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HELP PLEASE - Digital Keyboard vs Workstation

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Sujet de la discussion HELP PLEASE - Digital Keyboard vs Workstation
My Name is Axel and I've been playing the piano for about 15 years & 8 years of guitar. I also compose my own things since few years. I have until now mostly been using acoustic instruments, and I am super interested in buying an E-keyboard, synthesizer or workstation, to experiment more, play live and try producing as well.
I have few knowledge in electronic material and that's why I would need your help, to be sure to buy the right type of instrument, adapted to what I want to develop. I already spent hours trying several models, but I'm still not sure about what I should buy.
What I want to do is compose some songs, pretty "minimal", exploring / creating sonorities and combining this with some electro beats / guitar... I like working with loops, creating progressively several layers that develop themselves with the song.


These are my objectives :

- Being able to play live and control the different layers, record loops live, and then make them appear or disappear... I also want to control beats that also fade in / out etc... Like playing a theme and then improvise variations on it.
(Like Francesco Tristano is often doing !)

(Live exemple from Tristano)

- Producing songs for Artwork-Videos. Mostly "minimal" songs as well, I don't want to be a one-man band playing harp, brass and strings with a keyboard, but rather some "piano" sounds and synth / fx sounds + effect + guitar + beat + voice... I want to be able to do a lot alone by myself..
(Sonority references : Bonobo, Moby, Rone, Worakls, Lambert, Ratatat, Francesco Tristano)


I ideally want to be able to play and develop at home, as well as taking my keyboard and go play in the parc. Important as well, 88 weighted keys.

The conclusion / question of all this is if I should rather :

1. buy a digital piano and use my computer (with Abletone live for exemple), and extra pedals / machines for the loops and other different features that are not included in a digital piano... (exemple : Roland D-300 1'200 euros)
Pros + : Maybe better "Piano" feeling / sound, 88 weighted-keys
Cons - : Have to buy and connect other features to complete it. Maybe it doesn't offer much more than a acoustic piano (which I have as well). They are more live instruments that you can plug.


2. buy a workstation and do pretty much everything with it. (exemple : Roland FA 08 1'600 euros)
Pros + : Lots of features, super instinctif, 88 weighted-keys, piano sound / feeling not that bad. No need for other things..
Cons - : More expensive, am I really gonna use what I will pay for.

I'm not an Abletone professional, I'm wondering if the workstation is not easier. I'm afraid to buy a digital piano and realize that I'm too limited. I also don't want to lose authenticity of music with going to far with electronic stuff, but I'm interested in experimenting...

Here it is ! Sorry for the long post... But I've really been spending a lot of time thinking about that and I still can't make a decision. I would be super thankful if somebody could give me few advices or his point of view, according to my intentions.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Axel
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Just a question : why don't you post on the English version of Audiofanzine ? I ask you this because, even if some people here understand English, your post is really too long !

Quand je crée, ce n'est pas moi qui vais vers la toile, c'est la toile qui vient vers moi.

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Gearslutz or Kvr forums would be an even better idea.