d-_-b Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I'm posting this because I want to see what the best move to make is. I am coming from a live band situation and I have recently bought a macbook pro. I want to see how other people have married these two words , i.e. : What interface did you use.... Post all your gear and setup! This is the bling bling of the audioworld. Post pics !! Macbook Pro 15.4 inch 2.16ghz/2gb. MPC2500 Korg Triton (booo) fantom (boo) 68 telecaster deville 2x12 Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Trem-O-Verb Scecter C-1 classic PRS CE-24 MusicMan Stringray Ampeg SVT Stage Rhodes Wurlitzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K4bren Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Podcasting/Personal Music Recording: PowerMac G5 Heil PR-40 Heil Boom Arm Behringer UB802 Mixer Presonus EUREKA Preamp, compressor, and Parametric EQ Logic Express/DSP Quattro/Audacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabriciom Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suxx0r Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 After I sold out a lot of hardware in the past years I found my way back to real gear instead of being a virtual knobs and wheels player. This is my current setup: Sampler & Synths Akai S1100 incl. SCSI & SMPTE board Akai S3000i incl. SCSI, digital I/O card & SMPTE board Akai XE-8 Korg 03R/W Korg Wavestation SR Moog Prodigy Roland D-10 Roland DDR-100 Roland Juno-106 Roland JV-2080 Roland JX-3P Roland MKS-7 Roland MKS-100 Mixer-Console Behringer Eurodesk MX-8000 incl. Meterbridge MB8000A Mackie CR-1604 Monitors Alesis Monitor One MK2 JBL Control-5 Effects Aphex Systems 103 Aural Exiter Type C Behringer Composer MDX-2000 Behringer Tube Composer T-1952 Behringer Tube Ultragain T-1953 Behringer Ultrafex EX-3000 dbx DDP incl. Digital I/O Card Digitech StudioQuad ETEK Xciter SPL Vitalizer Mics Shure SM-58 Shure SM-94 (Condensator) t.bone ST 1000 (Tube) Post-Recording Sony DTC-670 DAT-Recorder Tascam DA-20 MKII DAT-Recorder Sony MDS-JE480 MD-Deck Computer AMD Athlon 3200 XP+, 512MB, 80GB, Win XP Pro SP2 Intel Celeron D 2.8 GHz, 512MB, 400 GB, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, MacOS X 10.4.7 Apple PowerMac G4/733 MHz, 1GB, 300GB, MacOS X 10.3.9 & 10.4.7 Apple PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz, 2GB, 160 GB, MacOS X 10.3.9 Apple PowerBook Titanium (15", 1.25 GHz, 40GB, 512MB), MacOS X 10.4.7 Apple PowerMac 9600/300/384MB, MacOS 9.2.1 Recording Digidesign Audiomedia III Emagic Audiowerk 2 Emagic Audiowerk 8 RME Hammerfall DSP (PCI & PCMCIA) RME Multiface Applications & Sequencer Digidesign ProTools LE 5.2.1 (OS9) Emagic Logic Audio Platinum 4.8.1 (OS9) Emagic Logic Audio Platinum 5.5.0 (OS9) Emagic Logic Audio Platinum 5.5.1 (XP) Apple Logic Pro 7.2.3 (OSX) Apple Logic Pro 7.2.3 (X86) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessem Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 no pics unfortunately My setup is Computer stuff: AMD 3200+ Desktop Dell 9100 Laptop Delta 44 Audio interface Midisport 4x4 midi interface Focusrite Saffire LE Firewire interface Radium 49 controller Synths: 2x Roland Juno 106 Access Virus B DJ/Sampling: Spirit F1 Mixer 2x technics 1200s 1x Vestax PDX 2000 Final Scratch Sound: 2x Spirit Absolute Zeros 2x Spirit Absolutes (powered by peavey amp) 2x KRK Rokit 8s 1x Klipsch sub 4x Klipsch Quintets (for reference) Honestly though its the thousands of cds/records/samples i've collected over the years that i value the most. Will probably get rid of the virus soon and get one of those novation controllers with the automapping. Hopefully it will make virtual knobs much more real without the hassle imo. The juno i'll keep because i cant emulate the sound with software yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmaniac Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Nothing fancy, but can get the job done: Powermac G5 dual 2.0 GHz MOTU 24i interface Digital Performer 5.0 w/waves, altiverb, powersuite Macki 1604 VLZ pro Behringer powerplay headphone amp Yamaha REV100 Sure mics AKG mics, APEX mics - surprisingly good sounding chinese copies of neumann mics Roland XP-50 synth yamaha drums les paul, yamaha SA2200, warmoth strat g&l bass various amps, headphones, etc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Synthology Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Greetings all, I currently use a G5 Dual 2.5 Ghz. Recently I have put together this box for complete replacement: AsRock 945G-DVI Intel E6600 (Core2Duo) Dual Screen Setup (With ADD2 card and VGA onboard graphics) 2GB DDR2 667 RAM 500GB WD Serial ATA M-Audio FireWire 410 (Works excellent) AXIOM 61 Logic Pro 7.2.3 PhatMatik Pro 1.51.79 UB By The Way, this system tears ass all over my previous G5 Dual 2.5ghz. However, its several steps backwards in a few critical aspects: Current G5 - vs. - Core2Duo Hackmac 8GB --X-- 4GB Full Dual screen support -- X -- Dual screen half ass (VGA + ADD2 Card DVI) Supports 2 Apple Cinema Displays 20" -- X -- Cannot Support 2 Apple Cinema Displays. Since onboard GMA 950 has to forcefully be connected through VGA and one ADD2 card, its impossible to connect 2 Apple Cinema Displays which only transmit Digital signal. A VGA to DVI plug will not work and the only other option is to get a Gefen analog to digital converter for $300. Even if I can get one for half as much, its still not true digital, besides, I have a big problem with paying $300 for something that will half ass my digital signal, not to mention I would rather get me a Mega Mad sick Nvidia or ATI card with 2 Dual Link DVI ports right on it. In my opinion, Hackmacs and pro music is still pre-mature. The whole point of hacking OSX is to save on Apple Hardware. Its really down to this versus that. For example, Apple restricts your upgrades with its hardware, and for that we must pay $3000+ on the other side, we got Core2Duo systems that can upgrade as easy as getting a new mother board, CPU and RAM. Not to mention the variety of graphics cards we would have if it all actually worked. Lets hope the boys over at the X Labs and the EFI project achieve their goal, sooner than later I hope. Leopard is around the corner and this whole 10.4.4 kernel has Apple laughing their asses off, like older kids who know how to tie their running shoes, while us pre-schoolers still got velcro-action Pro-Wings. My hat's off to the talented Gentlemen moving the project forward and bringing us closer toward complete integration of OSX and our beloved bare hands PC craftsmanship. Cheers, Prof. Synthology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JD- Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Heh, i don't normally like doing stuff like this but seeing as this is a dedicated post: SEQUENCING & SAMPLING Akai S3200 XL Sampler Akai S1000HD Sampler Akai MPC2000XL Sampling Drum Machine Sequential Studio 440 Sequencer & Sampler Simmons Portakit Midi Drum Controller MIXING & MONITORING Mackie 24:8 Behringer Eurorack MX2642A Behringer Ultrapatch Behringer Ultrapatch Pro Studiomaster 8:4 Sony MDR 7509 Headphones AKG K44 Headphones Sony HD25SP Headphones Beyerdynamic DT-100 Headphones Assorted Crappy Headphones Yamaha NS10Ms 2 x Samson Resolv 65 speakers Alesis Monitor One MkII speakers Wharfedale something-or-other speakers Custom made "grot box" speakers Samson Servo - 170 Amp Footpring Amp Yamaha Promix 01 set up for automated mixing via a Compaq Deskpro PC SYNTHS & KEYBOARDS Sequential Prophet VS Korg M1R Korg SP200 