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A while back I managed to repair and upgrade an old macbook pro, and ended up deciding to sell some gear and buy a maschine mk3 and komplete kontrol A49 - perhaps foolishly putting all my eggs in one basket. Now that macbook has died in a way that I think is beyond salvaging, my MK3 and A49 are bricks and I can't afford a new PC/macbook. Therefore my plan is to sell these devices and get a hardware-only solution for my music-making hobby.
And it is just a hobby, so whatever I get doesn't need to produce complete, polished songs. It just needs to be fun and a mixture of synth and sampling. My favourite music to make is techno that is on the dubbier side.
The reason I'd like it to be more that just a sampler is that I previously had and sold a digitakt, having found the endless scrolling for, and organising of samples to be a mood killer.
The one item of gear I never sold and still have is an old volca sample.
So far I'm thinking:
Polyend Tracker - I do like the Elektron workflow, which I'm told is tracker-like, and the polyend does seem to have a lot of features after all the updates.
MPC one - DAW in a box, maybe too focused on sampling for my tastes.
TR8s - Looks like a lot of fun, but predominantly a drum machine - it has synthesis though, but does that include a "chord machine"?
Roland MC101 - Has a lot of what I need, but looks uninspiring and maybe a little limited in terms of size/number of tracks. A toy?
Roland MV-1 - Seems like a DAW in a box, again, has what I need but looks very uninspiring.
Digitone - Always wanted one, but as a groovebox it's limited, however combining with Volca Sample might make for a more complete solution? The Elektron workflow definitely works for me.
I'd welcome any other suggestions. my budget will be around £500, and most of these can be bought for this amount used.
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