Audio Production Equipment

[riseofthevalk]

So what's everyones favorite piece of equipment/software? I'm kind of curious if we have more digital people here or not. I'm a bit of a mix. My best set up was FL Studio(w/ many plugins). I moved on and tried working with a Fantom x7 but it didn't meet my standards, unfortunately. I thought the best part of the Fantom were it's piano sounds which are amazing. Anyway, your turn. :)

[DudeAsInCool]

I've toyed with garageband on the mac - but I dont think that qualifies :)

[method77]

I made quite a few tracks with Reason sometime ago. I also made music on macs but can't remember the name of the software

[riseofthevalk]

I've never tried Garageband, never worked on a Mac at all actually. Reason is meh. I got a free sample from somewhere I forgot and I didn't know how to operate anything it.

[DudeAsInCool]

The BBC put together a guide awhile back on creating your own home studio - you can check it out HERE

[riseofthevalk]

hehe, so much crap you need in order to set it up yourself. I'm glad I'm not a singer.

Edited July 7, 2007 by riseofthevalk

[DudeAsInCool]

The give lessons on how to use GarageBand and Pro-Tools at the Mac Store. I took one just to see what some of my clients had to deal with. Seems similar to building a movie in the editing room

[riseofthevalk]

Never made a movie before. How is Pro-Tools? I was going to go to SAE about a year ago and take the engineering class. That would've taught me but I changed my mind. <_<

[DudeAsInCool]

Never made a movie before. How is Pro-Tools? I was going to go to SAE about a year ago and take the engineering class. That would've taught me but I changed my mind. <_<

It looked pretty complicated to me :) Hell, Logic seemed complicated--but I think I'd work with that before Pro-Tools...ProTools is for the real pro's I'm still playing with Garageband and Audacity. At the end of the day, its all about the music.. What kind of stuff do you make?

[riseofthevalk]

I don't produce much anymore. Life forces me do other things than music. But I was mainly doing hip hop and was beginning to move into more movie score-ish stuff. What about you?

[DudeAsInCool]

I don't produce much anymore. Life forces me do other things than music. But I was mainly doing hip hop and was beginning to move into more movie score-ish stuff. What about you?

I'm mostly involved in the creation of movies and television...which takes forever. I do some consulting and management on the music side, so I like to be educated about the tools people use, etc.

[riseofthevalk]

hah. anything I'd know?

[DudeAsInCool]

hah. anything I'd know?

probably, and i wish they were solely mine :)

[riseofthevalk]

Aaaah, okay. :P

[DudeAsInCool]

Aaaah, okay. :P

i generally dont talk about my other work on the boards...i dont like to bore people :)

[NelsonG]

I've worked with FL Studio and ACID Pro on the digital side and have played with an Akai MPC4000 & a Motif XS.

[riseofthevalk]

How is working on an MPC? Did you use it for just drums or did you chop up a sample on it and do it all on the machine?