pedro maldonado
New member
Hi.I'm new to recording but my gilfriend got me a Tascam Porta 2 4-track,a Next DJS-24 sampler and two Zoom RT drum machines for my birthday.Very simple gear as you can see.Here's the question:What else do I need to do halfway decent recordings?My style is mostly hiphop/rap so it's mostly synthesized music.Should I get a compressor,mixer,noise gate,etc.Also what kinda mic should I get?My friend says that a Shure 57 or 58 will do good for just micing vocals,what do you think?Oh,what kind of mixer do you think I'll need?If anyone can help this newbie out,I'll buy you a new Mercedes with the royalties I get of producing a # album