[Music] Considering a Synthesizer

[IronArms]

For quite some time now I've wanted to get into music production, my own personal belief on learning the first steps is at least having some knowledge of the hardware involved. It is also my belief that you cannot teach someone creativity/art, we learn it our own way and it our own style. I am getting to the point of the "gearing" up, and could use some constructive idealization on what anyone thinks about certain pieces of hardware/companies/builds. So I'm going to throw out my first link here to see what you all think about this specific piece of hardware.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA03A09G7733

[SL1200]

http://www.native-instruments.com/en...ve-production/ I have a friend who has been somewhat successful playing music for a living. He uses a mashine and ableton live with some other synths such as the roland 303, and 909. Those Roland synths are probably not going to be easy to find or affordable. Good luck I hope you find some good affordable gear to get started with.

[Nario64]

Get the Minibrute, it's both simple and advanced, you'll use it for years if you can really get a grasp on it's tech.


http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ute/intro.html

[Lazy Gecko]

A cheaper alternative could be to just buy a MIDI controller to use with software synths. There are many alternatives like classic keyboards with knobs on them, or something like Maschine or Kaos Pad. Softsynths are much cheaper and even free in some cases, like Synth1 which is insanely good and widely used. Once you're more familiar with the principles of synthesis, you can make a more educated decision on which hardware synth you want to purchase.