New Year's Resolution - Music Production - Gear Wishlist!

Hi,

Some couple of years ago I changed perception about this thing with new year resolutions. Before I thought they were quite silly. If you can't do something like eat less and quit smoking without it, why express it? But, then, I took another stance - rather than make promises, I was focusing on setting goals. Back then, it was two things - start to train some martial arts, and to start producing music. One was setting off the same year (started to train aikido, but had a pause for some years to pick it up again this year - now I have graded three times to 4 kyu), but still one is there to go.

To start to let the music I have inside me to get out. I have been consuming as long as I can remember, and distributing since mid-teens as a DJ on the mix deck (after some mix-tapes even before ;), and now has passed quarter of a century as a DJ. See my "music" biography. For heaven's sake - I even have the intended project name parked as a domain since some time! What am I waiting for? ;)

Here is my latest promo mix, by the way :).

Now, it is time to get myself to the prodcuer's stage - and here is what I want to pursue when it comes to equipment.

First of all, a new computer. I would go for the new Apple MacBook line from October 2008, the 13 inch.

MacBook Pro - 13 Inch

Then, adding to the hardware, a Novation Remote SL25 MIDI-Controller.

Novation ReMOTE SL 25

Adding to the controllers, I would go for two Faderfox controllers;

Faderfox LV2

Faderfox LC2

For the software, as revealed by these controllers :), I would go for this DAW (digital audio workstation) - the Ableton Live 7 Suite. And I guess I would do my DJing on it as well ;).

Ableton Live 7

Ableton Live 7 - Screenshot

For the VSTi's, the plug-in instruments, I would go for Native Instruments Komplete bundle.

Komplete - VSTi Bundle - Screenshots

That's it!

Now, only the very hard work to be done to finance it ... ;).

Happy New Year 2009! Hope to make it happy for you with my own produced Joy of Life EDM :).