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By gekapone Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:46 pm
I'VE BEEN USING SOFTWARE LIKE FRUITY LOOPS AND REASON BUT IT JUST TOOK TO LONG TO MAKE A SONG I 'D HAVE SOME IDEAS IN MY HEAD BUT FORGET EM BEFORE I COULD MAKE THE TRACK!!! I GOT MY HUSTLE ON AND SAVED UP 2400$ I WENT TO SAM ASH AND PLAYED AROUND WITH THE MPC 1000 AND LOVED IT!! MY HOMIE WAS SELLIN HIS SO I BOUGHT FOR 800$ NOW I HAVE 1600$ LEFT SO WHAT YALL THINK I SHOULD GET NEXT I HAVE A TURNTABLE AND MIXER ALREADY SO WHAT SHOULD I GET!!!

By jfierce Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:52 pm
HEY MAN THAT'S SO AWESOME!!! IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO GET THEN YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED IT!!! SAVE YOUR MONEY OK!!!
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By Eddie Kain Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:15 pm
gekapone wrote:I'VE BEEN USING SOFTWARE LIKE FRUITY LOOPS AND REASON BUT IT JUST TOOK TO LONG TO MAKE A SONG I 'D HAVE SOME IDEAS IN MY HEAD BUT FORGET EM BEFORE I COULD MAKE THE TRACK!!! I GOT MY HUSTLE ON AND SAVED UP 2400$ I WENT TO SAM ASH AND PLAYED AROUND WITH THE MPC 1000 AND LOVED IT!! MY HOMIE WAS SELLIN HIS SO I BOUGHT FOR 800$ NOW I HAVE 1600$ LEFT SO WHAT YALL THINK I SHOULD GET NEXT I HAVE A TURNTABLE AND MIXER ALREADY SO WHAT SHOULD I GET!!!


Pick up some decent monitors. Id go with some KRK's V6's or V8's That will run you between 600 to 1000. Gotta find a deal ;) Check ebay honestly

Id also pick up a decent keyboard. You may think that all you'll need is vinyl, but the keyboard will be useful for basslines, layering over samples, etc. Roland Juno-D or a Triton TR is what I would go with.

By khandst Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:19 pm
definitely get monitors. with the extra 1000 or so id get the motif es rack.

By EYEO dbp Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:23 pm
with the extra G save it for ordering food because you will not be leaving your house for a long time lol.............. :lol: enjoy it man.

By Mpc1kallday Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:17 pm
Buy a Desk

Buy a hard drive for ur mpc buy 128 ram for ur mpc

Buy a Fullflegde sampler

Ensoniq Eps16,ASR10

Buy some Monitors and a Used Roland Sound Module u will be set

By gekapone Sat Apr 15, 2006 12:22 am
FASHO THANKS FOR ALL THE ADVICE IM GONE TRY AND FIND SOME GOOD MONITORS AND GET A KEYBOARD OR SOUND MODULE I DONT KNOW IF YALL EVER HEARD OF CRAIGSLIST BUT YOU CAN FIND ALL KINDS OF GOOD USED AND NEW GEAR THERE AND ITS LISTED BY CITY
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By cta052006 Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:43 am
flip dat extra cake
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By TheFirstJimBo Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:00 am
buy a midi keyboard and a audio/midi interface and use Reason as a sound module with your MPC. Buy monitors
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By seatown350 Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:30 am
[quote="gekapone"]I'VE BEEN USING SOFTWARE LIKE FRUITY LOOPS AND REASON BUT IT JUST TOOK TO LONG TO MAKE A SONG I 'D HAVE SOME IDEAS IN MY HEAD BUT FORGET EM BEFORE I COULD MAKE THE TRACK!!! I GOT MY HUSTLE ON AND SAVED UP 2400$ I WENT TO SAM ASH AND PLAYED AROUND WITH THE MPC 1000 AND LOVED IT!! MY HOMIE WAS SELLIN HIS SO I BOUGHT FOR 800$ NOW I HAVE 1600$ LEFT SO WHAT YALL THINK I SHOULD GET NEXT I HAVE A TURNTABLE AND MIXER ALREADY SO WHAT SHOULD I GET!!![/quote]

with that 2400 you couldve got the mpc 4k , thats the best you can do everything on that boy , but i got a 1k and its all good.

By pad-ophiliac Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:28 am
a dirty hooker.
By Mpc1kallday Sat Apr 15, 2006 2:25 pm
seatown350 wrote:
gekapone wrote:I'VE BEEN USING SOFTWARE LIKE FRUITY LOOPS AND REASON BUT IT JUST TOOK TO LONG TO MAKE A SONG I 'D HAVE SOME IDEAS IN MY HEAD BUT FORGET EM BEFORE I COULD MAKE THE TRACK!!! I GOT MY HUSTLE ON AND SAVED UP 2400$ I WENT TO SAM ASH AND PLAYED AROUND WITH THE MPC 1000 AND LOVED IT!! MY HOMIE WAS SELLIN HIS SO I BOUGHT FOR 800$ NOW I HAVE 1600$ LEFT SO WHAT YALL THINK I SHOULD GET NEXT I HAVE A TURNTABLE AND MIXER ALREADY SO WHAT SHOULD I GET!!!


with that 2400 you couldve got the mpc 4k , thats the best you can do everything on that boy , but i got a 1k and its all good.


Would have been a waist

:D
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By Teletran1 Sat Apr 15, 2006 3:45 pm
Buy an 8 ball and flip it.