It's fun, and it's an instrument I've wanted for years (but it didn't exist). I have a DrumKAT, and I've tried many other MPC-style pads, but none of them is sensitive enough to play with your fingers or fast enough to pick up buzz rolls. As a result, I never use them - because there's no point in it rather than just tapping on the piano keys. (I played orchestral percussion back in the day.)
Because it's small enough just to sit on my desk out of the way, the BopPad is also useful for my "new" Logic Pro X sequencing technique: playing a part in, then tapping in a groove track to "quantize" it to.
And here I thought it was going to be the Stream Decks!
And a fraction of the price of a plugin or library and feeds the family!
Since I got into this whole DAW mess I prepare my own food.
You too, are a man of culture, I see.Sometimes I splurge on Ramen.
Sometimes I splurge on Ramen.
A bunch of vintage synths I’ve wanted for a long time, but far and away the best investment I’ve made in years: a pair of PMC IB1S monitors. I’ve never heard a pair of speakers that made me cry until now. I can’t believe what I’ve been missing all these years.
I don't much care for those Launchpad things.Sometimes I splurge on sliced beets.
I have my eye on this, which looks very tempting (and I very much liked their walkthroughs). The only thing keeping me from doing it is that I'm drowning in string libraries (but can one ever have enough?)—and I'm also thinking about Ark 4 and maybe the new Spitfire Brass. Problem is I don't really need the Spitfire Brass either, and I still have no idea what Ark 4 will add (aside from POWER LEGATO).If I hadn’t picked up Light and Sound chamber strings last year for $150, it would surely be on my 2018 list at its current $120. Looking forward to hearing more from L&S.
Yes! Even if you play well and have a great sounding guitar, it's quite another matter to make a great recording.Orange Tree Evolution Steel Strings. I've never owned a high quality sampled guitar before.
This may sound counter-intuitive (and like blasphemy to some). But as a life long guitar player, it's been very liberating to be able to program realistic sounding guitar parts.