The Best Music from the Worst Equipment

Something to inspire us and restore our faith in humanity, please!

Celsius - Too Fast (tracker time stretch is here :))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RpB41Txa9M

I'll try and get video of Chicago's "Madison Bridge Drummer" tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfYt7vRHuY

Also, any strictly a capella music shows what one can do with just their own voice & enough practice.

  On 4/14/2011 at 4:50 PM, oscii said:

Celsius - Too Fast (tracker time stretch is here :))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RpB41Txa9M

Hey this is the best music from the worse equipment not from the best :P

  On 4/14/2011 at 6:32 PM, vasio said:

  On 4/14/2011 at 4:50 PM, oscii said:

Celsius - Too Fast (tracker time stretch is here :))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RpB41Txa9M

 

Hey this is the best music from the worse equipment not from the best :P

Sorry, I though there is nothing worse than 4-track tracker and noisy samples

Any cocorosie fans?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ANDfMGdHgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSJ7uWLjOo4&feature=related

I'm not sure about worst, but best music from the simplest set-up I've seen is Sachiko M.

Amazing stuff.

  On 4/14/2011 at 4:50 PM, oscii said:

Celsius - Too Fast (tracker time stretch is here :))

awesome! love trackers

  On 4/15/2011 at 6:38 AM, sheatheman said:

  On 4/14/2011 at 4:50 PM, oscii said:

Celsius - Too Fast (tracker time stretch is here :))

awesome! love trackers

why did i post this

  On 4/15/2011 at 7:19 AM, psn said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyozXY_1ft0

Fuck yeah. This is where techno came from.

Great thread. I was going to suggest the same. I'm sick of all the hate and negativity around here.

While not necessarily "the best music" or "the shittiest gear", I found these impressive for working with such minimal and relatively inexpensive equipment:

Casio CZ-101 and Roland CR-8000 only:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD2svLBYIEk

30min jam session using nothing but a kaossilator for sound generation and 2 kaoss pads for looping and fx:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-cMgakUuOg&fmt=22

Yamaha TX7 Only:

Only DSI mopho + reverb and delay. All internal sequqncing:

More minimal kit:

I've seen these keyboards for sale for $15 at Goodwill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoYxfQ0UkqQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

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Video, because a name is never enough.

  On 4/15/2011 at 1:32 PM, MrSparkle666 said:

I've seen these keyboards for sale for $15 at Goodwill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoYxfQ0UkqQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

I'm actually a fan of those old Yamaha 2-op FM synths.

With the 5 sliders they're much more fun to program than a DX7.

  On 4/16/2011 at 1:53 AM, scones to die for said:

I'm actually a fan of those old Yamaha 2-op FM synths.

 

With the 5 sliders they're much more fun to program than a DX7.

Agreed, although I wouldn't really call that "programming".

  On 4/15/2011 at 1:22 PM, MrSparkle666 said:

Casio CZ-101 and Roland CR-8000 only:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD2svLBYIEk

One of these for $50 on my local craigslist right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnelVmOrmLw

Not only do most Jandek songs sound like they were done on cheap equipment, they also tend to sound like whoever made them wouldn't even be able to play a regular song....well, I'm sure he probably could, especially now that he's been releasing albums for three decades, but you get my point.

manitoba (caribou) wrote his first album with "... a shit computer with a really basic sequencer, records, a few different keyboards, a couple guitars, and percussion"

it's not mentioned HOW crap his setup was but judging that he was using a 'shit computer" my guess the rest of his setup for that album was crap as well.

  On 4/17/2011 at 3:33 AM, scones to die for said:

  On 4/15/2011 at 1:22 PM, MrSparkle666 said:

Casio CZ-101 and Roland CR-8000 only:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD2svLBYIEk

One of these for $50 on my local craigslist right now.

That's a great deal. They usually go for over $100 on ebay. Nice little digital Phase distortion synth. I don't know anything else that really sounds like the Casio CZ series, and they have never really been properly emulated in a vst. The factory presets are fucking horrible, though.

  On 4/18/2011 at 12:33 AM, MrSparkle666 said:

  On 4/17/2011 at 3:33 AM, scones to die for said:

  On 4/15/2011 at 1:22 PM, MrSparkle666 said:

Casio CZ-101 and Roland CR-8000 only:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD2svLBYIEk

One of these for $50 on my local craigslist right now.

 

That's a great deal. They usually go for over $100 on ebay. Nice little digital Phase distortion synth. I don't know anything else that really sounds like the Casio CZ series, and they have never really been properly emulated in a vst. The factory presets are fucking horrible, though.

Yeah years back I would've picked it up right away, but now I feel like I have too much gear for how much space I have. I passed up an $80 Ensoniq ESQ-1 for the same reason.