Korg EX-800 Korg 03R/W Korg Electribe ER-1 Memorymoog E-MU Xboard 49 2 x Novation BassStation Clavia Nord Rack Quasimidi Sirius Electronic Dream Plant Wasp Voyager by Bob Moog (Anniversary Edition) Evolution MK-149 Evolution MK-249c DJ GEAR 2x Citronic PD1 Turntables 2x Stanton STR8 20s Turntables 2x Vestax PDX-2000 MKII Turntables Gemini PMX-140 DJ Mixer Numark DM-950 DJ Mixer Citronic Pro 10 DJ Mixer Soundlab DJM-500 Twin CD Decks Realistic SSM-220 Mixer Various PA Speakers and amps Stanton Final Scratch 2 (a MUST HAVE piece of kit) FX & PROCESSING Vintage Roland Space Echo RE-201 Lexicon MPX1 Multi-FX Alesis Midiverb ART Multiverb LT Sony MP5 Boss GT-8 Zoom Studio 1201 Yamaha SPX90 Antares Auto-Tune Module Focusrite Compounder 2 x Behringer Composer Pro Compressor 4 x Behringer Multicom Pro Compressor Behringer Shark DSP110 Behringer Tube Ultrafex Sherman Filterbank RECORDING 2 x Alesis ADAT 8-Track Recorders 1 x Aleses HD24 Sony DTC1000 ES DAT Machine Tascam DA20 DAT Recorder HHB BurnIT CD Burner Shure SM57 Samson C01 AKG C414 Shure 52CD Green Bullet INSTRUMENTS Tama Superstar Custom Drum Kit with full range of factory chosen Zildjian Cymbals Full Percussion Rig Yamaha Upright Piano Vintage Electro Acoustic Guitar Epiphone Les Paul Special II Guitar 2x Takamine Acoustics (one 6 string, one 12 string) Custom made electric guitar Custom made electric guitar (with built in vintage effects) Customized Ibanez RG guitar Coupla other guitars i really can't remember Stagg FL-200 Fretless Bass Guitar Washburn BT-2 Guitar Arbeiter “Flats” Drum Kit COMPUTERS, SOUNDCARDS & SEQUENCERS 3x Apple Macbook Pro (15.4" 2GHz) Apple PowerBook G4 IBM Thinkpad T42 Rackmount Logic Node (in my sig) Miglia Harmony Audio Firewire Interface M-Audio Firewire 410 Edirol UA-25 USB2 Audio Interface 6 x Monitors of varying sizes (from 15" to 28") Various External Hard Drives 2x Netgear ND520 Network Hard Drives Evolution UC-16 MOTU MidiExpress XT Belkin Nostromo Athlon XP 2400+ PC with dual monitors RME Hammerfall DIGI 9636/52 ADAT Interface (why don't they make these any more?!) AudioTrak Inca 88 Analogue Soundcard Logic Audio 5.5.1 (PC) and Logic Pro 7.2 (Mac) And the most important thing in the studio - the studio dog. He's my housepet too but loves being in the studio. Hence "studio dog", hes great for inspiration Lol, don't think i've taken the time to actually write out all of this....i nicked it from my insurance list and added a coupla things i've bought since. Re: my post in the logic crack thread - this isnt me trying to show off...as i said at the start of this post, im doing it because its the post topic and hopefully if someone has some of the same kit as me and needs help, theyll know i can help Cheers, -JD- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keys88 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Keyboards Kurzweil PC1X Yamaha DX7II with E! Card m-audio Axiom 61 Mixing Behringer Eurorack Mix 1604A Sony MDR 7506 Headphones Computer Dell Inspiron 9300 2.0 GHz Pentium M 1.25 MB RAM 60 GIG 7200 RPM Internal HD 300 GIG USB 2.0 External HD 250 GIG USB 2.0 External HD Recording m-audio Firewire 410 E-MU 1616 Shure SM58 Drums Yamaha Stage Custom Fusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
head Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 wow, you guys have a lot of tools to play with ;-) currently i´m making music with a cheap aiwa soundsystem, an even cheaper behringer mixer, one old uc-16 and my shiny new mac book pro (seems like the best of my stuff hm?)...and ableton live 5 (soon 6)....thats all i neeeeeeeed ;-) can´t compare with you guys...it´s just for fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JD- Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 wow, you guys have a lot of tools to play with ;-) currently i´m making music with a cheap aiwa soundsystem, an even cheaper behringer mixer, one old uc-16 and my shiny new mac book pro (seems like the best of my stuff hm?)...and ableton live 5 (soon 6)....thats all i neeeeeeeed ;-) can´t compare with you guys...it´s just for fun! Doesn't matter what kit you've got, its how you use it! Some of the beatles most famous recordings were recorded on just a 4-track with no outboard gear - you just tend to accumulate kit the longer you do music for...macbook pro is a good way to go tho if you look at my kit list you'll find a ton of behringer stuff - IMO the stuff they make that isnt trying to copy something is actually pretty damn good! The UC-16 is an amazing piece of kit - again i've got one for purely controlling the automation arming on my automated mixer/computer system. Plus, i dont think theres any "comparing" with kit - i honestly believe that someone with just a laptop could easily make a piece of music way better than someone with a coupla mil worth of kit. Just thought id say that before this started turning into a competition lol -JD- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 My setup: Dell Ultrasharp widescreen 2 Nearfield Monitors KRK ST8 2 original Auratone Cubes used as secondary Nearfields Roland VS 1680 Mixer/Remote PC Audio is EMU 1010 with protools ad/da Also I have a Yamaha 1000XG to have all their orig. synths Software: -censored- All hooked up via coax or optical. Another Evolution remote give me some more knobs to control efx or sysex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaar Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 No pics yet cos we're still in the process of getting a control room sorted out ( with proper sound proofing cos of neighbours and all...) Most of the gear below is neatly stowed away for now This is all 'collected' over the last 20 years or so. Yamaha 02R with 2 ADAT cards Yamaha DMP11 Lexicon LXP-15 Sony DPS-F7 Yamaha SPX90 Amek 9098 pre Digitech Vocalist MkI ADAT blackface Microtech Gefell UMT70S Electrovoice RE20 Samson Servo 200 NS-10 NS-40M Quested S7 S1000 + SCSI Kurzweil K2000 Korg 03R/W Yamaha TX81Z Novation Bass Station Korg Polysix (original 81 model MIDI-fied) Moog Prodigy Fender Strat Warwick 5-string bass DIY comp with RME DIGI 9652 running Cubase 4 and a few plugs Mobile unit 1: MacBook with M-Audio Projectmix and Cubase 4 Mobile unit 2: Acer laptop with M-Audio FW410, Cubase SX3 and Protools M-powered 7 I reckon a Hackintosh with as most compatible as possible hardware runs actually very well with DAW software. l8rz sol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JD- Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Kurzweil K2000Korg 03R/W Yamaha TX81Z Yeah! Somone else has an 03R/W! I absolutely LOVE that synth....its all about the "ephimerals" patch. Kickass. -JD- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaar Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Yeah! Somone else has an 03R/W! I absolutely LOVE that synth....its all about the "ephimerals" patch. Kickass. -JD- Yea nice one mate. I admit I haven't used any of the presets in ages but I reckon it's perfect for those House pads with an e-piano-ish 'rubbery' attack. Wicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenchicken Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 My very, very humble setup: 1x Stanton T60 turntable 1x Behringer DJX400 DJ Mixer (what a load of {censored}) 1x Sennheiser HD 212 Pro Headphones 1x Digidesign MBox USB Audio Interface 1x E-MU 0404 PCI Audio Interface A pair of Alesis M1 Active Studio monitors 1x Radikal Technologies SAC Controller 1x old crappy MIDI keyboard (from the 80s or something!) 