Hello new friends,
I luckily just stumbled on this forum by accident and very happy I did because I can see how many active people are on this site and know this will become my new home for learning & sharing ideas.
Very Quick Bio. Playing guitar for 38 years in all genres of music. Yet a 53 year old fart like me happens to dig EDM big time so here I am trying to learn this very new and complexing style of music to write and produce.
I was in horrific accident at end of 2012 that left me permanently disabled. It was so bad I was pronounced dead for over 2 minutes. Looks like I lived. I had a terrible Traumatic Brain Injury and my My Drs asked what hobbies I had because they wanted me to start using my brain again. I told them chess & guitar. They couldn't be happier. Purchased a cheap nylon string to practice classical and played over 2000 games of online chess. I wanted to either become a Master at Chess or become passionate about music again. Music finally took over and I have never in my life been so passionate about music. Interesting twist to this story was as I quit music in 2008, sold my home studio, CDs , guitars etc. Never in a million years did I think I would be playing again and building a new home studio. This is just as much of a miracle as how I was being revived after being pronounced dead. It would be too long of a post or I would have shared the story.
So I was out of the music scene for almost 8 years and when I decided to build a new home studio, I thought Protools was the only game in town. Looks like I was wrong. First software & hardware I saw online was NI Massive. I thought I was done until I found out that Massive is not really a DAW.
Then I stumbled on a site called Ableton and saw Push and when I read it was a DAW and also designed for the musician meaning it could be used on live gigs, I was sold and purchased Ableton & Push about 10 months ago. I didn't use it for 5 months because it was too complicated for me but stuck with it and in the last 4 months of serious study, it started to come together. I didn't realize this was not like my old studio which never used MIDI so this was not easy for me. At first, I felt like an idiot for buying this gear because I could not grasp it , but know feel blessed everyday when I fire everything up. Yet I am still a newbie.
Current Studio: 2009 Imac 20 GB memory with added SSD drive, Ableton live 9 Suite, Push, JBL LSR 305 monitors, Beyer Dynamic 770 pro 80 ohm headphones, Scarlett 2i4 interface, Two KMI foot controllers Soft Step 2 & 12 step, Godin Guitar with built in wireless MIDI controller call Fishman Triple Play. Software: Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2, Trillian & Stylus RMX
I want to write & produce music at home but also want to gig again so that's why I have the two foot controllers:
Last piece of gear I want is a keyboard and can not decide between an analog synth or a controller. NEED HELP MAKING THIS DECISION!!!!!!
I narrowed it down to two pieces of gear that will cost me exactly the same out of money to the penny which is $1100.
NI Kontrol 61 with the crossgrade option meaning I would get Komplete Ultimate and Kontroller for $1100. Komplete Ultimate costs $1000 alone so it's like getting the Kontroller for $100. If I went with the Kontrol 49, it would be getting the controller for free.
My other option Moog Sub 37 brand new for $1100. I have a connection at a music store.
I realize these are two completely different animals and watched videos on the Moog and was blown away with it's deep sound and builtin arpeggiator & sequencer. I also realize how amazing it would be to have Komplete Ultimate. Life is short and I spent last 2 1/2 years recovering from my accident, so it's time for me to have some fun now.
I pretty much told you everything about what I want to accomplish.
Thanks for anyone who took the time to read this lengthy post and a real big thanks in advance to anyone who can help me make the decision on the two keyboards. I am going to go with the majority of recommendations. And please if possible, just add a short note why you picked one over the other.
God Bless & stay healthy & happy.
BobbyD
PS....I wasn't sure which forum to post this in so I am going to post in the hardware/software forum as well. I hope that is not breaking any rules.
I luckily just stumbled on this forum by accident and very happy I did because I can see how many active people are on this site and know this will become my new home for learning & sharing ideas.
Very Quick Bio. Playing guitar for 38 years in all genres of music. Yet a 53 year old fart like me happens to dig EDM big time so here I am trying to learn this very new and complexing style of music to write and produce.
I was in horrific accident at end of 2012 that left me permanently disabled. It was so bad I was pronounced dead for over 2 minutes. Looks like I lived. I had a terrible Traumatic Brain Injury and my My Drs asked what hobbies I had because they wanted me to start using my brain again. I told them chess & guitar. They couldn't be happier. Purchased a cheap nylon string to practice classical and played over 2000 games of online chess. I wanted to either become a Master at Chess or become passionate about music again. Music finally took over and I have never in my life been so passionate about music. Interesting twist to this story was as I quit music in 2008, sold my home studio, CDs , guitars etc. Never in a million years did I think I would be playing again and building a new home studio. This is just as much of a miracle as how I was being revived after being pronounced dead. It would be too long of a post or I would have shared the story.
So I was out of the music scene for almost 8 years and when I decided to build a new home studio, I thought Protools was the only game in town. Looks like I was wrong. First software & hardware I saw online was NI Massive. I thought I was done until I found out that Massive is not really a DAW.
Then I stumbled on a site called Ableton and saw Push and when I read it was a DAW and also designed for the musician meaning it could be used on live gigs, I was sold and purchased Ableton & Push about 10 months ago. I didn't use it for 5 months because it was too complicated for me but stuck with it and in the last 4 months of serious study, it started to come together. I didn't realize this was not like my old studio which never used MIDI so this was not easy for me. At first, I felt like an idiot for buying this gear because I could not grasp it , but know feel blessed everyday when I fire everything up. Yet I am still a newbie.
Current Studio: 2009 Imac 20 GB memory with added SSD drive, Ableton live 9 Suite, Push, JBL LSR 305 monitors, Beyer Dynamic 770 pro 80 ohm headphones, Scarlett 2i4 interface, Two KMI foot controllers Soft Step 2 & 12 step, Godin Guitar with built in wireless MIDI controller call Fishman Triple Play. Software: Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2, Trillian & Stylus RMX
I want to write & produce music at home but also want to gig again so that's why I have the two foot controllers:
Last piece of gear I want is a keyboard and can not decide between an analog synth or a controller. NEED HELP MAKING THIS DECISION!!!!!!
I narrowed it down to two pieces of gear that will cost me exactly the same out of money to the penny which is $1100.
NI Kontrol 61 with the crossgrade option meaning I would get Komplete Ultimate and Kontroller for $1100. Komplete Ultimate costs $1000 alone so it's like getting the Kontroller for $100. If I went with the Kontrol 49, it would be getting the controller for free.
My other option Moog Sub 37 brand new for $1100. I have a connection at a music store.
I realize these are two completely different animals and watched videos on the Moog and was blown away with it's deep sound and builtin arpeggiator & sequencer. I also realize how amazing it would be to have Komplete Ultimate. Life is short and I spent last 2 1/2 years recovering from my accident, so it's time for me to have some fun now.
I pretty much told you everything about what I want to accomplish.
Thanks for anyone who took the time to read this lengthy post and a real big thanks in advance to anyone who can help me make the decision on the two keyboards. I am going to go with the majority of recommendations. And please if possible, just add a short note why you picked one over the other.
God Bless & stay healthy & happy.
BobbyD
PS....I wasn't sure which forum to post this in so I am going to post in the hardware/software forum as well. I hope that is not breaking any rules.
