Comments on: I Love and Hate Robots

By: vada40081

vada40081 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:20:06 +0000

BFD drums sound great. We have used them on Muse Research Receptors tied into Roland Vs. If you gig and plug-ins don't scare you [ lol ], check out the Receptor:
http://www.museresearch.com/

PS: I'm a studio and live sound geek, not a drummer. I've mic'd, mixed, and recorded enough kits and players to know what they should sound like. Wouldn't it be cool if robo-drums could make everyone sound like Dennis Chambers and Omark Hakim?

By: jason4307

jason4307 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:20:06 +0000

I know the reactor well and play at TD-20 live a lot of the time. Omar is the man. One of my favorites. Dennis is nothing to sneeze at, either.

By: jason4307

jason4307 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:20:06 +0000

Excellent! Thanks for the advice. FYI – on all of the Sooner or Later Soul Patch tracks, I used BFD.

By: vada40081

vada40081 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:20:06 +0000

You have got to hear how good the Spectrasonics Stylus RMX drums sound.
http://www.spectrasonics.net/instruments/stylusrm...

The "chaos" and "groove" capabilities sound scary human.

Nice to see you blogging solo, loved the stuff you did with Brad.

By: jud_valeski3968

jud_valeski3968 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:20:05 +0000

nice timing on the post. we fired up our Sony Aibo again, a couple of days ago. the kids are old enough now to really enjoy hanging with it. while reading to them last night, the "dog" started dancing and the kids went nuts.

My son likes asking it to dance. My daughter likes shaking its hand and rubbing its back.

while on the whole, a useless, expensive, collection of parts, it's exposing the kids to autonomous (it docks itself when it needs more juice) hardware and software. its limitations, and possibilities.

it'll die soon enough though, of one of two causes. either the batteries eventually won't hold charge anymore (Sony stopped manufacturing them a long time ago; maybe there's aftermarkets I can buy), or the joints will break from a tumble off a high surface (my daughter likes putting him "up high" and watching him tumble; morbid).