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Ah, sounds like you're being sucked in also ! 😂 The moog Grandmother was my gateway drug .. I do know of these models you listed . I haven't any of those , but the Hydrasynth looks fantastic from what I've seen . In my defence , I just noodle and record efforts on soundcloud with the intention of improving etc. and have stopped the band malarkey years ago. I don't know your situation though , whether you gig in a band or not . If you are still a regular bass player in a band , then you may not need much more . If on the other hand you are like me then , yeah ..go ahead within your budget. I'm trying very hard to limit the stuff I really need ( want 😬) , and having started off with lower cost moogs I just pulled the trigger on a £45 Behringher polysynth which hopefully will be my lot for some time . You have a nice tidy setup. I'm getting peed off with the amount of spaghetti wires etc . Something to bare n mind . @Bigredx should be along soon ..🙂

Okay ... Due to plumber bills and times being extremely hard etc , I've pulled the trigger on..Behringer RD-6 + jd4000micro . Total outlay including Saturday delivery from Gear 4 music £ 139.99 Other reasons : this drum machine is more compact and gives me mor3 space on my cramped desk . Plus when Behringher releaee a Linn Drum knockoff , I'll get that further down the line . 😬

Good points here . Glad you got to make good use of it . Yes " interesting " is the way many of us woukd view soma instruments 😹 When I first saw the tree like terra , I wasn't impressed tbh . After seeing various demonstrations , I am more impressed. It would certainly fit in with the stuff I'm into . I'm trying to only purchase maybe 2 or 3 synth and drum like instruments in total over the next couplle of years ..funds permitting whenever that will be . Living in a small flat determines a lot also . Too many synths out there , and being disciplined I know that I can't keep pursuing an ideal sound . It'd cost £££££ 😹 I only started properly in this alternative synth malarkey in 2018 , with the purchase of the moog grandmother . I did purchase the boss sp202 and dr202 years before that , but didn't really use them . A couple of Waldorf synths , but my next purchase will be the drum machine ..plus the behringher poly synth that costs about £45 . Can't remember the name of it off my head . That'll be enough for a while 😬

I looked at the soma pulsar 23, and love it . However, I will have to wait some time to get that due to cost 🙀 It's messy with the alligator clip type / meccano setup but apart from that , I'm blown away by it . Soma make some odd and pricey instruments . The terra may replace the moog grandmother one day . Who knows ? 🤔🙂

Well....you're pointing me in the right direction .infact, I think you've more or less made my decision 🙂 I looked at the Electron , and the RD-8 . I will be getting the RD-8 mk 2! I watch Bad Gear channel every week , and he did a great review of the electron. Having said that, audiopilz always makes anything sound good . I prefer the look of the Behringher , and it sounds great imho . I hope it's easy to use . I'll check on YouTube to confirm . Thanks for recommendations . 😼👍

Good points about the drum brute and tomcat . I do like the tomcat nevertheless , but no cowbell 🐄 . Price wise , not more than £200 if I can help it . I did consider the volca kick , but not sure . My creations are only recording at home onky on GarageBand , one day I may be brave enough to use logic . I use moogs , Waldorfs and a few iPad apps when I'm in the mood . Bass guitars of course , playing along to drums with various effects etc . More often than not I go for ambient stuff like tangerine dream / klaus schulze etc . Then the inner headbanger in me makes me play bass and drums etc . I also have a couple of boss sp samplers ..

Thanks for the feedback 👍 It is easy to get into a drum machine rabit hole ( who would've thought ?😂) With my drum machine , it has a certain sound which many like/ dislike . Shall we say, it is of its time . I have the dfam , and would love a linn but that of course is not going to happen 😂 The mini drum brute appeals , and I lost out to someone on fleabay for the akai tomcat 🐈‍⬛ Tbh, I want something independent and not another zoom box ( although that was a good shout 🗣️) I just want something easy to use , compact and not expensive . Any more ideas appreciated ..

Do you use the 5 pin midi at all ? Have you got a midi keyboard you could connect to the moog ?

iMac 21.5" 2017 , Mac hd apfs file system , bsd name : disk 1s5s1 / system information version 11.0(915) . Mount point / lots more , but not sure if I've provided enough info here 😬

OSX Ventura , SSD, 16 GB Memory, Mac hd SATADISK ; 418.41gb of 1tb used ( my external hard drive split into two ; 410.54 gb of 2tb used/ 411.16 gb of 2tb used) .

