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Tone Deft wrote:I honestly did mean best of luck with all the best intentions.


/runs off to join the circus.

One more to go...

I felt more like a 'producer' when I was using a Tascam Portastudio borrowed from my old high school and having to get great mic placements, work like a demon to get a good level and avoid hiss (no gates, the compressor was done by riding the gain) and be able to bounce tracks at a good level (bounce bass, conga, keys from tracks 1,2 and 3 to 4 with live backing vocal, take 967...) etc.

And hell, some of that stuff done in the late 80's - mid 90's holds up great even today, although I wouldn't swap my DAW software (Cubase SX3, Live 6 and Reason), myriad of vstis and vst plugins for a TAscam Portastudio today !

the real question is, after spending 8000 + dollars are you actually planning on spending more???? or are you gonna start using what you have?

I mean I've spend quite alot of money in recent months but I can't say I'm even in the same ball park as 8 grand. more like....... 1 grand at the most.

but it has nothing to do with the dollars. are you gonna start using it or are you still searching for the perfect gear set up. cause I hate to tell you there is no perfect set up, just start playing with what you have until you realise you want to add something to the mix.

i agree 100% with mr. john there.

I came to a point where I was just buying plugins and controllers left and right in search of that magic setup, when in reality it comes down to just being creative and using what's around you...that's all music is really, regardless of how it's made.

I could make a tune using nothing but the physical, non-musical objects on my desk at the moment. A beer bottle, keys, a coffee mug, a mouse, and a few ears of paper. with the proper implementation, I could turn these sounds into just about any sort of musical element.

anyhow, ive gone off too much on my drunken rant. use what you've got!

the less you have, the more creative you have to be to get it to do what you want.

the more you have, the more confused you get on what to start with.

er, thats how i see it anyway.

PDX wrote:the less you have, the more creative you have to be to get it to do what you want.

the more you have, the more confused you get on what to start with.

thats's so true!!