Steinberg’s Cubase software recently received an update to version 5. I only had to glance at the new features list to pull the trigger on that upgrade. A mere $200, which is about the same as I was considering spending on a drum plug-in.
Software arrived today, complete with new manuals (I always worry about upgrades not including printed manuals). Can’t wait to install it and start playing with the new goodies!
I’ve just ordered a Korg PadKontrol Drum Pad Controller for my digital audio workstation. I’m not especially good at rhythm. It’s not that I can’t keep a beat (though, I can’t, but that’s what quantizing is for), but rather that it’s pretty hard to get anything except the most primitive beats (in the my god that’s boring sense, not the pulse-pounding tribal sense) into a sequencer using a regular keyboard. Or worse, a mouse.
I’m hopeful that adding this PadKontrol to my studio setup will help me come up with some rhythm patterns that, well, suck less than what I’ve been doing.