Would you use a retro-style 606 Clone and SoléBot to play live drums?

[crunchysteve]

Simple answer - Yes or No - but feel free to detail why, especially if yes.

I ask this because I'm thinking that, as the Behringer RD6 has MIDI, but also a few extra analog ports for individual instruments, having a kind of junction box option for extra dynamics and response control might be useful as well as just plain MIDI.

I think this is possibly the killer app for robo drums, playing real drums live, but with the assistance of timed automation and not having to be a drummer, just musical in some way. Big possibilities for EDM peeps. Acoustic Dance Music, anybody?

[crunchysteve]

Mine was a yes. Clearly because I love the idea enough to include it in the project.

Last few days, staying at daughter's and future-son-in-law's, got to briefly play with his RD6 and it brought back super fond memories of my old 606 and how it taught me what a drummer does, even though I've never had the coordination to be a drummer, thus giving me a greater respect for drummers. So, it seems that democratising drumming, via a digital interface, could create new styles of music, advance what real drummers can do and be a teaching and learning tool for drummers.