what gear do the pros use?

[jeffrey collins]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

spell my name wrong Dom. You deserve a slap for that. And Damnit I wish i had one of those. I'd be bending the hell out of it.

[unkownartist]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

jeffery uses......

[diegoff]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

I would like to do that. I've been thinking about getting a tube amp or compressor lately.

How would you rate the DBX compressors? And what is the difference (in practice) between using a tube compressor and a tube amp/ regular compressor?

Tube amp gives a nice "colour" to the sound, by adding harmonics that the ear likes a lot. Tube comps they have a response curve that changes "naturally" with the increasing level of the input signal. So, there?s not a "soft knee" or "hard knee" in the threshold, or at least , not so pronunced. The result is a sound with not-so-hard changes after the compression. And also all that stuff about the pair harmonics.

[NBHproduction]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

this is a bit sick, what kind of jeans does Sasha wear
that gear won't give you a best song if you don't even now enough, how to use it!
first grab a reason and practice for couple of years, so you will even know what music production is all about and what you really need.
probably first grab a book about MIDI, frequency characteristics, dynamics....

[ds]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

u dont have to spend thousands on outboard equip to get great sound.....


get a powerful comp (which u can build yourself for as little as 1100 bucks)

[groffhibbitz]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

you wanna warm things up, get an outboard tube compressor and the use that in your mastering.

I would like to do that. I've been thinking about getting a tube amp or compressor lately.

How would you rate the DBX compressors? And what is the difference (in practice) between using a tube compressor and a tube amp/ regular compressor?

[jeffrey collins]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

you wanna warm things up, get an outboard tube compressor and the use that in your mastering.

[falcon2noah]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

word i just think pro tools warms everything up mix/master wise, but certainly isnt "necessary." logis is truly a beast. :-) :-)

[jeffrey collins]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

if you've got Logic, you really don't need Pro tools too. Logic is bad assed enough as it is. And can do everything Protools can do. I know Digweed uses it...Robbie Rivera does too. There was even an article in Keyboard...http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp...torycode=12203 where he talks about what kinds of things he does to get his sounds. Pretty cool story.

[falcon2noah]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

Further on the Sasha post, using Logic coupled with a good virt analog like a virus and something else with a vocoder ala mini korg or ms2000 and a really good sound library are all you need. Dumping into pro tools is ideal for mixing as well.

If you are making EDM or anything of the sort, too much outboard will slow you down. Also, more important than emulating someone else's rig is taking time to learn what works for you. Don't buy lots of gear all at once it will just trip you up and distract you from finding your own style of attacking a record or remix.

[groffhibbitz]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

cool good info.

also this site

http://www.vintagesynth.com/

has a list of artists that use various classic gear, for a reverse lookup type search

[jeffrey collins]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

Em isn't a bad magazine. But I stick with the UK mags. Way more stuff to learn about. Plus you get a DVD with every issue. Packed with tons of good stuff. Mostly worth the $13-14 per issue.

[Balanc3]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

and get a free subscription to electronic musician (check the subscription inserts in the mag).

[jeffrey collins]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

if you read the FUTURE MUSIC or Computer Music magazines...which you can find at your local Barnes & Noble they have listings of the computer software/hardware and other outboard gear that the big dawgs use. The new issue of FM has a great interview with SUICIDE SPORTS CLUB. A group that have really made me wanna step up my compositions a lot. Those two guys are very smart with their productions.

[groffhibbitz]

Re: what gear do the pros use?

orb circa '93

http://machines.hyperreal.org/gearlists/orb

> Mini Moog
> Csio CZ-5000
> Prophet II
> Oberheim Matrix 12 Polysynth
> 2 Technic 1200's
> Numark DJ Mixer [no number listed]
> Vestax CD-33
> 3 Alesis A DATs
> Roland Octopad
> Akai ME-35T drum module
> Roland S-750 sampler
> Roland PC-200 keyboard controller
> Akai S2700 with optical drive
> Atari 1040ST
> Korg MS10 monosynth
> Drawmer Noise Gates
> Drawmer Dual Gates
> Eventide H3000-SE Harmonizer
> Soundcraft mixing board
> Tweeter Eater
> Studio 440