Hello, world...
Some bored bloke over at the propellerheads.se message board posted a question, which ended up in the old 'what's your dream setup?' discussion... It's quite funny to read what people think, so here's my post from over there - and I know I'd like to read similar posts from you:
"Give me one of 'em new 12" macs running OSX.2 (the others are too big) - and let's imagine it has an audio input. Slap a dbx MiniPre on that, with a nice an rugged Shure SM58 mic (or maybe an AKG condenser, for recording the essential acoustic guitar :)). Now, use Reaktor 3.3 as a loop recorder, mangler and effecter thing. Then sequence and manipulate the loops live with Live2 (and a Spin doctor, an Oxy8 and maybe one of the fader-equipped Control Freaks), and run the whole shebang through the EMI 2/6, with two channels going into either a Roland DJ1000 or a Korg KAOSS mixer (both have built in effects) and bounced, post-effects and crossfader, back into Live with the EMI. Last stereo out is for the Sennheisers... there you have it, a perfect setup.
Maybe there'd be room for the FM7... luvly... and, naturally, the TCNative plugins for compression and reverbs...
Maybe for studioish work you'd have a Fat 2 valve compressor/front end for recording and dirtying up stuff, and something JoeMeek for stereo work.
I wouldn't want much more than this. Maybe a DX7 or something, if I my keyboard skills were better.
And hey! Compare this to my setup:
iBook 700
Behringer 12 channel desk & Monacor DJ-mixer
AKG C2000B and crappy Stageline dynamic mic
EMI 2/6
Oxygene8
Reaktor & Live
TC Plug-ins
... and an incredibly sweet sounding, Korean steel string acoustic...
So I'm a very happy bunny!"
And also, I'm a bit curious to what you all are listening to... I'm divided between two CDs (well, four...) at the moment: Bruce Springsteen's Live 75-85 three CD set and last year's album of the year (and most other years, for that matter), the Streets' Original Pirate Material.
What's your flavour?
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noisetonepause
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What's your flavour?
Suit #1: I mean, have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
You REALLY don't want to know my dream setup. In fact, in my seach of it, my gear has goten so unmanageable that it's a nightmare. I'm even thinking of making a Visio diagram so I can understand it. 
The following is all dedicated to audio:
Computers:
Amiga 500
Home-built Athlon 850
Home-built P3 1.3Ghz
IBM Thinkpad 366
IBM Thinkpad 1.6Ghz
I'm also working on doing something with audio and a Sun Ultra 1 I got for $20 at an auction.
Synths:
Korg EA-1
Korg ER-1
microKORG
Half a dozen circuit bent Realistic, Casio, and other keyboards
Midi Controllers:
Oxygen 8
Evolution 249C
Keyfax Phatboy
Software:
Cubase SX
Ableton Live
Fruityloops 3.5x
Reason 2
Soundforge
Traktor
Misc Amiga Trackers
ARTS (KDE Synth)
Other:
Dr. Sample 202
About a dozen stomp box effects
Zoom Bass Processor
Zoom Amp Sim
Alesis Studio 12r mixer
Numark 1002X DJ Mixer
Instruments:
Ibanez RG-440
Jackson Bass (model? can't remember. love it tho)
1970's Epiphone guitar (model? it's pretty generic. I've never seen another like it though)
Fender Acoustic (unknown model, had it since I was 5)
G. Edward Lutherie 4 string upright bass
I'm sure I've missed a lot, and the other half of geargasm has a similar list, plus some tech 12's. I've really been trying to brainstorm on getting peices and parts together to be able to do something live, but I've had a really hard time figuring out what.
Ideally, I'd like to get a phat tibook (flamers and trolls will be forced to lug all this stuff next time I play out) and something like an MOTU 828 to consolidate a lot of this crap, but I'm really going to think before I acquire something again.
If you're interested, there's pics of some of our gear at geargasm.com. Rob's also got some interesting stuff like a Didgeridoo and a Banjo he can play pretty well.
The following is all dedicated to audio:
Computers:
Amiga 500
Home-built Athlon 850
Home-built P3 1.3Ghz
IBM Thinkpad 366
IBM Thinkpad 1.6Ghz
I'm also working on doing something with audio and a Sun Ultra 1 I got for $20 at an auction.
