I was thinking of buying a synth and a roland 808.
so much cheaper to buy a controller then the synths these days. and get some sound patches. but the analogue controller sythns are much better and you can manipulate the different sound patterns with the built in controllers. it would be good to buy an Alesis midi recorder too. but these controllers come with software for your PC or laptop to record onto yet it helps to have a midi recorder as a sidecar to play to. after laying down the bassline.
I bought this in 1989 with my Roland D-10
Alesis MMT-8 Multi-Track MIDI Recorder
same fucking box and same price. 199. that was a deal back then. considering the dollar value today, 199.00 is like what, 80 bucks back then? I would of thought they would have improved on the technology but I guess if it works it works. it has an interprolating thing where it syncs the keys if you're sync is slightly off. i made a bunch of songs years ago. that was my addiction for like 8 years. just spending hours layering tracks.
