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What are some portable toys that are fun to play with on a plane or on the bus or in the park? Preferably battery operated things you can actually compose on & save work so you can bring the fun home later.
Edit: Updated 5 April. Categorized for easier reading.
Beatbox/Sequencer
*Roland TR505 (zach), 606, 626, 707
*Yamaha QYs - 70 (drewzle), 100? others?
*Zoom MRT-3B (EsromCole)
*Boss DR-202 (EsromCole)
*Akai XR20 (EsromCole)
*Alesis SR18 (EsromCole)
Synth/Sampler
*SK-1, of course. No saving, though. Maybe SK-5 is better.
*SP-404 (Fognozzle)
*Yamaha SU10 (rjtuna)
*Microkorg (rjtuna)
*Yamaha DX100 (rjtuna)
*Korg Kaossilator (EsromCole)
Recorder
*Boss Micro BR
*Korg PXR4 (meatbingo)
*Zoom H2 (besenkopf)
Computer/PDA
*Eee? Other ultraportables? (implied by sweettrip)
*Palm/PocketPC: Tapwave Zodiac 2 (KidQuaalude); TX, T3 (meatbingo) - Bhajis Loops, MilkyTracker
*Sony handheld (collapsicon) - models?
Handheld Consoles + software
*Gameboy - nanoloop, LSDJ
*Gameboy Advance - nanoloop 2
*Nintendo DS - NitroTracker; Daigasso band brothers, the guitar chord one, DS10 - oh yeah that's gonna be sweet - and Elektroplankton (Roshi)
*PSP (strangus) - PSP Rhythm & PSP Kick (clarkq)
*GP2X/GP32 - Little GP Tracker
Mixers, Amps & Etc.
*Pignose amp (rjtuna)
*Turntable (Logo): Numark PT01 (EsromCole)
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Not so cheap/Not [easily] battery powered:
*Roland TB303, 101 (zach)
*MPC500
*Alesis Micron (EsromCole)
*Electribes: ES-1 (meatbingo); EA-1, ER-1 (infradead) | |
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04/03/08
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mlbot
ricemutt said: "maybe it's because you wish you were small too but really you're FAT"
if your name was steakmutt, he would have eaten you for such a rude comment.
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sweettrip
would a small laptop with *blank* software count??? :P
(/me ducks)
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zach
Ooh. Rjtuna, the DX100 was a good one.
The SH-101 needs to make the list of battery-powered awesomeness.
And the TR-505 is fun even though everyone I've ever talked to hates it. I will cover Kate Bush's "Mother Stands For Comfort" all alone and on the go. :P
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mlbot said: " ricemutt said: "maybe it's because you wish you were small too but really you're FAT"
if your name was steakmutt, he would have eaten you for such a rude comment."
actually, I did. that's why he hasn't been commenting. mmm such tasty moobs. whoa I just gained 300 lbs.
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drewzle
Bhajis Loops is amazing - i am still finding new features after 18 months of intense use. i cannot recommend this app enough!!
i also have a QY-70 which is also great. you can use the onboard keys to tap out rhythms, melodies and then edit it all MIDI. there's a bit of a learning curve dealing with MIDI on a small screen with limited controls, but it's worth it
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drewzle, is there a decent wave editor for Palm?
also can you recommend a palm unit with an SD slot that runs off AAs, is good for bhajis and is fairly cheap (whoa, pretty tall order there)?
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on the QY70 tip, here's the site I nabbed the title pic from - good read:
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kinda makes me want one. the guy's mixdown process sounds like a huge pain in the ass. his frustrations seem to parallel those that I had with the RY30, though I imagine such a convenient tool makes one more forgiving.
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jonbro
pushing the pig:
lgpt, works like lsdj, except you can run samples through it and control midi instruments, totally freeking awesome, moments away from version 1.0, but stable as hell.
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jonbro
oh, you already said that in the introductory post. I just need to make sure that everyone hears it loud and clear.
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ricemutt
lol... um, haha...
Ryan and I have a mutual understanding about fatness
he can't eat me because I already ate him
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ricemutt
hey what about yamaha SU-10's???
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zach said: "Ooh. Rjtuna, the DX100 was a good one.
The SH-101 needs to make the list of battery-powered awesomeness.
And the TR-505 is fun even though everyone I've ever talked to hates it. I will cover Kate Bush's "Mother Stands For Comfort" all alone and on the go. :P"
why do people hate the 505????
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zach
I think cause the 505 doesn't have editable sounds, it doesn't have volume knobs or sliders for the individual sounds, and it only has L and R outs.
My perspective is tainted by it being my first hardware drum machine, but I like its simplicity. It was really nice to have it (running on batteries) to take to family stuff and just hide out, downstairs making patterns rather than... like... spending time with family.
(And - totally OT from the portable/battery discussion - running it through an Electro-Harmonix Microsynth is super fun.)
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the 505 actually seems really sweet. I understand it's the same, er, engine, as the 626 which I have been missing since it mysteriously disappeared - I never used those extra outs anyway.
zach, did/do you like using it by itself? I concur about running drum machines through bass synths, it's so fun to freak those things out. I also enjoyed running the 626 through a pitchshifter<->delay loop.
04/04/08
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sonys hand held pc computer range, so any pc music software you want
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