Hello,

Once upon a time, I was a musician. I took my classical guitar degree 10 years ago. I studied a little of music composition and experimented with computer music. But today, I don’t do music anymore. Every time I try to do music, I spend the time looking for synthesizers, creating setups, and so on, and it ends I never play. So, I’m looking for some device that gives me an out-of-the-box experience with synths, effects, and loops. I would especially like to:

  • loop audio input
  • play with external or integrated keyboard
  • apply effects
  • use synth and samples
  • programming the sounds and synths

Thanks!

  • B-TR3E@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    Sorry, there’s no device to cure horror vacui. You’ll have to kick your own ass and no, you don’t need a kickdrum for that.

  • Lighttrails@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    I have also been looking for a synth/groove box recently. I’ve been doing deep dives in tutorials/reviews on YouTube, sweetwater, and reverb. The price point is all over the place with some sub $300 US machines that have cool features but steep learning curves to the multi $K machines that can do it all. I’m a total noob to sampling and beat making so I’m probably going to go the cheaper route and also snag a used Korg monologue synth. Here’s the few that I’ve been looking into:

    Roland P6

    Yamaha SeqTrak

    Elektron Digitakt II

    There’s also the legendary Akai MPC (praise to J Dilla) for chopping samples and beat making.

    If you’re into tinkering and into open source software look up Bespoke Synth. It’s digital modular synth that you can use external hardware and link to a DAW

    And don’t forget you can always get a midi keyboard and use your DAW of choice.

    • Capricorn@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      I know bespoke synth. It’s very nice, but at least I need some controller. Moreover, I don’t like programming for doing music. I’m looking for something faster. Also, I found it a little buggy, with random crashes here and there. I think that for those kind of stuffs it’s better staying on reliable software like puredata and derivatives

  • jaz@midwest.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    Find an old Kurzweil K2000S or K2500S. Very powerful workstation for its time. Lay down tracks immediately with presets or dive deep into sampling with wildly creative modulation and effects with high degree of mapping and control.