I've been creating music for a good bit of time now. I use an apogee duet 1, mac book pro, logic x, aka perception 420 mic and Rokit 5 monitors. My setup is nice for my home studio and I believe I'm getting some pretty good mixes (close to professional if not professional let others tell it). I use a ton of plugins that I believe take up a lot of cpu. Correct me if I'm wrong but my theory is with a rack taking some of the work load off the computer itself and putting it on external eq's and compressors will do me justice on the time and efficiency of my mixes. Also, I would make it possible to have a good pre-mix as I record instead of using lifeless raw vocals and then adding effects (compression, eq, reverb, etc.) in post. If this is true, I'd like to start investing in putting together my first rack. Where should I start? Whats more import in having my vocals cleaner before editing to save on time? Can I do this without ditching my apogee duet?
Attatched is an mp3 from my last project. Since then I've gotten a little better but the learning doesn't stop.
View attachment 02 SMD (Prod. By SkinnyMooXe) ft. DeSean WIlliams, UNO, & Zay.mp3
Attatched is an mp3 from my last project. Since then I've gotten a little better but the learning doesn't stop.
View attachment 02 SMD (Prod. By SkinnyMooXe) ft. DeSean WIlliams, UNO, & Zay.mp3