help with my new studio

youngj

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im a new 16 year old producer for hip-hop/rap/r&b music and i dont know what to get for my studio. i need to know what all type of equiment i need like a mixer ,recorder, drum machine what !
could u list the stuff i need and i got 1500 to work with and i dont want to work wit a computer
 
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well...

well, if you are not going the computer route, you might want to try the mpc. for the price range you have you could get a mpc 1000 or 2000. and if you want to sample, you can get you a decent turntable and that would put you at right about $1500.

you can always go computer, im assuming you have one since you are online. you could get fruity loops studio $150 or reason $300 (you can get demos at their site) then a program like cool edit which is like 3 or 4 hundred, a sound card and some studio monitors and a turntable to sample for about the same price. im use software, but im not bias towards hardware, im planning on gettin some myself, but you can get the most for your money with the computer route, especially if you are just learning, you might later decide you dont want to do this and be out only like 3 or 4 hundred instead of 1500!

good luck on you musical endevors!

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What you need, in my opinion:

  • An Emu MP-7 Command Station. You should be able to get one on Ebay for about $500 or less.
  • A MIDI Keyboard like the Oxygen8. Available for $150 or less.
  • A digital recorder like the Boss BR-864 or Fostex MR-8. $300 to $500
  • Some Monitor speakers like M-Audio BX-5 or Alesis Mk2. About $300 for a pair.
  • If you have $ left, get a Studio Projects C1 microphone. About $200.

There you go ... a pretty complete home studio for around $1500 ... no computer required

As you get more money, invest in expansion cards for the MP-7.
 
Equipment for Hip-Hop/R&B?

Say cuz I'ma tell ya like this playa, you said you have $1500 to work with right. I Think you should keep working to get some more paper until you get about $4 g's at least $3 g's. If you buy a midi keyboard now for a couple of hundred or so dollars then when you see the Motif ES and the Triton Studio or the Fantom-S your gonna be like damn I should have just saved my paper so I could cop one of these great workstations. I know your at a young age and want to get equipment now but you really need to be patient and save your loot up for what you want. So you don't buy some cheap a** keyboard and then turn around in a couple of months after you master that board and buy a different board. Now what you have in your studio is alot of unneccessary equipment and that is a waste of your money. But at the Guitar Center you can trade in your old gear to get new gear. So I guess you would be able to cop some equipment now to get started into the production game and upgrade to something better later as you grow a become a better all around producer. See what I'm sayin!! In my studio I have the Motif ES with a standalone CD recorder,Reason2.5,[2]Turntables,Mpc 2000 XL,Triton Classic, with a very fast PC and pretty soon in Nov. I will have the MPC 1000. I know earlier I was talkin bout unneccessary equipment like having 2 great workstations like I do. Well to make a long story short I have the paper to do that. Just like the big name producers in da game they have about 4 or 5 different keyboards because they have the paper to do that ya feel me. So if you need help choosing Hip-Hop/R&B equipment you should take a visit to your local Guitar Center and try out different workstation and other equipment that you can use for Hip-Hop/R&B production and save to get what you want playa. In other words don't let anyone else make that decision on your equipment you try it out for yourself and make your own final decision. Ya it's OK to get different opinions on equipment but just make sure your the last one to make the decision on what fits your Hip-Hop/R&B production needs fo' reel. Holla back at me with a reply if you would like some opinions on top of the line Hip-Hop equipment. GoNe!@#$ GoGetta$%^&
 
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:cool: yeh youngi I would listen to that piece of advice, hold back a little save more paper and by the time keep researching different types of equipment and sh*t. Plus while time is passing when new stuff come out the older stuff possibly something that you want will be cheaper and you'll be able to stetch your $$ even further :cool:
 
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