Synths:
Korg EA-1
Korg ER-1
microKORG
Half a dozen circuit bent Realistic, Casio, and other keyboards
Midi Controllers:
Oxygen 8
Evolution 249C
Keyfax Phatboy
Software:
Cubase SX
Ableton Live
Fruityloops 3.5x
Reason 2
Soundforge
Traktor
Misc Amiga Trackers
ARTS (KDE Synth)
Other:
Dr. Sample 202
About a dozen stomp box effects
Zoom Bass Processor
Zoom Amp Sim
Alesis Studio 12r mixer
Numark 1002X DJ Mixer
Instruments:
Ibanez RG-440
Jackson Bass (model? can't remember. love it tho)
1970's Epiphone guitar (model? it's pretty generic. I've never seen another like it though)
Fender Acoustic (unknown model, had it since I was 5)
G. Edward Lutherie 4 string upright bass
I'm sure I've missed a lot, and the other half of geargasm has a similar list, plus some tech 12's. I've really been trying to brainstorm on getting peices and parts together to be able to do something live, but I've had a really hard time figuring out what.
Ideally, I'd like to get a phat tibook (flamers and trolls will be forced to lug all this stuff next time I play out) and something like an MOTU 828 to consolidate a lot of this crap, but I'm really going to think before I acquire something again.
If you're interested, there's pics of some of our gear at geargasm.com. Rob's also got some interesting stuff like a Didgeridoo and a Banjo he can play pretty well.
I am the bumpitron.
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dirtystudios
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current setup:
tibook 400
live
muzys
pluggo (yay! just got it!)
max/msp (yay! just got it too! no idea what i'm doing yet!)
absynth
coupla freewares
tascam us-224
evolution uc-16
oxygen 8
little behringer mixer
rode nt1
sony dj-something-or-other headphones
dream performance setup (rough estimate):
two 12"ers (modified w/l3 cache) w/no external sound cards running live/pluggo and max/msp on each running into a-
a nice old little soundcraft desk (with one of the two tibook channel faders flipped upside down for easy crossfades between them) with sends to-
a kaoss 2
a korg es-1
back to the line in's on the 15's (yay! steve put them back on!)
a sherman filterbank
and plenty of knobs/buttons/sliders/joysticks on my two slickafied custom midi controlers.
add this to the rest waiting for me in the studio:
a machinedrum
some ns10m's
a mid-level pa system (gosta be checkin the levels before the gig yo)
five metric tons of old, glitchy, noisy, broken, fucked up, abused, analog/digital bit's of kit.
i've been listening to a bootleg 2 hour funkstorung gig, cex, the first song on the new squarepusher and his live set, b.o.c., anything beefcake and all the live electronic gigs i can get my grubby little mits on.
k
tibook 400
live
muzys
pluggo (yay! just got it!)
max/msp (yay! just got it too! no idea what i'm doing yet!)
absynth
coupla freewares
tascam us-224
evolution uc-16
oxygen 8
little behringer mixer
rode nt1
sony dj-something-or-other headphones
dream performance setup (rough estimate):
two 12"ers (modified w/l3 cache) w/no external sound cards running live/pluggo and max/msp on each running into a-
a nice old little soundcraft desk (with one of the two tibook channel faders flipped upside down for easy crossfades between them) with sends to-
a kaoss 2
a korg es-1
back to the line in's on the 15's (yay! steve put them back on!)
a sherman filterbank
and plenty of knobs/buttons/sliders/joysticks on my two slickafied custom midi controlers.
add this to the rest waiting for me in the studio:
a machinedrum
some ns10m's
a mid-level pa system (gosta be checkin the levels before the gig yo)
five metric tons of old, glitchy, noisy, broken, fucked up, abused, analog/digital bit's of kit.
i've been listening to a bootleg 2 hour funkstorung gig, cex, the first song on the new squarepusher and his live set, b.o.c., anything beefcake and all the live electronic gigs i can get my grubby little mits on.
k
Current set up:
Toshiba PC laptop 650mhz 192ram, Sony headphones
Running Making Waves Studio, steinberg remix
Kaoos pad (1)
Rotel amp 3 dodgy old monitirs...
(Ive played live with this set up)
Future set up:
pc laptop with a 3gig chip, 333mhz fsb, at lease 1gig ram plus an external firewire or usb2 soundcard, a copy of Live 2 when the bugs are more sorted, I'll stick with making waves.....
KP2
better monitors and better sony headphones..
Toshiba PC laptop 650mhz 192ram, Sony headphones
Running Making Waves Studio, steinberg remix
Kaoos pad (1)
Rotel amp 3 dodgy old monitirs...
(Ive played live with this set up)
Future set up:
pc laptop with a 3gig chip, 333mhz fsb, at lease 1gig ram plus an external firewire or usb2 soundcard, a copy of Live 2 when the bugs are more sorted, I'll stick with making waves.....
KP2
better monitors and better sony headphones..
