17 SYNTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED: Worst thing about DAWLESS? My Dream Synth! MIXER or AUDIO INTERFACE?!

[@BoBeats]

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[@zm6658]

This is the content I’m here for. Down to earth, approachable, without trying too hard. Bo: straight, no chaser. Nice work

[@duskbeats9306]

The Deluge’s arranger mode is pretty good - and visual - and is a helpful way to get from loops to songs.

[@joshuareavis4401]

I respect your opinions and insight so much. It means a lot to me that you do what you do. Even as a complete stranger, you are so incredibly relatable to us… I hopefully await many years and videos to come… thank you bo

[@BoBeats]

Thank you ♥️

[@_P_M_]

It's good that these channels are remaining independent and not being paid by manufacturers for positive reviews. It's surprising there isn't more 'payola' happening to generate more hype around certain products. Maybe it's because there are so many more channels doing reviews? When I got started you had to rely on reviews in Keyboard or Electronic Musician. Much better today.

[@BoBeats]

In general synth companies just arnt warm to the idea of paying. And I am totally fine with channels who want payment for their time/skill. Ive just found it doesnt feel good to me to have that for every video. One or two now and then maybe.

[@syntheon]

gave my circuit OG to my boy - never saw it again in my studio :p another open & honest vid, Bo - keep it up!

[@DrMuse-on2dx]

Thanks Bo, I like your personable side. The video you did several years ago about being a creative person comes to mind. It helped me get through some questions about myself. Thanks again for that one.

[@BoBeats]

Thanks!! Might start making such videos again :-)

[@OscillatorSink]

Hands-on-Synth-Impersonal -Vidjo-Crew REPRESENT

[@BoBeats]

We need to see some more of your good looks and locks!

[@felixbohmann]

if considering the tascam multitracking mixers, please be cautious of the differences between the model 12 and the model 24. the 24‘s aux sends CAN NOT be switched to be post-fader, which makes it hard to use as fx sends. (it seems to be focussed at being used as a cue bus). the model 12 can be switched.

[@mauchkimberly]

Useful ty.

[@TheSzyko]

Lovely video! Stay as you are Bo, you’re an amazing person. I literally talked to a friend about the Push 3 seconds before I watched your video. Would love to get one, the Push 2 is already powerful.

[@_EightySix]

What? You had me going for a second. Push 3 is a myth, change my mind!

[@TheSzyko]

@@_EightySix I talked to a friend about it, but it’s not confirmed yet. I am pretty sure they’re working on it tho.

[@ohjainam]

Congratulations on getting 100k subscribers!

[@geertmaertens7372]

Thanks for all this - I definitely learned to appreciate your style over the years. While I was first just looking for something and then your video didn't fit, now I can say I am more relaxed and open to enjoy your content!

[@pianoyam]

I agree that the personal touch is the way to go. Loopop is pretty much the only "faceless" channel I regularly watch, since his videos go so in-depth (he's great!). Your presentation style struck me from the beginning as particularly compelling. There's such a positive vibes feeling, that it immediately felt like a warm blanket with hot cocoa on a dreary winter day. It all came together and made perfect sense when I learned of your history as a therapist; I had been thinking maybe you had experience as a TV host or something (but not the cheesy kind...)

[@BoBeats]

Thank you for sharing! ♥️

[@s.fleming2441]

I have the Soundcraft 22 mtk, and it has changed my life! imagine never unplugging and rerouting synths because they mostly all fit on your mix. there is a known overheating bug with this, but after a year I've never seen it. but it seems to come to those who are used to leaving their mixers on for a week or never shutting it off. apparently, that was normal in the 90s ish era and older. but I just turn mine off when not using it and it's fine. I also agree about Maschine, I've tried explaining this to friends, but it doesn't quite get understood how good their organization game is in Maschine. it makes it really easy to find things and just play around. you always make something kind of neat with a small amount of experience.

