Flynn Shaw

Okay so I’ve decided, and I just want to say thanks for all the input that’s gone on in the thread, its been really useful in helping me make my decision, and hopefully it will help others as well! So, the big unveil….

I have gone with the Arturia Minilab! It seemed the best fit, and one of my friends has an arturia product, and swears by it, so in the end it made sense.

Thanks once again for the input

Flynn (ShawThing)

I agree with what your friend says about the keys, 25 keys is a bit annoying, but since most MIDI keyboards I have looked at have multiple octaves available, at the moment I can’t justify the extra price 🙁 A mate of mine who works in my local DJ store has suggested the Arturia Minilab, not necessarily over the MPK Mini but as a definite alternative as it comes with more sounds than the MPK Mini. The MPK25 looks really strong, is it worth the considerably larger sum of money compared to the MPK Mini and the Minilab?

Thanks one again for all the feedback, and good luck with your collaborations mate!

Look man any constructive criticism is helpful in my eyes, no matter how limited it is, an I really don’t know any producers, so if you were ok I could bounce some of my stuff off of you? It wouldn’t be for a few weeks at least, but it’d be good to have that available? Only if it suits you of course

Right, so I was thinking of getting a midi keyboard, as that compliments my skills pretty well. If I were to buy the LPD8 and said keyboard, would that be overkill? Also, would I couple Massive with something like Ableton? I know next to nothing about this I’m afraid, so any help is greatly appreciated

Cheers

Thanks for all your help man, it really helps having all this laid out for me. So much better than just randomly googling haha.

I’m thinking I’ll buy the s2 and keep my x1. That way i can also sell my soundcard and spare version of traktor to one of my mates as well!

Again, thank for everyone’s help ! 🙂

I’ve found the x1 great to learn with, but obviously it’s my first controller haha. What exactly do jog wheels do on a controller? I can guess, but it’s better to hear it ‘straight from the horses mouth’ I guess

How do those other modular controllers shape up against traktor controllers? At the moment I’m seeing native instruments like apple, in that their gear is more expensive, but you get that quality guarantee??

Cheers man 🙂

I’ll look into it, the only ones i really know of are the s2 and the s4 from traktor, are there any cheaper options haha. I haven’t got that sort of money at the moment, but i guess i could save.