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offline Junktion from Northern Jutland (Denmark) on 2006-01-04 11:01 [#01811860]
Points: 9713 Status: Lurker



What do you have? Instruments? equipment? monitors?
I'm only in the beginning of a collection of hardware that I
hope will be useful some day...

M-Audio Ozone (my favorite hardware)
Behringer DX626 (a beginner mixer, but it sure works for me)
Yamaha Portasound PSS-480 (FM Synth...old school)
Roland SP-404 (this' my baby...a sampler boosted with 1gb
CF-card)
Boss SYB-5 (a synth-pedal for my bass-guitars)
Boss CEB-3 (bass-chorus that makes my bass sound like
Les Claypool...at least in my head)
Behringer Thunderbird BX-108 (my bass-amp...but it sucks cuz' it's small)
Sony MDR-7506 (best head-phones i've ever owned)
Cort Action Bass V a very cheap 5-string bass...but it's quite
ok)
Aria Pro II Laser Electric Heritage (my favorite bass-guitar...it's from 1984)

I also have an acoustic guitar and a fretless bass, but they
are not worth mentioning to much about ;)

I'm looking into buying some real monitors an


 

offline Junktion from Northern Jutland (Denmark) on 2006-01-04 11:02 [#01811863]
Points: 9713 Status: Lurker



I'm looking into buying some real monitors and a Behringer
Studio-mic...I just need to afford it...


 

offline Combo from Sex on 2006-01-04 13:11 [#01811993]
Points: 7540 Status: Regular



a mk2 and a vestax dj-mixer are my pride


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-01-04 13:14 [#01811995]
Points: 11920 Status: Regular



yamaha mg10/2 mixer, m-audio radium 49, evolution uc-33,
thinkpad notebook, krk monitors, altec lansing 400w
subwoofer, m-audio firewire solo


 

offline forck_02lynix from brooklyn on 2006-01-04 13:20 [#01812000]
Points: 4000 Status: Regular



instruments:
gibson sg special
squire strat
cf martin mini acoustic
epiphone c-5 classical acoustic
yamaha early 70's acoustic
fender fretless jazz bass
microKORG
small casio keyboard
5 pc drumset w/ various hardware & cymbals
various percussive instruments

amplification & effects processors:
marshall vs65 combo amp
squire champ amp
dod grunge, classic fuzz, ice box chorus
jim dunlop wah
digitech xp200, rp5
boss a/b channel switch

recording & production:
tascam mkii 400 4 track
apple g4 imac
nady microphones
cables, cassette tapes, etc.......


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-01-04 13:27 [#01812011]
Points: 6474 Status: Lurker



PC


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-04 13:41 [#01812027]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker



Instruments:
Novation X Station 25
Roland SH32
Yamaha TX81z
DSI Evolver
Yamaha SY22
Akai MPC 1000
Casio CT??? (I blacked out the label a couple years ago, and
have forgotten what it was, its in pieces ripe for bending)
Roland DS330
Technics SL 3200

Effects:
Korg KP2
Alesis Quadraverb gt
Alesis Nanocompressor
Alesis Midiverb
Behringer UM100

Studio:
Behringer PX2000 patchbay
Furman Merit series power conditioner m-8l
Edirol MA-20d studio monitors
Sony ECM-MS907
Behringer Eurorack UB1002fx
P4 2.8ghz with 1g of ram, dual monitors and a soundblaster
audigy 2 zs
Sony Minidisc recorder
About 150-200 feet worth of cables

Wishlist:
MAM MB33 mkII
Nord Modular 2 Rack
Frostwave resonator
Behringer Line Mixer
Doepfer Modular system
Better fucking audio interface for my computer!!
Room Treatment


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-04 13:42 [#01812029]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker | Followup to Taxidermist: #01812027



Oh yeah, And I am just waiting for my korg poly to come in
through the mail!