In the near future I see following additions coming quite quickly [try to make my dreamstudio affordable+portable 
] :
Adding a notebook optimized for audio -
Gameboys with nanoloop/lsdj Nord MicroModular,Shure sm-58 all purpose mike -> all hooked up to maybe an rme hammerfall as food for Live
Tannoy Reveal Active monitors
Custom built 64 knob midi-controller(s)
Small but powerfull ... would satisfy all my needs ...
] :Adding a notebook optimized for audio -
Gameboys with nanoloop/lsdj Nord MicroModular,Shure sm-58 all purpose mike -> all hooked up to maybe an rme hammerfall as food for Live
Tannoy Reveal Active monitors
Custom built 64 knob midi-controller(s)
Small but powerfull ... would satisfy all my needs ...
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ryansupak
i've pretty much got my dream setup...
ableton 2
computer running winXP (it's only a pentium 2, something a little faster would be nice)
a handful of free VST FX
2 hard drives (one just for audio)
really nice keyboard and trackball mouse (extremely important to me)
2 oxygen 8's (i have an intellimouse, and i have a custom button on it assigned to the keystroke "Ctrl+M". this way i can assign new midi configs really fast.)
audiosport quattro (would be nice to have a PCI soundcard, cos USB crashes about once per 3 hours on my old pentium 2)
i've kind of gotten to the point where the newest. shiniest, fanciest gear isn't really inspiring to me anymore, i'd rather just have something simple that works and does what it claims to do.
rs
ableton 2
computer running winXP (it's only a pentium 2, something a little faster would be nice)
a handful of free VST FX
2 hard drives (one just for audio)
really nice keyboard and trackball mouse (extremely important to me)
2 oxygen 8's (i have an intellimouse, and i have a custom button on it assigned to the keystroke "Ctrl+M". this way i can assign new midi configs really fast.)
audiosport quattro (would be nice to have a PCI soundcard, cos USB crashes about once per 3 hours on my old pentium 2)
i've kind of gotten to the point where the newest. shiniest, fanciest gear isn't really inspiring to me anymore, i'd rather just have something simple that works and does what it claims to do.
rs
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tjwett not logged
give me an Akai MPC4000 and a 17" PowerBook running Logic with one of those ecco PCMCIA cards and i'd be good to go. i'm actually quite happy with my setup right now. here is my home setup:
Ensoniq ASRX Pro(wish i had 10 more for parts to keep this thing alive forever!)
PowerMac G4 733
Logic 5.5
Halion, Battery, Logic ES1 and ES2, Exsp24, EVP73, Kontakt, Reaktor, Metasynth, all the Steinberg synths, oh yeah-Ableton Live!, Reason, Spark, Peak, MAX/MSP, GIRL, Crystal, PPG wave, Attack, pHatmatik, sampletank, and probably a bunch more i'm forgetting. i probably use about 1% of my setup to it's potential.
Behringer Eurorack mixer
TEAC Reference series amp
Blueroom minipods
MIDIman Keystation keyboard
E-mu MP-7(being returned immediately)
Camel Lights
At work we have a Triton ProX and mics and big mointors and a bunch of other stuff we never use.
Ensoniq ASRX Pro(wish i had 10 more for parts to keep this thing alive forever!)
PowerMac G4 733
Logic 5.5
Halion, Battery, Logic ES1 and ES2, Exsp24, EVP73, Kontakt, Reaktor, Metasynth, all the Steinberg synths, oh yeah-Ableton Live!, Reason, Spark, Peak, MAX/MSP, GIRL, Crystal, PPG wave, Attack, pHatmatik, sampletank, and probably a bunch more i'm forgetting. i probably use about 1% of my setup to it's potential.
Behringer Eurorack mixer
TEAC Reference series amp
Blueroom minipods
MIDIman Keystation keyboard
E-mu MP-7(being returned immediately)
Camel Lights
At work we have a Triton ProX and mics and big mointors and a bunch of other stuff we never use.
Outboard gearHey all, I just love these forums. I enjoy seeing what other folks have in their studio and of course what they dream of for their studio. Here is my current list and what I will be adding in the next months.
2 Technics SL1200 MKIII Turntables
Gemini PMX 100 4 channel pre-amp mixer
Red Sound Cycloops Sampler
Korg Kaoss Pad II
Gemini T-Minus Zero Frequency Eliminator
Quasimidi Rave-O-Lution 309 (Full Expansion)
Novation K-Station
Yamaha RM1X Remix Sequencer
Fender Strat
Behringer Eurorack UB1832FX-Pro Mixer
Digital Audio Workstation Specs:
Twin Pentium III 733
768 MB RDRAM PC 800 RAM
9 Gig 10K RPM Scssi HD (x2)
160 Gig Firewire HD
120 Gig Internal 7200 RPM HD (x3)
Sony 16x CD-RW
Matrox G400 Video Card with dual monitor support.
