A Call For Humor!

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[Ropeburn]

 

[Ropeburn]

My favorite synth, a tiny thing from 1991 that could deploy samples in some subcompact form—I think there was a lo-fi 4 second loop or a lower fi 8 second loop. If you want those samples to sound even worse use the built-in microphone. Also; cheezy piano and synth noises:


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Casio SA-5 Home Keyboard Information, Specifications and Resources

Information, specifications and resources about the Casio SA-5 Home Keyboard

pianoandsynth.com

Aw man, the SA and SK lines are legendary, precisely because of the sampler!

 

[jkasch]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032426399986815219

 

[Ropeburn]

Speaking of Casio samplers, they presented this at NAMM:

Hehe. Of course Akai seemed to have gotten cold feet and immediately announced this, awfully fitting above "reissues are tiny" posts...

"MPC Sample" obviously made for ants. MPC 60 for size comparison in the very ad... lmao

 

[Soandso]

 

[Ropeburn]

 

[Ropeburn]

 

[mhardy6647]

This seems just so right for so many reasons.
In the perfect world: if you're not familiar with Questionable Content, please don't ask me to contextualize this for you.
Please just accept that Moray is a sentient AI who is made out of some sort of very high-tech goo and let it go at that.

source: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5784

 

[Mnyb]

Dear good those mail order “synths” that very copies of the real things always came with a “bossa nova “ button in 1980’s

 

[jkasch]

 

[jkasch]

 

[thewas]

 

[Soandso]

 

[respice finem]

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With today's prices, the next pictogram may be inspired by this

 

[Karmacoma]

 

[Ropeburn]

With today's prices, the next pictogram may be inspired by this

Americans still have it good though, way better than they realise. Current price is 2.07€ the liter here in Germany (E10), at current exchange rate that's just about 9$ the US gallon.

 

[Philbo King]

Americans still have it good though, way better than they realise. Current price is 2.07€ the liter here in Germany (E10), at current exchange rate that's just about 9$ the US gallon.

In 2006, it was 6.75/ liter in Aruba, about $26/gallon.
Of course the whole island is about 10 miles long...

 

[respice finem]

In 2006, it was 6.75/ liter in Aruba, about $26/gallon.
Of course the whole island is about 10 miles long...

Reminds me of a very old Scottish joke: Two men, one complaining "damn, the gas price is through the roof again". The other one: "but you don't have a car, do you?" Answer: "but I got a lighter"

 

[jkasch]

Mathematically ideal body.