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List Your Equipment and... what you hope to own or want to get.

Kay, for me I'm trying to build a studio and have looked at and continue to find a wide variety of hardware and software but so far my setup is a Apple Macbook Pro with Ableton Live.

What I hope to get:



$500 - Apple Logic Studio (Software)
$200 - Native Instruments Massive (Software)
$150 - One large monitor to see my virtual studio even better (Hardware)
$80 - A Set of M-Audio Speakers (Hardware)
$50 - A cheap Korg Midi (Hardware)
$40 - Some sampler packs to sample (software)

Total: ~ $1000

I also plan to get a bass because I'm tired of using my brother's and I want my own, and if I have money to spare, a uke and a banjo as well. But that's farther down the road. I hope to have this studio up by the end of the year. Please share your equipment, and if you are an electronic artist, if you could give me a mini-review of your setup, what you appreciate about it because I'm always looking to expand, especially on the software end of things.

Part of my lifelong goal is to also play the piano, cello, and violin before I'm 40, but I've never been in the market for any of those and don't know what a cheap but good quality one is and what kind of price it commands.

if my ship ever comes in, i hope to get-

a soundproof studio with properly neutral acoustics- >$100k
mackie powered monitors/subwoofer/quad electrostats/sub- $3k
CEDAR declickle module- $7k
ELP laser turntable with 78 rpm function- $15k including delivery/set-up
conn 653 theatre organ- probable used price for reconditioned specimen $3k
dsp formant correction- $1k
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hey, i can dream, can't i?

Total Newb here

Audacity - For free it has lots of tools for mastering if your willing to take the time. Its effects are not realtime but it handles several codecs.
Izotope RX - I play with audience recordings mostly and this is easy to learn
Toast - I like the look of the crossfades and can get very precise compared to audacity and it has real time effects
Reaper - looks good and free but haven't used it
Garage band - used a couple times but it crashes
Intel Imac G5 2.16Ghz
AKG 240 headphones
Audio-Technica M40s (I got these because I have a small head and they're cheap but they are not recommended as serious monitors) They are the most comfortable headphones I have ever had. Plus you don't need a separate amp for your mp3 player to enjoy these.
Yamaha PSR-E413 Keyboard - always wanted to play the violin but now I have strings and chamber to play with.

Want List:
$600-Pro Tools
$199-Focusrite USB preamp interface (comes bundled with Ableton Lite)
$300-KRK 6" monitors @145 each
? Haven't decided on mics and probably won't since good ones are so expensive.

More Dream List:
Acoustic guitar
Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar (I tell myself not until I learn the keyboard)
Mandolin or lap steel guitar sound interesting too

Last edited by curlyfry on 22 Aug 2011, 1:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Ummm....
Les Paul Studio Chameleon
Yamaha RBX-270 4 String Bass
Fender Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar (Don't know the model number as it is about 20 y.o.)
Peavey MSP-1 Mic Pack
Ibanez DL10 Delay Pedal
M-Audio Fast Track USB Interface
Belcat 25w bass amplifier
Ashton 10w acoustic amplifier
eMac with Garage Band

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would like one day to get an Ibanez exotic wood acoustic guitar or bass

little 15 watt line 6 spider IV series amp
Marshall mg250

godin freeway classic - 6 string

ibanez rga7 - 7 string

ibanez rga8 - 8 string

ibanez bass.. not on me do not know specific model

yamaha acoustic