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-01-04 13:45 [#01812031]
Points: 6474 Status: Lurker



Squarepusher did his early stuff on one cheapo sampler and a
copy fender bass.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-04 13:54 [#01812046]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker | Followup to swears: #01812031



That just goes to show you, if you are able to make crappy
music on crappy gear, you should also be able to make equaly
crappy music that just sounds clearer on good gear.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-01-04 13:54 [#01812049]
Points: 6474 Status: Lurker | Followup to Taxidermist: #01812046



He's on Warp, you're not.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-04 13:56 [#01812050]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker | Followup to swears: #01812049



Alright. Just because I am not on the same label as him, I
am still allowed to critisize. Its not like hes retarded and
I am making fun of how retarded he is.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-01-04 13:58 [#01812054]
Points: 6474 Status: Lurker



Your music might be awesome, I don't know. I'm saying that
equipment doesn't mean shit, ideas and talent do.


 

online big from lsg on 2006-01-04 14:02 [#01812061]
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m-audio firewire 410
pc
stereo
stuff i don't use like guitar, bass, preamp, amp


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-04 14:03 [#01812062]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker | Followup to swears: #01812054



Yes. I don't know why people always have to start that one
when people are peacefully explaining what gear they have.


 

online big from lsg on 2006-01-04 14:03 [#01812063]
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guitarsynth, as featured on that exquisite corps (drunken's
site's down now?)


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2006-01-04 14:10 [#01812069]
Points: 19377 Status: Regular



you guys are crazy.

the amounts of gear mean shit if you don't make a single
track that could bring tears to someone's eyes.

the first post here is ridiculous.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-04 14:12 [#01812071]
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My PC.
My Clavinova.
My Guitar.
My Trumpet.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-01-04 14:13 [#01812074]
Points: 6474 Status: Lurker



What a waste of money, That you could spend on nights out
dancing and trying to get into girls pants.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-04 14:20 [#01812077]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker



I don't need to try to get into girls pants. They drop their
pants on request.

The problem with this messageboard is half the people who
frequent here are trolls.


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2006-01-04 14:24 [#01812080]
Points: 19377 Status: Regular



1.post your gear.

2,post the pics of girls who faint when they see your gear.


 

online big from lsg on 2006-01-04 14:34 [#01812091]
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and my jetplain of course


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2006-01-04 14:35 [#01812092]
Points: 19377 Status: Regular | Followup to big: #01812091



i like your gear


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-01-04 14:40 [#01812098]
Points: 6474 Status: Lurker | Followup to Taxidermist: #01812077



I am being serious. Anyone who thinks girls pants drop on
request (even if they're kinda joking) knows nothing about
girls.

All the people who think I am a troll for sometimes
disagreeing with things or kidding around is wrong. I mean
it.


 

online big from lsg on 2006-01-04 14:43 [#01812101]
Points: 23729 Status: Lurker | Followup to obara: #01812092 | Show recordbag



you just want to get in my jetplane


 

offline bryce_berny from chronno (Canada) on 2006-01-04 15:53 [#01812178]
Points: 1568 Status: Lurker



1 desktop, 1 laptop, 1 pair of akg 141's, an m-audio
audiophile usb for the laptop, 2 casio sk-1's, 2 nostrils
and a pair o bagggz


 

offline blobula from BElgraDe on 2006-01-04 16:14 [#01812203]
Points: 1253 Status: Lurker



it's the gear that's adorable, and touch friendly.

here's the list, from the first i've got :

korg kaoss pad kp2
alesis hr 16
akai mpc 2000
korg electribe er1
stylophone
korg electribe es1
casio sk1
korg kaoss pad kp1
boss df2
casio vl 1 (x2)
roland tr 626
boss ce5
+ d.i.y. wsg synth

mixers :

behringer ub 1622fx
behringer djx 400

i also have sony mzr 37 minidisc for field recordings, am
radio, various sound making toy gadgetgs & mics.

only nanoloop for gameboy is on the way, i still can't
decide which synth to buy (microkorg/alesis micron/other),
and i need sampling loop pedal, but its pricey whar what is
doing actually.


