 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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Tue 10 May 2005, 08:07
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Garage Band 2 will work OK for the type of Dance music you intend to create. It will provide a grounding for your aspirations and will not complicate things too much at the 'newbie' stage. You can graduate to bigger and better things later. It's free with the Mac so it can't hurt eh? If you do graduate to Logic Pro/Express, GB2 is equally processor intensive, so you'll be auditioning your set up for any processor/RAM limitations as Stevie Boy says.
Lepetitmartian talks a lot of sense about Audio Interfaces. If I may add to his advice, I recently installed a Mackie Spike for another musician and it is brilliant. The mic-preamps are the best on any sub £300 model, so vocals that you capture will be at their truest. The owner uses it with an SE2200A and the results are scarily good for the price. Finally and not many people advise this on this forum, but get APPLE LOOPS Sound Developer Kit, mash up your beats in your audio sequencer, and import them into the above program and you will find that thing that all musicians/DJ's seek.....Originality. Apple Loops SDK 1.1 can be downloaded from the Developer website at Apple (after a bit of searching)- And once again it's FREE! This post has been edited by B3 Basher: Tue 10 May 2005, 08:07 -------------------- ________________--==:: Watch The Skies ::==--________________
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DannyMac Setting Up A Studio Sat 7 May 2005, 13:49
lepetitmartien - the mac: well it's mainly a budget question,... Sun 8 May 2005, 00:36 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 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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