Is this all I need to start rapping & producing?

+ all the snakes?

Skill and/or talent would help.

Dr. Frank Boogie wrote:Skill and/or talent would help.

yea
also a mic

Grenozh wrote:yea
also a mic

haha yeah that too, I've messed with Pro Tools, & mixing consoles before so yeah.

No, What you need, Is a copy of ubuntu, a decent computer, a kareoke mic, a numark mixer, and Grenozh's, Custom made, Mpc 9000. Also, May I reffer you to a Professional Producer, Derelikte-erik?

Yup.

you'll be rollin in no time.


its all pretty self explanatory once the purchasing faze is over... which is usually the toughest because there are so many options.



After you get it out of the boxes, its easy.

You forgot the most important thing... some MIDI headphones.

start with just the mac mixer and a mic if you got the paper but all that ish wont make you dilla over night. Btw a lot of us might not like the fact you just roll up lookin to get a setup better than the one some of us took years to save for just because you decide you might like to feel like timbo or lil wayne

JUKE 179r wrote:You forgot the most important thing... some MIDI headphones.

yep, make sure you don't get the numark ones, they don't have built in compression

& to wire everything, connect trs cables from the monitors, to stereo left & right on the back of the mpc........& assignable mix outs to channel inserts on the mixing console?

no cause then you wont be able to hear what you doin in the mixer
you plug the outs of the mixer into the speakers and the sound card

you should get this...



plug the small end into your "mic in" on your brand new computer... and the other two into the master out of the mackie.


it will most def sound dope!!

seriously, ... you guy's should quit f%&ing with the poor guy, .... we've all been there in some way shape or form.

just tell him to calm down a little bit.

he's on the 5000 forums, ... so tell him the truth

all he needs is mpc5000
headphones,
dynamic microphone,
and possibly a cheap midi keyboard, ... and he's good.

if he can figure that out, he can build from there.

he needs to keep asking questions from various sources and keep reading.

Start here---> http://tweakheadz.com/guide.htm

^^when I first joined that site is when I first got into music (2004)...

The hardest part for me was understanding the concept of MIDI. Took me about a year to fully grasp it.. especially midi thru

I would add an external hard drive. And cf card for the 5k as well as a ram upgrade and dvd drive.