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Syki · 13th November 2003

Hey whats up fellow slutz. I do mostly R&B hip hop or as I call it (MIDI Produced and sampled noise)I only record vocals acoustic gtr occasional bass. The rest is all hardware synths samplers and drum macs. Anything over that I use the pros and book studio time. l

A few years ago I decided to do the unconventional and not go the way of the computer based recording, sequencing, plugins and soft synths. I could be missing out on something but I can't worry about that.

I invested in an Otari Radar2 to cover mostly vocals and fly most of my hardware synths virtual.I sequence with my MPC 3000 wth JLcooper midi patch bay. I started to invest into hardware preamps ( Great River is most deff on my short list) compressors, Eq's and FX processors. I own as of this moment 2x focusrite red6
2x Summit Tpa200b (and they are the real shizzle Ixnys)IMHO
(On order 1x Chandler Tg2 pre). I have 2x distressor matched stereo pr Brit mode stereo image,2x Chandler Ltd 2, 2x Dbx 160a, 2x Manly ELOPS.On order(Chandler TG1 compressor) 1x tube tec cl1b. 1 xPCM 70, 1xEventide eclipse, 1x eventide H3000 se,1 kurz KSP8, Ghost le 32, Adam s3a...akg c414btl2,1x Neuman tlm 127, ordered 1 AEA R84.

This is a lot of money for a midi production studio,but I have no latency problems and the mix is always satisfying. My clients are happy. Mic and pre are crucial.Sounds like you are pretty much on your way. I'm bitting the bullet and looking into a protools set up to tie into what I have already. All my synths and samplers and Rhodes are hardware.

And I got my eye on an Eluxe 251, didn't like the Blue to much, ahh but to each his own. No wrong or rights here

13th November 2003	#8
Syki Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2003 Location: east coast Posts: 698	Hey whats up fellow slutz. I do mostly R&B hip hop or as I call it (MIDI Produced and sampled noise)I only record vocals acoustic gtr occasional bass. The rest is all hardware synths samplers and drum macs. Anything over that I use the pros and book studio time. l A few years ago I decided to do the unconventional and not go the way of the computer based recording, sequencing, plugins and soft synths. I could be missing out on something but I can't worry about that. I invested in an Otari Radar2 to cover mostly vocals and fly most of my hardware synths virtual.I sequence with my MPC 3000 wth JLcooper midi patch bay. I started to invest into hardware preamps ( Great River is most deff on my short list) compressors, Eq's and FX processors. I own as of this moment 2x focusrite red6 2x Summit Tpa200b (and they are the real shizzle Ixnys)IMHO (On order 1x Chandler Tg2 pre). I have 2x distressor matched stereo pr Brit mode stereo image,2x Chandler Ltd 2, 2x Dbx 160a, 2x Manly ELOPS.On order(Chandler TG1 compressor) 1x tube tec cl1b. 1 xPCM 70, 1xEventide eclipse, 1x eventide H3000 se,1 kurz KSP8, Ghost le 32, Adam s3a...akg c414btl2,1x Neuman tlm 127, ordered 1 AEA R84. This is a lot of money for a midi production studio,but I have no latency problems and the mix is always satisfying. My clients are happy. Mic and pre are crucial.Sounds like you are pretty much on your way. I'm bitting the bullet and looking into a protools set up to tie into what I have already. All my synths and samplers and Rhodes are hardware. And I got my eye on an Eluxe 251, didn't like the Blue to much, ahh but to each his own. No wrong or rights here