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The only analog I use in my setup is a Channel strip, furman and delta 1010 soundcard mics etc, the signal chain.Ĭhannel strips killed big studios. Some will will look at an openlabs niko or meko and called that analog gear. Then you have people who are confused on what Analog truly is.

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That's a no no in the digital world and most people don't know how to compensate for that. You can clip in analog and it sounds lovely. Most people who are trying to emulate older gear are using very clean near perfect converters, then trying to dirty up the signal, that doesn't always work. Imperfections and A/D converters are what make analog special. There are a few samplers out there that are just crazy. I'm mainly talking about preamps, processors and synth based units. What these people means to say is “I'm not skilled enough to recreate it, nor do I have the proper setup to do so”Īnalog has a unique sound. People will tell you analog sounds cannot be recreated, that's a load a shit. I still have my older equipment, but only take it out when I'm bored. I like to stay in the box because it's faster and portable. My setup is posted here somewhere, I've used/owned just about every piece of gear out there, and trust me you're not missing much. The only hardware that matters is your signal chain. Allow me to give you the skinny from a sound designers perspective. Haven't seen once of these threads in a while. I mean, ive spent a lot over those years, if i could spend it all again. If i knew what i know now, i wouldve started buying different gear 25 years ago and mostly likely would not be starting synths and samplers, but the stuff we now call classic vintage outboard (neve,siemens, telefunken) and propers monitors. You jump on the bandwagon at first then perhaps afterwards wonder why you bought certain stuff or later learn that the most important things you need arent the things you bought in the first place. I think it takes a while to realise and pinpoint what motivates people to buy gear. I was also doing hiphop back then and mostly and completly itb using fasttracker II instead but my motivation to purchase the mpc's wasnt related to hiphop. I bought my 2 mpc2kxl's when they were just released to make techno/acid live sets. I dont get it, why is the mpc considered 'underground' ? Is there really any gear thats mainstream and commercial ? Its the beatmaker and his style that makes it this way, not the gear. In such case you rarely see those people buying into budget gear but start by getting 1 single good and expensive piece of gear, mostly something that isnt done aswell in the digital domain or adds a very specific character (or more). Its not just you, a lot of people sell of their gear and go completly itb and later come back to hardware but learned what gear they want. Which is fine, its not for everyone so if you start out, start out digital/virtual/itb and the majority will leave it at that.

If you consider the investment than you understand why a lot of people say it is dying since most people are really not willing to spend such cash in order to make proper hiphop (or whatever).

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At that point you'll be looking at entry grade outboard stuff like Mohog mofet76, distressors, api2500, A-Designs Hammer eq's, Foote ps3 mastering comp <- good stuff for mixing ($1000 and up / unit) and mastering ( $2000 and up/ unit). Mostly then people will be looking good suite of plugins, combined with the best analog outboard you can afford (and all that comes with it). I dont mean to bring hit and mis remarks here but imo, the average beatcreator wont be bothered untill the learningcurve is over and the interest into mixing/mastering comes into play. And with having both i mean to record hardware and to process/sample in the daw.Īlso, in some occasions the virtual isnt as proper to one's workflow where dedicated functions are hands on yet this is personal preference for what some dont know about they really wont mis. In the virtual domain its imo best to have both since there are things you cant achieve in analog yet analog (imo) always has a far more convincing sound. Its these things that make analog less favorable but imo, its still the better choice.Īnalog still sits among the best quality but its not affordable (some digital isnt affordable either i.e Weiss).

When it concerns high end hardware then you want more high end i/o etc etc. Also channel count, more hardware means you need more I/O. Such upgrades bring more expenses than just the one part of the chain. No its not dying, but its expensive to maintain quality from a to b., if you buy a top of the line Nuemann mic and you have a budget preamp and ditto cables you have the wrong priorities.

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