First attempt at production... Maschine vs. Ableton
I'm a DJ of 17 years and I am ready to stretch myself into some groove production or even take a crack at some completed tracks. I've watched a ton of YouTube tutorials on both Maschine and Ableton and am pretty sure those are the two platforms I want to meld together at some point (I'm aware that Abelton is much more finite and that Maschine is usually best used as a plugin). However, I'm a working husband and father of two young kids and I don't have enough expendable income to invest in Ableton Live Suite + / or Maschine Studio yet. My budget is probably $600 dollars tops. That probably means I'm starting off with only one of the two platforms. I'm curious as to what some of you might suggest as the better starting point. Maschine MKll/ or Mikro, or Ableton Standard Version without a designated controller / hardware? For those of you that have both, did you start with one or the other and would you have a suggestion based off your experience?