Hi all.I am new here. I started my electronic mucis journey possibly in 1998. I have decided that after long time djing would be good to bring myself to next level and do some electronic music productions and being more specific TRANCE music. I do tent to listen some progressive house and really love some latin/ tribal drumms themes too. I did some search already to find suitable exuipment for me.Except my Laptop( asus with I5 processor, geforce 745 and 8 GB of Ram memory also want to upgrade hdd to sshd to speed up work) i would like to use M-AUDIO Axiom 49 mk2. I have club mixer Denon dnx1600 which is fully midi mappable. I was wondering if i could use it as sound card or it is too much hassle.There are some audio cards which are good too.I think M audio axiom 49 is with semi wheighted keys. I suppose it is good for piano melodies to be created. I watched also some tutorials and videos on youtube people explaining Fl studio, Cubase and Reason.I thought to get Cubase and rewire Fl studio as plugin and. Fl studio seems to be easier and with clearer view to edit beats.I saw Orjan Nilsen running it for minutes creating some nice tune.My other questions are related gear and soft. Do sliders and encoders help when using main keyboard?Do i need any other synths to creat quality sounding tunes?Maybe some small purchase just to extend physical gear would be beneficial?I read some opinions that Reason is made for electronic music productions so that is my concern if i get Reason 4 and will not like to work on it.I know there is many ways to setup your mini studio but general tips would direct me please.If i decide for any software do all vst plugins work with all programs or i must get plugin for particular Program? Many thanks for inputs.
Last question is related to music knowledge and notes.Should i start with few piano lessons with kayboard first?
I played flute in primary school but iw as ages ago. I no not know notes and i am scared to start any project now knowing which keys to hit if i want to create melody and melody will be falsed.
Thank you for your inputs.
Last question is related to music knowledge and notes.Should i start with few piano lessons with kayboard first?
I played flute in primary school but iw as ages ago. I no not know notes and i am scared to start any project now knowing which keys to hit if i want to create melody and melody will be falsed.
Thank you for your inputs.