Jerker....Again and again!!

Willyum · Post by **Willyum** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:36 am

well, it's cool, but I'm a little concerned cause I'm shipping my 25 in for repairs already....it's having problems staying on even with it plugged in the wall...and my lowest key clicks a lot with the aftertouch.....while I'm at it, the black keys dont respond well to .....um....glicendoes (when you slide the back of your hand up the keyboard) on the 61 unless I do it hard. but regular play seems fine. I'm sure it's just a matter if ironing out the wrinkles of the first few shipments.

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:04 pm

Looks cool, but I don't know if I could work with such a small area, my current desk is like 3 times that lenght and 2 times as deep (Old custom desk I picked up used)

conny · Post by **conny** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:08 pm

I got the desk at least.
According to your subject line, that is the most important part of the set up

// C

Patch · Post by **Patch** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:19 pm

I can't find the bolt on shelves on the ikea (uk) website - anybody got a catalogue number or something???

kineticUk · Post by **kineticUk** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:22 pm

I like that setup...and the three monitors look class.
Nice one.

M. Bréqs · Post by **M. Bréqs** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:37 pm

tjwett wrote:Jerker fan here as well. I got fed up with having the QWERTY keyboard on the underside of the desk, makes it a bitch to play a MIDI keyboard up top. So I recently mounted the slideout keyboard option above to the bottom of the top shelf. Way better for playing. *Note the Ableton Live 1.0 box down below.

TJ, how do you like the FIZMO? I've always wanted to experiment with one of those things, I hear they're friggin amazing for sonic morphs and stuff.

pulsoc · Post by **pulsoc** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:04 pm

Patch wrote:I can't find the bolt on shelves on the ikea (uk) website - anybody got a catalogue number or something???

+1 plz what are they called?

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:19 pm

M. Bréqs wrote:TJ, how do you like the FIZMO? I've always wanted to experiment with one of those things, I hear they're friggin amazing for sonic morphs and stuff.

oh man, holy shit you have no idea. it's just plain insane. i'm sort of an Ensoniq fanboy so my opinion might be a little biased but in my experience (had i for a few years now) it's simply thee ultimate hardware pad machine. 48 poly with 8 oscilators at a time and that juicy ass Ensoniq filter. they are getting harder to find all the time as the earlier models had a sort of catastrophic defect in the power unit so a lot of them just drop dead. mine's from the last production batch which don't have the problem. the ideal score would be a Fizmo rack, those are pretty rare. i think they only made a few hundred. truth is the keyboard takes up a shitload of space so its not that practical in a "modern" setup but i honestly cannot find its sonic equal in software so i'll probably never let it go. if you can find one in good shape i'd say you would be doing yourself a disservice not to grab it up, if you're into pads and atmospheres etc. of course as that's where it does best. and just because it's fresh in my mind; i got to play with the new Roland SH201 at the store yesterday and i'll be damned if that thing didn't sound pretty farkin cool! i typically hate Roland and hate new hardware synths and "virtual analogs" but that thing was really singing. not a bad deal for the $500 range.

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:20 pm

Patch wrote:I can't find the bolt on shelves on the ikea (uk) website - anybody got a catalogue number or something???

here they are on the US site. i just did a search for "jerker" on the main page to find it.

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s ... ctId=47269

i think it's just called Jerker add-on Shelf. hope that helps.

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:24 pm

Willyum, nice setup. are you using the sub unit with those Blue Skys? i've been eyeballing those for a while now but the 2.1 thing makes me nervous. just curious about how people are using a sub for "regular" productions.

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:38 pm

Willyum..that kicks ass

i use the lowest shelf to kep my drinks at a safe level!

Patch · Post by **Patch** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:05 pm

Okay - mike holiday - I see you have a turntable mounted on the main shelf. Does the Jerker move/wobble/vibrate at all when (if you do) you scratch?

I've never been happy with floor standing tables for my decks - is the Jerker stable enough for scratching/turntablism?

(I'm not holding my breath here - but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised..)

dave dominey · Post by **dave dominey** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:32 pm

Surreal · Post by **Surreal** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:47 pm

Is the jerker sturdy and stable enough for an 88 key keyboard?

M. Bréqs · Post by **M. Bréqs** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:56 pm

Surreal wrote:Is the jerker sturdy and stable enough for an 88 key keyboard?

It's sturdy enough to sit on, so I would assume so.