I am curious about if anyone has any good gear reccomendations for skydyving as well? Jokes aside I would also say the cycles is pretty awesome for on the go 
If you donât mind the powerbank requirement. While youâre at it you may as well get yourself a SOUNDBOKS with the backpack and youâre set to go. You wouldnât even have to bring a powerbank in that case 
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figure I should link this as I assume there will be enormous overlap between these 2 threads that started today.
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I use an MPC X when skydiving. But it all depends on your workflow. There is no right answer.
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a parachute might be nice.
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Shouldnât you just enjoy the hiking experience. Unless you wanna sample sounds coming from nature then which you should just bring a small field recorder? Okay, so if you really want to bring something, it should be rugged enough to survive the trip, maybe something with a hard case or without protruding knobs or bendable fader caps, etc.
EDIT: just saw this posted by a member - might work.
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The OP probably just wants to walk somewhere nice, chill out and relax for a few hours, and then walk back. Plenty of people do this and will stop for some lunch, read a book or whatever.
Not sure why everyone seems to be reacting like theyâre proposing a trek into the Amazon and forgoing a navigation device for a groovebox.
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Iâm going to nominate the Volca FM; although youâd want some sounds ready before starting the hike, since itâs not the easiest box to program on the fly.
Thereâs something about the VFM, heard through the onboard speaker, that feels like a handheld instrument all by itself. Almost like the suggestion above to bring a kalimba.
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Also ⌠not a synth exactly, but the Sennheiser Ambeo binaural headset/stereo mic is still available from some sellers on Amazon for $50; they seem to be blowing it out.
I didnât find the recording quality amazing with iphone (did I get a counterfeit Ambeo?), but it seems usable at that price as a sound source. It doubles as a normal headphone, is comfortable, and the two mics in the earpieces definitely give a sense of spatial position left to right. I use the Audioshare app, not complicated.
Could be cool and effortless to catch some sounds on the hike for your DT or other samplerâŚ
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Donât forget the âshrooms
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There are few things that will ruin a good hike/camping trip than other people forcing their music on the otherwise peaceful serenity of a natural setting.
Donât be that guy.
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This is why the gods gave us headphones
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What about a korg volca sample?! Small, light, affordable and even though it is pretty limited it is a lot of fun
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Related question: Can anyone recommend me a laptop and spreadsheet app to take hiking? Something small and portable, so I can do my accounts in the mountains.
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If you are serious, Iâm pretty happy with my recent Lenovo Yoga 11e gen5. Tiny CPU and 8GB RAM. Has a 42mm m.2 slot that takes an NVMe (NOT SATA3!), so I bumped mine up to 512gb and dual boot Win11 & Ubuntu. Ubuntu is speedy, Win sluggish as usual.
Edit: Yoga 11e is closed, awaiting M.2 transplant. The open device on the left is a Yoga Chromebook tablet, ARM and 4GB from 2020. Disappointing compared to my HP ARM 8GB Chromebook (not pictured).
Iâve given up on Chromebooks, real Ubuntu is the way. (For me - my first Linux was a 0.99 kernel in â92)
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I am not, but those Yogas do look cool. I have often wondered about a small tablet PC for Ableton.
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I can see myself noodling with a synth and a small speaker while camping after long day of hiking/bikepacking, actually I think the small trackers are super nice for this, they are very light and have plenty of battery and seem capable enough to make a short track in couple of hours while restingâŚ
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