stew's synth emporium

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 5:25 pm

I ended up getting that JP-08 the other night. It's well fun. I got rid of one of my parts guitars and ended up with the JP and this:

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Did you end up bidding on that Akai?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:50 pm

Thomas wrote:Did you end up bidding on that Akai?

yeah, i stuck Â£70-odd on it and it went for Â£2 more, usual bullshit. i actually deleted the ebay app from my phone today because i need to save money, i've spent so much on gear this year. no more.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:30 pm

Here's an interesting little article on modding the Jen along with some links to the modding particulars:

Jen Mods

Some Mod deets in PDF format.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:52 am

Also the Behringer B-Control Rotary BCR2000 reportedly works with the JX-3P and the module you have (there's also one up for sale just now on the Glasgow/Edinburgh music sales page ob FaceSpace.

Edit: The Behringer only works with the midi mod. I'm not sure if that just works with the JX-3P synth or the module version too.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:58 am

Brother in law just picked up a Nord lead for Â£250 from a crack converters... jammy bastard.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:04 am

OOh nice!! Which version? The shop probably googled the module version. it's usually in the Â£200-Â£250 price range.

My own synth/computer setup is pretty robust these days too.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:04 pm

Also Stewart, I'm considering doing the Kiwi mods to my JX, if I do I'll probably get the controller too and if I do that then I won't be using my DT 200 any more.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:24 pm

Will look into that Behringer thing. Tbh, I'm thinking about chucking that MKS module under the bed until I can afford to get it fixed.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:01 am

I'd attempt to recondition the chips if I were you. All it'll cost is a bit of time. Well and a bottle of acetone.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:08 am

Thomas wrote:OOh nice!! Which version? The shop probably googled the module version. it's usually in the Â£200-Â£250 price range.

My own synth/computer setup is pretty robust these days too.

Lead 2x

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:39 am

Going to get one of these boys from Ikea and sort out my pigsty of a setup. Space for the Juno or DS8 on the main desk; racks, screen and MS20 on the middle shelf; monitors on the wee side shelves and assorted oddments up top.

Also will keep my eyes peeled for one of these to sit my MPC/mixer on (spied in Thomas's thread).

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:36 pm

I'm for getting one of those laptop stands for the microbrute and volca so I can keep them set up for maximum noodling.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:06 pm

Aye, I'd like to see if I can find one for less than Â£35, seems a bit steep.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:49 pm

dezb1 wrote:Lead 2x

Very Cool.

I like the look of that Ikea shelf Stewart. Please stick up a little review after you get it. Pics of your setup would be cool too just to get a proper idea of scale.

The DJ stands are cool. If you want to pick one up secondhand for cheap search for people selling DJ controllers, they usually have one of these with them and most people are happy to split them (especially as no one really buys DJ controllers anymore).

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:38 pm

stewart wrote:Aye, I'd like to see if I can find one for less than Â£35, seems a bit steep.

Indeed

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:51 pm

Here's one for Â£20 new, the same as the one I use in the middle of my desk:

EBAY LANK

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:41 pm

Thomas wrote:Here's one for Â£20 new, the same as the one I use in the middle of my desk:

EBAY LANK

one here for Â£16.95! link

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:01 pm

temp setup:

i haven't connected anything, and this isn't the final layout, just where i chucked the stuff when i finished building it at 12:30am...

still to get a wee drawer unit which i'll put on the left of the desk with (probably) the MPC on it, which means i can pull the Juno forward easily when i need it, and i'm going to build a 6U rack box out of MDF. brackets arrived today...

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:26 pm

Very cool!!

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:18 pm

Very neat, nice setup.