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Is anyone else interested in getting one of these?
I'm serious thinking about saving up to get one.
(after I sell all my old,unused equipment).




* More than 10,000 high-quality sounds
* 15-inch touch screen for hands on control of any software parameter and 2 button touch pad
* Bump MP 4x4 velocity sensitive drum pad interface
* Master Control Panel including transport controls, 4 plus 1 mappable faders, transpose functions and more
* 61-key semi-weighted, synth-action keyboard with after-touch
* Comprehensive I/O capable of up to 24bit/96KHz audio with 4 in / 6 out including 2 phantom-powered mic-preamps with instrument inputs, S/PDIF I/O and MIDI I/O
* Intel® Core™ i3 2.93 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, 500 GB hard drive
* High Speed Dual-Layer CD/DVD burner
* 4 USB 2.0 ports (2 external/2 internal), 1 Firewire 1394 port, 1 DVI Video port, 1 Ethernet port, Internet ready
* External QWERTY keyboard

Nice devices, but not exactly going to rule the world - they've been around a while and have a niche, rnb and hip hop producers such as Teddy Riley love them, but they ain't flying out of the door.

price tag is also quite high as i remember, granted buying all those parts separately (pads, keys, processor, etc.) would probably be more expensive, but not everyone throws down for equipment 5 g's at a time.

Plus, only 5 faders on this model. Does anyone like the idea of an "all-in-one" package with only 5 faders?? Hmm...

jaaaku wrote:Plus, only 5 faders on this model. Does anyone like the idea of an "all-in-one" package with only 5 faders?? Hmm...

Does hip-hop production actually need more than 5?

Every time I see it I think that's a really expansive laptop.

I guess good for people who don't like making music using computers...

But wait, it is a computer

i've got a NeKO TSE, which i am getting upgraded. i love it.
if you are willing to spend, this thing delivers.

What does it do that a lap top and keyboard cant?

How id it 4 times better than a computer (it's 4 tims more expensive)

i am genuinely interested to know. . .

tw1nstates wrote:What does it do that a lap top and keyboard cant?

The hardware chosen for the computer portion is optimized for audio use. It's more like buying a "music PC" from a pro audio vendor than just picking up a Dell at BestBuy.

Anyone who thinks Open Labs stuff is too expensive isn't the target audience.

2GB of ram? that's like digidesign telling you the profile doesn't come with a monitor.

squelcht wrote:

jaaaku wrote:Plus, only 5 faders on this model. Does anyone like the idea of an "all-in-one" package with only 5 faders?? Hmm...

Does hip-hop production actually need more than 5?

1. loop of someone else's music
2. kick sample
3. snare sample
4. your vocal

I count 4! That means you've got one fader left over for anything you want! Crazy!

The Open Labs DBeat is pretty cool though, Live built into one of their boxes with pads and faders, saw a video with Teddy Riley making beats with it in a hotel room

http://www.openlabs.com/dbeat.htm



Only costs $4000 ...

PS - this doesn't include the cost of Live. You have to buy it extra ... it does come with truepianos, reaper, guru, sylenth, wusikstation, and a few more software titles.

They all look ugly.

hah they've got Presonus fireboxes bolted on them

flippo wrote:hah they've got Presonus fireboxes bolted on them

And the faders look like a korg nanokontrol... after all it looks like a case with a custom faceplate to integrate all of your usual gear.