You're probably not paying for materials alone here. Although the quality of the materials of Push 1 and even more so Push 2 is impressive I hear.MArc75_RLP wrote:You can purchase a oled display for 30bugs from every electronic dist, use google.
That hole scrap is a array of buttons and knobs and a display, i guess material costs max. 50-100€.
And compare a midi controller with a stand alone synth sampler, sorry no idea...
You're paying for R&D (which Push obviously received a metric ton of) and for quality. The tolerance margins and overall build quality of Push is insane compared to other MIDI controller, the only thing coming even close are boutique controllers like the Linnstrument and those cost even more.
Even though it technically is. I don't consider Push to be "just another MIDI controller". It's twice as expensive as a comparable "standard" MIDI controller like the MPD or Launchpad series but it's also easily twice as qualitative. It's no different than buying a car or a watch costing alot more for technically the same thing.
The only true question is, is it worth it to you?
It definitely is. IMHO if you mainly make music on your computer Push is the last purchase you'll ever need. I'd much rather spend a couple hundred € for a controller that's incredibly well-made and thought-out, almost like a high-end musical instrument indeed, and specifically tailored for the software I use everyday, like a literal extension of it, than getting another boring analogue synth or hardware reverb unit but that's just me.
Unstable tuning and patch cables never go out of fashion right.