Production Post your studio pictures/setup

[lilsensa]

Searched the forum to see if a similar thread exists..Found nothing...

That being said...

Show us your production setup!

Here is mine.

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Macbook Pro
Novation Compact SL 25
M-Audio Studiophile AV40 (Ok, for now...Better ones later )
Logic Pro 9.1.1
D16 Group 808/909 Plugs
D16 Effects Bundle
Soundtoys Native Effects Bundle
PSP EQ's/Compressors/Etc..
FabFilter Bundle
URS EQ's/Compressors/Etc..
Sylenth1 Synth
Native Instruments Komplete

[danielRR]

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-2.93ghz iMac
-JBL LSR4300 monitors
-Apogee Duet interface
-Edirol PCR 300 midi controller
-Access Virus B
-Roland Juno 106
-Roland SH101
-Studio Electronics SE-1
-two Novation Bass Stations

Inside the computer I've got Camel Audio Alchemy, NI FM8, Massive and Absynth.

[lilsensa]

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Wow. How do you like those speakers? Worth the $$??

Very nice set up.

[danielRR]

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They're the first pair of monitors I've owned so I don't have long term comparison with anything else, but I really like them. Did a lot of A-Bing before I bought them and I thought they sounded great for the money. To me they sounded significantly better than the KRK or M-audio(don't mean to talk trash) stuff that I was looking at in the sub $1000 range, but not quite as good as the more professional grade stuff in the $2000 range, so I thought it was a good middle ground. I've been happy with them.

[bobjuice]

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Your 106 looks fuckin brand new, how come? (is there a smiley for jealous?)

and your 101 looks nothing like the one i used to have. Is the U.S. model different?

[danielRR]

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The 106 is in very good condition. I have started using it a bit recently but prior to that it hadn't been touched for quite a few years. Check my other thread here for more info: http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/...n-her-basement...

I have realized that the 101 isn't in the above picture... I believe you're referring to my Edirol PCR MIDI controller... which is just about the same size and shape as the 101, but with all the knobs and buttons. Mine is just the standard gray color.

[lilsensa]

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They're the first pair of monitors I've owned so I don't have long term comparison with anything else, but I really like them. Did a lot of A-Bing before I bought them and I thought they sounded great for the money. To me they sounded significantly better than the KRK or M-audio(don't mean to talk trash) stuff that I was looking at in the sub $1000 range, but not quite as good as the more professional grade stuff in the $2000 range, so I thought it was a good middle ground. I've been happy with them.

Cool. Yeah, my M-Audio's are good for mids and highs but the low end on them isn't the best. I mean, they are only 4 inch... Looking to get new monitors soon.

[danielRR]

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Word. Don't mean to be talking trash on your speakers, but I thought all the M-Audio stuff I listened to back to back with other products sounded really dull. There was a lot of bass on the models with 8" LF drivers but compared to everything else the mids were muffled and the tops were not there when compared to a similar model on another brand. For the money I thought the KRK stuff was great. They had some pretty good sound for not so much money. All in all when it comes to monitors, you get what you pay for, as is the case for many other things. But please take my input with a grain of sand because I am by no means a pro or even experienced, I'm just going by my ears.

[lilsensa]

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Nah. My speakers really aren't the best for what I'm trying to use them for.

They make really nice desktop speakers for casual music listening. Gonna give them to my girlfriend once I buy a nice pair.

[danielRR]

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Word. I'd say get what you can afford. I've got friends producing tracks for label release on not-so-expensive monitors. I'd say it's more about what you do with them if you know your speakers well.

I think it's a good thing to just listen to all your music on a daily basis using your monitors so that you form an idea of what most other music sounds like on them, so you're able to adjust your own music correspondingly.

Back to the studio, I'm in the process of planning a move of all my gear into a basement room which I plan to do some sound treatment on. Proper listening in a treated environment versus a bedroom or whatever is really nice, especially when you're at an amateur level and doing the finalizing of all your tracks on your own.

[lilsensa]

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^True. The room is treated, but my monitors don't translate very well. Gonna bounce my unfinished track to cd and listen in the car. Hopefully, this will help with knowing what my speakers are lacking, and what I need to do to mitigate that during mixing.

[danielRR]

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Exactly. I've had my monitors for about 9 or 10 months now and I'm starting to get a good idea of what frequency ranges come out really clear but not so much on your average computer speaker or whatever.

It's good to have a set of 'shit cans' as they're commonly referred to in studios to listen on, something like your average person's speakers they have plugged into their computer. I'll bounce a mix and listen on my ipod earbuds, sennhesier headphones, plug it in the car and also on my girlfriends altec lansing computer speakers. I try to shoot for an acceptable mix on shitty speakers or ear buds, and hopefully it'll sound good on a proper system.

[danielRR]

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got some old stuff hooked up and reorganized through the patchbay

[diegoff]

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^ nice ones!!!
Iīm working in the design of my new home studio, cause I moved some months ago. I finished painting the walls. I have the equipment, but Iīm waiting for some info to make some acoustic treatment. Iīll post pictures when I end. Anyways, itīll be nothing more than a home studio. The room is big, I like that, itīs about 4mts x 4 mts

[bobjuice]

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got some old stuff hooked up and reorganized through the patchbay

Great stuff. My 106 is a bit poorly these days electronically, think it needs new chip??

Problems began after it went a long time completely unused so my advice is turn it on and use it often

enjoy!!