Starting big time

colinz · Post by **colinz** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:05 pm

i am producing electro extremely "minimal"

for a few months now,
but i wanna really get it started...
i wanna buy a decent
-software sequenzer
-analog synthesizer
-audio card
-edit: what else is recommendable

im not that wealthy so du you know some cheaper but good ones?

please help me

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:03 am

ok here are my choices, well what i would get for myself if i was doing that kind of stuff.

analogue synth (for bass mostly i am guessing)-
dave smith evolver
studio electronics atc-1

sequencer-
live 5
cubase
logic (mac only for 5.5 & up)

audio card-
this all depends on how much you want to spend and how many inputs you need to have. if you could post up some specs of your computer and what you need to do with your card then i could be of more help.

leecurtiss · Post by **leecurtiss** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:58 am

unfortunately there is no "magic potion" for making what's in you head. if there was, i would market it. i am both software adn hardware based, to lose either of those would be a disaster.

do you use a laptop or desktop?

are you PC or Mac?

tell me these things and i can help

colinz · Post by **colinz** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:14 pm

i know theres no magic key

i just asked for some recommendations
cuz i aint got that much money but want to get the best results out of it / best equipment

im using windows desktop pc and already own a dr-670 drummachine

can i use an audio card as a midi controller / interface for an analog synthesizer and the groovemachine? mines is mainboard based crap so i have to buy a new one
bringing back the synthesizer ... im tending towards the "mikrokorg" and mackie tracktion 2 (cuz its much cheaper than aleton live 5) as a sequenzer!

i would thankful appreciate your experiences, impressions or advises!

elactromat · Post by **elactromat** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:14 pm

If I was to be staring again, I would get ableton 5 and an Xstation by novtaion.

Ableton does the same as Cudase and Logic then some and is quite a bit cheaper.

http://www.ableton.com/index.php?main=movies

And you can get loads of free plugins. Check the sites below for links

http://www.em411.com/show/forum/1

http://www.madtracker.org/plugins.php

http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/

http://www.kvraudio.com/get.php

the X-station has it all in one Synth, sound card and midi controller all in one. I am sure there are others which do this but top of the list and has been there for a while in Future music.

http://www.turnkey.co.uk/tkweb/stockdet ... ontext=WEB

Also if it is Electro you are looking to produce I would recomend regestering on this forum.

http://www.basterdized.com/

As well as this one I mean.

Matty

mlexicon · Post by **mlexicon** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:23 pm

Ableton 5

a good soundcard

a nice mic

good headphones

and a basic midi controller

you shouldnt run out of possibilities with that for years

leecurtiss · Post by **leecurtiss** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:40 am

mlexicon wrote:Ableton 5

a good soundcard

a nice mic

good headphones

and a basic midi controller

you shouldnt run out of possibilities with that for years

so true

once you have that sh!t running you nca Dl all sorts of free crazy sh!t.

if you invest in a soundcard. maybe an M Audio firewire 410

they have ins/ outs MIDI SDIF mic preamp, phantom power etc etc

i have one and it works great, i use it to record all my analogue sh!t snd it makes a smooth transition with ableton

positivefeedback · Post by **positivefeedback** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:51 pm

i have an Audiophile 2496. very good and very cheap now

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/A ... -main.html

i also use a novation nova laptop synth which you can pick up for next to nothing off ebay