Either my DigiPair (Digitone and Digitakt in case), or my Macbook Pro M1 now as well. I set it up while on vacation for doing some in-box tracks, and it’s really nice.
The Digitakt or Digitone alone are enough, but I have them mounted together right now, so it’s the pair, and still isn’t too bad in bed.
The LXR-02 has provided me some late night fun as well.
When my A4 MkII arrives though, I think that will be it until I’m done planning its place in the studio.
I actually write a lot of music in bed, because I don’t have enough time when I’m still up. I can get away with doing some musicry while my wife watches shows most nights, so I take advantage of that.
I’m thinking an OP-1 would really be the thing to use for this, but I still haven’t picked one up. Maybe some day.
Yeah I forgot to say this in my original reply. Any form of nanoloop really, but Nanoloop 2 on a DS Lite or Nanoloop FM would be my choice. I’ve definitely got some tracks that I’ve at least started while in bed
This is a good point. I get incredible shoulder and arm pain these days from holding a phone in front of my face, and yeah, I’ve also never really felt comfortable sitting upright in bed making music for more than 10 minutes or so.
I hear you, and using it in bed is partly a metaphor for using it just about anywhere around the house. My wife often watches Netflix and the likes to wind down, and that’s when I’d use something like this instead of staring at YouTube on my phone. Hope that makes sense.
Honestly, the OP-1 is probably the best sketchpad out there.
Its my go to whenever i dont want to sit by my synths. Sit on the couch and make stupid loops, If anything Good comes out of it pop the loop into your sampler of Choice (mines OT) and use your grownup synths to flesh out a tune… it’s creative, fun and simple in all the good ways.
But it has a lot of flaws which is why I rarely use it in a full context of other synths, but to me the good parts outweighs the bad parts by a mile and a half!
The idea of the MC-101 is starting to grow on me. I do think it’s a little overpriced but the portability is awesome and it would give me a sound palette that I would most surely appreciate (all the Roland drum kits and famous Juno/Jupiter synth sounds I could ever ask for). The step sequencer doesn’t look that bad either, compared to the TR-6S it’s not that much slower to use.
