Salem Beats Studio Gear List

Salem Beats

Salem Beats

Ki from Salem-Beats.com
Hey guys,

I decided that I'd post a quick gear list of the music crucial stuff I use when I make music!
If you don't know who I am
and you want to take a few seconds to check out my music,
you can find me at http://www.salem-beats.com.

Anyway, back to the gear list:

Computer:

ASUS P9X79LE: http://goo.gl/A3r9xs
Intel Core i7 3930K: http://goo.gl/NaCDUx
Cooler Master Seidon: http://goo.gl/JTiOSb
AMD Radeon HD7770: http://goo.gl/D5wZNH
AMD Radeon HD5450: http://goo.gl/pkEmAe
Crucial Memory 16GB: http://goo.gl/iKzJbE
RME HDSPe AIO: http://goo.gl/BXuC0v
Western Digital 1TB HDD: http://goo.gl/p3KsE3
Toshiba 1TB HDD: http://goo.gl/eDCGDI
Western Digital 2TB External HDD: http://goo.gl/SNFDJc
OCZ Vector 256GB SSD: http://goo.gl/8X5pya
Rosewill Capstone 750W: http://goo.gl/ICgicz

Screens:

Samsung 27" LED Monitor: http://goo.gl/gGZX5V
Acer 27" LED Monitor: http://goo.gl/ymvwMR
Acer 18" LED Monitor: http://goo.gl/eN9VlW

Keyboard/Mouse:

Razer BlackWidow Ultimate: http://goo.gl/5Lm6B8
Logitech G600: http://goo.gl/vdElNI

Controllers:

Novation 61 SL MkII: http://goo.gl/5ukpfc
Mackie MCU Pro: http://goo.gl/3HIU0p
Maschine MKII: http://goo.gl/ai1wa7
KORG MicroKey 25: http://goo.gl/72s81f
KORG MicroKey 37: http://goo.gl/g00kXH
KORG MicroKey 61: http://goo.gl/333vdH

Speakers:

Polk Audio Monitor 7: http://goo.gl/myhs3A
Aiwa SX-N707: http://goo.gl/q9IzWM
Design Acoustics PS-SW: http://goo.gl/HRtIXM

Headphones:

Sony MDR 7506: http://goo.gl/35oDlS
AKG K702: http://goo.gl/v2TDYU

Misc:

American Recorder Technologies SPL Meter: http://goo.gl/XqjEsI

If you have any questions or comments, let me know!

-Ki
Salem Beats
 
Dang man salem be ballin with the legit ass studio.
good stuff bro.
 
only 15 so i dont have a fulltime job been working this summer so i used that money to
"improve" my bedroom studio.
My stuff:

lenovo laptop and an 2nd cheap monitor screen (not to sure wut serise)

2 midi keyboards:

M audio Axiom air 32 mini
M audio key station 32 mini

Speakers:
Rokit 5 g3 (pair) white

Misc:
Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 Usb Audio Interface
sennheiser hd 280 pro
(and an numark idj3 for my gigs)
 
djrethinkbeats said:
only 15 so i dont have a fulltime job been working this summer so i used that money to
"improve" my bedroom studio.
My stuff:

lenovo laptop and an 2nd cheap monitor screen (not to sure wut serise)

2 midi keyboards:

M audio Axiom air 32 mini
M audio key station 32 mini

Speakers:
Rokit 5 g3 (pair) white

Misc:
Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 Usb Audio Interface
sennheiser hd 280 pro
(and an numark idj3 for my gigs)
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Yeah, I've been doing music for a long time.
I started when I was about your age (1 year younger, at 14), and I'm 25 now!
When I was 14, I definitely had setups that were light on gear and heavy on pirated software.
Nowadays everything is legitimate, and I absolutely love the gear I've ended up with.

I've owned a LOT more equipment in the past than I currently own,
so I could REALLY make a huge list of stuff if I wanted to list everything I've had experience with
(especially MIDI controllers. For some reason, I've got some sort of thing for MIDI controllers).

-Ki
Salem Beats
 
Nutek Studios said:
right on, nothing wrong with that.
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Yep. The way I see it,
at the end of the day,
it's all about results.

I pay for my software,
and upgrading to Ozone 5 Advanced from the regular version was a big deal for me.

