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Which hardware company feels right to you?
I was thinking about the gear that inspires me, having just bought a Launchpad that I part funded with sales of a Keystep and Beatstep Pro. From that thought I came to realise that Arturia doesn't chime with me but Novation does. I have a Circuit that I have done next to nowt with but still, I've kept it. I suspect if it was the Arturia Circuit then I would have sold it. I can't tell you why, except to say that Novation gear makes me want to know more, whereas Arturia's gear makes me feel like I don't know enough.
How about you?
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My first guitar was a bad fit (Epiphone SG). It was a bad neck for me, but because I was a young wee pup with no experience of worldly matters and all guitars are grasped awkwardly by beginners, I just stuck it out. We were together for more than a decade, but it was never love. After the divorce, I started seeing a Fender Mustang ('65 reissue) and we're a perfect fit. Never thought it could be like this.
This resonates. I like stuff that does one job and does it well. I spend more time with my Moog Sirin and Minitaur than I do with my Mother 32s, although generally speaking, I think Moog are very good at the do one thing and do it well. The Mother 32 has too many options for me.
And funnily enough, my main guitar is a Mustang too @colonel_mustard ! Two pickups is plenty for me
As a keyboard player, almost all of my hardware purchases have been either Roland or Yamaha, and I like them both as brands. What I would say is, try not to compromise - there have been a few times when I wanted X but bought Y because it was cheaper, and it has never felt quite right. Be patient and save up for you really want.
Always happy to meet a Mustang brother
100%.
Of course, figuring out / understanding / realising what you really want is another matter, but if you know (and be honest folks), go straight towards it. There are no substitutes. Not really.
Feels good, on the whole…
Arturia has done some very shady shit on more than one occasion. Perhaps that tingled your spidey sense.
Roland - better design, elegant, usable and user-friendly.
Interesting topic.
I’m totally loving my Alesis Strike Pro kit. Absolute joy to play. Even after owning multiple e kits over the years I’m still in awe of the fact that I can get behind the kit that sounds and plays like a high end accoustic kit and play along with amazing world class artists at 3 am if I want. The module is a pretty full featured sampler which is a blast to program. Got the Alesis drum amp too which I really like.
Alesis gets knocks for quality but this gear is sparking joy. 🙂
On the other side I really dislike the sound of the stock snare that came with my Gretsch kit. Cannot tune it to a tone I like to save my life.
My favorites are Kurzweil, Korg, Arturia, Novation for their best compromises in product design and especially Kurzweil for their exceptional product lifetime and software maintenance philosophy.
Also Yamaha does a fairly good job with their product design.
I like Moog for their new company philosophy and for still being fairly creative with their products after more than 50 years.
I do like Behringer too for taking the VIP out of expensive analog gear although I wouldn't buy every one of their products.
I don't like Roland anymore, in the late 90s they've started to economize on CPU power to the point that their products weren't usable as to their specs. They also didn't seem to want users to let them use their own sample material for a long time and when they did, it felt like an afterthought.
Actually I think that the musical instrument market is so small that most of the time, you don't even have the choice from which manufacturer to purchase. There aren't enough overlaps in product features. Yes, you have rather good clones in guitars, basses, drums etc. but grooveboxes and synths are mostly too different to even compare (except those evil Behringer clones 😅)