[@luminousbrilliance1711]

Heya Bo! Just good to see you man! Thanks for posting! From Oregon! 🙂

[@Ast3rixMusic]

Dawless is a challenge. I have been doing that with the akai force and while it offers many outstanding features getting use to the workflow of using its arranger to complete songs has definitely been interesting. I can’t say that it fully mimics Ableton workflow but it does a good job and it is close to it. I still complete songs faster in Ableton but find that having access to a dawless setup has pushed me into limitations which have forced me to use more creative ways to make simple things. It’s sometimes beneficial to experience the journey to change your perspective.

[@KristianWontroba]

Your polyphonic modular patch sounds amazing!

[@pfmmodule5144]

Fun video. My polyphonic/sampler/sequencer is a combo: Prophet X with Octatrack. Prophet X has digital oscillators but sure sounds analog.

[@AveragePicker]

I picked up a tascam 12 and was really surprised. It’s a bit quirky and I hadn’t planned to use the SD card recording option but turned out I gravitated straight to it and it fit my workflow really well.

[@fasttalking]

Thanks Bo for this Q&A. Do you think it would be possible you to make a video about mixers and how to use them with external effects? Pro and cons, do and don't. Because we like synths but sometimes it's nice to see where these are also connected to and how

[@zobbizobba2088]

i LOVE the model:sample, maybe because i'm a newbie but it's the best tool i've bought so far : it's fast, easy, and sound good !

[@mode7beats]

I love the idea of a new push, especially a standalone one. On the other hand, I’m on the fence because I JUST finally got a push 2, lol. It would also be amazing if Ableton were to make a mobile port with a handoff-type feature, but know there’s probably a very good reason why they’ve never tried breaking into the mobile space.

[@KordTaylor]

I just wish there was a mixer with an ADAT out still. Then it could feed an audio interface with an ADAT in and it's all seen as one interface in the DAW.

[@peterknowles3198]

The first chords you play on the Polybrute are just glorious. Your presentations are welcoming, honest accessible and you give out a wealth of knowledge in a way that is not complicated to a novice such as myself. An excellent job. Cheers Bo

[@JessFromSquareOne]

Great Q&A video :) My two cents: 02:43 I find the MC-707 not so bad at creating arrangements. It has a pretty decent flexibility to organize clips with Scenes and Clip chaining - the LCD screen helps. Conversely I find it much more painful to do that with the very popular KeyStep Pro (if we were to compare their sequencing capabilities). 03:10 Presonus ARc12c is an USB Audio interface capable analog mixer that can be used to record multitrack on a computer via USB, and can also record on an SD card (but only the 2ch Main Mix).

[@californiadeathworm8143]

The funny thing with the whole DAWless debate is that I never really got my head around them, but was able to start writing and arranging in the MPC One very quickly. It’s wonderful that there are so many options out there these days.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I think hybrids probably the best way but make your gear able to control everything both physical and soft synths with the computer screan off.

[@californiadeathworm8143]

@@HOLLASOUNDS it’s funny that what I ended up feeling most comfortable with is basically a DAW in a box. I’m just glad things like this exist now. When I stopped paying attention to synthesizers in about 2008 I thought I’d never be able to get anything but a midi controller for a laptop again. Come back in 2020 and it’s a wealth of fun hardware. I’m so happy I came back to music in this time.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@californiadeathworm8143 Honestly I have Reason 12, Abalten 11, MPC Beats but My best music comes from the 2007 Reason 4, it's more simple and so easy and fast for Me to make 90% of My music from there. I have about £2000 worth of physical sythersizors but there not actually necessary. Your a modern MPC user which is cool but I actually see several big youtubers using the MPC X with the MPC beats software which essentially means there just using the MPC X as a midi controller. I think if people are using the new MPC devices with there PC software then it's a waste of money. £1400 for MPC X VS £340 for the MPK249 for the identical functions and work flow.

[@mr_floydst]

07:46 Pareidolia - the ability of humans to see faces in almost everything because we are HARDWIRED to recognize human faces as quickly as possible in the most chaotic of visual circumstances. Of course putting your face on a thumbnail will capture our attention most. It's the most logical thing to do to market one's content, and when putting in the work to create a high quality video, you don't want it to be unseen. It's a strange thing to hate on by "synth elitists".

