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9-Heart, Yeah I kinda feel that way about the old design too but I get why they did it. It would be awkward as hell to navigate mp3 playback and recording on a 3x7segment display.

That said, after I get the miniKP2, I'm going to hang onto my miniKP1, at least initially, maybe use it for more scary feedback jams w/ my 4-track (so fun!). Besides, 2 KPs are more fun than 1!

I kind of love mine but I get irritated by it sometimes. I'm not a huge fan of how centralized it is when you use its sequencer - it's one of those pieces of gear that forces you into a workflow and as fine as you dig that flow it's great, otherwise you're SOL. The best thing to do is to chop up jams or whatever into percussive-ish chunks and bash the pads like J-Dilla. So funnnnn!

I concur about JJOS2XL, it rules, it turns it into a very powerful machine. Also JJ just dropped some updates today I think!

Anyone get a hold of the miniKP2 yet? They're out now, right? I can't seem to find any reviews anywhere.

I like the idea of having a recorder and KP in one. I'm tempted to get for use w/ my Shruthi-1 to record sequencer jams on the same device I process them with. I'm concerned about build and sound quality, especially noise, though. And it sounds like to make these able to sip on 2 AAs instead of 4, as well as power an OLED, they've reduced the headphone output even more than on the first minis, which frankly sucks.

wedanced, I hear where you're coming from w/ the Kaoss line. I thought they were dumb as hell until I got a miniKP on a whim. Now I think it's really inspiring. It's surprising how much expression you can get out of just a 2-axis keypad (EDIT: derp, touchpad), it's made me realize how important timing is. It's changed how I patch too - I used to make megalomaniacal 16-param beast patches, now I want to try to figure out what the most expressive, minimal set of parameters (or parameter combinations) are. Trying to get down to like 2-4 parameters is a fun challenge.

Can't speak for the kaossilator. It doesn't look that fun to me but I don't feel that strongly about it. If someone gave me one, I would certainly give it a chance before throwing it out of a moving vehicle.

Guess not... lol.

Dune (aka brothomStates/Lassi Nikko)
ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/dune/
http://amp.dascene.net/detail.php?detai … ;view=2313
I discovered him early on in learning about trackers and tracking and it spoiled me. I've been disappointed with almost all other modules I've heard since. Highlights: "alterraid", "4b33" (it's pretty short, but check out the filesize...), "frequent", "control e", "zzzbla", and more.

Mellow-D
ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/m … m-late90s/
Some of these "late 90s" mods blew my mind. Partly because I already had one of them on the Merck Squadron sampler 12" I had purchased some years prior - that was a pleasant surprise. Also 4mat mentioned Appelsap but I'll drop that link again cos it's awesome. ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/mellow-d/appelxm/

This is really powerful. So much that it's making me really hungry for 2 features:
- MIDI input, at least for clock. But keyboard control of these MIDI instruments would be... madness.
- Note velocity transmit.
Not trying to look a gift horse in the mouth at all. This is already off the hook - I can do stuff with it I can't do with anything else.

3 options:
1) Cut the end off a busted 1/8" cable and stuff it into the headphone jack.
2) Remove the speaker.
3) Install a switch for the speaker.