Motivation The more I use and study MIDI (usually in that order), the more I enjoy it. A decade or… Read more exciting progress and prototype- demos of MIDI gear from German innovators Future Artist
Category: product reviews
As electronic music instruments get more complex,
they create workflow(s), psychology, and even handicaps
in our relationship to express music through them.
I lose sleep about what these toys really CAN or CANNOT do,
While I’ve studied operation manual and feature-sets of more music gear than I (will ever) afford,
I assert the most pointed scrutiny on what I (have) own(ed).
My OctaTrack ideas, after 2 years
after 2 years of flirtation and experimentation with the Elektron OctaTrack, I check in a to share my thoughts and ideas.
Alesis SamplePad Pro: thoughts and application of features
Personal experience, feature comparison, and other product-review thoughts on the Alesis SamplePad Pro, the newest (and cheapest) self-contained electronic percussion pad that supports using your your own sound files.
Review of Korg MS-1 “MicroSampler” for a tool for creative warfare
review of Korg MS-1 MicroSampler; exploring usability, some hidden features, and the psychology of a “secrete weapon” sampler.
thoughts on looping with the RC-202
The following is derived from various posts I made over at Electronauts forum. Get Looping ! I bought the RC-202… Read more thoughts on looping with the RC-202
Thoughts on the OctaTrack (after a year)
The OT’s place…within the larger evolution of the “live-groovebox” control Swedish electronic music-instrument maker Elektron gets (and deserves) a reputation… Read more Thoughts on the OctaTrack (after a year)
Updated drum hardware (products) for cymbal mount toppers
I try various store-bought alternatives to the taped-together one-piece cymbal mounts explored in a previous post.
Perhaps my idea made its way up the corporate ladder…
THE PILE gets an OctaTrack
the PILE of rhythm robots now has an dedicated, even-more-powerful looper/sampler/effector, in the Elektron OctaTrack !
more on THE PILE
the PILE of rhythm robots gets (yet) another upgrade with even more flexible mixing
…latest progress on THE PILE
When it comes to my PILE of rhythm robots, here come new purchases, new methods of routing/mixing, and …new problems