[@aernan]

I like your incite into the Push. I have gone partially dawless/modular and I would love a daw in a box with a tiny screen mostly because recording/editing/arranging is not something I can see happening in a modular.

[@foryou2728]

Nice video Bo! I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts about the m8 tracker. I’ve been wanting a truly portable synth since I sold my OPZ. The opz is fun and interesting but I felt like it was kind of clunky and limiting in a not great way for me. The m8 looks super open for exploration, but I’ve never used a tracker before. Hoping to see some good explainer videos pop up!

[@Deaphdot1]

Grab renoise and give trackers a go. I've been trying to grab an M8 forever. Hard to get. They do have a free headless option which lets you use your computer and a $30 arduino. You could give it a try and see the flow. If you do get an m8 and dont gel with it. You could probably flip it in a day

[@foryou2728]

@@Deaphdot1 thanks for letting me know about renoise! The headless project looks cool but the main reason I’m interested is for our and about use to fill in small bits of time. I feel like I kind of understand the tracker flow and it is appealing to me. The part I’m struggling with is the lack of keyboard. I’m wondering if it feels like your playing ball programming. Everything I’ve had to this point has been playable and I’ve enjoyed that.

[@Deaphdot1]

@@foryou2728 Yeah I fully understand what you mean. I actually grabbed a headless. and a USB keypad to create the muscle memory. It works surprisingly well. I set it up just like the buttons on the M8 and it gets faster and faster every time I use it. When I can bag a real one it will be a straight lateral move.

[@DerSteven23]

Congratulations to 100k subscriber! :)

[@fromgreetings]

Those guys are right. Being likable is clickbait. They are true underground geniuses. Whoever they are.

[@Emily_M81]

I agree with Maschine and preset integration. As long as it's NI Expansions, it is an experience second to none. And that is my only gripe with my Maschine+ in stand alone; I have to spend time tagging everything of my own because of how NI set up browsing the User area of the SD card. It's not tragic, but I do wish it had Akai's level of integration regarding 3rd party expansions; installed right along with them and browsable just as easily. All that said, there's a lot of great sounds from NI and Expansion sales happen regularly enough that building a large library of them isn't too hard on the bank account. I actually kept a list/spreadsheet of what came with each version of Komplete, Maschine, and what I was going to purchase with the $9/99 off, all the vouchers NI was giving out for the Plus, etc lol. I managed to not overlap much at all and made out like a bandit... Lol the recorder, they make you do that in Sweden, too? I remember getting a recorder for music class XD My first hardware box was a DX-200 I bought used for less than $200. My longest eurorack patch was one that stayed patched for at least over a year because I was not using my gear at all. I don't think that counts lol... As far as synth elitism, it seems a lot smaller than in the guitar community, in my experience. I've encountered more massive egos among guitarists than synthesists, overall >_> thanks for sharing.

[@BoBeats]

Thank you for sharing! I too agree that egos arnt as big in our scene. Its generally more chill. Its mostly elitism about like what brand is best or what filter type is superior. Which, to be honest isn’t all that bad compared to how people act in other areas of life.

[@Emily_M81]

@@BoBeats lol and NI sends out an email this morning for another 9/$99 XD too funny...

[@_B.C_]

My dream synth is a boutique JP8000… but I’ve been incepting that idea to Roland for years. For now my ju-06 will be its place holder.

[@dannydecanhas3743]

The Akai force is basically a portable push 2. You can use Ableton files, arrange full songs, record vocals over it and everything. Has CV/gate and midi inputs allowing you to use it and your main sequencer for all of your synths. And so much more. Hands down the best piece of gear I have bought to date. You should really check it out.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

That's what I thought.

[@billybartcody3591]

Maschine is amazing for sketching out songs quickly. Integrates well with hardware synths too.

[@ToreHansen]

I had expensive studio in the 90s, last two years a Arturia midi keyoard that I love and rounded 500 VST's this week and largeste amounts is free and sound bonkers like Vital, Synthmaster 2 player and Spitfire Audio Labs. Not much money, but still fun fun fun... Great video!

