than always chasing down the newest things, I keys rigs over the next ten-plus years. As plan on studying them and letting them inspire computing technology continues to improve As keys players in church we have great
me to use my existing hardware and software I think we’ll see further shifts toward portable opportunities to leverage advancements in
in new ways this year. solutions for music creation and performance, music technology and I do believe churches
and as musicians continue to adopt software can be at the forefront of those advancements,
in greater numbers I think we’ll see more and with a measure of patience, a lot of wisdom,
more control and hardware options designed and a vision for the future.
CHANGE IS COMING
While a sense of evolution over revolution did
to accommodate those preferences.
accompany much of what I saw while at NAMM
Who knows what we’ll see over the next
this year there were moments, discussions, How does this impact us as worship musicians?
and rumblings of much larger, systemic change Well for me I’m taking these pending changes
that I was able to catch glimpses of here and as an opportunity to evaluate the longevity of
there. After almost forty years of use, the MIDI what I’m currently doing. Am I chasing short
1.0 standard is soon to be replaced with MIDI term trends or moving towards long-term
2.0 which will drastically change and improve sustainability in my purchases, workflows, and
the integration and flexibility of midi-based preferences?
decade!
David Pfaltzgraff
Founder
and
Lead
Sound
Designer
at
SundaySounds.com, a site that resources worship
keys players and guitarists around the world.
David currently resides in Des Moines, IA with his
wife and two boys. He enjoys volunteering in his
church’s worship ministry, old synthesizers, and a
good super-hero movie.
SundaySounds.com