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CPU for Music Making
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Nice one ozzie, sounds like you've got a superb setup
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I'm kind of trying to get my wee studio into gear. I've been tootleing with music for the last 15 years in some form or another.Played drums at school. Left school bought a Yamaha DX100, my first synth, it was fantastic. I then got a rack guitar fx unit, Roland G8 or something, made the DX100 sound so good. That made me buy a guitar, a Mexican Strat (i'm using a lovley epiphone SG at the mo that i've borrowed from a pal) . Then I got an Alesis MMT8 sequencer.
I could bang on for ages about all that, I do dance style music myself, but I also work with other friends. One band does Punk/Surf/Psycadelia, another Country/Psych/Groove and another kinda does out there Grime. I just love the whole process, Writing, playing, tracking and mixing. Any type of music, I'm into most of it.
I'm trying to get some tracks in shape so I can look at it as a complete body of work of the last year.
I looked at the motu 828 again, it's only a wee bit more cash than the TC. It has so many more options than I first thought. Also, I can take it about with the laptop and record stuff. The monitor led's seem to give excellent feedback. I don't trust my cubase master fader
(i'm being over picky 
), never have, i like a bunch of led's vu etc.
The Fireface products are rather good, they are made from old tanks, rock solid construction with balanced and neutral sound. I've looked at the Hammerfall card a few times and been tempted. Thats a nice setup you made Big Wayne!
It would be cool to see pic's of your setup Ozzie, I'll take pic's of mine. It's very homemade and ramshackle. But I love it and it does the job. like all home studio's it has a comfy black ikea executive chair. This is a must
. If I could make only one recomedation to people setting up a home studio, it's get a comfy chair. Oh yeah and make sure you have a place for your beverage/sustanance of choice
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Thanks to all for the great advice, OCUK forums is unique.
Big Wayne is right, I think it's a good idea to have a thread in sound city about this. I'm quite inexperienced here at OCUK forums, I've not posted before really anywhere on the net, just been a lurker and I'm really quite surprised by the respose (put a big smile on my fizzer). I could help do the thread if you can point me in the right direction?
Nic
.I'm kind of trying to get my wee studio into gear. I've been tootleing with music for the last 15 years in some form or another.Played drums at school. Left school bought a Yamaha DX100, my first synth, it was fantastic. I then got a rack guitar fx unit, Roland G8 or something, made the DX100 sound so good. That made me buy a guitar, a Mexican Strat (i'm using a lovley epiphone SG at the mo that i've borrowed from a pal) . Then I got an Alesis MMT8 sequencer.
I could bang on for ages about all that, I do dance style music myself, but I also work with other friends. One band does Punk/Surf/Psycadelia, another Country/Psych/Groove and another kinda does out there Grime. I just love the whole process, Writing, playing, tracking and mixing. Any type of music, I'm into most of it.
I'm trying to get some tracks in shape so I can look at it as a complete body of work of the last year.
I looked at the motu 828 again, it's only a wee bit more cash than the TC. It has so many more options than I first thought. Also, I can take it about with the laptop and record stuff. The monitor led's seem to give excellent feedback. I don't trust my cubase master fader
(i'm being over picky ), never have, i like a bunch of led's vu etc.The Fireface products are rather good, they are made from old tanks, rock solid construction with balanced and neutral sound. I've looked at the Hammerfall card a few times and been tempted. Thats a nice setup you made Big Wayne!
It would be cool to see pic's of your setup Ozzie, I'll take pic's of mine. It's very homemade and ramshackle. But I love it and it does the job. like all home studio's it has a comfy black ikea executive chair. This is a must
. If I could make only one recomedation to people setting up a home studio, it's get a comfy chair. Oh yeah and make sure you have a place for your beverage/sustanance of choice.Thanks to all for the great advice, OCUK forums is unique.