1x USB MIDI interface (cheap one-in one-out brandless thing) 1x really cheap Microphone that I should throw away soon... Add to that a brandless electro acoustic guitar and a couple of percussion bits... Software: Ableton Live 6 and assorted VSTs... Should have a pic soon when I move to my own little space I'll call "studio"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazzzzzzzzzzz Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Rythm Box Roland Tr-808 Roland Tr-909 Korg ER1 Sampler Yamaha Su700 Synths Waldorf Pulse Korg Microkorg Mixer Roland Vm3100 Audio interfaces Motu 828mk2 Presonus Firestation ( used as adat module only ) Monitors Yamaha HS80 M Midi M audio midiman 2*2 Computers AMD 3200+64 1g DDR400 200GBHD Intel Core duo 2 EE6600 GA965p-dq6 2G DDR800 DD 2*250 RAID0 Software Ableton Live 6, Cubase SX3 & soon Logic Express on my hackintoch Toons of plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tci.f.baby Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 i wont even post, but all i can say is i have the 'studio dog'...proudly dedicated to the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reghost Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 (edited) COMPUTER HP DC7600, PENTIUM D 950, 2GB DDR2, 250GB HDD X 4 PROTOOLS LE 7, REASON 3, DP 5. MIDI; GOOD OL M-AUDIO E49 ALL VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS OR REFILL SOUND BANKS PRESONUS PRE AMP. HAFLER 150W POWERAMP ALESIS M-1 MONITORS Edited December 19, 2006 by reghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotolez Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Here's mine... Sorry for Windoze... now is Jas and Logic ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikk Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Hardware: 1 x MAC PRO 2,66 GHZ 1 x TASCAM US-428 2 x Access Virus TI Polar 1 x UCF CME PRO Masterkeyboard 1 x 30" Dell tft 1 x 24" Dell tft Software: Cubase 4 Live 6 Plugs: Battery 3 and Izope Ozone much more, but not in use... cause of virus ti polar project: www.myspace.com/electrixxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Mine: Kurzweil SP88X Parker Fly Deluxe Ibanez S370 Ibanez 7620 (7 Strings) POD XT Onkyo AV Receiver HT-R330 for the PC look at my signature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renus Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 hi everybody, nice to meet you... this is my setup: cpu: Pmac G5 dual 1,8 ghz, 2.5 gb ram, 4 hd 120,2 hd fw 250gb, dvd-r,rw, Tc powercore pci, macbook pro intel core 2 duo 2,33, 2gb ram 12o gb Hd, Pbook G4 550, 512 mb ram; 1 monitor apple lcd + 1 monitor apple crt digital 17" Pc 3 ghz, 1gb ram, monitor 17”lcd Schede: Motu 828 mkII & MKI fw Pulsar plus Waveterminal U24 Midi : Motu fastlane usb-Motu microlite usb-Midiman oxygen 8-Roland u 20-Fatar studio 1176-Roland D50-Softwares: Digital Performer 4.6 - Motu Mach five - Motu Ethno - Spectrasonics Stylus Rmx, Athmosphere, Trilogy - Plugsound box - Charlie , moog modular, minimoog - Reason 3 - Vienna gold - Recycle2.0 - Cubase sx - Peak dv 4.1 - Acid - Antares Autotune 4 Hardware: Mackie Hui, Apogee mini-Me, Apogee mini Dac,Tube tech CL2, Joemeek channel strip VC1Q, Dbx 386 digital out, tl audio 5013, line 6 pod pro,line 6 bass Pod, audioscope, fostex vm 200, dat sony dtc 690,teac cd recorder, 2 minidisc sony, mackie 1404 vlz, ampli fender twin, roland gr 1-gk2, finale 2155 e pre 1020B Nad casse: JBL 4313 b studio monitor - Yamaha ns 10 m pro - Bheringer Truth B2031A cuffie: beyerdynamic dtc 990, Dt 970 pro, akg 240, 270 microfoni: 2 Neumann kms 184 nl, akg 414 uls b-tl II, rode nt 2, akg c 1000, AKG D112, stagg condenser mic, shure beta 87, shure sm 57,3 sm 58, sennheiser 855. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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