Imo that's useless.
We all want cool stuff with pads and faders etc... we think they can improve our skills but they don't.
You'll spend lot of time trying to use them and there is a lot of chance you find later that you don't need it at all to do your job.
For the sampler, get a Daw. Cubase FL Logic...whatever. It will be better (imo).
The kaospad and the kaossilator are basically live stuff. I mean if you have the right ITB stuff like Daw with vsts, they will be useless unless you want to make live performances.
Search for the stuff that producers are using. You'll see that nowadays a lot of top quality producers work only with ITB stuff.
Imo hardware stuff is basically fapping (in the electro producing domain). And i admit that i would love to have some, but i'm convinced that i don't need most of them. In fact there is a lot of guys doing great things with nearly nothing.
Think about that and try to fight our natural disposition that push us to think our failure come from anywhere else than us.
Good luck
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^^ On the contrary - Anything can be used in production
That's where the creativity comes in! I'd slap my balls on the desk and record it if it made a good sound !
I agree that every inspiration can be used. In fact if you try the ball slapping trick, let me hear that.
But i don't agree that "anything can be used...". I mean your external midi controller or fx rack...what will it give to your creativity?
If you bet on luck, trying to mess around with midi controllers and random fx, i think there is a lack somewhere.
Sound research is indispensable, you need this to create your artistic identity. But you don't need hardware for that.
Moreover, at a certain point, as a professional musician, you should be able to know what you want in advance, to know what you are talking about. Not a thing like: "yes i messed around this button and turned this one randomly and then it was awesome..."
A lot of great producers have a knowledge as good as sound engineers. And i think it's normal.
They have to know what every waveform sounds like, what every basic Fx can be used for (comp,eq, gate, filters etc...), they have to have a trained hear to recognize frequencies, pitches etc....
It's not because basic (shitty?)electro music can be done easily that you don't need to know shit.
In fact i'm convinced that the level is rising higher and higher and that soon, people just messing around will be dropped out.
I admit that as i'm still in a learning process, i'm often messing around randomly. but i'm working on that.
Cheers