I can totally relate to this. Not only in cafés… For years now I’ve wanted to walk down a busy beach boardwalk, recording snippets of passing conversation, but even with the anonymity and lack of context, it feels wrong to record strangers without their permission – I’ve never done it.
(This is totally off topic. Sorry)
I’d listen back later and be bothered by pocket noise. would ruin the experience. damn these ears of mine
Right, I would want to use a real mic.
Sounds like a genre I could get on board with.
If I end up traveling more, the M8 will be a good buddy. M:C is my current fave, I also still enjoy the Rytm but even the mk1 can be quite large and visually noisy on a plane
Thankfully my seatmates have been kind and at least curious/interested. Last time I was jamming a kind older couple coming back from Korea chatted and said they should’ve asked to try it out when we landed and were loading out 
Ricoh GR or Nanoloop.
Prophet 5, MPC60, and an RE-201 Space Echo. Any more than that and you lose the portability aspect.
Moleskine paper is getting pretty unreliable with fountain pen ink in my biased small sample. I switched to Rhodia paper/notebook, less charm but that paper can take some ink.
I was in a coffee shop last weekend and was reading the latest issue of Sound on Sound (Nice review of that polyend play thing). I’ve taken my OP1 in the past but I mostly like reading a book.
i saw a guy sitting at starbucks with headphones playing vinyl on his portable record player, that time i thought “no, you can’t get more hipster than that”.
I guess starting a dawless jam on a cafeteria table while sipping a cappuccino could be even more extreme
might end up like that poor guy debating over how to clean caramel frappaccino out of his rytm mk2.
I got one, but the clicky keys draw to much attention when composing stuff.
An hour plus. Maybe read some manuals I’ve long escaped or doodle on some IPad music app using earpiece. Less of “stares”. If that isn’t really a concern, play on something as small as the SmplTrk or rumoured upcoming Akai MPC mini?
Normally I just take my 7u 104hp case
I find patching therapeutic while sipping my oatmilk latte
I made a couple nice beats with my Cycles in a diner in Colorado.
op-z in the rucksack most days but I don’t go to cafes much. Super quick workflow and fun for performance.
vvvveeerrrrrryyy interested to see if this is true.
bourgeoisie
this a good way to attract bandits to rob you
