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RobertRollie
Ive recently become inspired to start 'playing live' in the style of lab4... Im thinking of buying something like an MC-505 to play with... is this a good piece of hardware for beginners? My understanding of music is limited but ive produced some simple stuff in fruity. Can anyone recommend any other good hardware for producing live music?
TraNcerke
I started with producing about 4-5 years ago and I started with the 505. I must say i've learned a lot from it, it's fun to use. The step sequencer is easy to use (but rather limited). Synth engine is ok too (you can really create complex sounds with 4 individual waves, having there own filter/pitch/amp adsr curves to build one patch + a fm modulation alike option) -definately better then the yamaha grooveboxes-. I found the 8 tracks (+8 subdivided in rhytm) good to start with but after a while you will feel you need something better with more possibilities + if you need to control other synths bear in mind that rx and tx settings are a global setting which is a bit of a pain. So if it are your first steps in producing i would definately recommend it, given the 2nd hand prices. You will be able to build professional songs , sounding much much better then the typical fruity sound (all those peop who say grooveboxes suck, they sound bad, are crap, are just newbs :)) It is a hardware synth so it does not give any critical errors on crucial moments :D , I gigged it some times, never had problems. After a few years you will feel the need for a better sequencer and an analog synth but untill then you'll have great fun with it.
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