Very well said on gear-trap. Last night I was watching an old video[1] of the kind of gear Ólafur Arnalds uses.
I was amazed and aghast at the amount of expensive "outboard" gear and other vintage hardware such as "compressors", "filter banks", "levelling amplifiers", Korg PS-3100, a vintage analog synthesizer which costs more than 20,000 (!) euros,tape recorders, etc.
Many of these things I didn't even know existed. But I'm just a newbie to learning music.
It's a privileged position to be in, to just acquire whatever vintage hardware, instead of resorting to emulated software to create the sounds.
At least, he (and others like Nils Frahm) can justify it, as a highly successful professional musicians. But many hobbyist musicians seem to fall into the trap of, "if only I get that Roland Juno-60, I'll make more awesome music".
> "if only I get that Roland Juno-60, I'll make more awesome music"
But you might! A new instrument can inspire you and make you want to play more music and that can lead to improvement.
All things considered, the Medieval isn't all that expensive. All you are really risking is approx. $100 if buying new (because you can resell on eBay) and practically nothing if you buy it used.
I agree; a new instrument can inspire you. But many people tend to fall into the so-called "gear trap", especially those of us who work in tech.
I was not referring to the "Medieval" in specific, but just lamenting about losing the forest for the trees. It's a bit like the monthly, "the perfect note-taking tool" discussion cycle we get into here on HN.
If you're conscious of the potential gear trap, more power to you. :-)
I was amazed and aghast at the amount of expensive "outboard" gear and other vintage hardware such as "compressors", "filter banks", "levelling amplifiers", Korg PS-3100, a vintage analog synthesizer which costs more than 20,000 (!) euros,tape recorders, etc.
Many of these things I didn't even know existed. But I'm just a newbie to learning music.
It's a privileged position to be in, to just acquire whatever vintage hardware, instead of resorting to emulated software to create the sounds.
At least, he (and others like Nils Frahm) can justify it, as a highly successful professional musicians. But many hobbyist musicians seem to fall into the trap of, "if only I get that Roland Juno-60, I'll make more awesome music".
[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=2jTHNuvuQC0