Apr 07, 2005 05:40 pm FMR's Really Nice Compressor...or a different mic.
A new step
Posted on Apr 07, 2005 05:36 pm
RobertJ
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Member Since: Dec 05, 2004
I have a
Behringer Ub802 Mixer
MXL990 Condensor Mic
Autocom Pro XL 1600
Parametric Eq PEQ2200
Dualfex Pro Ex2200
Coby Stduio Monitoring Headphones
Infinity Reference Monitors
PopFilter
Mic Stand
Windscreen
M-Audio mobile Pre
Adobe Audtion 1.5
Ozone
Waves Diamond Bundle
T-Racks
(Wires)
I'm doing Hiphop music.Whats my next step? I know how to use everything i mean as gear wise.
What is my next thing to buy??
Even if yo dont know what I should buy, maybe list somethings you would buy?
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Apr 07, 2005 05:40 pm FMR's Really Nice Compressor...or a different mic.
Apr 07, 2005 05:40 pm personally, I think you have a pretty nice setup, I would just keep saving money until an obvious point of weakness presents itself.
Apr 07, 2005 05:47 pm dB is correct...Hip hop deal in with alot of MIDI. So you can never have enough MIDI related gear for that genre...
But I am doing as dB is, saving untill a weakness presents itself...except I just started and I do have my weaknesses but I am currently not heavy into work. Its been down for about a month or so...
Apr 07, 2005 05:55 pm yeah..
this kid AZE i know owns a studio
His setup is
- Microphone: BLUE blueberry, N. u87a
- System: [Avid] Digidesign Digi002.
- Computers: Macintosh G5 (dual 1.8ghz) 1Gig RAM, CompaQ 7000 (800mhz) 512mb RAM
- Wires: Monster & Cranberry
- Monitoring: Event, Sony MDR-V900, Senn. HD280
- Programs: Digidesign Pro-Tools 6.2.3, (plug-in) Waves Diamond Bundle, (plug-in) Vocalign PT, Reason 2.5, (plug-in) BombFactory misc., (plug-in) RTAS
and not only am i jealous but he has it packed up, for the next two months why the building is being finished..
and him and my homeboy Eddie wanna record at my house and im scared cuz I dont want him to down talk what I worked so hard on to get..and i want my home-studio to be at the top notch it can be when he comes...
Apr 08, 2005 04:29 am If you're getting good sounding recordings then you're gear's good and you're good. That's putting it pretty simply, but if you can get good sound from your gear then you don't need to worry about impressing someone, that's impressive enough, and knowledge is way more important than gear IMO anyway. To be honest, seems like his set-up may be a bit of a cut above yours, but what's wrong with that? I don't see it as a reason to feel inferior. If he down-talks you then he's rude frankly, especially if he's using your space.
All that said, a compressor might be a good next buy, especially for hip-hop, a lot of compression tends to be used on vocals in hip hop, and you could also beef up some of your beats, especially if you're into an old school sound.
Hope everything turns out well.
Apr 08, 2005 01:01 pm Robert,
I hear a few different questions going on here. And some of them are kinda muddy, intertwined.
As far as what people are going to say, well, what they say. There is little to influence that. One drummer I recorded slammed my studio for months because he was a poor performer and felt he had to hide that. I didn't work for him. People can hear. Maybe you don't want to invite the fox into the hen house. If this is a friend and truely a mutualy benificial relationship, this person will have a motivation to give you what he can to help you become better at what you do, and vice versa.
As far as the hip hop sceen goes, I see a ton of folks coming into where I sold equipment all with the same laundry list. Insta-studio mentality. Hook it up and let it make you money. There is a real paradym here; They all look for those items which equate to a 'hip hop' studio. That may be a little difficult to counter. Your buddy pretty much has the accepted 'starter kit' as it where.
I guess if you want to compete with all of that a Blue mic would probably be a good 'stage effect'. The performer will be looking right at what he is singing into, and if he is part of the hip hop 'click' he will probably notice the Blue as a sign of valid studio. Beyond that if your equipment is all nicely staged and impressive looking they probably won'd really know what they are looking at.
Apr 08, 2005 02:15 pm yeah thanks... i think ima update to a blue mic and a yahma series mixer...
Apr 08, 2005 02:17 pm possible a better pre-amp in berween the mic and the mixer.but i was told yahama have pretty good preamp in the mixer, anyways
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