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Originally posted by TranscendentalP hurray heres my little place by the way , where the hell do u people get all the money to spend on all this stuff???? or do u like ride a bike everywhere and live in shantys cause u spend all your money on music equipment?!?! seriously, or does everyone here make over 100k a year or something!

Does it really matter? It all comes down to the music they create. Theres this guy that i know has a full built studio..but yet his music still sound crappy. So..yeah..you can still make good sounding music with just only 3 pieces of equipment...and sound better than anything that was made with tons of hardware and special toys and such.

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Originally posted by TranscendentalP by the way , where the hell do u people get all the money to spend on all this stuff???? or do u like ride a bike everywhere and live in shantys cause u spend all your money on music equipment?!?! seriously, or does everyone here make over 100k a year or something!

High paying jobs and expensive hobbies go well together. Or maybe they don't have high paying jobs and have spent the last 10 years slowly collecting their equipment. No one buys a studio in one go unless they are famous musicians with a steady income or millionaires. Most people buy maybe 3-4 items every year, and after 10 years that's a lot of stuff...

Here is an old shot of my budget studio, right now pretty much everything is boxed and up for sale because I'm moving out. In the new place I will be buying MOTU 828mkII, HR824, Virus C, Kawai K5000s, AKG 3000B, a preamp and etc as the money comes.

Last edited by spolitta on Jun-09-2006 at 21:19

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Originally posted by TranscendentalP by the way , where the hell do u people get all the money to spend on all this stuff???? or do u like ride a bike everywhere and live in shantys cause u spend all your money on music equipment?!?! seriously, or does everyone here make over 100k a year or something!

Well it's not like people bought all that stuff in 1 go or brand new. Most studios have taken years and years to build and hunting down stuff from auctions etc.

Some people gamble their money, some people drink, some buy musical gear. You just have to set your priorities straight.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Well it's not like people bought all that stuff in 1 go or brand new. Most studios have taken years and years to build and hunting down stuff from auctions etc. Some people gamble their money, some people drink, some buy musical gear. You just have to set your priorities straight.

+1 its all about priorities guys.

myself i dont spend alot but yet save up every penny to help my love for music. tell you what im so reluctant to buy a car atm cause im saving for pioneer 1000 mk3. plus studio related stuff.

spolitta that really cool, nice blue and clean setup is really good for fung shu. (spelling)?
im shure it helps compositon?

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Originally posted by Thee-O Here is my kit list and pics of my setup. The studio is in a room that is right behind my garage. Keyboards, Synths and Sound Modules Clavia Nord Lead 2 Virtual Analog Synth Clavia Nord Micro Modular Synth Emu Proteus 2000 Sound Module w/ Techno and Protezoa Sound ROM's installed Emu X-treme Lead 1 Sound Module Emu Mo-Phatt Sound Module Emu Planet Earth Sound Module Emu E5000 Ultra Sampler (32 megs) w/ RFX-32 Effects Board Installed Korg Triton w/ Dance Extreme and Analog Archives Sound ROM's Installed Korg Kontrol49 Midi Controller Korg EA-1 Virtual Analog Synth Roland Juno-60 Polyphonic Analog Synth Roland JP-8000 Virtual Analog Synth Roland PMA-5 Musical Assistant Waldorf Micro Q Virtual Analog Synth Yamaha CS6R Tone Generator w/ Analog Modeling Installed Yamaha CS2X Virtual Analog Synth Mixer, Effects and Midi Interface Behringer Ultragain Pro-8 Digital ADA8000 A/D & D/A Converter Electrix Filter Factory Effects Processor Electrix Mo'Fx Effects Processor Electrix Warp Factory Effects Processor Emagic Unitor 8 Midi Interface (x2) Lexicon MPX-500 24 Bit Dual Channel Effects Processor Lexicon MPX-1 Multi Effects Processor Mackie 1202 VLZ-Pro Analog Mixer (Submixer) T.C. Electronics M-One Multi Effects Processor T.C. Electronics D-Two Multi-Tap Delay Yamaha 01V Digital Mixer w/ ADAT card installed Recording, Monitors and Soundcard KRK V6 Powered Studio Monitors KRK RP-10S Powered Subwoofer M-Audio Firewire 410 Recording Interface Shure SM87A Microphone Sennheiser e935 Microphone Sony MZ-NH1 Portable MiniDisc Recorder Sony ECM-MS907 Stereo Microphone Sony MDR-V700 Headphones (x2) Tascam DA-40 DAT Recorder Tascam MD-301 mkII Mini-Disc Recorder Tascam CDR-700 CD Recorder/Rewriter Computer - Hardware Apple Dual 2.0 G5 Power Mac with 2 Gigs of RAM. Maxtor One Touch II 300 Gig Firewire Hard Drive. Computer - Software Emagic Logic 7.1.1 Recycle Abelton Live 5 Bias Peak Absynth 3 Reaktor 5 Battery 2 Kontakt Pro-53 PPG Various Audio Units DJ Equipment Pioneer DJM-500 Professional Mixer Technic 1200 Turntable (x2)

