Don't be fooled over a discussion bruh all im trying to get through your heads is dont judge people off what they got but judge them off what they can do.Just because somebody got a motif dont mean he is more talented than somebody using FL that just means he just has a motif.I could have a room full of keyboards and still could make better music using FL you sounding like a kid right thinking i dont know shit because ill rather just FL over a motif.The crazy thing is i just checked out a couple of 901_Rice_Street beats (he made using his motif) and a few of your beats (you made on FL Studio) and guest what i would be willing to work with you before i would with him and thats why im telling you dont be fooled by something because its more expensive.Just because somebody has a motif doesnt mean he can make better beats or i should take him serious.
So am i suppose to take you guys with your motif more serious than these guys that used FL Studio to produce these beats??? If the industry takes people serious that use FL (and is willing to pay them for their work) why cant you?
It's not so much about actual talent level of someone using FL vs Hardware Boards, it's about the perception of the clients that happen to walk through the door, or ask what you use.
When I first started out, I went to a studio, and i was floored at all the equipment that he had. It was a room full of racks, from the floor to the ceiling, of all of these big electronic things with all these blinky lights, etc. Looked really high tech, and really expensive.
So I asked the engineer, "wow, do you use all of this stuff??" You know what his response was?
"No...it's all for show. Most of that stuff is 15 years old and hasn't been touched in forever. All I use is this Mac, and this piece right over here (a hardware limiter/compressor)."
He told me that he keeps that stuff around, because it makes him look more "professional" to clients. And you know what, to a newbie like me (at the time), it really did.
Your clients have a preconceived notion of what a "studio" is supposed to look like. And what that "studio" looks like speaks to the perceived value of the "the producer". A producer/studio with a room full of fancy looking equipment is perceived as "more valuable" (both talent and service wise) than a studio that just has a desk, a computer, one screen, some tiny desk monitors, and a midi controller.
I've experienced the same thing. In my studio, I had my Open Labs Miko, Fantom X, Triton, a few rack mounted modules, 2 x 17" screens, a 42" screen, and 2 pair of monitors. When clients walked in, they were SUPER impressed. They found everything to be really high tech. When in reality, all it was was a computer 4 computer screens (running windows xp), 2 boards and a mic pre-amp.
So it's not about actual talent of something using FL vs Hardware, it's about the perception of the clients. And however false that may be, we still have to understand the clients perceptions. Because it does matter.