> I am wanting to invest in some new hardware/software so I can start some
> serious production. Right now, I am running Acid Pro
> and Fruityloops on my PC and have a butt load of samples. What else do I
> need to look at? Lets say I have $5000 to spend on
> building the perfect studio, what should I buy?
Requirements:
Spend $1000 - $2000 on a desktop mixer with digital scene memory, effects,
etc (take a look at the new one by behringer)
Spend $500 - $1000 on a pc soundcard with multiple digital io
(RME Hammerfall, Hammerfall DSP, there are others)
Spend $300 - $400 on a midi controller, or $1000 - $2500 on a keyboard
synth that has a nice helping of knobs and keys.
Spend $600 - $1200 on a pair of monitoring speakers + amp *OR* if your
studio environment can be loud and all you want to make is dnb, spend that
money on club cabinets/subs/amps. Music sounds very different at the loud
club volumes where dnb is encountered - mixing the music on delicate
monitoring speakers is possible, but thats not where you're gonna be
listening to the music anyway. Whether you go for the louder sound or the
studio sound, you absolutely MUST have a subwoofer.
Ensure you have sampling / sequencing / resampling software such as
Fruityloops. Acid is handy but not so much for dance music - unless the
way you work is to create a thousand different loops and then mix and
match them (not the most direct approach but might be fun).
Other options that will give you the "pro sound":
Emu E4 Platinum Sampler - "all" pro's use the emu line of samplers.
However, if you use fruityloops and get a sampler, you're probably going
to end up not using the sampler. Still, I have to include this in the
list otherwise other listees will assasinate me.
Nord Lead 3 synth
Nord Modular synth
as wonderful as the internet is, you need to make your own synth
sounds with keyboards like these, or the Access Virus, or synths by
Waldorf.
1 Technics Sl1200 MK2 plugged into 1 *quality* phono input, plugged into
whatever desktop mixer you buy. Desk mixers dont usually have phono
inputs, so whatever dj mixer your turntable is plugged into needs to
not completely fuck and discolor your sound - unless you want it to.
Vinyl sampling works for lots of different things. Drum samples have
always been my weakest link, so swiping clean drum samples off vinyl has
been pretty useful.
Last bits:
If you dont want to sink $2k into a desktop mixer, you CAN mix
everything with software - but you have to have a quality analog line in
and out of your computer, which means whatever soundcard you get should
have multiple analog in and out. The Hammerfall is a digital only card,
the Hammerfall DSP does have an analog expansion I believe - other cheaper
analog card solutions exist but they have a cheaper sound as well. Check
out products by M-Audio, maybe?
t
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