Hey guys,
I've been DJing for about 6 months and have absolutely loved it. I run Traktor on an S4 with a Midi Fighter and love tearing up parties and clubs. However, I've had a very extensive musical background previous to this (acappella, guitar, violin, piano) and now I'm interested in delving a lot more into the production side of electro music rather than making mashups and regular remixes off Traktor. I'm completely in love with the progressive house genre along with electro/house/trance. Essentially I want to try to become the next Avicii
(or just try it out for a bit to see if I'm any good at it).
I bought an APC40 a month or so ago (during my mashup phase) but really haven't had a chance to run it. I have Ableton Live and I haven't completely delved into it as it looked pretty complicated at first glance. From what I understand, it is definitely more on the production side but also shares lots of qualities with DJing. I just want to know what would be the best software to really explore the production side of music before investing a lot of my time into learning the software (and getting the equipment).
I definitely want software where I can create melodies and harmonies very easily and manipulate them with all the effects while throwing in clips of anything. Also, having the most instruments and sound varieties available to me are important. Most importantly, I would really like software where I can program in all the notes, beats, clips, etc in a paused time frame (garageband-esque) so I can easily edit anything that I'm producing. But I also want it to have live music capturing functions too so I can easily input any of my ideas. I've heard that Ableton Live is what I maybe should lean towards but I'm asking all of you so I can get the best advice on what to invest my time into learning.
I'm also probably going to get a piano keyboard midi controller so it'd be easier for me to add in melodies and musical notes in a traditional music sense so if anyone has good suggestions on one in a decent price range, I'd love that too. Thanks all.
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