I think I want one of these PO things. Yesterday I saw a kid play on one of them. The kid didn't do much, just mash some buttons. But these videos are amazing.
I don't really understand the difference between the PO-12, PO-14, PO-20, PO-24, PO-35.
These little videos are amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_118tFJZB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAXJMJaFHzY
To think that I'm still doodling with the Animoog app on my iPad and not getting anything done. Now I can buy gadgets and not get anything done! #synth #chiptunes #po
Yesterday, I've been playing around with the PO-35 and made two or three patterns which I liked. Today I've installed VCV Rack, an open-source virtual modular synthesizer.It looks super fancy! Sadly, it doesn't sound very impressive. I had more fun with the simple tool. So I guess modular synthesis is not in my immediate future. I feel like I've just rejected the Emacs of music and opted for some sort of notepad++ or so. Less features, easier to get into, but not growing with you over the years?
@kensanata I wonder what would be the vim of music.
@kensanata Hmm, that would explain why I choose the tinwhistles and the ocarinas...
@deshipu learning the alto recorder (Alt Blockflöte) is still on my todo list. It always peters out. Perhaps a new set of pieces to play in a different style would help? Irish folk music or something like that.
@kensanata I can really recommend the Irish tin whistle as the simplest instrument to learn on the planet. Also the six-hole ocarina, which is similar, but easier to transport and has nicer sound. I recently got myself a renaissance fife, and I'm trying to learn to play it, but the embouchure is super-difficult for me.
@kensanata Just beware of the Compulsive Tinwhistle Acquisition Disorder!
