originally i wasnt gonna say anything,but during my reading I read 93 puff out his chest talkin no one is saying anything....so I said something...Also Im sorry you are offended,but this forum is for all...Im sorry I didnt see your age so,that wasnt cool on my part....but there is so much of the blind leading the blind...beleive me..this isnt the first site that this has been brought up....Im well aware of 9th wonder....fruity loops does the job....however....after he loaded it up in pro tools...what board did they run this in the ssl(worth hundreds of thousands) what kind of compressors etc....DEL the funkee homosapien from the bay made beats with a yamaha qy75...its a sequencer,,with some on board synth sounds...a lil bigger then a walkman..I had an sp12 with 2 seconds of sampling time....thats the beauty of rap....makin the most out of what you have.....Ya see when you read reviews and articles on equipment,there always gonna list the specs.....and you cant just go by that. they try and sway you wit...more sample time etc....it doesnt matter if you have an hour of sample time if the converters sound like shit...
My friend has currently
AKAI MPC60
AKAI MPC3000
AKAI MPC4000
ROLAND MV8000
ENSONIQ ASRX
EMU SP1200
ENSONIQ ARS10
KORG TRITON
ROLAND FANTOMX
YAMAHA MOTIF ES
MOOG VOYAGER
STUDIO ELECTRONICS SE1
STUDIO ELECTRONICS ATC
EMU PROTEUS 2000
EMU VINTAGE KEYS
WALDORF Q
KORG MS2000
EMU E4XT
AKAI S2000
ROLAND 5080
yeah he even has REASON,and other software VSTs
and many of these have expansion cards.Yeah he is a bit of a gear
junkie,but he makes beats professionally,and uses each one (not on same song)...ya see he doesnt use the sequencers or samplers on the keyboards ever..the other drum machine sampler/sequencers he uses for sequencing and sampling each one has its own characteristics...is all this necessary?NO...but it sure is great to have all this at your disposal...depending what kind of beat ya need its all available...i know people who use reason,I hear of the limitations that they dont like....Me I have a few reasons I dont like reason/fruity loops...and software....I aint trying to sway anyone away from it either...Me I turn my mpc 3000 on every day..it powers up and im creating instantly,use my motif and jp8000 for sounds..and i can tweak knobs all in real time....most my sounds arent thin,my samples sound excellent when i sample on the 3000,...My shit never freezes,and i dont ever have to worry about viruses