Jun 19, 2008 10:35 pm What exactly is your intended end use? What type of music, how many tracks at once or how many in the end total?
A little info on exactly what you want to do and where you want to go with it will help alot.
Computer Based Noob!
Posted on Jun 19, 2008 10:23 pm
MusicMaker
Member Since: Jun 19, 2008
I'm just looking for some tips or tricks and input on equipment. Just trying to get everything all hooked up is driving me crazy.
Equipment so far includes,
Roland Fantom X6
Rocktron Banshee 2 Talkbox
KRK RP5 Monitors
I know I need a mixer and some good software.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I'm stuck here!
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Jun 19, 2008 10:35 pm What exactly is your intended end use? What type of music, how many tracks at once or how many in the end total?
A little info on exactly what you want to do and where you want to go with it will help alot.
Jun 19, 2008 10:52 pm I'm just basically needing some info on getting everything I need to get going (Setup) with Hip Hop beat making. Looking into Imageline FL Sudio XXL as far as software. I want to use the Fantom for Some Midi. It has a built in sampler but I Need a turntable to sample from. Like I said I'm brand new to all of this but I love music so I want to try out some producing. Hope my newsness doesn't upset all of the pros but you've got to start somewhere right. Success is the product of knowledge and information??
Jun 20, 2008 09:06 am Newness won't bother anyone here...
FL is a good place to start for beatmaking, other options would be Cakewalk Project5 or Cakewalk Kenetic for a less expensive solution. if you only plan on beatmaking in the PC and using MIDI you'll be able to get into it pretty inexpensively, if you want to start recording audio into the PC, you'll need a decent audio interface which can cost from $80 for a good, but simple interface, to onscene amounts of money for really high end stuff.
Jun 20, 2008 01:02 pm alright, i have officially found the 'best use for headphones' award =).
anyways, what do you have for interface / soundcard? Almost assuredly, a recording-type card will be better than onboard soundcard.
A interface card will give you better connections (rca or 1/4" instead of 1/8" stereo). Also, the converters (audio->digital and digital->audio) will be better on an interface card.
A better card isn't totally necessary, but will make things smoother.
In a simple setup, send the L & R outputs from the X6 to a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter, so the 2 signal get transfered onto 1 stereo jack. This should plug into the onboard sound 1/8" jack.
Also, having a 1/8" to (2) mono 1/4" jacks would convert from onboard soundcard to your KRKs.
Using onboard sound, you will have to record your X6, then overdub vocals onto the beat (hearing the previous track, while recording the new one). This is quite common.
To record using FL studio, you need the producer edition (i think) which can get $pendy. I use FL studio (fruity loops edition- $99) for midi and digital sounds, but use Reaper for audio (recording and editing). those two together work quite well for me, though i'm not making beats.
An audio interface like a maudio delta44 or 66 will give you 4 inputs, so you could connect several things at once (up to 4), should you be inclined. This is a PCI interface, so you'd need to install a card into the PC. They're quite stable, and are used a ton.
Jun 20, 2008 07:15 pm Yep, what they said.
If you would like you can take a look at Project 5 here. www.project5.com
That is what I have been using for years for similar projects along with Cakewalks Sonar 7 PE. The layout is a bit easier to navigate from FL but FL is indeed a great program. Take a look and compare them and see which one is more to your liking.
The Fantom is a great keyboard and is pretty easy to get going with the midi thing. All you will need there is a 1 in 1 out midi interface and you'll be golden for using it as a controller in either FL or P5.
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