$1300, what should I get

We all want more and more gear, but ask yourself what can't you do with the gear you have now and whatever your answer is will determine what you should buy. BTW records are always a good investment if you're making hip hop. Peace.

jonespnice wrote:We all want more and more gear, but ask yourself what can't you do with the gear you have now and whatever your answer is will determine what you should buy. BTW records are always a good investment if you're making hip hop. Peace.

True... sometimes you just need something...like a synth to make good basslines...so you buy that. And sometimes your sounds and synths / drum machines are in order so you need effects...so you buy those. Upgrade your weakest equipment.

i'm just about to go pick up an SH-101

it'll be xmas tonight at mine

Paul R wrote:i'm just about to go pick up an SH-101

it'll be xmas tonight at mine

I'm thinking of getting one as well.

MPC 2000XL
Proteus 2000
Evens TR-8's
Numark TTX1 for sampling
Alesis Mixer

Want List:
ASR-10
Fantom XR
Motif ES Rack
Mo Phatt ROM

It's safe to assume I'm going to give you a budget alternative. This requires a little work, and I obviously am not afraid of work. From reading other people responces, they don't like my idea's.. it's all good, so here's my suggestion anyways. ahaha
Get yourself a decent sampler, sample the kits that you need from the desired keyboards/modules and save it as kits. Midi it up to your MPC and when you load em up, it will sound exactly like the real thing (as long as you have digital in and outs on both machines) Total cost, maybe $300 for a decent sampler with some storage. I found sample cd's on ebay of triton, motiff entire kits for like $15. Load, save, midi, and your ready to play.
Now, go on ebay, find a recorder that you want, and wait untill the price is right. I passed up a 24 track fostex 2 weeks ago for $400 (I'm kicking myself now).. you can easily get a 16 track recorder now for about $400 (used) If your new to recording, I personally recommend a nice cheap 8 track. If you pay top dollar for a good recorder without any prior knowledge, you going to get very pissed off at it, and it will sit there and collect dust. When you sell it later (cuz you not going to want it) your going to lose money. I paid $1500 for my vs-1880 4 years ago, and sold it for $750. If I had just bought an 8 track for 200 bux, I could have probably sold it later for $150 and now bought an 1880 for it lower price of approx $600.. so I would really spend $450 for a recorder that I'll fully use.
That's $700 spent, and $600 still in your pocket. If it's burning a hole in your pocket, feel free to donate it to the Roxstar foundation. Gas prices are up, and my utility bills are outrageous!

roxstar wrote:It's safe to assume I'm going to give you a budget alternative. This requires a little work, and I obviously am not afraid of work. From reading other people responces, they don't like my idea's.. it's all good, so here's my suggestion anyways. ahaha
Get yourself a decent sampler, sample the kits that you need from the desired keyboards/modules and save it as kits. Midi it up to your MPC and when you load em up, it will sound exactly like the real thing (as long as you have digital in and outs on both machines) Total cost, maybe $300 for a decent sampler with some storage. I found sample cd's on ebay of triton, motiff entire kits for like $15. Load, save, midi, and your ready to play.

An even more budget alternative is a used PC with some free software. The easiest / cheapest way to get into music.

"An even more budget alternative is a used PC with some free software. The easiest / cheapest way to get into music."

As long as he uses a computer with his music, that will save him and extra $300 from my original idea. That's $300 more bux for the roxstar foundation! Thanx Yoshimi!

roxstar wrote:for a decent sampler with some storage. I found sample cd's on ebay of triton, motiff entire kits for like $15.

so those sample cds are pretty worth it, huh? i was thinking about coppin the nord one....looks like i will give it a try.

Yoshimi wrote:

Paul R wrote:i'm just about to go pick up an SH-101

it'll be xmas tonight at mine

I'm thinking of getting one as well.

you won't regret it the thing is a beast, it kept me up late last night and i couldn't stop myself admiring it again this morning. It makes bass and lead sounds so fat that you don't need another sound in the track, and makes any bass or lead on my JV1080 cower with inferiority. It's got so much character, i'm in love with it after one night

i don't know, if you have a sampler you like, then go for the CD's. It seems kind of bass ackwards to buy a sampler, with the intention of getting Motif and Trition sounds on it. The keyboards would be better if hat's what u want, like maybe a Trinity I think someone said. I wouldn't trust anyone to get the best out of a machine for me, they might be just scratching the surface. Plus the Trition/ Motif are so programmable, how could you sample a whole machine...........an 808 sure, even a Juno sure, but it'd be tough to do something with so many options.