 Setting Up A Studio, Questions, please help |
 Sat 7 May 2005, 13:49
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Hello to everybody on the forum at first. I'm very glad that I found this site.
I'm currently working as a Dj and want to set up a private recording studio for myself to produce mainly electronical music (UK Garage/ 2 Step, House, Downbeat...a little bit of Bhangra). I haven't had any experiences with a mac but definalely want to get one for producing because I've heard from many sides that mac's the only choice for proper media- quality. So what do I exactely need for a good private studio? - Mac (which one?) Is the 1,8 GH enough? - Logic? Or is Garageband enough? - Do I need something else? Like Keyboard, Mixer, Interfaces... I would be very thankful if someone could help me because I've currently no idea because there are so many opportunities if you're getting started. Cheers Dan |
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 Sun 8 May 2005, 00:36
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 Moderator In Chief (MIC)  Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 |
- the mac: well it's mainly a budget question, but a mono or dual G5 is the best, with RAM, 512 Mo is a minimum, 1GB will make you happy, more can help if a lot of synth/sampler are used. "Old G5" are already selling second hand for "cheap".
- Garageband is a great step in, but if you're musician, you'll outgrow it. It's fast at putting idea together for a decent result. Logic is a professional software, daunting for some, and needs learning. There's an entry level version to step in  Now It depends a lot on you musician ship and the amount of control you want. - A little keyboard controller at least would help, interfaces, mixers etc it all depends on what you plan to to, like recording someone playing or singing, having some external gear etc. 
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DannyMac Setting Up A Studio Sat 7 May 2005, 13:49
DannyMac Thanks for the reply. I know it's very hard to... Sun 8 May 2005, 15:10 lepetitmartien The G5 will do fine (I've got he first generat... Sun 8 May 2005, 18:12 DannyMac Thanks lepetitmartien!
Your answers helped a ... Mon 9 May 2005, 07:52 clouvel Hi Danny,
I think Garageband will be too basic fo... Mon 9 May 2005, 09:14 DannyMac QUOTE (clouvel @ May 9 2005, 08:14)Hi Danny,
... Mon 9 May 2005, 10:01 DannyMac AND: If you're saying that a G5 1,8 GH would b... Mon 9 May 2005, 10:44 StevieBoy Since you get GarageBand 2 free with your new Mac ... Tue 10 May 2005, 07:40 B3 Basher Garage Band 2 will work OK for the type of Dance m... Tue 10 May 2005, 08:07 coldharbour QUOTE Apple Loops SDK 1.1 can be downloaded from t... Tue 10 May 2005, 09:32 Adrian Delso The Mac Mini may be fast enough, but you'll ne... Tue 10 May 2005, 09:58 DannyMac Cheers for the replys guys!
But isn't Gar... Tue 10 May 2005, 16:34 DannyMac Ok, I've checked and surfed and checked and su... Tue 10 May 2005, 17:08 Atahualpa Posted on May 9 2005, 11:44
----------------------... Tue 10 May 2005, 17:46 opiepac I've been meaning to reply for a while, but ha... Tue 10 May 2005, 17:54 opiepac Forgot to mention, I haven't gotten monitors y... Tue 10 May 2005, 17:55 lepetitmartien The extended use of headphones for monitoring is a... Tue 10 May 2005, 22:37 DannyMac Thank you all, once again. Am afraid about those ... Wed 11 May 2005, 07:59 StevieBoy As I understand it, you can record up to 8 tracks ... Thu 12 May 2005, 07:44 DannyMac I understand.
Am I able to play own melodys or am... Thu 12 May 2005, 10:15 aurios All this information has been extremely helpful as... Thu 12 May 2005, 16:26 StevieBoy DannyMac, you can record your own stuff as well. I... Thu 12 May 2005, 17:08 DannyMac QUOTE (StevieBoy @ May 12 2005, 16:08)DannyMa... Thu 12 May 2005, 18:52
coldharbour QUOTE Sounds nice! But I'll need a Synthie... Thu 12 May 2005, 19:01 |
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