I want to make electro. Where to start??

Depends on your budget, if youve got some extra wedge then go hardware, heres a list of goodies that you could use in your set up

Roland tr 808
Roland tr 606
Roland tb 303
Roland sh 101
Oberheim DMX
Akai MPC 1000, 2500, 5000
Roland Jupitor 6, 8
Korg ESX 1
Roland Juno 6, juno 60
Oberheim ob 8
Jomox 888
Oberheim matrix 12

Thats just a taster, you need your kit with midi or usb with a good sound card and interface in your pc, some of the kit listed above is pre midi but kenton do a midi converter. Personally i prefer hardware its a better sound quality but then again some people prefer software so its all down to preference, i hoped this has helped you a little bit.

thats quite rare and expensive gear

lol well if you want to make top notch electro you might have to win the lottery.

Theres plenty of other good mid range priced hardware that you can use too, the above list is just the cream of the crop, how much are you looking to spend ?

Akai mpc 1000
Korg ESX 1 ( dope sampler better than the akai 1000 i.m.o. )
Korg ms 2000
Roland Juno 6 ( this is pre midi so try and get one with midi converter if you can )

a good place to look is www.soundonsound.com
some times you can get some good bargains on there.

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DMX is a beauty though! I have only seen it in a pic - not a real one

Yeh The DMX is a classic but the DX is better, as its easier to modify the the sound chips inside, they made 2 versions of the DX the later model had midi, i used to own one but i had the earlier model without midi but it was still fun to use.

the thing he is playing is probably a yamaha kx5.
i don't know if it's any good though except that it looks cool.
that monster bass sound is definitely not the kx5 though.

Hardcastle used the Sequential Circuits - Prophet 5 a lot.
great synth... but not exactly cheap.

Better start with some easy softwares like REASON or FL studio, to learn the basics of electro production, and to explore that sound. You can't by all that vintage gear in few days.Maybe you will need years to find some of that, but just be patient.:)

Hope so i helped.:D
Cheerz!

Direct Control

If I was you i would go out and buy a MIDI keyboard, load up FL Studio or Reason, or both, rig up the keyboard to the computer, hey presto, hands on action and a whole plethora of synths to play with. Then, if you find you like it enough to seriously look into buying a vintage synth, no loss.

If I was to buy a new synth today though, and spend serious cash I wouldn`t take the vintage route, i would go for one of these instead...

http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/products/p8/

As a drummer, I prefer acoustics over electronic. But, in the case of electronic music, you can find many reasonable electronic drum sets (yes a drum set, it's organic and you can actually hit it!) that interface with recording software. I have Reason & FL7 and love them both as far as recording software. They have plenty of banks of drum sounds but nothing beats the real thing like the old 808's and the Oberhiem. Although, that shouldn't discourage you from experimenting with different sounds.

peace all . does any one knw whr 2 get a dmx fixed /restored . the bass dont work and various errors show up.also doesnt store some paterns for sum reason any help would be great .peaceout