Comments on: Poll: Which Mobile Music Platforms Do You Care About?

By: the-common-grouqr5

the-common-grouqr5 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:12:55 +0000

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By: B.C. Thunderthud

B.C. Thunderthud — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:12:55 +0000

I voted “I couldn’t care less” because I think any coverage you feel like offering is fine. I have zero interest in VJ’ing and hardly any more in Live but I understand that other people find it interesting.

I use chocopoolp on Palm, I spend a lot of time on the train and I’d have my Palm with me anyway but it’s really a very good program (and cheap). Much better than the trackers I was using ten years ago and for the time being miles better (in most respects) than anything I’ve seen for the iPhone (although I’ll be keeping an eye on things, with the right software the Touch could be very appealing). Sure, I rarely finish anything in a 40 minute train ride but then I rarely finish anything in FruityLoops either but I hardly feel that it’s time wasted.

Consider also that my used Palm + chocopoolp cost less than my PadKontrol and I’m not going to carry a laptop everywhere for a calendar, a subway/street map, a sudoku game and some occasional music making.

By: Richard Caceres

Richard Caceres — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:45:40 +0000

Let’s not forget that portable devices also make great external interfaces for controlling laptops and other devices.

Recall http://www.frankwillems.com/gig-rig/old_gig-rig9.html or http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/12/10/control-pro-tools-with-an-iphone-or-ipod-touch/

By: poopoo

poopoo — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:42:29 +0000

@peter Most definitely cliches but you get my point. Thanks for the heads up, it would seem I’m still a nerd aspiring to be a nerdster and dreaming of being a nerdstar.

By: Lsd25

Lsd25 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:00:30 +0000

I realy appreciate all the iphone coverage and all the moble music makers. I think that what is going on lately may be equlivant to the type of change when VST and Rebirth came out.

Appreciate all your great coverage.

By: wheat

wheat — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:47:20 +0000

I’m interested in all of it. Most of the time I’m working with a laptop or a desktop machine (using Ableton Live). But I have an iPod touch now, so I’m really curious about ways to make music on that. I may only use it when I’m stuck in traffic. But, even then, I’d enjoy having the ability.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:21:40 +0000

poopoo: There a thin line between cool and cliche in your examples. But the word I think you're looking for is "nerdster." ;) CDM = nerdsters explanation

By: poopoo

poopoo — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:16:03 +0000

Slippage, there is a distinct possibility you are a nerd.

Here is how it break down for people who don’t go to sites like CDM…

Rocking out on fender strat and a marshall stack = cool
playing house records on a technics record player = cool
poking your nintendo ds with a stylus while on the DC subway = nerd

By: slippage

slippage — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:26:59 +0000

@phattfoniks, man am I glad I read through these before posting because I would have probably said 90% of what you just did. I have used nitrotracker in the same way un the DC subway (@plurgid ;) which is where I have been using my DS-10 everyday recently.

I am hearing a lot of the arguments coming from naysayers re fidelity and sound quality, but the limitations of the device (not to mention the built in kaoss pad) are what allow me to pick it up and get creative. Pro audio tools are nice for the end result but you can end up drowning in a sea of effects and processing before you even get one melody.

I can’t imagine this mobile thing being a geek trend because I have always fantasized about mobile music making since the boss sp-202 but never got on board with that (for good reasons). I even bought a 606 because it was battery powered but that isn’t really commuting oriented. I never got in to LSDJ but I was in on Nitrotracker v1.0 but that was a little too laggy. Finally with the new nitrotracker ver and DS 10 and all the PSP apps I feel like the scene is really coming to where it should be where I can actually go sit on a bench at lunch and crank something out that I can bop my head to and feel accomplished as I go back to my documents and spreadsheets.

By: piezo

piezo — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:39:38 +0000

you can’t blame the mobile apps for the results, can you? most of the music produced with pro software on real computers is just as boring as the latest retro-tracker piece. really depends on the user. and they’re not just geeks, these toy-apps are also used by people who would otherwise not create digital music at all.

i’d agree on circuit bending though. at least the bent circuits i heared were always the same super low-res samples bent in a way that the sampling frequency is varied. that’s indeed a little narrow, not just in sound but the entire concept.