Big Wayne is right, I think it's a good idea to have a thread in sound city about this. I'm quite inexperienced here at OCUK forums, I've not posted before really anywhere on the net, just been a lurker and I'm really quite surprised by the respose (put a big smile on my fizzer). I could help do the thread if you can point me in the right direction?
Nic
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Nice one ozzie, sounds like you've got a superb setup
I'm kind of trying to get my wee studio into gear. I've been tootleing with music for the last 15 years in some form or another.Played drums at school. Left school bought a Yamaha DX100, my first synth, it was fantastic. I then got a rack guitar fx unit, Roland G8 or something, made the DX100 sound so good. That made me buy a guitar, a Mexican Strat (i'm using a lovley epiphone SG at the mo that i've borrowed from a pal) . Then I got an Alesis MMT8 sequencer.
My biggest concern when i built my studio was how well analogue equipment would sound when recorded. As i play piano (acoustic grand downstairs) and guitar with a valve amp, i am used to the warmth they produce and i wanted this to be captured in my recordings. If you are recording guitars and bass etc, make sure you get some half decent mic's because they make all the difference. I went for a 57, 57Beta, 58 for vocals and guitar, and AKG D112 and two C414's for drum overheads. The rest of the mics work fine for the snare and toms. As i'm not a drummer, i do all of the mixing when my mate is recording with me. Most of the time, the problem lies with having to perfectly gate the drums to stop them from 'bleeding' (picking up other drums). For me, i love doing all of this because it makes it amazing when other people hear it and are (usually) impressed.
Have you looked into what kind of MIDI controller you are looking to get, or do you have one already? As i don't really use MIDI primarily, i don't know how your requirements may differ to mine. I use my old Yamaha for basic MIDI, such as strings or effects that may help shape a song. I tried Reason a while back (version 2 i think) and i believe that this is still one of the top apps for dance music production, and has full compatibility with Cubase (ReWire).
I looked at the motu 828 again, it's only a wee bit more cash than the TC. It has so many more options than I first thought. Also, I can take it about with the laptop and record stuff. The monitor led's seem to give excellent feedback. I don't trust my cubase master fader
Yeah, my master fader is usually only set to about 35% most of the time as my monitors are set quite high. You can control the master outs (and headphone outs) indepentantly with the 828 which is great. Means you don't have to worry about a sudden bursts of ridiculously loud sounds.
It would be cool to see pic's of your setup Ozzie, I'll take pic's of mine. It's very homemade and ramshackle. But I love it and it does the job. like all home studio's it has a comfy black ikea executive chair. This is a must
I could do with taking some pics for insurance purposes anyway, so i'll post em in the guitar gear thread in music and box office. Mine is also a complete and utter mess most of the time. Thats just ******* rock n roll though man
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I've got bits of equipment, Couple of synths, 16 track rack mixer, a Boss DR55, Roland G8 fx, a Bass and a Strat. I have a BCF2000 to control Cubase.
To get where I need to be I need a Spanky new PC, FW soundcard and a pair of monitors (and to treat the accoustics in my room). Oh yeah and actualy learn an instrument properly.
I'd love a decent mic or 6, i'm going to have to get at least an SM58 to start with and then maybe a U87 (har har) or one of those Blue Bottles (i wish). It'll take a wee bit of time to get those.
It'll all take time but it's worth the effort, due to my limitations with equipment I've had to be creative in other ways. It's all good.
I've started a thread in Sound City for Sound Cards for Music Making...
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10744145#post10744145
Nic
To get where I need to be I need a Spanky new PC, FW soundcard and a pair of monitors (and to treat the accoustics in my room). Oh yeah and actualy learn an instrument properly.
I'd love a decent mic or 6, i'm going to have to get at least an SM58 to start with and then maybe a U87 (har har) or one of those Blue Bottles (i wish). It'll take a wee bit of time to get those.
It'll all take time but it's worth the effort, due to my limitations with equipment I've had to be creative in other ways. It's all good.
I've started a thread in Sound City for Sound Cards for Music Making...
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10744145#post10744145
Nic
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