I've put alot of effort in hiding all cables in my studio. It's great untill you need to move stuff around. I'm too lazy for that so I just buy new wallwart adapters each time 😅 Universal adapters work well though, as long as I don't lose those pesky barrel connectors. 😄

I'm curious, what synth did you start out with? Mine was the Waldorf Blofeld which my dad bought for my 16th birthday. I replaced the screen and encoders, but other than that it works perfectly fine to this day.

Hey all. I thought I'd share my most recent performance at our local synth store. It's a great place for gear as well as performing. We also have monthly meetups where we socialize, perform for a few minutes each, and build community. I feel super lucky that we have this outlet available to us. This performance is experimental/ambient (I really don't know how to classify it, honestly) and employs my modular rig, DFAM, and Digitone 1. Let me know what you think. I usually perform techno, but have been branching out more and exploring different soundscapes. My modular setup here: https://modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2931564

I've been using analog mixers in my setups ever since I started with music production. No fancy studer, ssl, or neve consoles, just a box with lots of inputs, outputs, and routing options. I find having every synth, effect, or drum computer accessible by just opening up a fader is such an incredible time saver. The option to sum multiple inputs and record with effects is something I simply can't live without. I just bought a Mackie VLZ4 16 for live performances. There's no time to scroll through menus in a live situation. I need to find my kick drum in a fraction of a second. Actually, building up muscle memory to blindly know where to find each instrument is one of the most important things, in my opinion, for playing live. Dub mixing is also something I'd love to do, just add a delay and reverb on a send, return it to a channel, and create feedback loops. You can do this with any analog mixing desk. Do you use a mixer in your live or studio setup? Why or why not?

Hi al! My name is Tim and started with modular synths this month! I have some questions... 1. How do you tune the VCO's with each other? By ear? By tuner? For example; the ERica Synth Bassline has a very sensitive freq knob. A little touch can make it out of tune. By ear it is quite hard to do. It doesn't sound complete in tune, how hard I try and how close I get. 2. How do you go from one 'song' into another? I know that modular live sets don't work with actual songs and the biggest part is improv, but does someone has tips to evolve more naturally? Would like to here from you all!