With that said, all you really need is a good DAW, some VST synths (NI Massive, Albino, Sylenth) and plugins (Izotope Ozone, Sausage Fattener, etc), and a decent midi keyboard to start with (I'd suggest at least three or four octaves, though you could get away with a two octave controller if you ...

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Haha I read that wanking time at first :lol: But yea i'm a beginner too so all I can say is spend a few hours on your DAW have a wank and keep practicing. Like anything you'll get better with practice. I got an MPK mini for 90 bucks ...

You seem to be confusing a few things in your post.

1) There is a difference between a novation launchpad and MPC-style drum pads, although I'm fairly certain they are interchangeable. The launchpad (http://www.ableton.com/pages/resources/2009/novation_launchpad/launchpad-ableton-main-image.png ...

Why don't you just dive into the demo first?

Watch a couple of videos on how to work with the program and try to make something. :)


yeah i got a 40 minute beginner tutorial from youtube up in another video and ima be working through that i just haven't gotten the chance. i'm trying to ...

To start off, I wrote this all in word before making an account. In the two days I answered a decent amount of my own questions. This thing used to be 2 pages in word single spaced.
I just recently started getting into wanting to make some dubstep and some music. I have been listening to dubstep ...