What's essential?

[Hooray4Puppies]

I am in the process of trying to create a relatively inexpensive home studio for hip-hop oriented music. Can you advise the essential equipment or computer software I would need to get started? Thanks.

 

[CyanJaguar]

essential are:

a sound module
a sampler
a software midi sequencer like logic

 

[gec]

Define relatively inexpensive?

 

[SPINSTERWUN]

What is your budget, exactly?

 

[SPINSTERWUN]

I would suggest an......

MPC (sampler/sequencer)

COMPUTER

SOUNDCARD

REFERENCE MONITORS

CONSUMER MONITORS

TRACKING PROGRAM

EDITING PROGRAM

 

[SPINSTERWUN]

Again, it all depends on your budget.

 

[Chriss]

dood wants to make hip hop, so i suggest getting a technics 1210 or two and alot of old rekkids...
then get groovebox/drumbox/sampler for beats...

 

[SPINSTERWUN]

dood wants to make hip hop, so i suggest getting a technics 1210 or two and alot of old rekkids...
then get groovebox/drumbox/sampler for beats...

Very good suggestion, Chriss.

 

[mshea]

Is it just me or is something missing?

A MICROPHONE!!!!!

 

[cloudchamber]

Try this site for your beats. I dont use it, but I heard alot o people do. I think there's a free version and the full version is cheap.

http://www.fruityloops.com/English/frames.html

I heard this program is an excellent and cheap way to record. But...never used it.

http://n-track.com/

personally, I use this program to make beats. Its completely free:

http://web.hibo.no/~mva/whatisbuzz.php

and this to record:

Cool Edit Pro
www.syntrillium.com

And this to mix:

Acid Pro 3.0
www.sonicfoundry.com

you will need a good fast computer and a real soundcard.

An excellent card for recording rap vocals is the m-audio audiophile.

www.m-audio.com


there is much more, but in my opinion, this should get you started. A final word to the wise: do tons of research before you spend a dime.