That's a Dirty Rule M8

Well to be fair it also has a really nice cnc aluminum enclosure, high quality mechanical switches suitable for live performance, and is hand assembled by one guy.
And to be even more fair, he made the software available. So if you want to just buy the $35 controller and build your own enclosure for cheap then you can with no real restrictions, which is awesome.
Imo it’s a great price for a small batch boutique item; it’s cheaper than a lot of plasticky buggy grooveboxes being put out by major corporations. It’s very high on my list of things to pick up if I become suddenly wealthy lol
- Okay I'm intrigued, what project specifically are we talking about?
  
  I think this is the M8 tracker from dirty wave
- It is a beautiful piece of gear.

Yyyyyep. Spent about as much on a new bass guitar which barely drowns out my inner screaming, and less but still way too much on writing implements (handwriting has become a stimming action for me...) so that I can write that screaming down.
Honestly, there can be no judgement at this point, this is about survival. I would happily overthrow Money, but one person with a brick is just a security issue at best...
- But at least you can put in ear plugs, sit in front of the stack, and play the soundwaves directly into your body. 🤩
  Can't think when you're buzzing, literally.
  
  Funny, I do a similar thing with the bass... I huddle over it, keep my chest and chin pressed against it, and play unplugged with my eyes closed. And, yeah, it's soothing. Like having a purring cat in your lap, but one that you can modulate.
- Ooh. If you want to talk amazing pens, and the art of getting something fantastic for the least possible spend. I went all in on this a while ago. Notable shout outs to Lamy, Kaweco and Pilot.
  
  Y'know, I actually kept hearing good things about Lamy, but I fell face-forward for Parker designs every time. I have... ahem, a couple of Rollers and fountain pens. The fountain pens are, honestly, not the absolute best, kinda' scratchy, but that may be my style - I like thin'n'heavy. The Rollers, though, are aces. Love sketching with them. The refills are pretty spicy, but they do last a good chunk of time, so there's that.
  I will most certainly start keeping a closer eye on Lamy things, I'm unfortunately still required to keep the "mainline fountain pen" position open for now... Thank you very much for the recs!
  But as far as pencils and ballpoints go, Rotring all the way. Or Stabilo (which I now mainline because it's a bit heavier).

yeah humans are really spiritual beings, we seek meaning in everything that we do. when we can't find that meaning, we feel empty.
- We're giggling gnats on the dusty outskirts of a burning smudge, but also, divine beings of pure chaos at the infinite centre of creation. Everything we do is freighted with every possible meaning.
  In other news, I've gained the ability to sound like I'm on mushrooms. Just finished breakfast and sober as a cat. Happy Wednesday y'all.

Bleep chirp.
Bleep. Chirp. 🖖

Are there any producing/music making communities on Lemmy?
- Not that I have found. We need one.
  
  I'm from lemmy.studio, it's a music based instance with quite a few music making communities.

*looks to the side at a modular rack with a bunch of modules that never was used for more than making short nice Lead or Bass sounds never put together into an actual track.
EDIT: actually i made a pretty dope HiHat Sound with it, but i forgot how and i still need to fire up the old computer to get the sample into the new computer.

Quit paying my neo feudal tax to Nintenlords and the shits erased all my games. Fucking thieves rule
- EEERH!
  
  It was a gift. It might get homebrew if I get motivated enough to look into it

Peter Zapffe had some interesting thoughts on why. Warning: long & risky read
- That was quite the read, I enjoyed it even if it was a special kind of macabre.

Link to your set?
- Bruv, I just got it. I need a minute to learn. ;-)

My Hydrasynth has been out for repair for the last while but is on a UPS truck to be returned soon. Can't wait for my bleep bloop polyaftertouch cope.
Is this your first tracker? I am interested but not sure where to start.
- I have Renoise (tracker Daw), an Polyend Tracker (full size) and the M8. I found the Polyend hardware tracker to be the worst of both worlds. Not powerful enough to compete with the relatively inexpensive Renoise DAW and not portable like the M8. The workflow of the M8 and Renoise/Polyend are vastly different.
  If you want flexibility and power. Renoise.
  If you want portability and inspiration. M8.
  If you want Renoise but hate DAWs and want buttons and knobs. Polyend.

There are plenty of affordable VSTi software instruments that sound amazing, you don't have to spend the money you did.

I thought this was a reference to iPods at first.