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geeq
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What are the best equipments for Hip-Hop/R&B music? Can you please specify what are the common instruments/equipments that are use by producers in the Hip-Hop/R&B business? Thanks =)
SPINSTERWUN
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geeq.
You need to look around this forum a bit. And you will start to figure out what people use to create music.
You also need to let us know what your budget is....
You need to look around this forum a bit. And you will start to figure out what people use to create music.
You also need to let us know what your budget is....
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djessence
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ok, this a easy one.
the majority of producers use one of these three: akai mpc 2000xl, korg triton, or emu sp-1200.
the mpc, is a sampler/sequencer. no sounds are in it, you must sample everything into it, and/or load drum kits into it. this is dj premier's weapon of choice.
the triton is synonomous with swizz beats, neptunes etc...if you can afford it, get this. it's everything the mpc is, but it also has it's own bank of sounds accessible by the keyboard. and just because it makes many think of swizz beats, doesn't mean that's what you're confined to. it just so happens that those sounds are very easy to get out of the triton and don't take much work.
the third is the sp-1200. think pete rock. these aren't even available anymore, and aren't probably anything i would recommend for what you're wanting anyways.
hope that helps you out.
the majority of producers use one of these three: akai mpc 2000xl, korg triton, or emu sp-1200.
the mpc, is a sampler/sequencer. no sounds are in it, you must sample everything into it, and/or load drum kits into it. this is dj premier's weapon of choice.
the triton is synonomous with swizz beats, neptunes etc...if you can afford it, get this. it's everything the mpc is, but it also has it's own bank of sounds accessible by the keyboard. and just because it makes many think of swizz beats, doesn't mean that's what you're confined to. it just so happens that those sounds are very easy to get out of the triton and don't take much work.
the third is the sp-1200. think pete rock. these aren't even available anymore, and aren't probably anything i would recommend for what you're wanting anyways.
hope that helps you out.
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geeq
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Thanks =)
Hmm... Know any affordable keyboard?
Hmm... Know any affordable keyboard?
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djessence
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gots to know your budget first. and what you mean by affordable. also, if you get a keyboard, it's useless if it doesn't have a sequencer.
SPINSTERWUN
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Ya' need to listen to dj essence.djessence said:
Chriss
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Go check out the E-MU Mo' Phatt!! It's geared towards the hip hop scene.. big arse rom sound librarys and filters...
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Mastermindzz
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Dr. Dre=EMU SP1200, MPC3000, Korg Triton
Mannie Fresh=Korg Trinity, EMU SP12, EMU Planett Phatt, MPC 3000
Swiss Beatz=Korg Triton, different Roland Boards
Timbaland=Korg Triton, EMU ASR 10, EMU X Lead
That's all I know for now
Mannie Fresh=Korg Trinity, EMU SP12, EMU Planett Phatt, MPC 3000
Swiss Beatz=Korg Triton, different Roland Boards
Timbaland=Korg Triton, EMU ASR 10, EMU X Lead
That's all I know for now
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MoLeKuLaR
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I cant even call whats best for hip hop or R&B but getting a good workstaion would be a start, and Having a HUGE imagination.
If you got a Motif or Triton (if you get a Triton tweak your sounds) that colud hold you down. the thing is that is doesnt whatv you use but how you use it. Hell I gotta Ensoniq ASR-10 and she's a dinosaur but I love the resuts I get from it although I wouldnt mind a Motif those electric piano sounds are bananas!
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If you got a Motif or Triton (if you get a Triton tweak your sounds) that colud hold you down. the thing is that is doesnt whatv you use but how you use it. Hell I gotta Ensoniq ASR-10 and she's a dinosaur but I love the resuts I get from it although I wouldnt mind a Motif those electric piano sounds are bananas!
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Trak
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geeq said:
It would help to know how much you're lookin to spend on the keyboard. I'm guessing you're not looking to drop the $1500 - $2000 for one of the motif/triton/trinity workstations, so I'll recomend a Korg N364 Workstation or Roland XP-50. These go for around $500 - $750 these days.
crosstudio
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jazzy jeff (who produced jill scott, and many other philly artists and hip-hopera's) uses the roland jv/xv series.
i use the roland xv-3080, and the ensoniq/emu asr-x.
http://www.crosstudio.net/audio.html
i use the roland xv-3080, and the ensoniq/emu asr-x.
http://www.crosstudio.net/audio.html
crosstudio
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jazzy jeff (who produced jill scott, and many other philly artists and hip-hopera's) uses the roland jv/xv series.
i use the roland xv-3080, and the ensoniq/emu asr-x.
http://www.crosstudio.net/audio.html
i use the roland xv-3080, and the ensoniq/emu asr-x.
http://www.crosstudio.net/audio.html
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gec
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I agree wit essence you need to have a keyboard wit sequencer, I would suggest a computer if you don't have one and software, the combination of both can be pretty powerful. Then upgrade slowly into more advanced equipment. A mistake I made when I first started out was spending cake on a lotta equipment I thought I needed to make hot beats, but thats not always the case.
When you got the cash flow and have learned the basics I do suggest investing in the Korg Trinton
When you got the cash flow and have learned the basics I do suggest investing in the Korg Trinton
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gec
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ohh and geeq, not to be cocky but your ? about common instruments think drums