At the minute pretty much the only hardware I own is the Roland SP505 sampler (poor mans MPC). Yeah, its cool and it has some good features but it takes soooo long to do anything. When you first turn it own and hit the sampling button it seems to take nearly a complete of minutes to ready itself to record. Those two minutes are the most inspiration stealing minutes ever. Basically, if i wanted to record a sample, cut it up and add effects, depending on how large the file is could take take anything from 15 minutes to an hour! The same thing I can do in ableton in just minutes!
So why do I keep wanting to buy more samplers? I think its just the mystique of creating and performing music without a computer. I dont wanna start the whole software vs hardware thing again but why cant I just leave it alone?
I feel you man, samplers are amazing to use, but I can't figure out why. My mpc has a broken screen atm, can't wait to get it back up and get back on it.
ReplyDeleteA more intimate and interactive experience rather than just clicking with a mouse, thats why i prefer hard synths over vsts. Although i still have an obscene amount plugins, more than i would ever need or use.
ReplyDeleteI find software easier to control, but it's easy to get creative with hardware, and let's be honest here: hardware looks awesome
ReplyDeletehardware is MUCH more fun than twisting shit on a screen. for absolutly no real reason, it feels more like your making music if you can touch and twist shit with your fingers.
ReplyDeletereally want to get some hardware, just for pure enjoyment of making nice noise.
ReplyDeleteanyone used a doepfer dark energy? was thinking of getting one when i got some cash together.
Check DaMuseBlog out shortly, have a rambling post that addresses this issue, from a repentant gear whore's perspective.
ReplyDeleteI would love to get some hardware but don't really know much about it and where to start.
ReplyDeleteThe sound is just so warm and nice with analogue gear.