Home Studio Setup Help Pleaseeee!

I am a aspiring producer. Now I know the equipment I want which is the MPC2000XL, Yamaha Motif 6, Mackie 8 Bus, And Digi-002. My problem lies in this: I don't want to buy all this and not have a full understanding of how to use it. I need to know:

1) Would you connect the MPC And the Motif directly to the mixer or would yo have to use a patchbay, other cables, etc.

2) How would you go about recording the MPC and Motif into to pro tools with whatever eqing and levels you had on the mixer.

3) Do you have to keep 8 channels on the mackie open to put in your digi-002 outs in(you know, so you can hear it back) or can you just use one channel to play back the whole beat.

I would greatly appreciate any help possible. I've looked on alll the forums and websites and nothings really giving me what I need. Please help! Thanx

Hi,

I have a similar setup. I am by no means a pro but I do know my small setup very well. I have a Motif-7, MPC 2000 XL, Proteus 2000, and Roland XV-5050. I have all of these setup to sequence into the MPC via MIDI. I have their outputs run into my Yamaha 01 V mixer so I can listen while working. When I am ready to track into Pro Tools, I run the outputs into my DIGI 002 R and track each instrument. When you get to the drums, you might wnat to make sure that your Beat clock settings match the MPC as well as your MIDI clock settings. Be aware, factory settings for MIDI clock on the MPC is 25 msec; Pro Tools with v 6.1 defaults to 30 msec. I hope this helps..........K

my best suggestion for you is, get your gear one peice at a time dogg. take time to learn it to it's fullest abilities, or at least until you get confortable with it, then go on to the next one. going out and buying a whole lotta gear can be nice and fun, but when you get home it's way overwhelming and frustrating.

I agree with Tanamo. First get an mpc and learn it inside out. Then get a synth if you feel you need one and learn to program it. After that you can start thinking about recording your beats.

You say you want a Digi 002 and a Mackie, but have you considered get one of the new Onyx mixers in the Mackie range? You can upgrade the with a firewirecard to record in your computer.

(just a thought)

thanx guys I really apprciate the help. I think i am just gonna start with the MPC2000XL and then add on.

Static22 wrote:thanx guys I really apprciate the help. I think i am just gonna start with the MPC2000XL and then add on.

that's smart, next i would learn a good peice of recording software