[@fldrummerman]

This was a great one!

[@benjaminbrodie9801]

Nice job Bo! Enjoyed the video. Cheers!

[@DocBolus]

Agree with what you say about the difference between buying what you need and buying 'vanity' items. I think it is a hole we fall into too easily.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I have spent over £1500 for the gear for a Dawless set up and a year later still not actually anywhere nere going Dawless or computerless. I'm going to stop buying gear now and just go Hybrid set up. I'll have everything running through Abalten in a way that allows the screan to turn off but still control everything.

[@user-dt9kk6sg8z]

Great video! Thanks! I would love to see more budget-friendly content, as I can usually only afford around 200€ a year on gear, as music is not my main hobby at the moment. I'm sure there's many others like me. Currently I plan to get a model:cycles, I understand it's a good option for jamming, but also for making actual music dawless. One day in the future, I'll want to get a Digitakt or Digitone, but for now I can't afford it.

[@BoBeats]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@grayshadowglade]

Two questions: 1 - When you cover multi-tracking using mixers does that impose down mixing into a single bus pair when recording or are you recording stereo pairs per voice? I ask because post production on the bus mix is a real pain as opposed to tweaking the mix of the various stereo pairs. 2 - Have you tried using a Pyramid for managing the arranging of a group of synths? I have built a setup around a Pyramid and find it incredibly helpful for setting up arrangements and recording them in live takes. Followup... would that be something useful for people to see? I have seen a few synth KZbinrs struggle with it and wonder if it might help to share how to leverage it.

[@BoBeats]

I have not tried pyramid Multi-tracking usb mixers means you get all channels into your daw of choice. So a 16 channel mixer would have 16 mono or 8 stereo inputs

[@grayshadowglade]

​@@BoBeats the Pyramid is pricey to try and has a weird learning curve, but it is extremely flexible and very customizable. Given the hardware you have you definitely don't need one for anything, but you might want to borrow one to try some time. It has some things you might like a lot. I thought that the lower priced USB mixers only sent the bus mix to the PC. Good to know that the nicer ones send all of the channels. That could prove handy on one with channel EQ controls in particular. Much appreciated!

[@IntiAlonso]

Talking about multitracker mixers, the Behringer Flow 8 looks interesting, at least for a small budget setup like mine it's tempting.

[@lancepage1914]

I am still deciding whether to get Behringer Flow 8 or UMC 1820. I am looking to get a new interface as my current one has seen better days. From the videos i have seen the Flow 8 is incredibly good value and capable for a small set up.

[@fatbobe1986]

@@lancepage1914 I've got a umc 1820 and it's been great. Just purchased a zoom lt20 for the band and so far been very impressed with that for live tracking with a band. The zoom has a SD card slot for recording so you really don't need any computer for the most part.

[@oracle-0018]

I think st Modular’s workbench is where modular is going I bought it and I have a wall of modular! Pulsar 23 is great but I think it doesn’t capture the whole spectrum of drum synthesis it is enthralling to noodle on! Noise is certainly the question with drums.

[@dharmadove]

You should still try an MPC One. Amazing box with a low price for it's many capabilities. Truly a DAW in a box. Use it with a PC, even more versatile. Sampling, great Synths, sequencing, many effects, CV support, great work glow, excellent USB expansion capabilities. AKAI has really upgraded their SW the past year. Worth the time!!!

[@Dudderlyful]

Great vid, Bo! Keep on keeping on!

[@MyReasonToPlay]

Wow! My question is in the video 3:12 Thanks, Bo!

[@aquaticborealis4877]

How are you feeling about the Deluge these days? In comparison to the Maschine. Seems to be a lot of people who say that the Deluge is the fastest composing tool they have. It’s also fairly deep. There is the burden of remembering all the shortcuts though.

