el_bandido Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Anyone here do music production/home studio stuff? I'm just getting some gear together and could do with some advice on the next shopping list/ I currently have: Roland FP-7 stage piano M-audio keystation mini Acoustic guitar and drum kit FL studio 12 Korg Kaossilator pro (not arrived yet, but on the way) I've also got access to an MPC500, but I don't think this will be much use to me at the moment. Having seen what it can do, it looks like more of a tool for live music. right now I'm using a pair of Monitor audio RS6 speakers, biamped through some cambridge audio P500's; the dynamic range on these seems to be coping quite well so far, but I'm a bit worried about damaging them. I'll probably get some headphones sorted out soon, I've got a CA dacmagic plus that I'm currently using as the audio out for the PC, which has a headphone socket. Things I need advice on: Audio interface - right now I'm looking at the Focusrite 2i4 2nd gen; I'm not going to need more than 2 channels recording at the same time, as I can just layer stuff up/over dub. Microphones - currently looking at an MXL 990 condenser, but I've got a budget of £100 so any advice would be good I could also do with some kind of USB mixing desk with motorised faders, or over midi so I can link it to mixing channels in FL studio. Anything else I might need for basic voice/guitar recording. I'm not looking to get the drum kit recorded, as I'd need a ridiculous amount of channels on the audio interface and it's just as cost effective to go and buy a second hand electronic kit. The old TD20's are getting cheap now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I just bought a Roland TB-3 and lost an awful lot of time and late nights fiddling with it! I used to be big into music production on my Amiga as a kid. I'd buy computer music for the CDs and collect instrument samples and make my own mods - I recently rediscovered them and was surprised just how many disks full I'd done! After that had a PC with an AWE32, Yamaha DB50XG MIDI daughterboard and 8mb of sample ram which at the time was the same as the system ram! That was fun linked to a midi controller with Cakewalk. Spent a small amount of time with Logic and Ableton Live, bought a nice 48key controller, attended an evening course at what was MIDI school - https://www.schoolofelectronicmusic.com Since then I've dabbled with Korg tools on the iPad and various other drum machines/synths. I use Sennheiser HD600's connected to a USB headphone 48/96 valve amp to keep the noise down. I spent a bit of time with Graham Massey the last couple of years and he's inspired me to start dabbling again, hence the TB-3 and literally this week collecting a few soft synths and setting up my midi controller again. I'd like some other Aira kit, the TR-8 and mixing desk would go nicely. Just need to see how much time I'll get to play....not enough!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_bandido Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 For anyone else interested, I've just discovered Warren Huart's youtube channel, which can be found here. Loads of useful info. I've cancelled the order for the Korg Kaossilator pro and bought the android app instead, which has saved me £210. Tempted to buy myself a bass guitar and teach myself as well, anyone got any advice for a good starter bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Thanks, I'll check it out. I have that Korg app on the iPad. It's amazing how much cheaper you can get same/very similar tools on mobile devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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