I’m a fan of grooveboxes and other do-it-all gear. It gets me away from the computer and lets me focus on just making music, and typically there’s some kind of limitation to force creativity.

Here’s what I’ve got.

  • Roland Verselab MV-1
  • Akai Force
  • Synthstrom Deluge
  • Sonicware SmplTrek
  • Roland SH-4d (though I technically use this one solely as a synth module, but still)

Bonus points if you’ve got tracks you want to share! Like I made this track on a Maschine+ and then mixed in post in Logic. https://soundcloud.com/ndguardian/dreams-of-loss

  • ndguardianOPMAEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Nice! The OP-Z is such a fun piece of gear once you figure it out. Only thing I wasn’t a fan of was the case warping issue that led to double triggers and stuff.

    As a guitar player, what do you think of the isomorphic keyboard on the Deluge? I’m not a guitar player, but I always hear that guitar players tend to like it because it’s similar to a guitar layout. I know I personally enjoy it.

    • BetoAEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Yeah, I have 2 OP-Zs… the first one is warped and the second one has popping encoders and double triggers. And both make a click-click-click noise every few minutes. But I still love them, and I have used them to perform live, regardless of all the quality issues.

      I like the isomorphic keyboard layout, it’s definitely easier coming from guitar! Lately I’ve been using a Linnstrument as my main controller, and it feels natural to play when I use the guitar tuning. Earlier this year I used it with the Surge XT synth for a song, and it was a lot of fun.