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-04 16:20 [#01812207]
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2 wooden spoons


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-01-04 16:55 [#01812230]
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roland xp-30 synth
vestax pmc 05 proIII dj-mixer
technics1210 turntable
ortofon concorde scratch cartridge
didjeridoo
jaw harp
mouth
hands
vinyl


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-01-04 17:29 [#01812264]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag



3 PCs, loaded with a frankly obscene (even if I was a pro
it'd look OTT) amount of softsynths.
1 PC dedicated to HD recording.
A Kaoss Pad 1
A Vestax PMC-270A Mixer
A Vestac PMC-06 Pro D Mixer
A Pair of Vestax PDX-2000 MK1s (with Shure M447s on custom
headshells)
A Korg EA-1
A Korg ER-1
A Yamaha PSS (forget which one)
A knackered old EQ unit.
A recordable mp3 player
A recordable minidisc
Some bongos
Some panpipes
A couple of cheap mics
A phatboy midi controller


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-01-04 17:43 [#01812279]
Points: 6474 Status: Lurker



Did anyone used to have a four-track? They were fun!


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-01-04 18:00 [#01812291]
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Jonesy used to have one, but he never got round to actually
using it. I think he sold it in the end.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-01-04 18:28 [#01812324]
Points: 6474 Status: Lurker



I hade a cheapo tape one, when I was 13-15. It broke in the
end, I made loads of crap music with toy keyboards, samples,
my bass guitar. Most of it was just a drum loop with messing
around over the top. All those tapes are gone now, though!
:(


 

offline Polynomial-C from Netherlands, The on 2006-01-04 18:43 [#01812347]
Points: 1362 Status: Regular



Recording/effects gear
- MotU 828mkII 22-channel Firewire 24bit/96kHz digital
audio workstation
- MindPrint En-Voice mkII channel strip with parametric
EQ and built-in tube compressor
- RME Octamic-D 8-channel 192kHz mic-preamp with ADAT
interface
- Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz, running Cakewalk Home Studio 2004
- 2x KRK Rokit RP5 powered reference studio monitors
- Boss GT-8 guitar effect processor with COSM modeling
engine
- Digitech Whammy reissue pitch-bend/detune/harmonizer pedal
- 2x Shure SM57 unidirectional dynamic instrument
microphones
- Various software VST-plugins (Kjaerhus Audio
compressor/limiter/EQ/delay/...)
- Peavey Triple XXX 40W tube guitar amp

Guitars
- Fender Aerodyne Stratocaster
- Ibanez MMM1 Mike Mushok signature
- Ibanez RG570 EX (with custom EMG 81/85 pickups)
- Ibanez RG2620 QM Prestige
- Jackson SLSMG Soloist
- Norman ST-68 EQ semi-acoustic
- Ibanez Soundgear SRX500 bass

My setup allows me to record 18 audio tracks simultaneously
@ 44.1kHz/24bit. I mainly use it to record rehearsal/demo
sessions of our band (rock covers!) and turning them to
semi-professional demo-CDs


 

offline hinotori on 2006-01-04 20:48 [#01812386]
Points: 96 Status: Regular



various religious artifacts
the internet
cleenex
cheese and biscuits
a smile
"you guys"
pen and paper (yes! works well even with the internet upon
us)

seroiusly:

i have... ah hem....

-BUCHLA 100 series modular synthesizer
-ROLAND system 100m
-E-MU modular
-MOOG 3P x2
-KORG PS3300
-CLAVIA nord G2 rackmount
-DOEPFER A-100 system (bought from Vangelis!)



