Just got back from NAMM - my first time! It was a rather overwhelming experience, both inspiring as well as financially intimidating. Inspiring because as I approached a booth I would grow excited, my brain would race with ideas and applications for a new program for software instrument. As I picked up a series of ukuleles, I was excited that I had strong opinions over the feel and sound of each of them. But ultimately this excitement is tempred by the financial realities of the situation - I simply can't buy everything I want! Still, I made a few key decisions that will influence my purchasing decisions over the coming weeks.

1.) Symphobia is an essential purchase for the single reason that it decreases the amount of time it takes to get full orchestrations by tenfold.

2.) I'm likely going to switch to Digital Performer as my primary sequencer; it contains several features catered to film composers, and treats audio and routing very similar to the manner audio is treated in Pro Tools. Pro Tools gets better all of the time, but it still has too many kinks to work out. Logic, however, is like speaking another language, and I can't wrap my head around it.

3.) I need a new ukulele!