Apple G5 2.7 ghz
Logic Pro 7
MOTU 828 mk2
emagic amt8 midi interface
mackie 1202 vlz pro
Genelec 8020 monitors
Access Virus Indigo 2
Roland mc 909
novation supernova 2
spectrasonics atmosphere+trilogy
Battery 2

only two thins:

1. PC + buzztracker + vsti
2. my mind

i don’t need more to produce good music

Phat-boy, Sennheiser HD600, Audiotrak Prodigy 192
Yamaha Silent Violin, Ibanez SG400
Jembe; dressed & naked

For making music i use:
Monitoring: 2xBehringer, 2xRoland, 2xAlesis mk2, event 20/20 bass
PC 3200 amd athlon 64 bit
Sound Card M Audio FireWire 410, RME Hdsp digital sound card UAD-1, Audigy 2
Midi controler Oxygen
Behringer ddx3216 digital desk
Tascam dat
Waldorf xt orange beats
Virus C ultimative synth
Roland XV 5080 and S 760
Yamaha an1x and fs1r, virtual analog and format, FM stuff
...and lot of freewere VST and FX from web

:wink:

I have made about 20+ records just using the following gear:
two broken tb 303’s ..
Juno 106
Tr 606/Tr 808..
Various, horrible, primitive sequencers ..(Squids as I call them ..Old Korgs).
and a Akai S950.

I do find the less you have, the better off you are, and more records can be made..
I see more and more artists buying and collecting gear- but they have no records/music to show from it and half the time is wasted just setting up the stuff..

I have many friends that have every piece of gear you can imagine and no music was made (or at least completed). Meanwhile me and a friend cut 4 records just using a Juno 106 and a S950..

I think it comes down to knowing your gear inside and out, and then taking the time to record music…

but whatever..gear is gear and if it makes you happy go with it!

[quote author=“xoC”]What gear does i use? hem an outdated pc, 5.1 sound card with 5.1 home video sound system (which kicks ass for watching DVD but very awful for production

My Gear

**HARDWARE**
Desktop PC 2,4Ghz
512 Mo Rambus
RME Sound Card Digi 96/8 Pro + 4 Analog input Card
Mackie 1604 VLZ
Mackie control
Yamaha NS 10
Genelec 1030
Access Virus B
Waldorf Micro Q
Korg MicroKorg
Roland Juno 106
Roland SH 101
Roland TB 303
Roland TR 606
Roland TR 707
Roland TR 505
Novation Drumstation
Oberheim DMX
Motu Midi Express 128
Yamaha Cs1x
Sony MUR-201 Reverb
And a Lot of circuit Bending toy

**SOFTWARE**
Cubase sx 3
Sound forge 8
WaveLab 5
Recycle
SoundDiver
SuperWave Trance Pro(nice Vsti)
USB X-Trem Fx
Spectrasonic atmosphere
NI Battery 2
NI B4 II
NI FM7
NI Kontakt
NI Absynth 2
Hypersonic 2
ReFX Vangard

I feel left out also.

Youz lot are going to either have a laugh at me or have sympathy…

All I have is:
PC(4 yrs old, not even a 1gb of RAM)
Software: Ableton Live 5 (really cool program) FL Studio (sometimes)Loads of VST/VSTi
ESI nEAR Monitors
Juli@ Soundcard
CME UF5 MIDI Keyboard
Soundcraft Compact 4 Audio Mixer
Ibanez Bass Guitar
Microphone
finally…..My Imagination

Guess it shows in the production. Which leads me to the next question
Is it necessary to have all these cool toys?

athlon 64 laptop (x2)

presonus firebox (soundcard)
motu 828 mkII (soundcard)
edirol ua-20 soundcard (travel cards)

nord lead 3 rack
korg ms2000br
korg mkII
korg ea-1
novation x-station
oxygen 8 midi controller
BSR EQ-110X (EQ from 1985)
bbe sonic maximizer 882i
fender strat
fender dg-30
laney amp
shure sm57 (x2)
samson r11
Audio Technica AT2020
Audio Technica AT2021
boss vt-1
technic 1200
washburn bad dog stereo phaser
yamaha mg 16/4 mixer
presonus tubepre

Yamaha NS-10 (powered by a samson r300)
M-Audio BX5
sony mdr-700 (x2)

FLStudio XXL
Gigs of samples
Loads of plug-ins
AudioDamage plugins

slice two is getting a new audio computer soon too!!!

