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Need a word of advice, folks. I've just returned from one field trip and going back in the field again. But now, hopefully, with ESI UGM96 (if it will be delivered in time) and Pico, so I might actually have some time to play with it.

Let's presume the software will work fine, and there won't be any driver related troubles (which will be bad, because there won't be internet). I really have no idea where to start. Reading from the first page is boring, what do you guys and girls do? Play scales? Improvising? Covering popular songs?

Good advice carvingcode.

Low_Pressure, What you may want to look at is how you get to know the instruent better. What technique works best so that you can get over the instrument quickly and accurately.

I find starting with some simple exercises up and down the instrument is helpful

cd-de-ef-fg-
cde-def-efg-fga
and so in in groiups of 4, 5, 6 notes etc This strengthens all the fingers

The usual arpeggios are good (with inversions) c-e-g- e-g-c- g-c-e etc
and then do this with 6ths, 7ths, etc depending on what musical knowledge you already have.

Then slap on a drum and a bass loop and just jam away.

I hope I wasn't trying to teach granny's to suck eggs here, but the PICO is not the easist of keyboards to master and it does take some time.

I would be interested in everyone's view, but I find playing a tune difficult on the PICO. Chromatically, you only have just over an Octave and playing a tune that stays rigidly in the same key without any accidentals is hard to find. But as an improvisational tool it is excellent

Dave