Hello,
I'm not exactly a DJ. Instead I produce music and have done some live performing of it. Up until now I have been doing FL Studio to sequence with some VSTis and Reason ReWired in. For physical gear, I mostly have been running off this Beringer UMX49 to perform a lead section live on keys and that's it. Needless to say I want more freedom in arrangement.
The goal is to add a new layer, using Live to trig the patterns sequenced in FL Studio in Session mode. Live in the long run isn't the issue, but I'm wanting to know where to go for hardware.
First off, I have been looking into an Ableton controller so I have been looking into a refurb of the Akai APC40.
On top of that, I'm wanting something for MPC style pads and a new keyboard controller (A mixer controller would be nice too but the APC faders and such can cover me for now). I was thinking the MPD18 (accidentally said MPC :P) and then just waiting around for a new keyboard (since it isn't a huge priority at the moment due to me having one), but do you guys have any suggestions of either separate pieces of hardware or combined ones? My budget is in the area of a few hundred so good values would be nice.
Edit: Also is there any gear you would suggest I also get/is there any gear that you suggest I not get?
Any help on this matter would be very much appreciated,
Drox
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