I am new to Cantabile and this forum, loving both so far.
I have jumped in on a couple of discussions, but I should introduce myself.
I am an experienced programmer and a (very) amateur musician.
I hope one day to play live, but as yet I don’t have the courage or sufficient skills.
Coding: mostly C, C++ & Java, with a far amount of Assembler and some Perl & python.
I have learned other programming languages, but I have only been paid for those above.
Making-Music:
I had a Casio CZ-101 for many years, held together with duct-tape, it died a couple of years ago.
Now I mostly use midi controllers & software synths + a couple of small synths.
Controllers: Arturia MiniLab3, Novation Launchpad X, Akai MPK mini 3.
Small synths: Modal Skulpt Synth, Behringer Crave (I rarely use these two)
Software synths:
PAID Arturia Analog Lab Pro, Pigments, Acid, Augmented: Strings, Voices, Woodwinds, MiniFreak
PAID UVI: Falcon (with: Orchestral Suite 2, Percussion Factory 2, World Suite 3)
FREE: TAL-NoiseMaker, Vital.
I have a few more that I have installed but don’t use currently: VCV rack, supercollider, tidal-cycles.
I use the Arturia synths the most, the UI is easy to use and very flexible.
I have more Arturia synths, but the ones above are what I use most.
Right after New-Year Arturia often has a sale & you can pick up batches of their synths very cheap!
I bought UVI Falcon because it has a lot of good samples and you can program the internals in lua.
I don’t like the Falcon UI, and I find it hard to use overall, but the lua feature is useful.
On one hand I am interested in generative music and (possibly) ‘live coding’, and on the other I like natural & homemade sounds (rivers, rain, creaking doors…) & instruments (drums, bells, gongs …), so who knows in which direction I will go next!