what would you buy?

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:01 pm

Say you come across £5000

And you need

Monitors

Hardware synth

Soundcard

new vst's

What would you get?

Discuss

auan · Post by **auan** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:23 pm

There's a million and one monitor and soundcard threads.

Here's my synth wishlist:
Roland SH-101
Roland JP-8080
Korg MS-20
Novation BassStation
303 clone
Working sampler (Akai or E-mu)

A Virus or a Nord would be in there if I had the dough. And Massive VST, obviously.

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:26 pm

monitors-- depends on what sounds good to you. up at that range i'd look at adams, genelecs, or maybe even (gasp) multiple pairs if you find 2 that give you different info but like equally.

interface depends on what you're running (mac or pc). If you're on mac, I love my metric halo 2882; i'd maybe consider the apogee symphony or duet, and i'd have the MOTU line farther down.

hardware synth: i'm really into the SH201 these days. for $600 you're getting a really interesting tool. if you can get 2, then the moog voyager is way up there as well.

also set aside some $ for a MIDI interface and, shit, if you're recording some hardware, why not get a really sexy pre/eq/dynamics setup and a decent mic as well (i'm partial to chandler tg1 and the distressor... but that's close to 2/3 of your budget). make sure to get 2 of everything so that you can record in stereo

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plugs-- are you looking for instruments, or effects? instruments, i'm pretty impressed by the whole NI line, especially kore/komplete. effects... sherman filterbank, the McDSP plugs, and for engineering tools the sonalksis and URS plugs. Or, a UAD system.

serox · Post by **serox** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:26 pm

CRYPTIC wrote:Say you come across £5000

And you need

Monitors

Hardware synth

Soundcard

new vst's

What would you get?

Discuss

not really the best forum to ask about hardware tbh. Try discogs.com for some good hardware feedback.

VST's? download a pack of 500 like I did and save urself some money. If your getting a nice synth why bother with soft synths?

monitors, go down turnkey with a CD and spend a few hours listening to them all.

auan · Post by **auan** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:36 pm

Serox wrote:not really the best forum to ask about hardware tbh.

You hurt my feelings.

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:37 pm

Nice one lads,

I want the best of both worlds, so im gonna invest in both soft and hard sytns.

Yea im thinking of going to to turnkey this weekend, See what deals i can get.

I wanna get some more legit soft sythns tho. You end spending more time on it if you have payed for it.

My heart is set on Mackie HR624 or the 800's

Thanks again, deffo look into input

djake · Post by **djake** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:46 pm

Auan wrote:
Serox wrote:not really the best forum to ask about hardware tbh.
You hurt my feelings.

i like the the way he jugde's you all

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:01 pm

What about a analogue compressor?

Any info, recommendations or tips on buying these?

auan · Post by **auan** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:04 pm

They're pricey for the good ones. Joemeek would be where you wanted to start looking. But I still compress in the box.

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:15 pm

CRYPTIC wrote:I wanna get some more legit soft sythns tho. You end spending more time on it if you have payed for it.

plus there's the warm fuzzy feeling of actually supporting the people who put their time into this stuff.

I think the list of stuff I rationally ought to get next is approximately:
* adequate rompler for vaguely realistic sounds, probably Wusikstation
* decent monitors
* microphone for recording real instruments and funny noises
* small h/w mixer for flexible routing between turntables, computer, synth, speakers etc without having to rewire everything
* UAD card for nice compressors, EQ etc
* Reaktor

The list of stuff I'd be kind of tempted by even though I know I don't really need it is longer. It's mostly hardware or real instruments, and includes a TR-606, Korg M1 (or maybe M1R), spring reverb, valve amp / distortion, SH-101 or similar, random percussion instruments, space echo, oldskool tape machines, big analog desk to run all this stuff through...

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:19 pm

Serox wrote:
not really the best forum to ask about hardware tbh. Try discogs.com for some good hardware feedback.

VST's? download a pack of 500 like I did and save urself some money. If your getting a nice synth why bother with soft synths?

monitors, go down turnkey with a CD and spend a few hours listening to them all.

not really the best forum to talk about your cracked software either

el hombre invisible · Post by **el hombre invisible** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:00 pm

CRYPTIC wrote:Say you come across £5000

What would you get?

Discuss

Hookers and blow.

misk · Post by **misk** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:31 pm

MONITORS MONITORS MONITORS.

first. then i'd get a dope soundcard/interface, then a synth (since i've got about $10,000 in this hypothetical world)

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:36 pm

Apogee I/O conversion, Dynaudio Monitors, UAD card(s), CSR, PSP 42, Logic.

I wouldn't bother with any hardware synths these days.

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:50 pm

Macbook pro

Logic

Apogee Duet

Genelecs

__________ · Post by **__________** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:08 pm

i'd make a start on a rig, probably some cerwin vega bass bins, and get some better monitors with my left over cash.

daft cunt · Post by **daft cunt** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:26 pm

For production:
2xADAM P11 A
2 or 3 UAD cards
Virus TI
NI Komplete Synths
NI Kontakt 3

serox · Post by **serox** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:51 pm

djake wrote:
Auan wrote:
Serox wrote:not really the best forum to ask about hardware tbh.
You hurt my feelings.
i like the the way he jugde's you all

There are no doubt some people on here who know there shit but most dont. There are better forums I think for that techy side of things.

dubsteppa · Post by **dubsteppa** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:16 pm

id buy a key of skunk and a rocking chair

djake · Post by **djake** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:14 pm

Serox wrote:
djake wrote:
Auan wrote:
Serox wrote:not really the best forum to ask about hardware tbh.
You hurt my feelings.
i like the the way he jugde's you all
There are no doubt some people on here who know there shit but most dont. There are better forums I think for that techy side of things.

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