OP-1
Sorry....I don't need a speak and spell sequencer or cow body parts as FX parameters to write music, it actually gets in the way.....
For $250 I wouldn't even think about it, but at that price........I had to look myself in the mirror and admit: "You got worked son!"
Oh, and whoever is dissing the Akai analog line of recent ill-repute, I love that stuff....and I don't need a "It's a great MIDI keyboard" excuse to justify it either (It's actually NOT so that's a lame excuse to begin with)......I love it because I LIKE THE WAY IT SOUNDS.......... deal with it.
Wait......y'know what sucked? The Elektron Analog Keys, It fried a USB port in my computer, all while sounding exceedingly average.
I'm looking around the studio......I dunno, I went through a phase when I got rid of all the stuff that I didn't jive with......I remember THINKING the JD-XI was a piece of crap, I actually called Roland and bitched at them
(Sorry Roland, you were right I was wrong, it's not a piece of crap, it's actually awesome)
Well, I'm not sure I'd call it a piece of crap.....but the thing that I've held onto that just doesn't get used?
Octatrack
And yes, I did put in the time to learn it, it's just really convoluted in way that takes the focus off the music you are making and puts it on the Octatrack, suddenly you're not pulling out some gear to work up a great Idea, you are setting aside time to "Use the Octatrack" always bumping into its lame limitations (no they aren't "inspiring" they suck) and making the music fit the workflow, it should be the other way around.
I need to sell that piece of crap
Oh, and you know what else didn't impress me? The Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators, Everything Korg did right with the Volcas and Monotrons T.E did wrong with the P.O's
I remember there was one where you could only write music in the key of C.........That's when I realized it was just hipster-baiting fluff.....and I got baited
Live and learn
I DIDN'T like the RC 505 sorry, too many tracks, that takes me out of the loping composition mindset and puts me into the multi-track mindset, and If I'm multi-tracking, I'm going to need things to sound a hell of a lot better than the 505......But I LOVE the 202, excellent songwriting device, vastly superior to the 505 in my books