[@user-vd3if4wq6m]

Geist 2 helps me get thru writing or new idea blocks. ....making my own presets from my library

[@KordTaylor]

Gotta say the espresso in the cup was kind of a euro flex. 😄 And yes a standalone Push would be a game-changer.

[@alexgrunde6682]

What do you think the chances are that this mystery Syntakt project Elektron is working on will fit your dream gear criteria?

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

Hold up, what's this?

[@alexgrunde6682]

@@MrMarcLaflamme I think the filter deleted my comment with the link, if you Google Syntakt one of the first few hits should be an article on it.

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

@@alexgrunde6682 ah yeah I searched after and came across some speculations on a few sites but nothing concrete. If any of the rumours are true I would love an analogue/wavetable multi part box like the Digi’s!

[@theromanshow]

Have you noticed that all modern synth patches sound alike? My favorite synth that has the most variety of sound and has the biggest sound is the old access virus (ti2) series .

[@krazywabbit]

Congrats on 100k!

[@Abakhan]

Some sort of Push 3, standalone with some sort of Ableton live inside ? Akai Force is already here! And the next big thing is it's next update ! And it's more than just a synth, just a sequencer, just a sampler, just a beat box, just a effect box, just a mixer, just a recorder, just a stream reader, it's an musical instrument!

[@StuartLomas]

Late I know to this Q&A but find your viewpoint interesting. Firstly & importantly, I want to buy a synth/workstation. I am not not an instrumentalist in any way. I have surrounded myself with music all my life including working in radio. I feel I have a true understanding of what sounds right/nice/harmonic to me. I feel what I want to achieve is having a machine that will allow me to create sounds & backings using a fundamental understanding of chords etc. I have recently seen the Roland FANTOM machines that seem to use some kind of AI that could help someone like me? Finally, cost is not an issue but needless to say, I have to be e sensible given this could just be a phase. So with the above in mind, any suggestions? Thanks Stuart

[@manuelsteinmair]

Nice video! Poor Matrixbrute, but I understand that the Poly is getting more love. A knobless 3-7 voice expansion for the Matrix would be great ;-)

[@brunodadivore9606]

Hi Thanks for this discussion. It should need hours and also to be structured. Synthetic music approach is most of the time linked to the machine to explore and also in a lesser extend the music we would like to hear. Modular vs all-built hardware synth is one usual way. But the approach coud be the way we like to make music or in an other way to say how the way we play music (I mean on a practical way keys, seq., patches, D-beam whatsoever...) leads our musical world, random and surprises would play a big part of this way. Again modular is done for that but the approach is so painful complexity, time and money wise. Regarding yourself, from what I see and hear from your videos, I feel some wonderings, sound-graal-seeking, doubts and constant research you are expressing from the music you desire to play and listen, and share with us; I would say you are a typical candidate for Soma. I imagine you in a large loft (natural reverb mmmmh...) playing only Lyra+Pulsar+Cosmos or Enner. And that's it!

[@brunodadivore9606]

It is pretty not decent these days to mention that Soma is russian, only to say it is a pity for availability.

[@KiR_3d]

10:10 - I would be really happy with a cheaper and smaller version of Arturia's Polybrute! It could be controlled with a bigger version of Microfreak's keyboard (it's much cheaper than "real" keys!) and has a built-in ribbon controller instead that fancy big button on the left (will be much cheaper as well I guess). Also they could cut out space changing biggest knobs with middle sized. The mod. matrix could be shrinked to ~70%, Maybe something else... I may guess that with all these changes this hybrid (new keys) synth can be cheaper by 40-50%! Oh! They could cut the expenses on the case! Just make a simple ragged body - no molding stuff, just folded metal with cuts and some simple parts. This will make possible to run the smallest batches without paying for the new parts to mold the new case.

