Which should I get first?
I’m really gonna try to make a long story short
I’ll be getting Ableton Live 9 Standard and plan to be purchasing both the Maschine Mk2 and the Novation Launchkeys 49
My question to you is which should I buy first? The Maschine or the Launchkeys?
Also I dont have any prior piano skills. Should I get the 49 key or a 25 key midi keyboard?
Why not go for the launchpad instead of the launchkey? It’s cheaper, it can be used to play traditionally once you get your head around the key locations and patterns, and it can easily act as a basic mixer and clip trigger-er.
If I was going to buy ableton 9 standard, I would start out with launchkeys 49. You can play drums and piano on it and it seems like it’s more friendly to ableton starters. 25 keys is ok, but the 45 will last longer in the future. You may want to develop some certain piano skills and then it’s always good to have the opportunity to play wide.
You would get it before the Maschine Mk2?
Get the Push
Get the Launchkeys 49 first. I have a 32 key, and it’s big enough. I’m not a piano player either, but 25 seems a bit too small. If you are planning to carry it around then get the 25 key if not… go with the 49. Which ever you get it doesn’t matter, just preference and for convenience.
Maschine all the way.
maschine
Launchkeys bruv. This way you can take time to learn more about getting in touch with your music.
Launchkey would be useless if you don’t have ableton yet.
You can us launchkey with maschine’s software. If you’re getting all of those eventually, I would start with maschine. You can use maschine’s hardware with ableton too.
Get the Push…
It’ll cover the Maschine and Launchkey.
Alright I think people misunderstood
I’m getting Ableton Live 9 before all of these things
but what should I get after that between the Novation Launchkeys 49 and the Maschine Mk2
The one I dont choose to get right away I will get about a month later
Push is on backorder for 12-16 weeks so…no
While you’re at it, buy a hoverboard or something else you can’t get right now.
Alright I think you misunderstood
The push
I’m not looking to wait 12-16 weeks…
it’s gonna take you 3 months to learn Ableton anyway.
Why would you buy a DAW, that for the most part takes years to master and then immediately purchase a sampler/sequencer combo that while not nearly as deep as the DAW would still take some time to master. Are you good at learning things 2 different things at the same time? Anything that Maschine can do, Ableton can do. If you already have Ableton, I would just spend the next few months learning it with just a mouse and keyboard and that way you’ll have a better idea of what kind of controller you need. But that’s probably not the answer you’re looking for eh?
So what you’re suggesting pretty much is wait and get the Push..?
How about getting a midi keyboard in the meantime
That’s not really what I said.
Do you have any chops with a piano/keyboard? Do you play guitar or have some general musical knowledge?
If you answered no to those questions (which is perfectly fine) I would just familiarize yourself with Ableton first, before you purchase any kind of controller. If you’ve never used Ableton before, you wont have an idea of what kind of controller you will want. You may think you know what you want, but you wont know till you’re atleast somewhat familiar with it. If you really want some keys to play some chords/melodies/drums whatever, just get something basic in the meantime like an Akai LPK25 or something