Main DAW:

Athlon64 X2 4200+, 2GB (2-3-2-5) OCZ RAM (o/c @ 2.6GHz)
Gigabyte K8NS Ultra 939 Motherboard
RME HDSP PCI rev 1.9 + Multiface II
1x250 GB (OS), 1x250 GB (Temporary data)
2x300GB Mirroring Raid for Secure Storage

DSP:
TC Powercore FW

Synths:
Clavia Nordlead 2X
Roland E-96 (Arranger keyb)

Mixer:
Yamaha MG-10/2 (planning to buy a Mackie 1202 VLZ)

Monitoring:
Mackie HR-624
Behringer 2031a Truth
AKG K-701 Cans for fidelity
Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro for bassline monitoring

Laptop:
IBM G41 (Pentium 3.06 GHz HT, 40GB HDD, 512 MB RAM)
RME HDSP Cardbus + Multiface

Mic:
Samson C-01

Software:
Cubase SX3
Sony SoundForge 8.0
Waves plugs, various VSTi/VSTfx…

[quote author=“ValdiKaldi”]Apple Powerbook G4
Ableton Live 5 ( best music software ever )

Totally until Live 6

Hi

RME Multiface
Allen & Heath Mixwizard 16:2 DX
Maudio BX5
Summit Audio 2BA-221 preamp/DI
Focusrite Trakmaster preamp/DI
Sony DPS-V55M fx
Lexicon LXP-1 fx
Neutrik patchbay
RNC (compressor)
SM57 mic
ADK 51st mic
Roland SH101
Ensoniq ESQ-1

AMD Athlone 64 3200 x 4 Gina 2o soundcards.
Alesis M1 active Mk2 monitors.
Soundcraft spirit studio 32/8/2 mixer,
Drawmer m 500,
Behringer comp,
Erui graphic EQ,
Berhringer ultra Q EQ, AKA peace o poo
Tascam TSR-8 reel to reel
Efectron 1 FX unit,
Alesis midiverb. not used at the mo as it humms like a monkey.
Alesis Quadraverb
Lexicon LXP-1
Zoom 1201 unused as I dont have the right Power adaptor for it.
USB midisport 4x4. Cheers Jamez
Roland JX-3P synth
Tascam midiizer MTS-1000 remoe for the TSR-8 but unused as I don’t have the cables.
2x signex CPJ48 48 piont patch bays.
Also a Yamaha EMX-150 powerd mixer which I use for the analouge delay and a soundcraft spirit folio 10.
Audio technica ATR30 dynamic mic. cheap as chips but does what I need of it for now.
I also have access to an ibinez Jem guitar which I make use of and a fat free bass mono synth.
And a few more bits n bobs that I was given but wont ever use.

It all keeps growing.  yay
Oh yeah and live 5 soon to be 6 and the usual vst’s n that

Soundcraft LX7-II 24 ch
Tapco by Mackie S8 monitors
TC Electronic M-One XL
TL Audio 5021 Ivory 2
Waldorf MicroQ
Korg MS2000R
Vermona DRM1 MKII [true analogue drum synth]
MOTU Micro Lite
ESI WaMi Rack 192L sound card
PC

gear

I used to use an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler for everything…it was so time consuming, but was definately good practice at manipulating sound!
Now I use Reason 3
check out some tracks
http://twistedsessions.com/artists/239