NSD: Behringer MS-1 (mk I)
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:35 am
I was looking around online for something else the other night, and spotted discounted MS-1s on Amazon, Sweetwater, etc. Seems like a Mk II is in the pipeline. At $200 my wife insisted we cash some of those gift cards we'd had as an early birthday gift.
For $200 ($230 with the 3-year unlimited warranty she got), I'm willing to overlook some of the alleged inexactness or shortcomings. All I wanted was something I could MIDI Sync for clock and trigger in for those sweet, sweet early acid house rolling bass sequences. Seems like the hiccups with that got worked out in early firmware revisions?
Either way, I'm totally geeked. I BASICALLY know what I'm looking at from the VCO on over to the Envelope, academically, if not practical sonics.
Ironically, I've been way more into my SP-404, and making hip hop beats lately, my acid house skills are dusty.
Luckily, with the 404's new looper, EVERYTHING is going to get funky Prince squiggles and big, fat G-Funk basslines for a while.
Will be a long, slow learning process. But I've finally snagged my trifecta - clones/knockoffs of the 808, 303, and 101. The 909 is my all-time, but I had to loop back around to drum machine upgrades, I'll get there soon.
What are your experiences?
For $200 ($230 with the 3-year unlimited warranty she got), I'm willing to overlook some of the alleged inexactness or shortcomings. All I wanted was something I could MIDI Sync for clock and trigger in for those sweet, sweet early acid house rolling bass sequences. Seems like the hiccups with that got worked out in early firmware revisions?
Either way, I'm totally geeked. I BASICALLY know what I'm looking at from the VCO on over to the Envelope, academically, if not practical sonics.
Ironically, I've been way more into my SP-404, and making hip hop beats lately, my acid house skills are dusty.
Luckily, with the 404's new looper, EVERYTHING is going to get funky Prince squiggles and big, fat G-Funk basslines for a while.
Will be a long, slow learning process. But I've finally snagged my trifecta - clones/knockoffs of the 808, 303, and 101. The 909 is my all-time, but I had to loop back around to drum machine upgrades, I'll get there soon.
What are your experiences?