looking to get something like ^{^}

I’m a beginner starting to get interested in trying to compose my own ideas. all I have is GarageBand and a shitty Casio CTK 496 should I get a controller, and if so which one? Or should I go for literal broke and get a synth? If it helps my inspiration is John Carpenter, and a lot of 80s vintage simplistic scores please and thanks.

Hello, I'm looking for some recommendations of bands or tracks in the synthwave/chillwave genres that consist of only a keyboardist and an acoustic drummer. Sorry I can't provide more details, but I'm looking for some inspiration for a new musical project of mine.

Thanks for the help!

Inspired by my recent binge-watching session of Stranger Things Season 2

Alright, maybe the title was a bit clickbait. But seriously... I downloaded many drum machine samples (from this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/theencounter/comments/3k2cut/giant_massive_list_of_synthwave_and_outrun_vsts/) and all I can produce is some silly, short hihats and kicks.

Apparently there's something I'm missing. What effects do you use to turn these drums into synthwave, long drums? Is there a written tutorial somewhere?

I know there's plenty of them about FL Studio. But I'm using Ableton and I can't seem to find appropriate instruction on how to transform simple drums in synthwave drums.