The iPad arrived and eliminated the need to always travel with a delicate laptop, and the constant fear of dropping it, someone spilling something on and God forbid, stealing it at a gig. This set-up had served me well for over a decade.
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As the laptops became faster, the latency lower and the apps more robust, I added the Zendrum EXP to my arsenal, and added VST apps like BFD2, and Logic Pro to my MacBooks, an Alesis DMDock for iPad, Alesis DM10 drum modules, and the Zendrum Stompblock. I could now trigger sampler apps like Ableton and Izotope's iDrum. With the arrival of the Zendrum ZX and its onboard MIDI, I could connect it directly to a MOTU, PreSonus, or M-Audio, MIDI interface into a laptop via USB. In the old days, I'd load my pre-recorded samples into the Akai with an Iomega Zip drive, and trigger the sample from my original instrument, the Drummstick, and later the Zendrum ZX. That's perhaps the biggest reason I shied away from them, and instead invested my time and energy in one shot samplers, like the Akai S2000. Their ability to build songs on the fly and in real time was both amazing and daunting. They are not for the squeamish and if not played correctly, can be an unforgiving and unmitigated disaster. It was time to turn my attention to the world of Looper Foot Controllers. Many of the musicians I've worked with are masters of these loopers, and pedal boards Lexicon, Digitech, Boss and Roland. Once I got past a byzantine learning curve, I was able to effortlessly control MIDI volume, program changes and the like. In my previous post, I examined using the Zendrum EXP with MIDI Foot Controllers, specifically the Behringer FCB1010.