21 inch monitors (x2)
Midiman Oxygen 8 USB Midi controller
AudioPhile 24/96 Sound Card
Sonar 2 XL
Cubase SX
Albeton Live 2.0
VST & DXi Plug in list:
GalactX
ReValver SE
Cesare Ferari synth
Cyclone
Synth 1
DR-008
DreamStation
Crystal
Crystal 2
Sample Tank
LiveSynth Pro SE
LoopAZoid -48 channel
DirtBox
Junglist
Tassman
Mercury synth
Triangle
Triangle II
Big Tick Cheeze Machine
Big Tick Rainbow
Big Tick TickyKlav
Edirol Super Quartet
Ediorl Virtual Sound Canvas
MHC Space Effect 1.3
MHC Space Synth
Muon Atom
Muon Tau
Native Instruments Absynth
Native Instruments Pro-52
Native Instruments FM7
Native Instruments Kontakt
RGC Audio Pentagon I
Spectral Design Voice Machine
Spectral Design Warp
Steinberg Karlette Echo
Steinberg LM-9
Steinberg Neon synth
Blue Effects package (11 effects)
BitCrusher
Chopper
Fuzzbox
Grungelizer
Metalizer
Waldorf Attack
Waldorf PPG Wave
BBE Sonic Maximizer
Oberheim OB-Tune
Ray Gun
Timeworks Phazer Model 88
Timeworks Reverb
15 Cakewalk effects
Hyperprism DX (29 effects)
Waves Gold Edition (30 effects)
Studio Speakers and Monitors:
Gemini 15" 3 way monitors
Yamaha MSP5 Nearfield Studio Monitors
Sony MDR 7506 Headphones (x2)
Mics:
Sure SM58 (x2)
Here is what I'm saving up for this year.
Future Retro 777
TB 303
Virus C
Nord Lead
Spectrasonics Atmosphere
DJ Ken
2 Technics SL1200 MKIII Turntables
Gemini PMX 100 4 channel pre-amp mixer
Red Sound Cycloops Sampler
Korg Kaoss Pad II
Gemini T-Minus Zero Frequency Eliminator
Quasimidi Rave-O-Lution 309 (Full Expansion)
Novation K-Station
Yamaha RM1X Remix Sequencer
Fender Strat
Behringer Eurorack UB1832FX-Pro Mixer
Digital Audio Workstation Specs:
Twin Pentium III 733
768 MB RDRAM PC 800 RAM
9 Gig 10K RPM Scssi HD (x2)
160 Gig Firewire HD
120 Gig Internal 7200 RPM HD (x3)
Sony 16x CD-RW
Matrox G400 Video Card with dual monitor support.
21 inch monitors (x2)
Midiman Oxygen 8 USB Midi controller
AudioPhile 24/96 Sound Card
Sonar 2 XL
Cubase SX
Albeton Live 2.0
VST & DXi Plug in list:
GalactX
ReValver SE
Cesare Ferari synth
Cyclone
Synth 1
DR-008
DreamStation
Crystal
Crystal 2
Sample Tank
LiveSynth Pro SE
LoopAZoid -48 channel
DirtBox
Junglist
Tassman
Mercury synth
Triangle
Triangle II
Big Tick Cheeze Machine
Big Tick Rainbow
Big Tick TickyKlav
Edirol Super Quartet
Ediorl Virtual Sound Canvas
MHC Space Effect 1.3
MHC Space Synth
Muon Atom
Muon Tau
Native Instruments Absynth
Native Instruments Pro-52
Native Instruments FM7
Native Instruments Kontakt
RGC Audio Pentagon I
Spectral Design Voice Machine
Spectral Design Warp
Steinberg Karlette Echo
Steinberg LM-9
Steinberg Neon synth
Blue Effects package (11 effects)
BitCrusher
Chopper
Fuzzbox
Grungelizer
Metalizer
Waldorf Attack
Waldorf PPG Wave
BBE Sonic Maximizer
Oberheim OB-Tune
Ray Gun
Timeworks Phazer Model 88
Timeworks Reverb
15 Cakewalk effects
Hyperprism DX (29 effects)
Waves Gold Edition (30 effects)
Studio Speakers and Monitors:
Gemini 15" 3 way monitors
Yamaha MSP5 Nearfield Studio Monitors
Sony MDR 7506 Headphones (x2)
Mics:
Sure SM58 (x2)
Here is what I'm saving up for this year.
Future Retro 777
TB 303
Virus C
Nord Lead
Spectrasonics Atmosphere
DJ Ken
Old DJ's never die, they just require a bit of pitch adjustment!