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Any cheap shit.

Zoom R16, and a Novation Drum Station. Also my dog is in the photo, but he's not new.

Also, +1 for the Nicolas Collins book, great info for beginning making weird sounds.

Personally speaking, the APC may have a bit too much fiddly soldering for a beginner and not enough "This does that" sort of learning. I've been recommending the Bazz Fuss (http://www.home-wrecker.com/bazz.html). It's an effect, not a synth, but the parts can be spaced far apart for easy soldering p...

Is that just a bag of metal?

Because it's fun.

Not an argument.

Crank makes the best. I make the second best.

The rats are my favourite collection of distortions, nice find.

Recently started a job as a welder and fabricator. What the fuck is with noise guys working in metal shops?

I really like AudioMulch for computer noise, but it's $189. Try the trial anyway, I can't remember the limits it has. I also use PureData, which is free but VERY deep and can be imposing to get into. You can do pretty much anything with it though.

Yeah, pretty much any DX series synth is a massive drag to program, but immensely satisfying when you get a result.

You don't know tedious until you've programmed a DX7/DX200, hahaha!

In all honesty, I know you're smart enough to be able to build your own beep-boop boxes, you're no slouch in the brain department, and you can buy rakes of ICs for less than the chassis will cost you.

I dunno if I'm alone on this, but they seem really gimmicky. Just a pre=built lunetta, really. Neat if you can't be arsed making one yourself, but not at the price point they want.