Reader Tubesockor shared their Pocket Operator lounge arrangement of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
“Here’s a little holiday jam on two Pocket Operators, PO-33 and 28,” they note. “The 28 handles the solos whereas everything else comes from the 33.”
I’m speechless…
Bravo
LOL! So much fun to watch.
Is anyone willing to criticize the emperor’s wardrobe here? IMO the thin, tinny, low-budget sounds presented here elbow out the skills shown by the performer. Given that we are watching a performance made on a couple hundred dollars’ worth of equipment, the musical skills could so easily be channeled through higher quality sound-producing devices and interfaces at about the same cost.
And a couple of pocket-calculator-sized devices connected by cable hardly make the package that much more portable.
Ok I’ll bite… sounds like a round-about way to imitate a crappy Casio CT-450 home keyboard from 1983.
Yes, If I was searching for the ultimate sonic experience I would have used something both more expensive and flexible – like a MacBook with Logic and some soft synths. But that was not my goal here – instead I often find the joy in trying to squeeze things out of limited gear and take it as a challenge to see what can be done. There are several other similar videos in that context on my channel.
In this particular video I used a (soon-to-be-released, info in YT description) sound pack created by 16 different creators where each one supplied one sample (not knowing what the others would submit), and then created a jam with it. Thereby also part of the challenge to take whats available and make something with it. So even if I had made it from the start on the PO-33 I would probably used different samples as well. Also finding a way to make the PO-28 work as a soloing instrument was another part of my goal, and had quite the fun while doing it 🙂
What amazing gear for $160 are you imagining? I think you can get a single Volca for that amount.
Man, I was laughing at those fingers scurrying around, but I’m blown away by the soloing on a switching medium. Nice, musical work, my friend!
Those are some quick thumbs! Great work!
Thanks, happy you liked it!
So cool!