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This is what i use in my VERY basic home studio to make Hip Hop music
Making music to me is a pure hobby, i dont have much money to spend on it, nor would I if i had the money. I do, however, make pretty decent sounding music from this very basic set up:
-Nady StarPower Mic (forget which number i have) $20
-M-audio mobile Pre USB preamp/audio interface $150
-Basic home PC
-Basic headphones/PC speakers
-Basic CD-RW drive
-Reason 2.5 $400
-Fruity Loops Producer 4 $100
-M-Audio Oxygen 8 Midi Controller $150
-Cool Edit 2.0 $100
-Misc Stuff (Pop/Wind screen, Mic Stand, wires, etc.) $50-$60
Now i didnt buy all this stuff at once, but even if you did, it wouldnt be all that crazy... assuming you already have a home PC with basic speakers and a CD-RW in it it totals like $1000
and lets face it the most expensive things, the software, most of you are just gonna bootleg off the net anyway... so that cuts your costs more than in half.
I make beats with my Oxy 8 on Reason or FL, record with my mic and preamp into Cool Edit, and use Cool Edits basic stuff to mix/master, then burn it to a CD
works perfect
hope this helps somebody
Making music to me is a pure hobby, i dont have much money to spend on it, nor would I if i had the money. I do, however, make pretty decent sounding music from this very basic set up:
-Nady StarPower Mic (forget which number i have) $20
-M-audio mobile Pre USB preamp/audio interface $150
-Basic home PC
-Basic headphones/PC speakers
-Basic CD-RW drive
-Reason 2.5 $400
-Fruity Loops Producer 4 $100
-M-Audio Oxygen 8 Midi Controller $150
-Cool Edit 2.0 $100
-Misc Stuff (Pop/Wind screen, Mic Stand, wires, etc.) $50-$60
Now i didnt buy all this stuff at once, but even if you did, it wouldnt be all that crazy... assuming you already have a home PC with basic speakers and a CD-RW in it it totals like $1000
and lets face it the most expensive things, the software, most of you are just gonna bootleg off the net anyway... so that cuts your costs more than in half.
I make beats with my Oxy 8 on Reason or FL, record with my mic and preamp into Cool Edit, and use Cool Edits basic stuff to mix/master, then burn it to a CD
works perfect
hope this helps somebody