I also have some really exotic software tools that aren't well known to the general public
that help me deal with problematic scenarios that occur in projects that other mastering studios refuse to deal with.
As these tools took me lots of effort to find and provide me a competitive advantage, I won't be listing them here. ;)

-Ki
Salem Beats
 
What made you choose the the Mackie MCU Pro over other control surfaces? Its been in the back of my head of getting one of these (not the same brand just the control surface.)in the future as my next buy. Keep in mind im completely ignorant towards the topic.
 
M.C.Gray said:
What made you choose the the Mackie MCU Pro over other control surfaces? Its been in the back of my head of getting one of these (not the same brand just the control surface.)in the future as my next buy. Keep in mind im completely ignorant towards the topic.
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I've owned a lot of other surfaces on the market at one point or another:

- KORG nanoKONTROL (http://goo.gl/VvaEbh)
- PreSonus FaderPort (http://goo.gl/N9fmMr)
- Novation ReMOTE ZeRO SL (http://goo.gl/S75p9Z)
- Behringer BCF2000 (http://goo.gl/reXWNO)

I enjoyed all of them!

I eventually went with the MCU Pro once I'd saved up the money
to reward myself with some of the funds from my highest-paying project.

If you're looking for a nice little control surface
to get a touch-sensitive motorized fader and some transport controls,
I would pick up a PreSonus Faderport:
It's made of metal, sturdy with nice buttons,
and the ALPS fader is the same quality as the ones in the $1000+ MCU Pro (and large format controllers costing $10,000+).

Ki
Salem Beats
 
Salem Beats said:
Yeah, that's more of a mixer
rather than a control surface,
but it might work for DAW control.

The product description doesn't make it perfectly clear.

-Ki
Salem Beats
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From my google search its supposed to be a combo between control surface and an interface designed for more home based recording studios. All of your links are good places for me to start chewing on for the future though and I do appreciate it.
 
M.C.Gray said:
From my google search its supposed to be a combo between control surface and an interface designed for more home based recording studios. All of your links are good places for me to start chewing on for the future though and I do appreciate it.
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Yeah,
it does seem to have some features that suggest
that it's some sort of control surface / mixer combo.

However, I don't see anything about it supporting
the industry-standard MCU or HUI protocols
that many of these other devices I mentioned support.

Yamaha actually owns Steinberg (and hence, Cubase),
and so if you have Cubase, it should work perfectly with that.

-Ki
Salem Beats
 
One question I do see pop up about control surfaces is that they can do the same things plug ins do in DAW so they seem almost useless. Is a control surface just for more precise mixing because of the flexibility of controls and knobs or is it just more of a physical aspect?
 
M.C.Gray said:
One question I do see pop up about control surfaces is that they can do the same things plug ins do in DAW so they seem almost useless. Is a control surface just for more precise mixing because of the flexibility of controls and knobs or is it just more of a physical aspect?
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Control surfaces (esp. with motorized faders like the FaderPort, BCF2000, or MCU Pro) are popular because:

#1 - They're pre-configured to work with DAWs. You don't twiddle around with MIDI assignments or any of that junk.

#2 - A control surface like the MCU Pro has buttons and faders that match the status of your project. This includes following any automation you've programmed.
Check what happens to the faders when this guy loads his project at 3:30 (I wouldn't bother watching the rest of the video, he doesn't go over much):

https://youtu.be/lED2dycVWv8?t=3m32s

-Ki
Salem Beats
 
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Thinking about adding this to my studio:

Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61 Keyboard (Amazon.com)

The key lighting sync'd with Kontakt will be great with keyswitched libraries!

-Ki
Salem Beats (+Reviews)
gpWmqu
 
Salem Beats said:
Thinking about adding this to my studio:

Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61 Keyboard (Amazon.com)

The key lighting sync'd with Kontakt will be great with keyswitched libraries!

-Ki
Salem Beats (+Reviews)
gpWmqu
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My apologies in advanced I thought I had replied to this already. I am still researching the best option for me, but right now unfortunately desk space is a factor since it is limited at the moment.


I also like the simplicity of the midi controller as well, but still provides necessary components. Is NI Russel Simmons company, or is he just endorsed?
 
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