Creating my own Home/room Studio

[MGTheFuture]

Well Right Now My setup is:


Computer : 90 gig... 1.3 gigahtz.....Creative SB live platinum 1...528 ram

Dr boss Sampler - for feel and effects

M audio 49 key midi

Linear tech Mixer...2 channel.....given to me by dad..could use it for sampler and mic if they didnt plug right into my sound card

Bogen Condensor mic: Sounds good

Software:

Sound Forge 7
Recycle
Reason 2.5
Cubase SX 2

4 house speakers as monitors..2 acoustic images and 2 optinmus for sub

Things I THINK i need:

@ 2 REAL studio monitors

A new MIC...b3 or b4

joe meek pre amp...sounds nice

New computer.....mine is getting old

2 Visual monitors....Fleiible

MPD 16 - for pads and tapping out beats so i dont wear out my keys

New midi....mine doenst have knobs or sliders

A midi Mixing board...to interface with cubase ?


Things im confused about :

Should i get a mpc 1000 or Lap top for portability ?

Should i add a workstation (triton/moitf) for better workflow ? or time awat from pc ?

Should i get RACKs ? (Cuz i already have LOTs of Refills...hypersonic..sample tank0 do i need racks ???


Is there anything missing ?
And is there anyting in MY "think" list you would change ?

And in my CONFUSED list...can you help me out with as well....


and any suggestions...will be appreciated.

thank you

REAL

 

[Loose Cannon]

-I love the MPC and its a great piece of equipment. If you think you could find a way to incorporate your MPC beats into your computer setup, then yes, i would suggest gettin the 1K. Your not gonna need the MPD16 if you get the 1K.

-If your already comfortable with your Computer setup, then dont get anopther workstation. Work with what you got til you master it.

-Racks?
If you sample, then get an EQ and a compressor. These are not needed. But there sometimes good to have. But IMO you should only spend money on these if your a big samplin person.

If you meant racks like Sound Modules, then those would be cool. But once again, i think you should just kinda stick with Reason and master that.

 

[MGTheFuture]

Thank you so much for the input...


1k most def...so far

and yeah i meant racks like sound mods

but i figure hypersonic and Sample tank will last for a while

 

[dacalion]

agreed! I think building a Mix Room is more in reach than anything else and I'm seriously considering it. Ofc, building an entire studio is a little far fetched if you plan on doing it right without some deep pockets, even one room would be tough for some but it will make a world of a difference in your music if you could pull off at least one room custom made for Mixing.

 

[thedreampolice]

Well first off you need a real audio interface. That soundblaster is not going to cut it! Get an audio interface with Pre' amps on it and that should get you going until you can get really nice pre amps. And man I love MPC's but I don't know if I would start out with a 1k in this day and age. Maschine or the new MPC Ren are probably better for todays production environment. Anyway lets us know how else we can help!

and PS DONT BUY BEHRINGER MICS!

and yes spend your money on real monitors!

 

[dacalion]

hahaha. dp, check the date on the thread...lol

 

[thedreampolice]

Ha, I did not notice that.

 

[J Rilla]

i knew somthing was afoot when i placed the mouse over the title and it said i'm running 90gig 1.3 gugahertz comp....I was like" I know this wasnt posted today" lol

 

[Sucio]

Word....I was looking at this like, "Why the fuck are they answering a question 8 years later?"

 

[dacalion]

Word....I was looking at this like, "Why the fuck are they answering a question 8 years later?"

There was another post by someone that was spamming and got banned.

 

[Sucio]

Still...

 

[dacalion]

I'm saying you would've understood had you seen the post that was deleted...get it?

 

[Sucio]

Still.....

 

[dacalion]

Lionel Richie 1982

 

[Sucio]

......I respect your Lionel Richie swag.

 

[dacalion]

Still...