Best HipHop RnB Workstation 2006

[andrewj]

Hi,

would see us all voting which Workstation is the best for HipHop RnB! If you just could chose one Hardwareunit it would be?

And please specify the fetaures/reasons to buy!

[andrewj]

Okay let's start here. I love the Fantom! Great sounds, very good sequencer and so much more to find in this tool! At all you can run complete productions with that unit!

[SUPA FROST]

Triton Extreme here! Tons of sounds out of box. Great sequencer, warm, and great price. They go for about $1200 on ebay, can't beat that!

[dtheone]

Software like Reason 3.0 and Computer hardware software workstation with Vsti's and cd-rom sample libraries, a keyboard controller an midi drum pad controller (radium 61 and trigger finger)

[MDM]

Yamaha Motif --

1) The presets are all very urban

2) The 'sound' - I dunno what or why, but it just sounds more in your face, more tangable than the other synths mentioned ...dryer, simpler, more hiphop/R&B and less .... whatever .. Yamaha works for me. BTW I also LOVE Roland, but not the new synths - too slick for me - I own quite a few vintage Roland synths and also a Roland JD990 - THAT box has character - Supersound ! - Not hiphop though.

I do like Kurzweil too ... Kurzweil has major attitude & is very very posh -
So it's Motif or Kurz. Some dudes still like to have an MPC on the side, maybe if you're into sampling from vinyl and you're used to it, otherwise I dont see why not just sampling into PT or Logic or whatever you use ...

[andrewj]

Originally Posted by MDM

Yamaha Motif -- ...dryer, simpler, more hiphop/R&B ...

Read that Teddy Riley loves this unit, too!

[MDM]

oh yes - many many urban producers use this - from Prince to the Neptunes - they all use this for composing tunes ... And prince has got at least 3 of them on stage ... with reason, cuz it sound FAT and it's EASY to use and it looks serious, no-nonsense and is rock-solid.
Ontop comes, that the keyboard has a nice touch.

[KevWest]

I love my reason rig but if I were to get a workstation my first looks would be into the ASR10 and a Korg Karma or EPS and a Triton

[andrewj]

Originally Posted by MDM

oh yes - many many urban producers use this - with reason, cuz it sound FAT and it's EASY to use ...

I know, and this was the reason why I added the Riley information! But please make sure you understand this one here like it is meant: Here we should post our personal number 1 workstation and not the faves of prince! This is the idea! I think every ones personal taste is as important.

Regards,

Andrewj

[Nahuel]

I think my ideal workstation would be an mpc + a motif + various synth+ live n vsti.
but i'm broke so i use live + vsti. I think each piece of gear have its own taste, the mo you have, the less you sound like "this" workstation.

[Lawrence]

Fruity Loops Studio 6 XXL (with thousands of samples) and a good 76 key midi keyboard controller.

Oh yeah!

Lawrence

[youngmo]

Hi all,
As I'm broke for now, Reason 3.0 is my shit, with none other than garageband for the vocals (rewire in the building !!!).
But when the money will **** with me, KURZWEIL would be the name, either K2600XS fully loaded, or the next generation K2700XS if it comes around 2009 ish.
Worst scenarios Kurzweil PC3X with a MPC 4000 and i'm good.

[phillysoulman]

The best workstation is your brain.
Use it or lose it.

Be creative and dont be concerned about what somebody else uses or doesnt use.

All workstations are fine when put in the hands of a creative individual.
Dont be lazy...find or create your own sounds and this way people will take notice and maybe then you can be on to some next shit.

I know that I sometimes come hard with my advice,but the competition is fierce and in order to really make it you must be creative.

Those other mufukkas got theirs...now go get yours
Be original!! F**k what they got,homes

[E-Irizarry]

Originally Posted by phillysoulman

The best workstation is your brain.
Use it or lose it.

Be creative and dont be concerned about what somebody else uses or doesnt use.

All workstations are fine when put in the hands of a creative individual.
Dont be lazy...find or create your own sounds and this way people will take notice and maybe then you can be on to some next shit.

I know that I sometimes come hard with my advice,but the competition is fierce and in order to really make it you must be creative.

Those other mufukkas got theirs...now go get yours
Be original!! F**k what they got,homes

The iller wigger has struck again. Real talk. Jajajajajaj jejejejee @ PhillySoulMan.

But serious though, I already stated months ago how I use FL STudio 7 XXL producer edition as my workstation and I doubt anybody has an iller FL Studio set up than I do.

As willingly described, part of my setup is that I record my beats on the fly with a Recording plugin in the master bus at 32f/48kHz....upsample to 64bf/384kHz in a stand-alone low-key developed program and then remove the hum, direct current offset noise, pops/clicks and clips, ...working on my way back to CD resolution for the final product of the beat itself. This in fact makes less work to marry the vocals into the bedtrack for final mixdown, final tweaking and mastering.

[LeMauce]

Originally Posted by phillysoulman

The best workstation is your brain.
Use it or lose it.

Be creative and dont be concerned about what somebody else uses or doesnt use.

All workstations are fine when put in the hands of a creative individual.
Dont be lazy...find or create your own sounds and this way people will take notice and maybe then you can be on to some next shit.

I know that I sometimes come hard with my advice,but the competition is fierce and in order to really make it you must be creative.

Those other mufukkas got theirs...now go get yours
Be original!! F**k what they got,homes

Indeed. Machine's don't make music, its the brain that operate the shit. I don't care how dude's make beats and where they get there sounds when they in my studio. If it sounds good, its sounds good. And most of all be creative and make a vibe that is right on the spot for the moment. Like always "don't care how, just do it".
Look for example Yung Wun, Dogg, Scarface and Jada with WW3... The trumpets sounds so ****ing cheesy with frickin Christmas bells in it but it sounds and sell (Yes i know its a bad example, but other side... it works)
No machine can do that. Its the artist/producer plus the vibe.

[Keyflo]

i pretty much like anything really, as long has it has great sounds and stuff. but my choice for hiphop would def be the yamaha motif

[skillz31]

i have the akai mpc 2000xl and yamaha motif classic i love the combination together'
just need too get the damn 8 outputs

[skillz31]

yep philly is right and learn ya damn synth what im trying to do
and the brain and damn arrangement