Basic question really 😬 My Mac is running slow , probabky due to the fact I have a few GarageBand recordings on it . It happened before , but I just deleted them all . I do have an external hard drive , and was wondering if it's worth moving the file over there and if it's hard to do . I record short bits on soundcloud and never go back to them ., just leaving them on the Mac . Thanks

Also , do you need more than one ? I have an old boss dr 202 . I have one on my zoom B3 if that counts, plus one on my Roland bass cube which is gathering dust. Agood friend of mine is repairing the boss . I have been using the various drums on GarageBand , and some great sounds on there. Having said that , I do think about getting a cheap desktop drum machine . . Something simple to use that sounds decent . Possibky with midi socket . Possibly behringher ?

I have also got the 'not secure ' message when downloading music instrument files . I use Mac osx. Anyway, if you proceeded, you woukd have got the file you need. Let us know when you get sorted .

Yes! Download without the DAW . You don't need a DAW to get the patches . I think" sysex librarian " is the download you need . There is a moog forum also , which may have info on there . The only thng with moog , is iyou may not get an answer to your issue quickly if at all . Very unpredictable these days . Contacting them in the later part of evening uk time , may be quicker. Sometms you may be able to do live chat with them then .. just googled 'sysex librarian moog download " . Sweetwiter among others have an answer to your question . This is the any to go

Yes! Download without the DAW . You don't need a DAW to get the patches . I think" sysex librarian " is the download you need . There is a moog forum also , which may have info on there . The only thng with moog , is iyou may not get an answer to your issue quickly if at all . Very unpredictable these days . Contacting them in the later part of evening uk time , may be quicker. Sometms you may be able to do live chat with them then ..

There is a section " how do I update software on my little phatty " on moog website . Worth checking out ...

From what I remember when I had problems with my moog minitaur, I downloaded ' sysex' . You may be able to get that from Moog music.com . Sysex is what you need . Keep usb lead connected from your moog to your computer. Once you have downloaded sysex, there should be a " play " type button on it which you click ...that should load up your sounds .🤞 It may be worth checking the downloads section on the moog website anyway for the phatty , if you haven't done so . keep us posted

Yeah, I think there was a punky and very energetic vibe with anthrax . Always good . I like all their stuff .. was lucky to see them play the Camden underworld with John bush . Great gig also. Slayer never disappoint imho ..what you see is what you get . i alway found megadeth patchy , and mustaine unpredictable . Having said that, I think mustaine is/ was the one of best guitarist in thrash and one of the best in metal in general just behind Alex skolnick . His vocals can be ok , but so many times he spoils a really good song by sounding like dick dastardly 😂

Mmm....😹. I wanted to go to that , but nobody else did . Not a happy bunny at the time . However in my defence ( and to make myself feel better ) , I went off megadeth after the imho dreadful peace sells gig at hammy o . Plus , I wasn't a fan of suicidal tendencies at the time . Alway, always love slayer and saw them reign in blood / south of heaven and later tours . Testament great live band . saw them supporting anthrax and ar Astoria . Great band . When megadeth had to drop out of the monsters of rock gig in cologne , testament were the replacements and were 2 nd best band of the day imho ( maiden healining 7th son ) . I saw suicidal at Wembley headlining and that was a good gig .

Yes ! The Wembley gig I was at . Anthrax looked slightly more serious and determined from their previous shows imho I never thought we'd end up at the bar after 4 or 5 songs for maiden . In them days pre internet, news about internal problems at the time were not as instant as these days

Yes ! Metal at its finest . I was lucky to see anthrax at the Clarendon when they first played here on the spreading the disease tour . This was their next London gig . Then they came back for the Amomg the living tour , was very lucky to see thrash at its peak 🙂

That's very impressive , getting back on track so quickly after the various incidents on earlier parts of the tour . I was at the hammy o gig . Believe it or not , anthrax were the better band that night .

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Or possibly a hoodie . Grey tracksuit ?

I was there also. Great gig . As for pantera, I was a fan initially . It took me a while to get used to the drop tuning at the time. I saw them at the Kentish Town forum ( town and country ) . It was one of those rare gigs that wasn't really memorable .Not a bad gig as such . TBH, all I can remember was them playing Walk and Phil shouting f##ing hostile a few times .