Get an M-Audio Code 61-$300 on sale at times... a new arm or leg, it's the live thing for you! A midi controller. Cheap and awe-fucking-some!!! No kidding, IMO

 

Edit: My Mesa Boogie Mark IV had a direct out and silent push pull silent mode.

Me bad.

 

The sound produced by Boss Katana is cool ... I've seen on the Youtube link that you gave ...

In my country I did not find that sells Neumann U67 ... Very rare I think ... But thank you for the advice ... Maybe I will put it in the list of items that I will buy in the future ...

I have seen it ... Very cool .... I am personally very interested in Peavey 6505 Mini Head ... Dope ... Even though in my place the price is quite expensive ... I will try to find the second hand ...

It's good stuff, but for me it's a bit expensive ...
Thanks for the advice....
I am interested in GX 61 Nectar Impact, based on experience, what do you think?

Very cool stuff ... I don't imagine how long I had to collect as much as $4279,57 ...

 

I was goofing about the U67. For a great one it could be over $10,000.00. The next best thing is a Shure SM57.

 

"What I need to buy next with $ 700"

LSD

no i am serious. You can do nothing when having gear but not inspiration.

 

I did that and spent 4 hours creating some amazing soundscapes on a K4. The next day I tried to play back what I recorded and realised the Kawai wasn’t even plugged in. Best sounds I ever heard though

 

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Hmmm... I listened to your tracks, you seem to have the creation+mix basics laid out correctly. So, where to go from here?
First and foremost, the elephant in the room in any home studio, is the signal path of the equipment you have chained together to make music. There is one simple rule to follow when looking to upgrade your sound/studio. The best sound you will get/hear is the best sound that the worse equipment in your studio chain can produce. There is no point in getting the best soundcard if your monitors cannot re-produce the nuances of a better pre-amp and vice versa. Unfortunately, buying a good audio interface and monitors is much more than 700. You don't want to go for a new budget setup, you already have this.
So as i see it you have 3 options.
Option 1: Keep your money until it becomes around 1500-2000, so you can have a shot at a decent audio interface with a good preamp like RME, UAD, Antelope etc., and a decent pair of monitors like Adam, Focal, Genelec etc, plus some room correction materials.
Option 2: Now you know that you 'll be hearing the best sound that the weakest link in your chain can produce and still are full of gearlust but you have money only for one thing, this should be the monitors imho. My recommendation? Focal Alpha 80, 8" monitors will sound probably much better than what you got at around 700 a pair. And don't take my word for it :
https://www.musictech.net/reviews/focal-alpha-50-80-review/
https://www.mixonline.com/technology/focal-alpha-80-monitors-425999
But of course, even these monitors are the cheap Focal line and is made in China as opposed to the top Focal line which is made in France with anything that this may mean.
Option 3: It is certain that for a full step up, you need at least a good audio interface and monitors. Realistically speaking, atm you don't have the cash for it. So, it would make much sense to go the other way around and keep what you got and go for a new comp, which at the very least will help you get your music done faster. Beware, that my recommendation does not include any graphics (I saw what you wrote about Premiere, After Fx etc, if you want to have serious GPU acceleration on these softies you have to pay a big premium for it, imho it's not worth it atm). It also doesn't include new case and psu etc. In a nutshell it's a major upgrade to your core system with the catch it goes for a cheap (but good) motherboard to compensate (which can be upgraded in the future as well), and the whole system build focuses on music production.
Ryzen 7 3700x + MSI B450 Tomahawk (yes it works with the new AMD cpus) + 32GB (2x16) GSkill DDR4 3200mghz + Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB (for boot drive)
https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-3700X-16-Thread-Processor/dp/B07SXMZLPK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=29OIP25WGKHUH&keywords=3700x+ryzen+amd&qid=1564575175&s=gateway&sprefix=3700x,aps,449&sr=8-2
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Crossfire-Motherboard-B450-Tomahawk/dp/B07F7W5KJS/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2KRM587UB2D7U&keywords=msi+tomahawk+b450+am4&qid=1564575097&s=gateway&sprefix=msi+tomah,aps,362&sr=8-2
https://www.amazon.com/G-SKILL-Ripjaws-PC4-25600-Platform-F4-3200C16D-32GVK/dp/B0171GQR0C/ref=sr_1_9?crid=255QZ2XND4ZEW&keywords=ddr4+16gb&qid=1564575258&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin:9559990011,p_n_feature_four_browse-bin:10656894011,p_n_feature_two_browse-bin:16955285011&rnid=16955283011&s=pc&sprefix=ddr+4,aps,458&sr=1-9
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-...970+evo+plus+500gb&qid=1564575725&s=pc&sr=1-1
Doing the math this is about 705 dlrs US.
Cheers

