...and if money were no object... what would be ur absolute must-haves. If u were to strip it down to the bare essentials. What would u consider the least amount of equipment anyone could possibly have and still be able to produce something that would not sound out of place on commercial radio!

PC:-
Soundcard:-
HD:-
Editing suite:-
ONE Synth:-
ONE Mic:-
ONE set of Headphones:-
Mixing/Mastering:-
Other vitals?:-

I reckon I'd go for...

PC:- Carillon AC-1X+
Soundcard:- E-MU 1820m
HD:- Seagate 200GB.
Editing suite:- Cubase SX 2.1
ONE Synth:- Waldorf Microwave XT (or maybe A6?)
ONE Mic:- AT4040
ONE set of Headphones:- Sennheiser HD280pro
Mixing/Mastering:- Not sure!
Other vitals?:- Dunno mate! (I'm new at this!!! )


What've u been coveting lately...?


-Ayum*

P.S. This is my 1st post here!!!

Well I was bored so I did this.. Here is what I would not mind to have if money wasn't a problem...

synth:
Jp8080, virus c, virus b, v-synth, tr909, nord lead 2,nord lead 3, nord g2, waldorf q, waldorf microwave, ion, andromeda, neuron, moog voyageur, korg ms200b, micro korg, yamaha cs6x + plg150an board + whole bunch of soft synths...+ Fiew older analogs.. fited with midi..

mixer: DMX-R100 Sony digital mixing board, 48 inputs

Cubase sx + mackie control + extender for controling cubase mixer

Apogee Roseta 800 24 bit converter

Apple g5 duall 2.5ghz, expanded with 4 gigs ram extra hd's + glymph external firewire backup drives, 2x apple 30 inch cinema displays..
Another apple g5 for net with 1x 23 inch cinema display
Apple powerbook for working outside of the studio....

tc powercore x2 + UAD 1
Some other software for sample editing.. wave lab 5, sound forge..

ADAM s2.5 active monitors x 2 + sub
mackie HR 624 monitors

Grace 901 headphone amp + sony mdr 7506 / mdr 7509 /senheiser HD600 headphones

Numan, manley, BLUE mics + cables

Outboard:
AVALON AD2022 dual mono mic preamp
Universal audio LA-2A compressor
Focustrite RED2 Duall 4 band Parametric eq
Lexicon 960L reverb system
Lexicon MPX1 multi effect processor
TC intonator
TC Voice Prism Plus
TC finalizer 96k mastering processor
Sony cd player/cd recorder
Sony DAT RECORDER

8x8 motu midi interface x 3
Furman voltage regulator
Furman power conditioners - enought of them to connect all gear
UPC backup power for the computer

Planet Waves audio/midi cables
Auralex acustic foam, for the whole studio + pro lighting
Heman Miller chairs. like at list two of them..
And of course custom desks, suited to my style
Professional air conditioning system, with special studio dust/air purifayers..


and fiew other things that I am too lazy to list hehe..

And throw in a NR1 hit in there, since it would be such a waste if no good music came out of it.. hehe anyways.. have fun//

Just forgot to add that unfortuneately 1 synth wouldn't do for me that's why i put whole bunch that i would have... I like a variety of diefferent sounding synths...each does one or two things great so you know what i mean....

Last edited by DJDIRTY on Aug-18-2004 at 15:06

PC:- Pentium Xeon 3.4GHZ Dual
Soundcard:- Terratec DMX 6 Fire
HD:- 3 x 80 GB
Editing suite:- Cubase SX 2.2
ONE Synth:- Access Virus
ONE Mic:- who cares?
ONE set of Headphones:- Sony MDR 700
Mixing/Mastering:- Cubase SX 2.2
Other vitals?:- Dual screen 2 x 17 LCD

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Ok DJDIRTY named almost of it.

I would like to have:

PC: Rather a G5 MAC (If PC, Pen IV the highest Ghz now of coz)
Soundcard:MOTU
HD: 3 x 200GB Western Digital
Editing suite: Samplitude 7.0, Wavelab,
ONE Synth:JP8000
ONE Mic: Any mis does it for me
ONE set of Headphones: Senn HD 280PRO
Mixing/Mastering: Cubase SX2.1/ Nuendo
Other vitals: 2 x 19" Screen, Midi Interface, HUI Mixer, HR824 Studio Monitor Speakers.

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Mac g5
2 23" displays
2 250 gig sata drives
external 60gig portable drive
2gb of ram
Pro Tools|HD 2 Accel
SYNC I/O
MIDI I/O
96i I/O
logic 6 pro..
+misc plugins of the moment

Synths..
Alesis andromeda
Waldorf Microwave
Oberheim Xpander
Elektron Machine Drum
TB 303 x's 2


Effects
Eventide eclipse
TC firworx



As for mixing goes would be nice to have a SSL or neve but we all know thats just silly... SO a digidesign console would be just fine or a soundcraft ghost..

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