For discussion about setting up your studio and advice on the gear and equipment within it.
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By DJ Hellfire Fri Oct 11, 2002 12:00 am
:cool: Ai'ght check.  
1.  MPC 2000XL w/32megs RAM, scsi zip, scsi cd-rom drive
2.  Mackie 1202 VLZ mixer (8 channel)
3.  RNC Compressor
4.  Awai stereo w/ 3 way bass reflex speakers
5.  Radio Shack keyboard
6.  Roland JV 1010 & 1080
7.  Pioneer Dual Disk CD Burner
8.  Sony Minidisk recorder (my kinda DAT)
9.  2 Technics, Newmark mixer, GLi mixer
10.  GLi KA-2000 digital echo pre-amp (old piece o' shyt)
11.  Boss BR-8 8 track recorder (records to zip disk)
12.  MXL 1006 compressor mic w/ stand
13.  Sony MDR-V600 headphones
14.  Dell & Gateway computers with Cubase
15.  Sound Blaster Extigy sound card (I do not recommend this for computer recording.)

I know some cats got a lot more, but I do just fine wit what I got.  I'm 20 years old, my own crib, been out since I was 18, and I got all this wit out the help of my parents.  So I'd say I'm pretty well of given my circumstances.  :cool:  I'm happy![/color]
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By ededj Fri Oct 11, 2002 4:10 am
good stuff hellfire good stuff, hey man keep it up, i kno its hard to be on your own,not to many cats can do that and keep there heads above water, let the music take you places brother man, ive been on my own fo r fifteen years im 32 now with a family of 3 kids im pretty proud of what i acomplished in 19 years in the music biss,ive been spinning wax for 19 years  i just started producing two and a half years ago... keep up the good work man

Byskywalker Fri Oct 11, 2002 4:56 am
You have more than enough to get the job done. Everyone that has made it in tha game have metioned this tip.

play on playa!
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By mpc_DV8 Fri Oct 11, 2002 8:13 pm
Im listening to your tunes right now man....

B*tchin, lov ya soulful feel.

You aint doin nothing wrong Bro..More!
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By DJ Hellfire Sat Oct 12, 2002 12:42 am
This is to Remedial:
I don't recommend that sound card because it produces a lot of what is called "Latency."  I'll assume you don't know what that is.  Say you hit play on the MPC.  Cubase won't register the sound at the exact moment or even close to when you hit play.  The key word is 'Late.'  You can get by with very little latency.  But the Extigy causes a lot of it.  Don't get it for recording.

To mpc_DV8
I'm glad you enjoy my music.  Unfortunately, some people seem to think I am doin everything wrong.  But it'll never stop me.  I'ma always do this.  Thanks.  One![/color]
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By Lord_XtaC Tue Oct 15, 2002 4:52 pm
Hey Fellas , here's my setup. I basicaly wanted to post it to see what I might be lacking. Here goes:

1. MPC 2000XL w/32 ram,smpte
2. Emu Pk-6
3. Mackie 1604 VLZ
4. (2) Shure Sm-58 (1) Shure Sm-57
5. RNC Compressor
6. Akai Distorion Pedal
7. Alesis RA-100 amplifier
8. Alesis Point 7 monitors ( I think... )
9. Ensoniq DP/4
10. Alesis Nanoverb
11. Alesis Nanobass

I'm looking at buying a Akai Dps-16. I have a PC but I don't use it to work with music ( It's a stinking Compaq Pre-sorry-ho' ) I not sure I even want to try. Am I missing anything other than the DAW/Multi track recorder?[/color]
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By EdwardSakamura Tue Oct 15, 2002 10:49 pm
Peep game, if u got a pc, get a Emu APS. DOPENESS FOR CHEAP
its based on the same chip as the soundblaster live plat. but it has asio drivers=almost no latency
plus all the in's and out's are Pro quality, and all are 1/4 inch. 2 rca digital i/o's 4 analog ins 2 analog outs, with nice efx on the card, i never use their midi synths but for using a pc for recording its damn nice, and u can get 'em on ebay for less then 50 bucks.
i dont care to use 24 bit sc's because my mpc is 16 bit so what does it matter, plus i always fiind myseld "mucking" up samples to make em grimey anyhoo.[/color]
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By EdwardSakamura Mon Oct 21, 2002 11:47 pm
ededj wrote:i hear SB LIVE is pretty good .they put a new one out check this site:  www.sblive.com[/color]

sb live has mad latency the drivers are crap
check out apslive.com if you have a sb live, u can use the apo asio drivers for the live. not as dope sound quality but its good....[/color]
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By Lord_XtaC Tue Oct 22, 2002 12:14 am
I recently bought a Sounblaster Audigy Platinum. Is this part of the crap pile in your guys book?  ???[/color]
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By DJ Hellfire Tue Oct 22, 2002 10:09 pm
Well I read that it's the best compressor under $1000.  It sounds pretty good to me.  I just started with compression so I can't give you too much advise about compressors.  It works well on vocals.  It a hard task to learn to me though (the whole compression thing).  I hear it takes years to actually really know what to listen for.  Why not start now though?  But the RNC is definitely worth the doe!

By SoulShadow Fri Nov 08, 2002 3:11 am
Sound Blasters have 0 customer supportI had the Live Platinum card and it NEVER WORKED! The customer support is ALL AUTOMATED! You cant talk to a live person. And dont even get started talking abiut LATENCY DAMN! your better off spending your money on some "PRO" sound card  for around $200.[/color]