Better sound than I would expect from a portable unit, blows the Deluge out of the water and sounds better than my laptop. I wouldn’t mix on those speakers but for listening and producing they’re fine.
And work nicely as wrist rests.
The portability of the Live is a nice bonus and adding an internal sdd means no cables!
The Hardware Megathread
Auto-meh-geddon
#4160
relic
#4161
Wow. Even in a premium product my instinct would be to be skeptical of onboard speakers. That’s cool they sound so good.
Koldunya
#4162
Yeah I’ve read mostly good things about those speakers.
in other news, still not a word on my S2400, yet.
in other, other news, I have a Decksaver problem lol… Almost all my gear has one. Just think of what else I could have spent the money on XD and then I have to put them some place when using the gear.
My Behringer Acid Duo do not have covers. I found alternative covers made of cloth but they’re not much cheaper than Decksavers… But when I look at something with a Decksaver on it, it makes me happy for some reason XD
Koldunya
#4163
I broke out my EWI 4000S suddenly paranoid it might have leaked batteries, but was pleasantly surprised it powered right on. Upon further inspection it was loaded with 4 Eneloops (NiMH rechargeables of awesome).
Then I was reminded I can’t play it for shit and it’s just a novelty until I do. I’ll have to figure out a fingering to use and… shudders… practice. We’ll see how long that lasts lol…
It was setup and programmed by Patchman Music, a wind synth specialist. It was pretty playable due to that, or something. Hell if I remember anymore. One more to the pile of misfit instruments and oddities I’ve collected over the years 
Auto-meh-geddon
#4164
I would never touch one of those.
In middle school (not sure what this is in the US, age 11/14) we had ‘musical education’ and had to play recorder. That screeching shit ruined wind instruments forever
Koldunya
#4165
LOL one of the possible fingerings (it can be programmed for most wind instruments) is recorder, iirc.
also fuck recorders… they made us do them, too. Hot Crossed Buns! lol…
Thankfully the EWI is completely incapable of shrieking the sound of its people unless you program its synth to do so at extreme breath pressure XD heck, the EWI USB is just a USB controller. the EWI 4000S has an interntal VA synth, I think it’s essentially some Akai VA from a keyboard, and the 5000 is sample-based. Maybe they recorded some shrieks for that one just for a goof, I don’t know.
I can barely get the fingers of both hands to coordinate enough to play piano keys or a bass guitar fingerstyle let alone the notes of a woodwind…
relic
#4167
laughing and crying in “I can’t afford it”
Looks fabulous though. For 1,299 I’d have to consider other options though it does seem feature packed.
chasedobson
#4171
Rode my bike down to get a haircut, an hour wait. Decided to go for a walk, what do you know? A pawn shop.
Hopefully this Arturia Beatstep is worth the $50.
:edit: my thought is - beatstep controls the boog model D for EBM/Techno goodness.
relic
#4173
There is probably no way this comment will come off as me not making fun of people but I’m really not…
SO HERE I GO…
I love when people post their “Old School 90’s Jam” and its made with a wall of complex gear that any producer from the 90’s would have given a kidney to have just one piece of gear from and it doesn’t even sound as good as actual 90’s dance music.
Just tickles me is all. People should have fun and do whatever they want.
canecreek
#4174
i’m not sure what that Soma machine does but i guess it will be weird/experimental, have fun.
canecreek
#4175
Had a wee shuffle and managed to fit a 1210 conveniently where it won’t get knocked about and can be permanently hooked up to the s2400.
Artificer
#4177
I’m so stoked for you. Really thinking about picking one up at some point. Let us know how it does…