[@justjoeblow420]

Yeah the elitism can some time be tiring to deal with as I run into it and see it a lot more than most do as some one that uses Linux on my desktop. But oddly enough as I've sunk into the PureData, SuperColider and now even starting to work on learning CSound I am on what I would argue is the best OS for that type of stuff. What really seems odd to me is some of the worst elitists I've dealt with in the synth world often seem to talk about gear an awful lot more than they use it. Like even after all these years of playing with synths off and on some aspects of it just strike me as odd as the elitism I see in the synth world is usually about gear and not playing style/ composing abilities, which while I did see some gear related elitism when I was in the Jazz/classical world (especially the classical side of thing) the elitism I seen in the Jazz world as a musician is much more focused on playing ability and music knowledge than gear.

[@BoBeats]

Its not weird that the elitism centers around the tech. Its after all "synthesizer community" not "synth music community". Because synths are used for a wide range of music. So the community isn't centered around one particular style of music. Thats not what people share an interest in, but rather certain music tech. However like you say the elitism isn't wildly different from say elitism around music in general.

[@mauchkimberly]

Zoom has a really good one too which has been discussed several times on the midlife synthesist's channel (sorry for talking about another channel in yours. His channel is useful though, like yours).

[@waynehubbard6651]

Yes i have the zoom livetrack l-20 - it’s great - the monitor out options are great for sampling or effects

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

My son loved the OG Circuit and was pretty disappointed when I sold it. Would definitely get another one if he expresses interest later on (or I'll just give him the Elektron-U class 🙂)

[@luminousbrilliance1711]

I kept my OG Circuit-and..they are still releasing new patches for it! 🙂

[@UliAfroman]

A "synth" that comes to my mind for your dream would be the waldorf iridium✌️😉😂

[@StarshipCaptainNemo]

Regarding the Dawless question, did you consider Polyend Tracker is a thing? Does it not do song arrangement almost like daw? I am considering getting one and saw quite good reviews about it actually.

[@christianvandalstrom8337]

När kommer nästa video då Bo?

[@Tiger.Arcade]

Not sure if this comment will reach you in time but I suffer from tinnitus. What headphones would you recommend that are easy and kind to the ears?

[@BoBeats]

Hey! I actually couldn’t say because I have zero experience with tinnitus and not read much on the subject relating to headphones. I hope you find what you seek

[@Tiger.Arcade]

@@BoBeats Thank you for getting back to me! Honestly, any headphones that don't hurt your ears after long synth sessions I'd be open to looking in to. Anyone else is welcome to respond to this question as well and would be most appreciated. :)

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

I have a couple bits of Modal gear and find it hard to integrate into my workflow.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Honestly the easiest and quickest way to get a hardware sythersizor sound into your music is to record the audio from it as you play to a metrodome. After a while you will have alot of samples of your own to use.

[@theoliviaarchives4794]

Bob eats funky beats.

[@treyhudson73]

Seeing as how I just purchased an SL MK3, I can almost ASSURE you Novation will drop a MKIV...😭

[@travisrwebster]

It looks like there is probably more coverage of the Model Samples over on your BOB EATS channel.

[@davidpinto1195]

1:53 the model samples is a digitakt on a budget, it takes more than cheapie stickers to convince me lol

[@krazeeeyezkeith]

Can I have your MatrixBrute if you're not using it? 😛

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

I think acoustic instruments are a starting point. There’s people that have a problem with however other people behave. I’m really drawn to your videos. You have a humble, relatable style of presenting. I have never met bigger snobs in any other subject, than you get in music. I’m guessing they are jealous of your popularity.

[@BoBeats]

theres always snobs and gatekeepers in all hobbies. music in particular. Its sad

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

@@BoBeats it is. I was showing a guy in the States. Why even though he’s good at guitar hero. He was playing the chords on a real guitar right with the right timing it didn’t sound right. Whilst my question on a Caustic 3 group of Facebook. Got a reply from a Spanish lady. Calling me an idiot in Spanish and to stop wasting peoples time in the group . Because I dared to ask a basic beginner’s question. Fortunately I think my humble reply explaining we all have to start somewhere, must have struck a nerve as she deleted her comment. I thought you had to be special to play an instrument when younger. It put me off. My dad is a kit drummer, after years of playing drums in bands. I met someone that took some time and taught me guitar basics. Since then I have helped many people with the basics of guitar. I have a personal quest to de genius the act of playing an instrument. You do the same with electronic instruments.

