For discussion about setting up your studio and advice on the gear and equipment within it.
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By Joidibeats Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:42 am
Rinko wrote:here you go.

minimal but that's what i'm feeling at the moment...kept flitting between this and a laptop setup (Live 7, softsynths and programming languages like ChucK) but i've barely finished anything in years now. need to focus. the more i learn about technology and methods the more i become indecisive...pathetic but ignorance is bliss. don't even think certain things need a logical explanation, they just feel right.

plan to do everything on this from creation to mixdown. a 4-track and a lo-fi sampler are tempting for grit and character but i'll see how it goes.

if anyone sees me buying any more equipment then come and slap me.


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-mpc2500 w/ jjos1
-technics sl1210 mk 5
-shure m44-7
-stanton sk2f w/ eclectic breaks crossfader
-senheiser hd25 sp
-vinyl (see below)


ay yo man thats all you F´in need!
By namotu Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:02 pm
DJ Hellfire wrote:
deegood wrote:are you using that reflexion thingy inside a booth? is that mic going into a pre?



It's more like a make-shift/ghetto booth, but it works! :lol: And yeah, I got a Eureka pre!
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... =405469983


yo hellfire, whered you get that mini 2 space rack cab sittin under your screen? or maybe you made it?

im lookin for somethin just like that, just like 2 or 3 spaces to sit right in front of me on my desk. they dont even gotta have screw holes, just as long as its the right size i guess.

are yours screwed in?
By master-ceo Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:18 pm
Lotuz wrote:I built it together with my brother in law. :)



What midi Drum Pad is that bro?
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By Lotuz Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:36 pm
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By freezerman Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:46 am
Here is my setup, there you can see my main setup: the MPC1000 (with the samurai mod I made), the soundcraft compact mixer, the micron keyboard (I use it mainly as a matser keyb, barely use the sounds much but they come handy sometimes), my old and trusty akai s20, the denon cd player, the vestax turntable and my TASCAM CD mastering unit (on the far right). Not visible in the picture: Genelec 8030 monitors, Akai s3000xl (racked under the vestax) and my old and trusted RM1x (up on a shelf).

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In this one you can see a close-up of my 'samurai' mod on the MPC1000bk.

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Here is a front view with the micron, mixer and some of my vinyl.

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And here is my cheapo FX section. The Bass Exciter is quite punchy. The nanoverb, well, it's a nanoverb

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And last, a side view of the studio wher you can see some more vinyl.

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By henoi Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:36 am
freezerman wrote:Here is my setup, there you can see my main setup: the MPC1000 (with the samurai mod I made), the soundcraft compact mixer, the micron keyboard (I use it mainly as a matser keyb, barely use the sounds much but they come handy sometimes), my old and trusty akai s20, the denon cd player, the vestax turntable and my TASCAM CD mastering unit (on the far right). Not visible in the picture: Genelec 8030 monitors, Akai s3000xl (racked under the vestax) and my old and trusted RM1x (up on a shelf).

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In this one you can see a close-up of my 'samurai' mod on the MPC1000bk.

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Here is a front view with the micron, mixer and some of my vinyl.

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And here is my cheapo FX section. The Bass Exciter is quite punchy. The nanoverb, well, it's a nanoverb

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And last, a side view of the studio wher you can see some more vinyl.

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Im digging the genelecs.
good speakers.
the samurai design is tight as well :D
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By freezerman Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:39 pm
About the micron, i have found a few patches I like. Mostly in the COMP LEAD and KEYS categories. I particularly like all organ sounds, the EP is nice, the flute too. There are also those sounds that don't resemble anything (see COMP). The bass part is not to my taste at all (except for the Trisine one). I thought I could have fun editing my own patches, but the inteface is really terrible, so I gave up completely. As I said I use it mainly as a master keyboard, and as a MIDI generation tool. Indeed, the micron preset phrases are quite handy to generate arpeggios, they are fully midi so you can check them out in quick sequences and record them to the MPC in midi for further editing. It beats playing arpeggios myself with my limited finger skillz...
The reason why I got myself a micron is mostly size-wise... I needed a controller keyboard with full keys but with limited space; I was reluctant buying a master kb without sounds, so i looked up the MicroX, the Micron and other such entry level kb and the Micron won. However, the patches are definitley not to my taste generally speaking.
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By crossings Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:37 pm
there are some good software patch editors for the micron... ones that also allow you to use the micron as a VST instrument in real time as well... are you mac or pc?
By ghostlywhitemachines Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:01 pm
crossings wrote:there are some good software patch editors for the micron... ones that also allow you to use the micron as a VST instrument in real time as well... are you mac or pc?


I don't see a computer in that setup...... I used micronizer on the mac myself.
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By freezerman Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:02 pm
@LvngDead

I have the s20 since 1998, I don't sample with it anymore, actually a few of the control buttons are even dead. But I have 10 years worth of diskettes with samples that I just load in the unit and control it with the MPC. It still has a good sound.
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By freezerman Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:05 pm
ghostlywhitemachines wrote:
crossings wrote:there are some good software patch editors for the micron... ones that also allow you to use the micron as a VST instrument in real time as well... are you mac or pc?


I don't see a computer in that setup...... I used micronizer on the mac myself.


I don't use a computer in the studio, but I have both mac and pc. And I would be interested in downloading patches for the micron, or creating them with a computer, but I didn't know there were software for hat. I will look up the micronizer thing. Thanks.