setting up very budget studio.. help!

**vexman** · 01-20-2004

sup ppl,

rite im a 16 year old kid and i aint got no money at all. but i do have a very powerful laptop and FL and an average mic.

however i produce/MC and i was thinking about just getting a new midi keyboard for 100, a Shure PG58 mic for 50 and some amazin music recording software for around 100. along with FL, that would be all i need to create my own music. coz i been rhymin for a year now and wanna step up.
any thoughts on this setup?

safe.

**Goodall** · 01-20-2004

Originally posted by vexman

any thoughts on this setup?

Yeah its cheap, unless you really really really know what you are doing, your sound will be cheap also. If you are going to try and step up, then you need to SAVE MONEY but only if its important to you. Cutting corners will be better on your pockets but worse on your music.

**vexman** · 01-20-2004

yeh but in reality, its about the clever and witty lyrics in rap and not the super amazing quality that alot ppl feel they need, when their actual lyricism, flow etc. is ****. why u want industry style quality wen you been rappin 20 years and still aint left the block?

DMX got signed from spittin through the air to the earlobe of the head of Def Jam...

safe.

**Bimm** · 01-20-2004

from what you said your not too bothered on quality of your beats but more concerned with your mc'ing so why not save yourself some money and either get someone else to make beats for you or go get some instrumentals to rhyme over. Your obviously not as serious about your production as you are your mc'ing so why bother.

**deSelby** · 01-20-2004

Wow lads,

Why so discouraging?

Vexman, you have all the tools you need, believe me. Learn them well and just go for it...

**Waxaholic** · 01-20-2004

Naw man i agree with Bimm on this your a producer your a producer most people cant see wat it really takes to make beats, and those people should just pick beats made from a serious producer

**vexman** · 01-21-2004

thanx for all the replies ppl, respect for wat u sed deSelby.

i could use other ppl's beats off the net and **** but im a bit of a control freak and like to make my own and spit over em. and anyway i aint too bad at beat craftin, i know the structure of hip hop music well.

now i just gotta get 200 from somewhere...

safe.

**prince_wayne** · 01-29-2004

vexman i just like you man same situation. but im going college next year so they teach you loads of stuff about studios and set ups and stuff

**SKAT** · 01-29-2004

was up pimp no paper just get your hands on reason 2.5 3 or 4 hundred in the stores but u can find somebody with it to burn, get that acid for some cool loops, next if very important u kno how u cant get those bass lines like u want them on fl what u need is a m audio-keyboard, the radium is 200, and the smaller one is 100 in some store just look on the net and your local stores. if u can get 300 bucks go get the korg micro controller its tight, with a drum pad and a keyboard.

from yo boy skat.

**vexman** · 01-29-2004

aight thanx for the replies people.

yeh skat i like the korg im thinkin of investin in that ****, its tight. this game aint cheap thats for sure, but worth it.

safe.