So he actually had someone come into a studio and record those vocals with a talkbox? Or is there something I'm missing here?

He's actually doing it through a talkbox? I figured he was using a vocal sample and then doing some vocoding on it or something. Am I wrong on this? Is there any possible way to get a similar sound out of a vocal sample?

How do you create this talkbox effect through a VST?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxh4TiZkVmY

For an example "dial my number"

How do you vocode like that?

I've been practicing DJing and Production with a 3 year old version of these: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speakers_audio/home_pc_speakers/devices/231
Things sound good but I think I can get a crisper sound out of some real monitors.
So I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a pair of nice ...

Thanks. I appreciate the reply. That clears up some stuff.

Can anyone lend me a quick tip on ableton and programming the drums? Do you use a groove? What's your drum bar length like? Kick on 1? Snare on 3? Just a little newb help and I promise I'll come back with advice soon.

This is going to be a lengthy post... mainly on the mixing side.
For reference, I'm using an APC 40 + Ableton Live:

First, the mixing part:

I'm trying to learn all the mixing/transition techniques and was >wondering if anyone could share their tips & tricks on this.

What I've been doing is the ...