 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-04 23:48 [#01812410]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker | Followup to swears: #01812098



I was just kidding, I have a girlfriend :)

The whole "you can make music with any tool" argument kind
of aggrivates me, because 1-Thats true, if you want to make
any kind of music but 2-Certain sounds require certain tools
(its very difficult to get a rich analogue filter sweep with
an FM or VA synthesizer, its difficult to get those rich FM
Belltones and percussive sounds with a VA subtractive
synthesizer, and its really hard to get any usable sound off
of an old casio rompler). The way I see it, use what you
have, but if you find something that can get you a certain
sound that you are looking for, then get it.

As well, if you look at it as a painter, they can make any
color with three basic colors, but sometimes if you want to
use orange paint, its easier to have orange paint at hand
instead of trying to mix two or three colors together to get
the color you are looking for. As well, generally, higher
quality tools yield higher quality results. Not saying more
expensive=more good (you can get some very high quality
inexpensive gear).

Sometimes less is more, but sometimes a certain job requires
a certain tool.



 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-01-04 23:56 [#01812412]
Points: 3756 Status: Regular



Computers:
-PC with Luna II card
-Mac Laptop
-PC Laptop
-Amstrad CPC 464
-Spectrum Sinclair
Mixers:
-Roland VM3100Pro
-Roland DJ-2000
Synths:
-Korg MS2000
-Casiotone PT10
Others:
-Korg VC10 (1978 vocoder)
-Stanton STR 8-80 turntables
-Gibson LesPaul Studio
-Fender Telecaster
-Fender acoustic guitar
-EKO acoustic guitar
-Yamaha trumpet
-Clarinet
-Roland VS-880 multitracker
-Boss rythmbox
-AKG C3000 mic
-Some more mics
-Djembé
-Genelec 2029a monitors
-Flute
-some more toys...


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-04 23:59 [#01812414]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker | Followup to blobula: #01812203



Get the micron. I have heard a lot of really good about it.
I really wish I had gotten that instead of a microkorg!


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-01-05 00:02 [#01812415]
Points: 3756 Status: Regular



Doesn't that Microcorg use the same oscillators that use the
MS2000?


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-05 00:09 [#01812417]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker | Followup to unabomber: #01812415



Pretty much. Some of the stuff has been stripped down tho.
Ie: 8 band vocoder on microkorg, 16 band vocoder on the
MS2000


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-05 00:28 [#01812419]
Points: 6427 Status: Lurker | Followup to Taxidermist: #01812414



Micron > microKorg

My kit:
KORG: microKORG
EA-1
ER-1
ES-1
Legacy Pack
YAMAHA: DX11 (free from my school :D)
DD-10 (free off a dump)
TYU-40 (mini-keyboard)
ALESIS: Ion (greatest VA synth for the money)
Metavox (shitty vocoder)
CASIO: PT-1
NUMARK: EM-260
MISC: Axl Strat Copy, Peavey Bass, various circuit bent and
DIY equipment
SOFTWARE: Fruity Loops, Ableton Live 5, SynthEdit, Nuendo.



 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-01-05 02:23 [#01812439]
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Taxi, you're bang on the money.

I've made some insane synth patches (that have been used for
whole tracks) using just one synth and a loads of effects
and modulation on it. I also gotten far better sounds from
"toy" synths than popular opinion would suggest you could; I
managed to get a realistic (people though it was a sample)
snoring sound out of Reason's subtractor uasing only that
and internal effects. Whilst it's fun to do things like that
from time to time and doing so certainly helps you
understand how to sculpt sound, doing it all the time is
incredibly masochistic and not very productive.

An amazing pad that would take 2 hours or so on an EA-1 with
a load of effects can be made (obviously not identically,
but near enough) in about 5 minutes in z3ta+ or absynth.