Wow, I LOVE that setup.. All the Synths, compressors and FX boxs right infront of you under the monitor like that.. I like the couch too. and keyboards behind you .. very nice works good for that room. You should get another LCD, you got plenty of room there.

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Originally posted by mysticalninja hey its that studio from that video.. what program is that on the 3rd screen? is it run on another computer?

Ah well,
here goes the hardware part:

Crappy DJ Setup (dont need the pro shit @ home, just a waste of money which is worth buying studio equip for):
1x Technics SL1200 MKII
1x Reloop RC2600 MKII (CD)
Behringer DX1000 Mixer

Production Enviroment:
- Yamaha CS2x
- Edirol UR80 Midi Desk
- Edirol PCR-30 Controller Keyboard
- Behringer BCF2000 Motorized Midi Mixer Desk

Production Computer:
- Cubase SX 3 + various VSTs I 'wasted' my money on
- Athlon 64 3400+
- 2048MB DDRII RAM
- 160GB OS HDD (mirrored bi-weekly to an identical 160GB Disk)
- 2x 120GB @ RAID1 for Productionstorage (includes Projectfiles and ISOs I made of Sample CDs. DaemonTools 4 life )
- TerraTec DMX6Fire 24/96 (soon to be replaced by an EMU 1820m including Audiodock)
- ASUS A8N-SLI MoBo
- all the other crap a PC needs...
- 2x 19" VideoSeven TFTs

Monitor Computer:
- Hooked to the Master PC via optical (glass-fibre) cable (both directions).
- Athlon XP 2800+
- 1024 MB DDRII RAM
- TerraTec DMX6fire 24/96 LT
- 1x 17" VideoSeven TFT
- Nexxus DVB-S Sattelite Video Card
- Able to be controlled via VST-Systemlink over Toslink.

Misc:
- Epiphone Les Paul Standard Guitar
- DI Box
- Beyerdynamic DT910 Monitor Headphones
- Sony MDR-V700 (for alternative monitor monitoring, they fake the sound pretty good, but still important to have it sound decent on those as well)
- Kenwood whatever AMP. Using the "Direct Sound" feature without any DSP influences.
- Sony MD Player which im not using anymore....


Whats next?
ESI NeAr05 Monitors which I ordered today.
Need to get rid off those cheapo monitors i got right now also the results are pretty good.

Synths:
Kawai K5000S
Novation A station
Alesis S4 Plus
Oberheim Matrix-6R

Controllers:
M-Audio Trigger finger
M-Audio 02

Processors:
TC Eletronics M-One XL
Line 6 Pod XT Pro
Alesis 3630 Compressor

Hardware:
Event PS6 Monitors
Mackie 1402 VLZ PRO Mixer
Mackie Onyx 400F
Furman power conditioner
Behringer Balanced patchbay
De Armond M-70 Electric guitar
Ibanez Bass

Computer:
Super quiet Antec case with no fan 500W power supply
ASUS MB with 2GB ram Intel Pentium 4 2.8 gHz running at 3.0 gHz
M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 (for gaming)
ATI X800 with custom quiet fan
All drives suspended so no drive rattle.
Sonar 5 Pro
Akoustik Piano
Atmosphere
Fruity Loops 6
Reason 3.0
Sound Forge 7.0
Acid Pro 4.0
Rebirth RB-338

Yeah, I've gone through a lot of hardware over the years, but this is by far the best setup I've ever had.

Last edited by FuzzyGreen on Apr-22-2006 at 08:00

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Originally posted by spolitta

what is that synth/groovebox on your table??

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Originally posted by mysticalninja Wow, I LOVE that setup.. All the Synths, compressors and FX boxs right infront of you under the monitor like that.. I like the couch too. and keyboards behind you .. very nice works good for that room. You should get another LCD, you got plenty of room there.

Yeah the layout of the room is very nice. We can get about 5 people in there ands still work in a comfortable enviroment. Yeah I know I should get another monitor. I am debating though...another 20 inch or just get the 30 inch apple cinema display...that thing is so fucking beautiful.

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