I’m at the point of hassling local shops about when the P-6 is due in so probably the die is cast here, but the LO-FI 12 is just a sampler with a basic sequencer in a similar way, right? None of their stuff was really on my radar until someone mentioned the Smpltrack above, but one of the reviews compared that one to Live lite which was an immediate nope from me.
Maybe posts above were a bit confusing but the step copying stuff is at about 1hr40 of the Dibiase live stream captain8 posted:
Thought it was something that people would be bumping up against so thought it was worth flagging, it’s shown more clearly there than I could ever explain seeing as I don’t have one yet.
Had it on in the background doing other stuff so there might be other good stuff earlier that I wasn’t really paying attention to, pretty enjoyable stream in general.
FWIW People used to say the same about the Octatrack too, that wasn’t remotely true either. Smpltrek is a very nice looper for those who want to work with loops captured from other synced gear, and record long linear recordings that run in parallel with sequences/loops. It does drum, one shot and melodic sequencing too, each of the 10 main tracks is freely assignable, the 3 audio tracks are not. I would not look at it as an alternative to the P-6 though, very different conceptually.
the red is the closest one i had to going with the yellow, i coulda used a different color for volume too but i was just using the ones i had after returning the s-1. thing is an absolute dust magnet too
Gotta say I love Ricky and have watched loads of his videos but he was being a lil baby in that video. It’s like he was performing impatience. P-6 not nearly this hard to learn.
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This was my favorite tune of all the ones you shared! Lol. Sounds like a fun island weekend
For sure, where I am right now the P-6 is very appealing and the Smpltrek really isn’t, although it does sound cool as you describe it. I was thinking more so of the original LO-FI 12 which seems to be about the closest reference point down to the segment display and in a similar price range.
I had LoFi-12 before. Too much hassle with menu diving as well, plus you have to use overlay for sampling option unless you’d memorize all commands. For me the P-6 is a piece of cake re: sampling and editing. Also, the keyboard of the LoFi-12 is a joke. You’d use an external keyboard controller for serious work anyway. BTW I had LoFi-12 twice - sold at first, then bought again, and finally sold without any regret.
this is my favorite beat so far. i brought the op-1f and p6 to a park, i intended on just sampling some synth sounds from the op-1f. realized i didnt have an audio cable in the case, quickly realized i could just do audio over usb. ended up controlling the p6 from the op-1f too, that is a great combo. i think the best part is that you dont need to press the keyboard button so you always see the sequencer.
next time im gonna try using the p6 as an external sequencer to record into the op-1f.
That’s one piece of gear where on paper it checks so many boxes (udio in -> usb, so can be used as interface, battery, stereo samples, granulat… actually being able to sample unlike say the model samples) but every demo i see screams “not for you”.
I know, it is not limited to genres… But this device just screams “2 minute lo-fi hip-hop loops” to me, and that’s about the opposite end where I’m at.
The sample length limitation and the workflow are just 2 things I can’t live with, irrelevant how cheap it is.
If that’s your usual style then I totally get why this device works for you
Yeah, I wait for the future when most audio usb instruments can play host, and map from where to where midi and audio should go. I know for some that’s already to far in the computer world, but having 1 cable for audio, sync, midi is great in portable setups, especially if you could connect 3-4 devices over 1 usb hub.
One of the reasons the P-6 is so interesting to me is because I really like the MC-101. However, sampling on the 101 is strictly loop-based. Adding samples to a drum track is no problem but any type of sample-based workflow requires extra steps leading to tedium. The sequencer is flexible and offers a lot of options.
The SP-404 has a monster effects section and decent sampling capabilities but the sequencing facilities are a little different and can be off-putting when compared to other samplers.
In my opinion, the P-6 seems to combine some of the best things about each of these devices and add a granular synth into the mix along with a rechargeable battery.
I’m saying this to say that like any sampler, I don’t think it’s limited to a particular type of music or genre-specific but if you like making any type of sample-based music, it seems like a nice new tool
Ambient/Drone. A 3 second stereo limit is brutal. And layering/effects make it dense enough, can’t go lofi there.
And for my more techno based stuff I prefere regular drum machines.
Only thing I could see is the field style sampling, but then I feel the UX is to cumbersome for me.
And all that while ignoring that for long form sampling it’s really hard without a screen.
So… I could make it work. People made the coolest stuff with way more limited devices. I just don’t have the time / mental capacity to do it that way, so I’ll wait longer. My dream is still a portable octatrack.