I sometimes poke fun at people who use the latter (amazing
synths) as a crutch because they can't make good sounds
without them, or even program approximations of effects like
gating, delay, flanging, reverb, etc. in a sequencer.
However, for the same reason as you cite with the coloured
paint, it's not neccessary and doing it that way all the
time doesn't make your music any better. I remember
ecnadniarb taking the mick out a track someone (who'd
obviously just learnt to cut breaks) who proudly presented a
track they had done, and ecnad said the bloke could of saved
some time and just run the basic loop through supatrigger
several times. :)

Reaktor nerds are a bit of a pet peeve of mine in that like
hi-fi nerds, the music is really secondary to them and they
just like the process/technology. No harm in that in itself,
and some great ensembles have come out reaktor (again, I
have used it and made a synth for a particular purpose
myself in it), but a hell of a lot of them are like freeware
synthedit ones; CPU inefficient and not sounding very
different at all to other cheap/basic synths.

Basically, I definately think it's good to be able to mix
paint to get exactly what you want for some parts, but doing
it all the...


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-01-05 02:25 [#01812441]
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...time is a massively inefficient way of working. It also
often doesn't make your tracks any better. Look at Aphex
Twin, one of the most respected artists we talk about here
and how often does he use stock, very lightly fx'd
909/707/606 drums?

His programming is so good that it doesn't really matter
exactly how the snare sounds.

Anyway, rant over. People can do what they like with their
music, so long as they're having fun.


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-05 02:38 [#01812445]
Points: 5733 Status: Addict



im lookin at buyin a MC-505 as well as some random Korg
synth ive never seen before (both at cash converters, yay).
my existing hardware setup cost me less than a tenner in
total.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-01-05 02:44 [#01812448]
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I've never been lucky with hardware (other than
amp/speakers) at cash generator/second hand stores, they're
often marked quite highly. EG I've seen a 606 without
box/manual/adaptor, etc. for £120.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-05 02:53 [#01812450]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker | Followup to Ceri JC: #01812448



Word. Occasionally you can find deals, but those are lucky.
I usually end up finding things for about $40 less than
normal resale on ebay.


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2006-01-05 03:03 [#01812451]
Points: 19377 Status: Regular | Followup to big: #01812101



come to see MY jet first.


 

offline blobula from BElgraDe on 2006-01-05 08:00 [#01812605]
Points: 1253 Status: Lurker | Followup to Taxidermist: #01812414



yeah i know, but that batteries option in microkorg is the
dope...

there is one terrible thing which bug my mind, why korg
didn't make some proper battery operated sampler like
microkorg, something like casio sk 1, but with at least 4 MB
memory, 44.1 stereo and so on...why?


 

offline spika from Poland on 2006-01-05 08:10 [#01812610]
Points: 163 Status: Lurker



ensoniq asr10
korg ms2000
clavia nord modular g2 engine
yamaha ry-30
sony hrmp5
tascam da20 mkII
neutrik patchbay
mackie 1604vlz pro
samson resolv 65a
behringer bcr2000
m-audio dio2496
m-audio co2 converter
m-audio midi thru 1x4


 

offline KADO from The Belafonte (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-05 08:15 [#01812612]
Points: 1484 Status: Regular



Didn't realise how much I had until I listed it all! half
of this is gathering dust btw:

Yamaha drumkit
Yamaha DD55 cheepy drum triggers
Fender Jazz Bass
Marshall Bass Stack
Korg ER-1, EA-1, ES-1
Roland SP808
EMU Proteus 2000
Shure SM58 Microphone
Behringer Tube - Ultragain Mic200
Various percussion (bongo's, cowbell, tambourine...)
Evolution X-Session midi controller
M-Audio Firewire Audiophile Midi/Audio interface
Evolution MK149 midi controller
2 x Gemini PT2000 Turntables, Pioneer Mixer, Pioneer EFX
Technics EQualiser
Pioneer DJSE 5000 Headphones
2x Alesis Monitor One MK2
Sony Amp
Dell laptop running-Ableton 5, Soundforge, Cubase sx, NI
Kontakt


 


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