Keyboard vs Controller vs Sanity (Is the Roland Fantom 06 or Juno D6 any good?)

[Whizzinby]

If you’re looking for bread and butter sounds, Fantom is a good choice. Given you were possibly already inclined to spend Muse money, I’d suggest skipping the 0 series and jump into the EX. You get everything without limiting yourself. And the EX an excellent keyboard and DAW controller.

Talk to me about the DAW integration. I was pretty sure I read the F 06 can do 16 individual channels of simultaneous usb recording etc.

 

[TJontheRoad]

Talk to me about the DAW integration. I was pretty sure I read the F 06 can do 16 individual channels of simultaneous usb recording etc.

It’s primarily for Logic. It turns the pads into push button function controllers for stuff like rec, play, stop, undo, playhead position and whatever else you want. IDK, if 0 series can or can’t do that as well.

 

[la szum]

What did you decide, @Whizzinby ? And where the heck you been?

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I want to work in keys to my recording setup. Was thinking about going the controller route and then triggering plugs in the daw, but then got to thinking I might not use said thing often if it’s only tied to having a computer on. So then started looking at keyboards. F**king rabbit hole. Hard to know what’s a toy vs good vs overkill.

So what do I want? Piano varieties, strings, synth pop type sounds etc. I had a Korg Minilogue XD a couple years ago, but kinda hated the thing. You have to dork out with filters and wave shapers and all that shit, and once you do finally manage to get something usable for that 2 second stab track… that’s one tone and you need to dial another… and it never ends. I’m never going back down that route where I have to try to build everything from scratch. I think I want a glorified preset player where the stock tones for each type of instrument are already dialed in, and if I ever want to modify it I can, but not as a pre-req.

Anyway I started looking at the new Juno D6 and reading YouTube comments (the absolute worst) “where’s the Super Natural engine duh” led me to the Roland Fantom 06. Look low key badass. Core tones seem nice. Scenes, sequencing, drum machines, kind of a complete workstation. (Wonder how hard it is to use) But, this is also not $100, like a controller

Anyway, just curious how you guys went about adding keys/synths to your rigs. Controllers vs keyboards.

Anyone have experience with the new Juno D6 or Fantom series stuff.

What DAW do you use? Logic has a staggering amount of sounds built-in for no need to go down the "Oh, I'll get a plugin." and $5000 later own NI Komplete Absurd and Spitfire "How did my checkout total come to be the size of Christian Hensen's ego?!?".

 

[Whizzinby]

What did you decide, @Whizzinby ? And where the heck you been?

I decided on an X88-IR

Though I still have the friggin Muse wish listed at all the fine retailers lol

What DAW do you use? Logic has a staggering amount of sounds built-in for no need to go down the "Oh, I'll get a plugin." and $5000 later own NI Komplete Absurd and Spitfire "How did my checkout total come to be the size of Christian Hensen's ego?!?".

Logic. The aforementioned SLO might make this the most sensible approach with a controller, until I start drooling again.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I decided on an X88-IR

Though I still have the friggin Muse wish listed at all the fine retailers lol

Logic. The aforementioned SLO might make this the most sensible approach with a controller, until I start drooling again.

As a preset player, Logic is pretty darn deep and way easier to access than most plugins. Honestly, I doubt firing up Logic is going to be that much more of an energy barrier than booting up a Fantom, and having everything organized in the "library" makes up for whatever "oh, gawd, I gotta wiggle the mouse and type in a password?!?".