the classic "take a photo of your setup" thread

Shift Recordings · Post by **Shift Recordings** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:59 pm

Some serious drool-worthy setups here!!!!

Here's my humble setup:

my fav stickers

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also got a fun shift clock above the monitor...Gotta remember what time it is!!!!

haridas · Post by **haridas** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:33 pm

abZ · Post by **abZ** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:06 am

I'm going to make my wife look through this thread. Maybe she will feel bad for me. I need some new shit!

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:38 am

abZ wrote:I'm going to make my wife look through this thread. Maybe she will feel bad for me. I need some new shit!

haha !! guilt trip it up !!!

I'mma take some flix of my new set up soon and put em up, got 3 producers and a mc living under one roof so the room is chockers, plus the mc sleeps in there

haha

stier · Post by **stier** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:46 pm

in progress...

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:45 pm

the KRKs's sure seem to be popular in dubstep

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:25 pm

FullyRecordingz wrote:
modest

x2

Ghetto!

beerz · Post by **beerz** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:30 pm

wt advantage dus a midi keyboard have? my set up consists of my computer and my mouse. dus the trick. wts with all these fancy gizmo's??

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:32 pm

bEErz wrote:wt advantage dus a midi keyboard have? my set up consists of my computer and my mouse. dus the trick. wts with all these fancy gizmo's??

Jamming & sketching out ideas quickly is one advantage of a midi keyboard... Producing basslines takes me half the time...

Not that I'm above drawing in notes with a the pencil tool though lol

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:11 am

bEErz wrote:wt advantage dus a midi keyboard have? my set up consists of my computer and my mouse. dus the trick. wts with all these fancy gizmo's??

you've gotta be kidding? surley you can answer that question if you think about it for a few seconds.

stier · Post by **stier** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:18 am

fliPPo: I guess it's because the KrK's are great? What really bugs me is they just announced Generation 2, after having mine for 1 month. GREAT!

bEErz: Until recently, my music lacked in quite everything. Without keyboard, there is no play, and without play, there is no fun!

wooda916 · Post by **wooda916** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:08 pm

stier wrote:fliPPo: I guess it's because the KrK's are great? What really bugs me is they just announced Generation 2, after having mine for 1 month. GREAT!

bEErz: Until recently, my music lacked in quite everything. Without keyboard, there is no play, and without play, there is no fun!

ive only lust got mine too...

Sub Shifter · Post by **Sub Shifter** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:25 pm

bEErz wrote:wt advantage dus a midi keyboard have? my set up consists of my computer and my mouse. dus the trick. wts with all these fancy gizmo's??

Fucking hell ive heard it all now lmfao.

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:39 pm

blaze wrote:
bEErz wrote:wt advantage dus a midi keyboard have? my set up consists of my computer and my mouse. dus the trick. wts with all these fancy gizmo's??
Fucking hell ive heard it all now lmfao.

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:47 pm

Why pick on the fella?

With regards to production techniques, we all have our preferences.

Tbh, I spent a good year drawing in midi arrangements by hand and it worked well.

While I realise that using a keyboard can speed up work flow, it doesn't solve the issue of being creative in the first place..

Midi editing by hand for the win I say. It's not like we don't quantise our hand played recordings anyway..!

That said, anyone with a spare 88 key weighted keyboard please send it my way lol

fixation · Post by **fixation** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:31 pm

+

brklss · Post by **brklss** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:46 pm

and

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:05 pm

futures_untold wrote:
While I realise that using a keyboard can speed up work flow, it doesn't solve the issue of being creative in the first place.

I guess it depends what you're writing. I feel like I've got my hands tied behind my back with no midi. Tunes would be completley different if I couldn't have hands-on control.

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:25 pm

We need to remember that Bach, Beethoven et al didn't use midi keyboards

That said, I personally find using a midi keyboard indespencible when recording piano parts etc.. Improved improvisation in half the time, defo.

My best d'n'b track was written on Reason 1 using only a mouse however...!!!1

What's amusing is to see programs like Reason 4 offering advanced quantisation methods to bring back the 'live' feel to parts that would have originally been done live as standard!

I say we all go back to plainsong choral composition and harmonies..

edwin katzer · Post by **edwin katzer** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:28 pm

As you can see I do not really use the old midi keyboard, but when I get my 15" bass amp back I will sample some of the old organ sounds with plenty of sub

The stage piano is a blessing however

Some mind blowing setups in this thread,
Especially Flippo, who looks like Monkey Maffia of Freude am Tanzen
http://www.legalize-party.com/spip.php? ... ment=19850
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFRrPF7d ... re=related

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