finished most of the HAGWIO DIY modules and created the panels from high density polystyrol sheets
Finished most of my DIY eurorack modules
Category Archives: Music
Yamaha CK61 light master keyboard
With more and more modular synth hardware and software synths, it is very hard to interact with my super small Akai MPK mini.
That’s why I decided to buy a bigger master keyboard that fits into my Jaspers rack.
My decision fell onto the Yamaha CK-61 which was just recently released and weights only 5 kilograms.
It has 3 separate voices with some pretty good presets for that price point, and most important it has drawbars for organ sound ! YES !
Further it has an amazing effects chain section included separately for 3 simultaneous voices.
Jaspers keyboard stand
Over the time when I could simply play with my modular synth on the living room table. I need something to put all my equipment onto one single rack, so I bought a Jaspers stand.
Laserjam Munich 28.03.2022
Joining Ulli and friends at Laserjam Munich.
Akai Force DAW hardware
Tired of sitting in front of a computer twisting knobs with my mouse, I decided to buy the Akai Force as a PC/Mac-less digital audio workstation DAW.
The best part is I can use it for looping, and can simply license multiple instrument plugins with the Force, which can also be used on the mac (one at a time).
The arranger is fantastic and offers so much more compared to a simple launchpad.
most likely I’ll not place it on top of my Yamaha DTX drums
For now, I’ll try to keep it “cable clean” in my shelf above my Technics piano.
Arturia Microfreak
Trying to get in touch with synthesizers back from the days when I was playing with a 808 in my childhood.
Arturia created the perfect entry “drug”, featuring a cheap but packed all in one synthesizer with various engines, filtering, modulation and best of all an integrated Vocoder.
The keyboard is a touch sensitive PCB which offers some expression which you would buy for a lot of money in real hardware keyboards.
KLIM Puma 7.1 Surround Headset with vibration
My old headset just busted into pieces, and since my wife now also works within the same room in homeoffice I needed to buy new quality headsets.
I did choose the KLIM Puma for that. They are directly USB connected,
and provide good isolation of room noise. In fact they are also fantastic for gaming, as they can do 7.1 surround sound, and for the extra boom provide vibration, so you know exactly when you got shot 😀
Fantastic low price, and I wanted to avoid extra audio conversion or wireless issues. Just plug and play.
Rubber cleaner for my Yamaha eDrums
never thought that I would buy this stuff ever…
…but if works (sorry no after picture, think of shiny)
Upgrade for my Yamaha Drums
Today I upgraded my DTX 550K drumset with a new drum synth module the DTX502 instead of the old DTX500.
It offers more zones for some channels, MIDI via USB instead of the outdated 5pol DIN and fresh training songs.
Further I bought another XP70 with soft mesh and another KU100 pedal.
Sorry Alexey still no double bass action, I do use it as a china 😀
iConnect Audio 2+
Just bought the iConnectivity iConnect Audio 2+, USB Midi and Audio interface.
A fantastic device with 6 midi ports and 2 24bit 192kHz audio sample channels, all configurable in an application in a crossbar matrix.
Also the front panel provides a kind of touch screen.
No drivers needed at all on mac, just plug and play.