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Umlaaat · 13th November 2003, 06:32 AM

OK.... Lets talk *non* live - based music.

Lets talk about music that derives from samples and electronic instruments...

I'm running Logic 6 on a G4 400, UAD-1 card, the EXS, and some MIDI modules (Trinity and Proteus 2000).

My question is for people who do music in which the vocals are the only thing thats really "live": (R&B, House, electronica, pop, etc...)

This is my studio set up...

I've got the outs of my MIDI modules, and Logic (via MOTU 1224) going into my Mackie CR-1604 (sounds not so hot, but for $15, u cant really complain). My AT 4033 > MP1-NV > RNC > XLR out > 1224, and the aux out to the board. The main outs of my Mackie go into my HR 824's.

This works OK. Latency is avoided mainly because of the board.

The set up is decent at best, and I can do what I need to do, but I'm sorely in need of an upgrade.

The Great River is the one piece of gear that I own that is stellar, and that thing ****ing rocks hard...

Except you cant really build an entire studio on a single pre.

So, my qustion is for the folks that started where I'm at now, but have stubled upon a boat load of money and have built some kinda work method/studio set up in which whats coming out of your speakers are very pleasing...

What convertors are doing it for ya?

Monitors?

DA convertors?

How do you avoid latency without an analog board of some kind? (got this question from reading about the DAC-1 thread)

Are you routing all the analog outs of your AD/DA convertors to a board of some kind, then mixing on the board as opposed to in the box?

If so, do you have compressors, EQ's, etc for each bus/channel?

What do you have your 2 mix going to if anything at all?

How do you avoid latency without an analog board?

And....

What pieces are of absoulte necessity in the beginning?

thanks, y'all...

13th November 2003, 06:32 AM	#1
Umlaaat Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 751	Q: For Folks Doing Mostly R&B, Hip Hop, House, Sampled Based Music (Runnin Logic..) OK.... Lets talk non live - based music. Lets talk about music that derives from samples and electronic instruments... I'm running Logic 6 on a G4 400, UAD-1 card, the EXS, and some MIDI modules (Trinity and Proteus 2000). My question is for people who do music in which the vocals are the only thing thats really "live": (R&B, House, electronica, pop, etc...) This is my studio set up... I've got the outs of my MIDI modules, and Logic (via MOTU 1224) going into my Mackie CR-1604 (sounds not so hot, but for $15, u cant really complain). My AT 4033 > MP1-NV > RNC > XLR out > 1224, and the aux out to the board. The main outs of my Mackie go into my HR 824's. This works OK. Latency is avoided mainly because of the board. The set up is decent at best, and I can do what I need to do, but I'm sorely in need of an upgrade. The Great River is the one piece of gear that I own that is stellar, and that thing ****ing rocks hard... Except you cant really build an entire studio on a single pre. So, my qustion is for the folks that started where I'm at now, but have stubled upon a boat load of money and have built some kinda work method/studio set up in which whats coming out of your speakers are very pleasing... What convertors are doing it for ya? Monitors? DA convertors? How do you avoid latency without an analog board of some kind? (got this question from reading about the DAC-1 thread) Are you routing all the analog outs of your AD/DA convertors to a board of some kind, then mixing on the board as opposed to in the box? If so, do you have compressors, EQ's, etc for each bus/channel? What do you have your 2 mix going to if anything at all? How do you avoid latency without an analog board? And.... What pieces are of absoulte necessity in the beginning? thanks, y'all...