''Help a newbie please''info on what equipment to get for recording at home

[hrmacnair2]

Whoever reads this thanks for the help if you can give specifics I would appreciate it.


The kind of music I want to make is mostly like Moby of course with my own twist if thats any help.

I need specifics on what kind of basic equipment I would need to create my own beats and record them
synths, mixers,drum machine, etc.........

If you could give me some name brands it would be great . I have about $2,000 to spend if thats any help.

Also if you can give me any sites that may have the equipment for lessthat would be perfect.


thanxs

 

[ola]

Great poll hrmacnair2 (how do you pronounce that?) Welcome.

You need to provide more info in order to get the most accurate suggestions. I don't know the band/artist you refer and maybe that reference is enough for most. Will you be recording voice or just various "boxes" etc.?

The more info, the better the answers (better than this for example)

/Ola

 

[hrmacnair2]

Ola

Thanks for the Welcome, Ola

The kind of music I want to do is jungle,trance,and a little hip hop. Just the beats


I want to do mostly ''boxes'' I guess? Not alot of vocals.
if thats any help.

 

[robert jaybird]

Ahem,
Dont spend all your dough in one place. All that software thats hundred of dollars can be matched with much cheaper equivilants. Then take the money you save and get some nice hardware.
Software?
orion- www.sonic-syndicate.com
n-tracks- www.fasoft.com
fruity loops.www.fruityloops.com
This should be all the software you need-$200

Youll need moniters-$400 Alesis has some good affordable ones
A soundcard-$250-$2000-check out the delta 44

A pre amp-art mp, presonus bluetube

A mic- Just incase you meet the girl of your dreams, she sings, and your suddenly compelled to go trip hop; Try a sure sm 87.

Keys and modules? www.vintagesynth.com
www.sonicstate.com
www.harmonycentral.com

Do some research at the above links.
So, now youve got the above mentioned stuff and another 1,000 dollars to play with....
If I had 1,000 Id like a yamaha cs6x. Id like a korg mp2000 , Id like a lot of things. The thing is with orion youll already have so much. Then what you could do is scoop up an sb live value and use it, not as a soundcard(cause for that its sucks!) but for its built in sampler-$45
Keys? Find a used roland xp 30
Sampler? get an akai s3000. Theres a bunch of the on auction here(I am in no way involved with these auctions)
www.digibid.com
Or do like I did and get an emu esi 2000.

Beat box?- The yamaha rs7000 looks sharp, The emu xtreme lead with the drum pads and sequencer that just came out does as well. Theres also the korg electribes.

 

[regebro]

I'm a hardware man, and I would get a sampler, a digital porta and monitors instead.

 

[robert jaybird]

Im kinda digging my esi 2000. Get one. get a keyboard like an xp 30, alesis qs 6.1 or whatever. hook it up with some software that sequences(Ive laid out software's that are all under $100). Then, just run it into a soundcard or portastudio type of deal. And of course there is the moniters.This is my simplified response.

 

[bops2000]

why not record the sounds and loop them via acid or cool edit ?
as far as hardware - build your own puter or atleast install a clean hardrive with os dumb opinion (sorry)

 

[robert jaybird]

One thing I'll say, get orion. With that alone( and a keyboard to control it) you can do alot. You could spend $2,000 on hardware and still not be able to do as much as the $200 of software I outlined could do for you. The best thing is to combine the two ways.

 

[robert jaybird]

In my earlier reply I said get an sm 87. Sorry, thats the braindamage speaking. I meant an sm 58.