PopuMusic Party Studio Review — Pros, Cons & Real‑World Performance

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

Follow-up to this post.

"Here's my full review of PopuMusic's Party Studio ( https://www.popumusic.com/pages/party... ) - an innovative MIDI/synthesizer-enabled bluetooth speaker. I've tried to answer all your questions from last sunday and run through all of the functions and features, and point out the good, the patch-worthy and the 'why is this not there'."

Table of contents:

00:00 demo (pure / then mastered in a DAW)
00:46 hello, what's this?
01:07 specs
02:01 overall impression
02:17 internal battery run time
02:30 sound quality (speaker) - LOUD
02:47 user interface overview
03:58 synthesizer overview - tech info
04:43 the GM soundset
05:10 examples and thoughts on the piano sounds
05:41 ... and on the electric pianos
06:00 ... and strings
06:15 ... and guitar sounds
07:07 ... organ sounds
07:25 ... bass sounds
07:53 drums
08:20 GM parameter list (CC for tweaking sounds)
09:10 grand piano after tweaking ;-)
09:25 working on a detuned saw wave
10:17 singalong mode (auto accompaniement)
10:59 visual metronome
11:39 MIDI connectivity (keyboards, DAWs, sequencers...)
12:22 some standard MIDI files played back on the PartyStudio
13:18 bluetooth connectivity: "real music" + internal synth
13:47 the PartyKeys keyboard
14:17 conclusion: The Good
15:20 potential firmware update fixes
17:18 answering a viewer question
17:41 synthesizer users will not like this omission (plus a workaround)
18:51 the wish list
19:18 verdict
20:37 bye

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