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- akrokdesign0
m-audio has good stuff. i have a oxygen 8. >> http://www.m-audio.com/
now, that's great if you don't have alot space or want to bring it around. (fits in a backpack). other wise, might want a slightly bigger one.
- < mine is a bit older, thought.akrokdesign
- < newer on the pic.akrokdesign
- That's a good one start with.discoduro
- *one todiscoduro
- M_C_P0
im a musician who's a wanna be graphic designer
- cubanhaze0
^ That looks awesome... do I need a special sound card or the one that comes with my macbook pro would be fine?
- cubanhaze0
cool akrok... so do you have a higher end sound card? and if yes what is the point of one/ which one's good?
- i don't have it on my macbook pro.akrokdesign
- aah ok..cubanhaze
- i did/still do have it on my G4 867, cause it's a desktop. but i am not sure i hear a difference.akrokdesign
- soundcard will determine the quality of your output.ainku
- akrokdesign0
- just don't spend to much $$$ on them.akrokdesign
- I got these - they are probably the best option on a smallish budgetclearThoughts
- Yup, I have slightly older RP6s, they are fucking awesome.rascuache
- Same here great for the price.discoduro
- akrokdesign0
- this won't help you for mixingclearThoughts
- i know. it's not ideal.akrok
- cubanhaze0
im off to buy this http://www.m-audio.com/products/… !
- its pretty small though. sometimes i wish i had a bigger one. like http://www.m-audio.c…akrokdesign
- akrokdesign0
- I played around with Reason and its really sweet and simple to pick up ... cheap too!cubanhaze
- +1, those are my answers too, just start playing with them, you can sample anything and play it backJazX
- Live is awesome. You can also learn a lot just by messing around w/ garagebandSr_Bueno
- it can do much!Sr_Bueno
- akrokdesign0
then there's garage band, which probably the easiest of them all.
- akrok0
oh, by the way. you better have plenty of time over.
- technotic0
yes a laptop is fine.
I use a Dell Vostro with a Tascam FireOne sound card running Reason to play samples live.
you can program the keys on the FireOne to control Reason so reducing the use of the mouse on a dark stage. See http://www.dusque.eu/roland-synt…Laptop Music Power! is a great book to get the most out of your laptop and 'tune' it for music use.
- clearThoughts0
How many Graphic Designers are wannabe musicians?
I reckon around 75%. (Including me)
- winnie_the_shit0
Fruity Loops/Renoise -> rewire into Protools.
People are going to get all in your face about what programs to use. Use Protools. It's in absolutely every single professional studio in the world. Which means you can take your projects to a real studio when you want to finish them off with expensive equipment.
Have some kind of controller. Korg Nanos is nice and cheap. Novation Launchpad will give you lots of options.. but you will need to learn how to program it (easy for a dev like me). If you're going to play live, get Ableton Live. You can play live in a lot of programs, sure, but ableton is a million times easier.
KRK's are good.. but also get yourself a pair of headphones (grado's Sr80, and Sr160 are nice), and some "listening" speakers. Pretend that you are yourself, and you are buying something to listen to the music that you like with. Listen to them in the store.. be critical, but not too critical.
Get a vaporizer as smoke damages equipment, and if you decide to drop 3k on some porticos.. you won't be too happy if you fuck that shit up with smoke.
As far as process. Just trust your own ideas and don't listen to what NME, QBN, Mary Anne Hobbes or anyone has to say. Go from the heart.
Then,
record
edit
record
edit
record
editmake decisions. do them. live with them.
finish.
- Popvulture0
This is so refreshing to see people who are a little more like me (primarily a designer but also an engineer) getting pissy about recording gear. It's so much better than the dickheads on recording forums like gearslutz.com.
Anyway, I'd just find a recording program that you feel comfortable with. Start with Garageband. I've been playing music all my life and have sunk a huge chunk of cash into recording gear, yet a girl I dated a while back recorded some shit with an acoustic guitar, the built in mic on her fucking macbook and keys played on the laptop keyboard... it sounded AMAZING. It drove me crazy.
So yeah, it's all about the performance, not the tool (ahem, just like design). Maybe one day if you want you could upgrade to Logic. Live is great, too. Pro Tools isn't very songwriter friendly. Beyond that, maybe a couple of nice mics, a preamp, a good converter and some monitors. Make sure you really enjoy the hobby before you get into spending crazy money, because it's addictive.
- Meeklo0
the rule of thumb is:
The tools are just tools, and there is no "best" or "worst".
and no software will make you better or worst musician.
- mg330
Is it me or is anyone else perplexed by the fact that not a single person has pointed out that Reason and Logic are NOT THE SAME THING?
I mean, maybe I just don't know enough about Reason (I only ever had a demo) but Reason is not exactly a recording environment. You can sequence stuff - get that - but you can't, say, record external audio into it, right? There's not a multi-track audio / midi environment, right?
If that's the case, I would much more suggest something like Garage Band or Logic that can use external audio, and has a multi-tracking feature. Don't most people who use Reason dump it into another audio program anyways?