If your hard drive is large enough I really don't see the need for buying an outboard/stand-alone sampler. Oxygen8 (granted I can use the Korg to control the midi commands, but I like the options on the Oxygen8 better and I plan on using this for controlling all MIDI data to Reason) Midiman's "Audiophile" (built-in MIDI interface which is nice) Sufficient enough for my desired studio set up. I don't have any outboard effects yet.but plan on grabbing at least one, multi-effect processor to better control sounds off my mixer (Behringer 1604: I know, I know.but I can't afford the Mackie I really want until next year either). (eventually I would like to end up with a Triton with a Z1 OS card, Yamaha AN1-X and an Access Virus.but those all have to wait til next year's budget) Symsynth (the stand alone soft-synth.not the one in Fruity Loops)
(as well as using Recycle 2.0 and SoundForge 5.0 for editing) I run a PC studio and Sonar 2.0 is my main sequencing software package. Here's the set-up I'm putting together right now for myself, if it helps at all.but realize I just started putting this all together this year and have a few more items to get:
#MIDIMAN OXYGEN 8 FRUITY LOOP HOW TO#
Remember.no amount of fancy gear and gadgets know how to write a good track the human mind does. But don't rely too heavily on 's the mind of the person that makes the music and since you have a background in theory and composition work with that knowledge. The only thing I would say is simply learn as much as you can about different synths (both soft or hardware) and find out which ones create sounds and effects that you really like. As you can see there are many opinions on how to set up a studio.