agree very valid points no sugarcoating
Definitely interested to watch the development of this after release. I have my Blackbox which is really the utility knife in my live setup.
I would really like a better method of managing multi-samples on-device (the Blackbox has none) - that’s my main gripe, but ConvertbyMoss does the conversion trick most of the time so it’s not a huge problem these days.
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but you can’t record the inputs into slicing / one shot tracks?
so much cope in this thread. you dont have to buy it. id rather have access to an instrument as soon as possible and then get the cool new updates later than wait until its “finished”. constantly in progress sounds like a positive to me rather than something to complain about
the black box didnt have to be anything beyond what it was when it came out, but they continued to make it a whole new machine (for free) by the time 3.0 was released
this thing is a dream piece of hardware and as far as i know, theres nothing really like it. up until like maybe 2 years ago or less, people had been constantly trying to decide between an akai force and a maschine or an octatrack and an sp404. this to me seems like the “best of” all of the groovebox/sample-based portable workstations that came before it. i really dont understand all of the negativity
imagine releasing an affordable handheld sampler that does more than anything in its league, as a no name operation with very little staff or the backing of a massive corporation behind you. and you choose to continue to bring free updates to your device based on constant endless user requests while interacting with your customers personally online and keeping up with all of the new feedback from the people using your product. and then you release the thing that everyone has been begging for which competes with AKAI, and arguably is even more appealing, and people are saying this about you. he isnt media trained, he’s not a politician. i think people like this deserve a little more credit
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what exactly are people trying to cope with here?
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*Citation needed.
You can record loops and you can load .wav files. So once you have the loop recorded, load it into a slicer track and have at it.
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I do think this device looks super cool. I’m trying to decide if it’s just my GAS flaring up though? Haha. Hard to tell. But this thing looks really sweet.
I already have the Tangerine and it’s great. The little voice in my head is like “Sell the Tangerine and pick this up…it does what the Tangerine can do and so much more…!”
On the other hand, for the price it is competing with the Maschine+ and feature-for-feature, I’m not sure the Bento would come out on top. Then again, it’s way more portable, and battery powered, and 1010’s stuff seems to just SOUND really great for some reason.
I’ll be very interested in following the developments as they flesh out the software that’s for sure!
Totally agree. No idea why, but my Lemondrop sounds next level compared to a lot of other gear.
I wonder if down the line they’ll add the wavetable engine from Fireball?
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