making beats

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  • microkorg0

    Im thinking of getting myself and my kids a couple of the Roland Aira Compacts for making beats.
    In particular the T-8 drum machine and the J-6 Chord machine.

    Been watching tutorials on both and they look pretty much pick up and play, I reckon even my youngest at 7 could wrap his head around how to program some beats.

    Anyone using them?

    Will be selling my Sp404 to fund getting them.
    Its a box I have used very basically, way too rtfm needed to get going with that thing.

    • Don’t feel bad.. have owned 2 404 in my time and keep failing to connect . Find a cheap second hand digitakt ..autoflavour
    • Worth the price of admissionautoflavour
    • only vaguely complex thing about the roland compacts is you need the settings menu for some sound options and its not immediately clear what the fuck they meankingsteven
    • on the tiny screen, like this on the T8:
      https://i.haasie.com…
      kingsteven
    • Had a Digitakt in the past. Fun but way too complex for my kids to get their head around. Top level functions of the Compacts will keep them happy...microkorg
    • ..whilst I can dig deeper when i get a shot. The Sampler one has a granular engine!!microkorg
    • I had a j6 for a while! Great little machine. Part exchanged it when I grabbed the evil pet.cruddlebub

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