It's a lot of fun. Really a polished all-in-one experience. Learning all the intricacies is a bit of a grind for me being new to electronic music equipment but I've also found I've developed some good muscle memory once I learn how to do something. I'd recommend it if you don't want to touch a computer. I hate software daws — they make me feel so disconnected from the process, so this is perfect for me.
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100% making music on a daw is so disconnected, sometimes I need just get a guitar out to jam and feel it… helps a lot
Native instruments is a really good company
It's so nice to hear you say this. I'm coming at it from a kind of different angle from more of a podcast thing. I completely agree with you that turning on my computer feels like I should be responding to email not being creative.
But I will say, editing spoken narration in software is very nice. I want to shift to a tape-first work flow but being able to cut, denoise, and add software noise gates is kinda nice.
Lastly, I'm also trying to get into electronic music. I picked up my first synth and I'm trying to experiment with synth effects on a trumpet (recorded not live).
Problem is, I'm not great at either instrument but hey, it's fun 😀