re: What's the Soundtrack to Your Daily Life?

I can certainly appreciate the link.

I have only bought Korgs and Yamahas, and given the choice would choose a Korg every time. I like their sounds and the voice architecture makes the most sense to me when programming. (Though I do have an old Roland Juno-106 that I won't part with).

The Korg KRONOS is an unimaginable machine, but it comes at an unimaginable price. The TR and M models are more reasonable with many of the same sounds and capabilities. The M3 88 will be my next purchase.

As far as beat boxes go, I've got a Roland MC 303, a Korg Electribe, an old Yamaha RX box, an Alesis HR-16 (?) and a Novation Launchpad MIDI interface for Ableton Live. And I've got a dandy little iPhone app from Native Instruments called iMaschine which is a fun little sketch pad.

The box in your picture is a Maschine Mikro by Native Instruments. It's a crazy good little interface, but that's really all it is with the backing of some great sample libraries from Native Instruments. I prefer more machine control and not running a computer from the interface. An Akai MPC 60 (of some iteration) or a Roland MC 808 or 909 would be what I'd get before a Maschine. But I still play and sequence on the in-keyboard sequencers, too. So take it FWIW.

Not sure the machine the cats are playing in that video. It's nothing all that standard. It could be something retro like the TR909 or a Redrum or something. Liked the sea chanty feel of it.