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).
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The MIDI Pile get to 3.0 (with switchable FX BUSSing )
the PILE of rhythm robots gets (yet) another upgrade with even more flexible mixing
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The MIDI Pile V 2.0 gets MIDI controlled Stereo INSERT FX routing…
When it comes to my PILE of rhythm robots, here come new purchases, new methods of routing/mixing, and …new problems
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The PercussioNeuron 3.2 is growing up enough to require a high-chair
Motivation: I’ve spent many months learning how to use the MPC fully as if I’d play it directly with my hands. I’m controlling it less directly with my drumkit, mostly via MIDI, and I’m struggling to effectively exploit all its conncections. Here we review some of the finer points of how I’ve adapted it…