Priz if you are not recording albums for bands or recording artists
I guess you could get away without the Mackies but this is what id say go find a place that sells both the events and the mackies
ask to listen to the events and all others first then ask to listen to the mackies take in a cd that you know well and listen to this but also ask the shop to sugest a cd they can play to you.
I myself listened and once i did i could not see myself buying anything else your ears will tell you straight away what to get sure they cost more but in the end i think it has to do with recording well too if this is what you want to do then it is critical to hear all your sounds in a non coloured kind of way please excuse my lack of jargon here but iam no expert but i do know what my ears tell me.
As for the Turntable the technics
sp10 is a legend in its own rite and also somewhat rare now but worth looking for there aint no
sl1200 that gets near an sp10 for quality of build or strength to boot but again itsa personal choice.
As for mic pre,s if you want a standalone rackmount unit then i think the aphex 107 is a good piece of equipment that delivers and its priced well so your not gonna need a bank loan to buy it.
as for convertors what were those lucids they sounded the deal i went and had a look at those and thought all checked out fine myself.
as for keyboard are we talking like a 76 key semi weighted deal like as in a paino or is this something else i am not seeing clearly anyway priz this is up to you in the end what you get but all ive mentioned above id own personally without blinking an eyelid all this gear is top notch stuff its all had great reviews and all for very good reason the stuff delivers
ive read this whole post and will tell you this some of the guys assisting you here are a wealth of knowledge and i feel their advice is pretty dam good essp the guy who told you about those lucids i really felt he went out on a limb to assist you remember this also he and others bought this stuff and made their mistakes with their own money buying other gear before they found what worked the best you can do is learn by their mistakes and take on their knowledge as a gift to you and others in here what id do is read this whole post again priz and then evaluate why people have said what they have make yourself a short list of products based upon your budget your needs and what you have been already told weigh it all up then make a decision after that its trail and error and your own talent that will hold you up rather then if one piece of gear is better then another.
Heres one more thing from an older guy who now is dead but told me this when i was 18 he said wayne if the stuff works leave it alone and use it.
a lot of wisdom in those words i never forgot what he said either and how do i know its true well i got a swag of great old guitars that my heros would kill for but you know what its them on the stage doing it not me and they do it with a lot less then i have and yes i know you dont do rock its hip hop but the rules still apply this should show you that spending money wont always give you results alot of that is who you are and what you want to do.
rooms full of nice gear may look great and feel good but without the true skill to make it all happen one has then alot of dusting too do
none of what i say here is meant to offend its more meant to show you use your talent to create what it is thats in your soul and buy what your pocket can afford be realistic too if you burn it all on one piece of eqipment then the rest suffers while you get the cash to buy the rest in the end we all make our own minds up on what it is we want but experience can only show us if we were right or wrong you can have the forsight to listen and be balanced and then act rational based upon experience or have the rush of blood that feels good for now but in hinsight shows you it all could have been easier had we listened.
peace
wayne
Melbourne Australia
