** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:09 pm

OK...had a look at the LP on my lunchbreak. Just beautiful! The silver finished areas are nicer than in the photos. I can hardly wait!

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:26 pm

carbon111 wrote:
JSRockit wrote:Now I'm going to come and get you for the Wasp and the LP.
I had to say goodbye to the Wasp...and most of my other synths too.

For details: http://synthwire.blogspot.com/

Hmmm...that's crazy talk.

Chumdy · Post by **Chumdy** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:50 pm

Carbon,
I thought you were going to wait for the "performer" editions in order for the early production bugs to get worked out? What changed your mind? The Phatty is great obviously (even though mine had a boot up bug, which is now fixed--should get mine back on Wednesday!)--just curious.

carbon111 · Post by **carbon111** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:14 pm

Chumdy wrote:Carbon,
I thought you were going to wait for the "performer" editions in order for the early production bugs to get worked out? What changed your mind? The Phatty is great obviously (even though mine had a boot up bug, which is now fixed--should get mine back on Wednesday!)--just curious.

I was calling a store to order some software and they said: "You still want a Little Phatty? We have one left in stock...we can ship it today...". I scraped my jaw off the floor and said "Ummm, yeah. OK."

carbon111 · Post by **carbon111** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:03 pm

JSRockit wrote:Hmmm...that's crazy talk.

I feel like a great weight has been lifed off of my chest...probably the CS-60

The bottom line for me is I tend to be more productive with just a handfull of synths. Also, having less clutter in the studio helps a lot.

I think softsynths are finally coming into their own! Some of the ones I'm working with now are nothing short of breathtaking in their flexibility of timbre and programming possibilities!

They also take up less room

Its not like I've gotten rid of all my hardware synths...I've even just added one as this thread attests!

carbon111 · Post by **carbon111** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:19 pm

Perfect!

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:20 pm

carbon111 wrote: The bottom line for me is I tend to be more productive with just a handfull of synths. Also, having less clutter in the studio helps a lot.

Now you'll just have virtual clutter.

Reaktor can do some amazing things, but it has a steep learning curve if you want to make your own synths, etc. I'll stick with knobs, though thank you... there is no sex appeal in software.

Congrats on the new LP.

carbon111 · Post by **carbon111** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:28 pm

I think there's room for both hard and soft synths. There's no way I'd ever get rid of my LP or PEK but I'm really loving Reaktor and Absynth. For that matter, my Waldorf Q rack and MicrowaveXT (which is my favorite synth) are mostly "soft"

I've been playing the LP all night and already have about ten of my own patches programmed. Maybe its just nostalgia for that "Moog" sound (my first synth was a Rogue) but I'm totally in love with it!!!

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:47 am

That's cool Carbon... you still have alot of hardware anyway. What didn't you like about the Voyager?

soundengine · Post by **soundengine** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:36 am

Looks great Carbon. What number is your phatty, and where are you located, so I can add it to the 'database' here/ Or, you can post a reply in there.

She looks nice... I am waiting for mine still....

carbon111 · Post by **carbon111** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:50 pm

JSRockit wrote:What didn't you like about the Voyager?

Its not that I particularly disliked anything about the Voyager, its just that it was quite a bit more than a Performance Monosynth and quite a bit less than a full Modular Synth.

I already have an excellent Modular Synth in my Serge, what I wanted was a fast-programming, Moog-sounding Performance Monosynth.

The Phatty was just a better fit for me

Its great.

carbon111 · Post by **carbon111** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:55 pm

soundengine wrote:Looks great Carbon. What number is your phatty, and where are you located, so I can add it to the 'database' here/ Or, you can post a reply in there.

She looks nice... I am waiting for mine still....

It really is nice! Hang in there, yours will be there before you know it!

Mine is number 358. I live in Washington near Seattle. (United States)