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| Gear interested Joined: Jul 2006
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Thread Starter | making music!
hey everyone i'm pretty new to the game and i just wanted to say hey and ask what everyone's into, like what kind of music you compose/engineer and what you use. if you have any links to music then that'd be awesome too. this thread is open to everyone and anyone; i want to see who's out there and to get a feel for what's good and what people are into, both music and gear wise. i'm 23 and from toronto and i'm just starting to produce/compose/mix hip hop, electronic and idm mostly for hobby at the moment and i have a very basic set up at the moment that i'm hoping to expand - midi controller, mbox 2, logic, very generic computer monitors. i know that may be disappointing to most but i gotta start somewhere... look forward to hearing from all of you! AL. |
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2006 Location: NYC
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Also, don't spend more time on forums than you do on experimenting with your stuff. (I used to have this problem) You'll learn so much more through trial and error and even develop your own tricks here and there. Good luck. | |
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| Gear interested Joined: Jul 2006
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hey marvel thanks for your comment. i was beginning to wonder about this growing forum habit of mine, and wondering how to register all of the information provided here. to be honest, i've read a lot of books and learnt a lot from other people in many different facets of the biz. i'm also really well versed in logic, protools, reason and soundforge, and ok for now with cubase. but so far it's all been hobbying and i think that i want to get a little more serious. |
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| Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA
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tweak beats... create a world of music you wish to be surrounded by... you will soon forget your day job and that may be scary... lol
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| Gear interested Joined: Jul 2006
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ya sounds really scary! ![]() are there any musicians out there? what do you use to produce/compose? softsynths, hardware - mpcs, synths, other samplers i thought this place was about sharing and bragging!! |
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| Gear addict Joined: Nov 2006 Location: California
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I'm really into music production. I do everything from club to trip hop to live instrumentation... check out: http://www.myspace.com/alleykat Some of my earliest attempts at "production", haha. |
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| Gear maniac Joined: Mar 2006
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Hey dude, Welcome to gearslutz. Hope you have a great experience here. I know I have. Anyway, good luck with the learning process. All of us here have so much to learn. Lates, Poly |
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| Gear interested Joined: Jul 2006
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thanks poly russian, is that you rhyming? those songs are pretty ill what do you use? |
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| Gear addict Joined: Oct 2006
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sup man, im into hip-hop http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...m?bandID=77799 check it out and lemme know what you think FL studio, VSTs, midi controller, heart, soul. hit me back. 1 |
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| Gear addict Joined: Nov 2006 Location: California
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Here's his new project produced by my friend Robin David (I kinda passed the torch off, you know?). It's kind of indie-gorillaz meets Danny Elfman... crazy stuff. He recorded it with a $100 mic into sonar, mixed on computer speakers, hahaha: http://www.myspace.com/csmart1 Also check out some mixtape stuff I engineered with Dub C: http://www.myspace.com/maliksroughdrafts | |
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| Gear interested Joined: Jul 2006
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hey fresh i checked out your beats and your production styles are pretty versatile. i thought you had some hot beats - i especially like the comeback. do you work solo? russian, your friend is an amazing mixer if he did those mixes with the equipment you mentioned cause the first thing i thought was i can believe how wide and clear the soundfield is, even over my laptop speakers. and your chops are not so bad either; i really dug those songs. i'm thinking of starting to record some of my own rhymes too. i come from a rock and metal background as well, but i'm getting much more into hip hop and IDM now; there's so much more creativity happening, both in production and content in my opinion. does anyone have any suggestions for female emcee condenser + mic pre combos? |
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| Gear maniac Joined: Mar 2006
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with out a budget U67/414/U47 or U89 --->Neve--->LA2--->tape With budget 4060 tube mic--->Chandler--->DBX160VU--->tape edit: when I say 414 I'm talking about the real one with the c12 capsule in it....not the ones you buy at the store nowadays... |
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| Gear addict Joined: Nov 2006 Location: California
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Just get out a guitar, hook it up to a POD, and jam out some licks. Sometimes I'll loop them, sometimes I'll take the loops and chop them up into single notes (and use a 4x4 drum pad to trigger them). Another thing I do is use drum triggers. I'm what you might call a "lap-drummer". I'm always tapping on the table with my fingers. One day I got the wise idea to go out and buy some cheap pintech drum triggers. I tape them to my desk and feed them into either a drum brain or PT's Sound Replacer: BAM! Instant drumkit. | ||||
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| Gear maniac Joined: May 2006
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mpc60 sp1200 reason .. all of it looks and sounds different .. and has a different feel wich can impact creativity .. theres alot of Shi* going on in toronto ..and alot of bull .. that being said .. i love being in toronto ..
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| Gear addict Joined: Nov 2006 Location: California
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Very cool video link, gear. When I use reason I use midi drum pads, not the mouse. There's something about using a mouse that kills the creative flow. I've made cool beats like that, sure... but nothing unique. I record the midi track onto Pro Tools rather than Reason because Pro Tools has Groove Templates (like mpc quantize 51%, logic-style quantizes, etc). Once I'm happy with the drum beat, I rewire to Pro Tools dumping each drum onto its own track. From Pro Tools I usually run my drums through the Empirical Labs Distressor with the 3rd harmonic tape distortion setting to beef them up and give 'em some major mojo. Lots of live instruments, man, that's my game. With reason you really don't need an MPC, seeing as how it can trigger .WAV files. I would look at the Roland MV-8000 if anything. Very cool beat machine, I'll be picking one up very soon. The MV-8000 reads all kinds of file formats, too, so you can use MPC/acid/WAV, whatever. And my locale: I'm in So Cal. Both very cool spots. |
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| Gear addict Joined: Nov 2006 Location: California
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[QUOTE=DirtyMan;971778] .. theres alot of Shi* going on in toronto ..and alot of bull .. QUOTE] Same down here... more of the latter, actually. |
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| Gear maniac Joined: May 2006
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ssweet i feel a bit better knowin you got the same crap |
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| Gear interested Joined: Jul 2006
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thanks for the words russian. reason is definitely where it is and i'm looking at the roland right now and it looks good but 2k is a little steep for little ol me. man, so cal is definitely somewhere i wouldn't mind being right now. year round sunshine is the only way to live.. |
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Hey GB, welcome to Gearslutz... I use most of the time on PT and Reason. Even thou I work at an Aundiovisual company doing music, recording and mixing. We do a fair amount of Music related (Hip-hop and rock) work. you are welcome to check my site (you have to signup to check my catalog) or myspace to hear some of my stuff. I agree with alot of people here, get some monitors. Once again, welcome |
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2006 Location: Purgatory
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Thanks for tha props Ruskie. Gearbody - get some monitors. Anything. |
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| Gear interested Joined: Jul 2006
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lol they're coming. i just ordered some A7s..
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| Gear maniac Joined: May 2006
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GB did you order them from moog
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Gearbody, Welcome to gearslutz. As you can see I am pretty new here as well. Pretty new to producing also. You have more than I do starting out. I have a Roland SP404 and a Korg MicroKontrol. Still deciding on what kind of software to get. I also plan on getting a MPC 1000. I've always loved music and about a year or 2 ago wanted to pursue it as a hobby. Now I want to pursue it even more. |
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