Help A Young Rapper

[southern smoke]

OK I'm looking to get my name out and make a "mixtape" you can say with all and me of my bois...Well I'm not really sure on the things i need exactly cuz I'm not sure what does what really just the things that use common sense lol...Well since i rap I'm gonna be putting my Mic into my closet and and setting up some kinda soundproof thing so my parents wont hear lol....Well these are the things I'm thinking of getting my budget is from 500-800$ so these are the tings I found that I want/think i need tell me if I'm wrong or anything



Superlux Studio Condenser Mic : http://cgi.ebay.com/Superlux-Studio...ryZ41466QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Alto AMX 100 10-channel 2-bus mixing console : http://cgi.ebay.com/Alto-AMX-100-10...hZ016QQcategoryZ23785QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem


-AUDIO TRIGGER FINGER USB MIDI DRUM PAD : http://cgi.ebay.com/M-AUDIO-TRIGGER...7QQihZ012QQcategoryZ41784QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

BeyerDynamics DTX 700 Professional Headphones : http://cgi.ebay.com/BeyerDynamics-D...ryZ14985QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Now this is all i think i need to make a good CD but the thing is how do i get it all working together. Like how do I get the beats i made on the drum pad to the headphones then mix it so the my artist can hear then we mix it together....sorry if I'm confusing any1 ....Or maybe all i need is the computer and it'll put all this stuff together right....well please i wanna get this stdio as quick as possible so please help

 

[studiomaster]

Scrap off the mixer and trigger finger, and get yourself an interface which you need. start off with things that you need, not want.

 

[suntzu1982]

yes. what he said.

 

[southern smoke]

Alright....so how do i get my beats do I just download em and use instrumentals.Whats an interface I put in google but it has a lot of interfaces and I dont know what that is lol. Maybe yall can just tell me what I need like exactly like basic stuff I want this to sound decent so ya........Thanx alot

 

[studiomaster]

You gotta help yourself: www.tweakheadz.com

 

[southern smoke]

Alright so all I need is my mic headphones and that interface and im good

 

[studiomaster]

I would get studio monitors as well...

 

[Poigan]

i'm no expert, but it sounds like you need to slow down a little. take the time to get something quality. do some research and studying and apply it to what you're doing. that's what i'm doing. it's an ongoing project, but i'd rather have something tight than quick...

just my 2bits, don't mind me...

 

[southern smoke]

Ok so umm when I get all this should it be easy to hook up or will I have to do some thinking with it...........lol sorry im probably getting anyoing

 

[MessianicDreams]

you need to decide what medium you're going to record on to. i would suggest a computer. what are the specs of your computer?

if you decide your medium is going to be a computer, you'll need the following:

1. software to record with. there is plenty out there, each with their pros and cons, and everyone has their own personal opinion about them. you can even find some that are free.

2. an interface to take the analogue signal from your mic to a digital signal for your computer. the determining factor with interfaces is how many tracks (ie seperate microphones or audio sources) do you want to record at the same time. if you're doing rap/hip-hop, i don't think you need more than 2 inputs on your interface.

3. where are you getting your beats from? will you want to program them on your computer or will you be getting a feed from an MPC or such? you talked about a trigger pad, which makes me think you'll be making the beats on your computer..right?

4. will you be happy with mixing in the computer? it will mean you don't need a mixing console anymore. the only reason you'd want a mixing console is so that you can have faders to move, rather than using your mouse, in which case you'd be much better with a controller (such as http://www.behringer.com/BCF2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG). note that using doubious quality equipment such as Behringer is OK, as there is no audio going thru it - all it does is generate and send a bunch of 1s and 0s.

5. i would suggest getting a semi-decent mic. check out the sE 2200e, which can be got for not to expensive (http://cgi.ebay.com/sE-Electronics-...ryZ15198QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)


6 go read www.tweakheadz.com about 5 times, and come back with more questions. it seems to me you don't quite understand how all of the components you mentioned "fit together". you really need to know what's needed at each stage in order to make a sensible decision, and ultimately, be able to produce some nice sounding stuff...


i have some tracks that i did with a rapper which i used that sE mic i suggested to ya, which i could upload for ya if you're interested..lemme know.

peac€