 

Long time no see bro, i did this too and recorded my performance successfully as opposed to @Haliax . Listening to it the next day i had recorded one note that was 2 hrs long.

 

No wonder....
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...-edition-large-diaphragm-condenser-microphone

Are knobs and sliders really needed? Maybe I can reduce the budget by buying a GX 61 Nectar Impact....

Yes I will...

Too many hallucinations actually make the job not finished ... you know ......

Wow ... Thank you for giving a suggestion ...
(Option 1...) I am still new to things like this (expensive Audio Interface), will the results be very significant?

(Option 2...) Alpha 80 Focal Price in my country reaches $1078 ... It seems too expensive ... Can I temporarily use good headphones instead? Like HD 280 for example?

(Option 3...) Ten years I have been using AMD since I use Athlon to the Phenom ... Based on your experience, why do I need to choose AMD now? Is it possible for me to migrate to Intel?
For Intel PCs, I actually have a plan to replace my old AMD core items (procie, motherboard, and RAM) with this:
Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W ($294.99)
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-8700-Desktop-Processor-Cores/dp/B07598HLB4
H310M PRO-VDH Plus ($69.99)
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-H310M-PRO-VDH-PLUS-Plus/dp/B07MT6BVR6
Kingston Memory KVR26N19S8/8 ValueRAM DDR4 8 GB DIMM 288-pin Computer Internal Memory ($40.39)
https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-KVR26N19S8-ValueRAM-Computer-Internal/dp/B072QYHKLR
Seagate BarraCuda 2TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 64MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC ($72.99)
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-Internal-3-5-Inch-ST2000DM006/dp/B01IEKG402
The total is $478.36... What do you think?

Maybe I'll put aside first about video editing, and focus on music production ...

Once again, thank you for the advice ....

 

Oh I see ... Now I know ... thank you ...

 

i would bet on nectar..
the M-Audio Code 61 looks like oxygen plus mpc pads and xy pad...i bet its pretty light...
i see the nectar you posted is just 99 money...just keys like
M-Audio Keystation 61 MK3 for 130
but i think nectar is way better...

 

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That's right about GX 61 Nektar Impact, maybe in the UK the new price is around €99, but in my country the second hand costs €113.64 ... For new ones, the average price is €157.84 ....
But maybe I will still take it if I don't find another one...

M-Audio Keystation 61 MK3 in my country is about €176.78.... Cool stuff but too expensive to me... you know....

 

thats not allright kind of ... m audio i bet is cheaper then nectar to build
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the m audio did bite the current arturia design a bit , i think heh heh..

 

A CPU with 5000-6000 benchmark its ok, profire610 and bx8 d3 are very cheap and incredible professional grade, recommend fire-wire over usb for better latency

 

What I need to buy next with $ 700

A financial advisor.

 

The two times that I've done psychedelics in the last few years, any time i tried to make music my thoughts were too much of a jumbled ass mess. I don't know, sometimes it's a gamble whether you can even find your way around a synth's parameters, computer screen, etc. Sure helps with playing an instrument though.

 

I was friendly with a PhD candidate from UC Santa Barbara who smoked up as much DMT as I have every seen anybody absorb to no ill effect. You might actually become more proficient in your desired skillset whence you"ve got yourself your sealegs.

 

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