[@TheGhostBuddy]

Thanks - it was interesting!

[@alarlol]

xenyx ? no good as a multitrack usb mixer?

[@clonemeister9097]

Nice video Bo!

[@gffg387]

I have a question as well. Where do I find the food reviews on this channel? When I subscribed to Bob Eats, I was expecting some nice advices on meals. But all I see is these weird keyboards.

[@BoBeats]

KZbin search Bob Eats and I take zero responsibility for what you find ;-)

[@NicolasKaniak]

what was your biggest hardware disapointment?

[@BoBeats]

Good topic for a vid!

[@outdatedgear5036]

Bo do you keep all of your synths that you have on the channel?

[@BoBeats]

No

[@time4anew1]

Don't forget the good ole' MX1

[@lofihippie]

The tascam model 12 also has midi control capabilities for your daw, which I guess might come in handy. Too bad that after getting into hardware, you lose the ability to tell what's expensive tho, so I guess the tascam is a steal?

[@chedwick]

Do you get synth sick? Yes. As anything you work/see everyday. What do you do? I pack them and bring a different set of synths! LOL Love you Bo!

[@binarysun_]

The closest to Push 3 is actually the Akai Force.

[@HustonSingletary]

It’s like Bo Beats on an episode of Charlie Rose 👌

[@JamesWilliam70]

I think the Akai force is the closest thing to a standalone Live controller.

[@dr.papadopolis7171]

Your right if Ableton made a standalone device it would completely change the game .

[@jakobole]

I have a Deepmind 12 and a Poly D. I get flack for that. I don't care. They sound nice and I get what I want from them fast. Haters will be haters. And no normal listener cares anyway.

[@VTOLKits]

Push 3 standalone is the Akai Force....

[@morecowbell2611]

No, that's the Akai Force.

[@nsbd90now]

I love synthesizers.

[@putoparri]

“Is not really up there with the digitakt”. Not to fair since M:S cost half.

[@richardhines8622]

CS80 with automatic tuning.

[@lancepage1914]

Look no further than the Black Corporation's Deckard's Dream. It's not a clone, but it sports many modern features and circuitry based on CS80. Look it up, there are many videos of it.

[@quantumeseboy]

Tascam "excellent" Model line of mixers can at times be very disappointing in quality control/reliability department. I went through 3 of them, still ended up with problematic one and had somewhat unpleasant service experience with Tascam Korea. I would stick with Mackie for mixer/audio interface.

[@BoBeats]

Thats really good to know!

[@nastied]

Boo - do you realize I would pay for 50-80 $ for every 2 hour material you did on Maschine? Please do some tutorial / tips and tricks on Maschine + / mk3 !

[@ToreHansen]

Buying LED so the studio looks like a h##### bedroom does not finish more songs... Great video!

[@Hellseeker1]

My dream is just to have the time for it all

[@mwhitelow9312]

Bob eats Synths

[@BoBeats]

Mostly volcas

[@tttddk]

I personally prefer faces and expressions and emotions! and variety of images

[@BoBeats]

Theres room for everything!! Thats what I love with social media these days compared to like when I grew up in the 90s

[@tttddk]

@@BoBeats yes, room from everything and variation. ourselves are evolving hopefully. I love guitar and pedals and all kinds of music and I also explore synths and sampling. I just need more ours everyday, another 8 hours i guess...

[@bungeechord1]

Casio CTS 1000V

[@avrilcadabra]

I encourage my cat to make music, it is not going so well.

[@lwpweb]

the next big thing should be: NO CABLES NO PLUGS NO JACKS NO HUBS ANYMORE. WIRELESS WITHOUT LATENCY. Thats for me the next BIG THING.

[@wrenchposting9097]

Your dream synth is obviously an Alesis Andromeda

[@BoBeats]

I mean it does have some serious sounds and looks so cool

[@wrenchposting9097]

@@BoBeats A former Alesis employee almost sold me one he had lying around but he had second thoughts. Now I'm researching modular synths...