Let’s hear about your portable setups for composing with Hapax on the couch, beach, train, etc.
E.g. do you use a particular battery pack, iOS audio apps, WIDI / BLE MIDI dongles, groovebox, carrying case?
I am awaiting delivery of this USB sound card which seems to be the smallest possible means of adding multitimbral instruments to a MIDI USB host like Hapax. It uses Roland GS-style soundfonts for reproducing retro PC game soundtracks. I’ll report back when it arrives!
I tested the X2GS-USB last night. It is a ton of fun, basically a SoundCanvas on a stick, and drives my 300 ohm headphones at nice volume (I expected to need a headphone amp). Unfortuantely I’m getting a lot of stuck or dropped notes. I have an inquiry out with the manufacturer and will do some testing to see if the issue is with the soundcard or Hapax
Edit: Issue was pressure on the USB device from power cable. A short USB extender for strain relief seems to fix it.
Not sure id buy a hapax to jam on the couch. Its meant to power a studio and connect to hardware and a daw.
check out a dirtywave m8 or polyend tracker or mpc whatever
Removing the studio from the equation is incredibly helpful if you tend to get distracted by sound design when you should be practicing composition. Compose on the couch, swap the sound for real studio gear when you have the track sketched out.
M8 is a great example of a portable sound engine which the Hapax can use. I found composing on it to be a chore, comparatively, but I wish I had kept it long enough to pair with the Hapax.
so get an m8 headless. m8 really does work well with hapax.
May not quite be what you’re asking for…But I often compose just with the Synclavier Regen + sequencer. The Regen is multi-timbral so it can provide enough voices for a whole song. I have templates to call up some basic sounds; that why I’m thinking more about notes than sound design.
It’s not as portable as a USB stick! But it’s nice and light and just needs a single USB cable. And it’s what kept me busy when I lost partial power in my apartment last week.
What portable power supplies/batteries have you all found to be compatible with the Hapax? Thanks
