Nice @kingvidiot! You should post your setup in the “post your setup thread,” it would be cool to see.
The Monolith is just an adapter, right? Considering its size, I was hoping it would contain a small amp or battery. Would be sweet if it had wifi for wireless backup too #pipedream
^Indeed.
Has anyone been able to find a good portable Chorus or Reverb device? I’ve been looking into the Kaoss pad mini 2 and Patchblocks but each have their problems. Other options?
zoom ms70-cdr? can take 2 AA batts @johnsmith
Yes, I was thinking I may have to delve into the realm of battery power digital guitar effect pedals, which I know next to nothing about. I spied a korg px4/px5/Zoom PFX-9003 etc, though still researching options. Mainly concerned about comparability, do pedals work well with synths?
I know the Zoom does, I’ve ran a MicroBrute through it. In my experience most can handle it.
My favourites that are portable and run on batteries that I have in my home studio are iPad mini, Yamaha DX100, Novation XioSynth, Korg MicroKorg and MicroKorg XL, Casio CZ-101 and of course the OP-1. 
most pedals work great w/ synths and other line level stuff. i’ve tried a lot of em.
Pedals work great with synths, but are heavy to carry in a bag or whatnot for everyday. For that I use the Kaos Pad mini, but I use lots of pedals at home.
Pedals work great with synths, but are heavy to carry in a bag or whatnot for everyday.
If we don’t set the standard to a guitarist’s or a drummer’s equipment…
I never go to a jam without at least 6 stompboxes ^^
Because as a guitarist I’m nothing without my favorite wah, a good reverb, the essential delay, the mandatory distortion pedal(s), a quality tuner, possibly something to power all this without hum, and maybe one or two other pedals, just for the fun.
May I add that if I don’t feel my stomach physically move with a very loud sound, I’m not completely alive ?
So the biggest amp available is a must.
heavy to carry, he said…
I should consider this Kaos Pad mini you’re talking about, @Tribrix…
As this thread is about battery operated equipment, I wasn’t even considering drums or amps. Generally, in a situation when I need an amp, there is AC, or I could bring my gas powered generator.
My thoughts, if we are talking about battery operated equipment is someone who wants to jam on the bus or train or maybe on the side of the beach or forest, where AC power may not be available.
But @LyingDalai if you have a battery operated amp that moves your stomach with a very loud sound for situations when AC isn’t available, you should share it with the rest of us. Since that’s what this thread is about.
Sorry, I was just kidding…
I would love a battery operated stomach moving app though.
Anyway. I discovered that I now need only an OP-1 and headphones to play music anywhere and dance like a fool.
That was kind of the point I was clumsily trying to establish : no more need to bring a car-load of musical stuff…
I love my OP-1, and I don’t regret the SP-404 I swapped to get it !
SP-404 had decent effects, though, it was a good box to play with.
I really liked to bring it everywhere, but I never got as far as what I can do with the OP-1 with a few weeks of practice.
Class D amps are all over the bass guitarist world. Weigh nothing, and loud as fuck. Some of them even have external power supplies, meaning all you need to power them is an external laptop battery. Of course you need to lug around a heavy speaker cab…
I want a Phil Jones BG-75. Demo’d by Phil running on a laptop battery. 30W per side, dual 4" speakers, and a box designed to help it reproduce the low down sound. Phil Jones does ridiculous things with little speakers hehe. 3.5mm aux input means you could run an OP-1 through it, too. 8.8lbs/4kg, gig bag available to sling it over your shoulder.
Alternatively, get a 12V laptop battery and a $25 car audio amp (12V), and speakers of choice shrugs
I’m impressed !
This thread has inspired me to make an awesome suitcase. Any suggestions are welcome.
I will mount my iPad on the inside too and add a mini Kaoss Pad and add a tiny Beheringer Mixer. I am not planning to use this on battery, so it’s fine if something needs a powerchord.
@karbonckel, looks pretty sweet, you lucked out on that suitcase - looks like a perfect fit. I’m curious to how you’ll mount your ipad and other gear too. Any space for an OP-1?
@karbonckel, looks pretty sweet, you lucked out on that suitcase - looks like a perfect fit. I'm curious to how you'll mount your ipad and other gear too. Any space for an OP-1?
The OP-1 isn’t gonna fit. I don’t think it’s gonna be meant for the OP-1 since it’s a bitch to syncronise IMO.
This picture is a little dark, I will make a better one when I actually did some work on it. (don’t expect that soon, I’m busy, poor and lazy atm) But the I will probably get something like this for the iPad and sew it on the inside of the top part of the iPad. That way I can just ‘click’ it in there and hook it up to the other gear with a camera connection kit.
I remember I was planning to do sth like this years ago with my old electribes and my D 16, something like a carrybox with three parts that are made to move like a drawer thing.I should get a microgranny too! Maybe yours would fit into the suitcase standing where the gap is, on the right @karbonckel
nice briefcase dude! i gutted one a year or two ago myself. pulled out all the briefcase stuff (kept the sleeve of ritz crackers tho in case i get hungry) put a foam rectangle on the top for protection, and a velcro board on the bottom that i put my gear on so it sticks. like a pedal board i guess. i also switched the hinges to removeable hinges so that u can take the top completely off and use it as another table surface or whatever.
i use it all the time for my live setup and was alot of fun to make