Musician and sound designer Jim Stout talks about some of his favorite tools for sound design, including the Open Labs NeKo and the Korg Kaoss Pad.
via designingsound
Musician and sound designer Jim Stout talks about some of his favorite tools for sound design, including the Open Labs NeKo and the Korg Kaoss Pad.
via designingsound
NB: Musician and sound designer AND Open Labs employee. He's in their sales video.
Nice piece of furniture that thing.
Not sure I get it though: it's a Windows PC with some control surfaces (touch screen and some MIDI? knobs, pads etc) and (I'm sure) a nice mutlichannel soundcard. What more is it?
Oh, it's closed, all warranties voided if you open the casing to fix/upgrade some part.
Both base systems and upgrade options seem to cost about 3x similar parts at the computer shop next door. There's a custom VST host and recording software. Maybe that's the magic?
no magic. all hype. its a bulky unattractive box that houses the very same parts that you can buy for 1/3 the price.
Some company should make a P.C. case and powersupply that houses all the components, then let user choose their own parts. I'm someone could stuff a mac mini into an old keyboard for even cheaper.
Yes, the EX5 is my favorite tool for music production, too.
But wait, my EX5 was made by Yamaha …
Yeah, too old, but it still shines.
I have this recurring thought: Combine the touch screen that is stuffed away because I don't have any use for it and the old Roland keyboard with broken sound generation and a Mac mini (which, sadly, I would have to buy) into a nice self contained sampling keyboard or whatever which could be used on stage instead of a keyboard + computer + audio interface. Maybe someday I'll do that …
I can't imagine who's willing to spend so much money on this PC-keyboard thing. I mean, you'll get a Yamaha Motif XS 8 (or any other top-notch workstation) + a nice PC + some software tools for the same price.