compression can muffle stuff too! remember that its stupid really to compress without a very clear purpose, id say its more likely to kill your audio/instrumenttrack than to give the desired results.. unless you fancy a dynamic raped anorexic sound, in that case compress away heheh. dont compress f...

i'm about to buy a metasonix R51 tube vca module for the modular i'm building, they are less extreme than the other metasonix products which are usually unusable for our kind of music, but they arent cheap, http://www.metasonix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=71 ...

heard good stories about SAE in Amsterdam, probably also located elsewhere. real professional education which give a nice line on your resumee, and although it's pricy, it might pay back when pherhaps the reputation even delivers job opportunities. Expect a fee around EU13.000. they give more advant...

DI or new tubes mate i usually repare everything myself n dont know wheather those tubes need much screwing work or its easily mounted cause i never experienced problems, but be careful you dont void any warranty seals when its still on full warranty, would make the problem/bill grow. usually it wo...

right, Moog is anything but cheap. also, not the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to "destroying" sounds. i think cheap is a wrong starting point for buying stuff (not saying you would, generally speaking i mean). if people want cheap sh!t they risk a cheap sound which i would...

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for KICKDRUMS my choice is an XBASE 888. it has even inbuilt parameters for compression and harmonics, clicks and all the other useful tools, like EQ, etc. yes agree, jomox also has the mbase01 which is really cheap especially for what you get : really nice analogue sound almost for free. if you ev...

just skip m both and go for a bitstream 3x, beats the design with a solid iron case and definately beats the possibilities. if you need a midi keyboard more than a programmable controller (though i cant look in your wallet) go for the Korg microkontrol. just compare the specs of all candidates to yo...