Reply to If I Got To Start All Over Again, I Would.........

DJTToolers:


I'm approaching feeling settled on Ableton. Still I have not ruled out Logic, FL Studio, and Pro Tools. I'm looking at MIDI keyboards and various other production devices. With MIDI keyboards that have pads, faders, and encoders.....it seems like you can get it all at once.

I guess I'd like to hear from those with more experience about where they wasted a lot of time. Any gear to avoid? I'm knee deep in a music theory book and another on dance music production. I play around with my Ableton Lite, but know I need a keyboard to work along with the exercises in my books.

I don't even like Ableton that much, but I have a good friend who uses it who has agreed to spend some time teaching me a few things in Ableton, if I teach him how to mix in Traktor. Seems like a good deal. Also, it seems to be the most pervasive DAW in the world right now.

So, those are my thoughts. Now, if you got to do it all over again, where would you start? What would you read? What tutorial services would you use online? What keyboard would you buy? What DAW would you use?

Thanks, I look forward to hearing some responses. Oh yeah, check me out on Mixcloud. Soundcloud is being a bitch and only let me upload my first mix.

I posted this on another community as well and so far, most responses have been to take it slow, learn more about theory, mixing, etc..

Please no.....well this is covered in other threads, you misspelled _______, you should probably master Traktor first.