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Setting up a home Studio

Topic started by L (@ 144.42.9.104) on Tue Jun 17 11:39:28 EDT 2003.
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If you are a composer, pls share the hardware and the network setup of your home studio pls? Also, feel free to give tips to others who are planning to setup their own.

Thanks

L

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• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Thu Jun 19 13:41:56 EDT 2003
  
  one more fact I like to meniton in this discussion, I always recommmend to use something like triton, basically being a trained piano player when i use domestic keyboards like psr or keyboard controller, it is too light ,.meaning when i play 1/32 notes the speed is quite high - i call it "pace" , if the keyboad is not heavy it simply jumps out the stand. Yes! it does happen. I have the pleasure of making few controllers fly out of stand during recording, Like we punch some heavy hits, keyboard must take it. a heavy keyboard is a must to go pro. It should be heavy enough to hold the pressure and weight we put on it and it should not move when we play at high speed.
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Thu Jun 19 13:42:49 EDT 2003
  
  please dont confuse the above weight with weighted keyboard action. I ment the actuall phyiscal weight of the keyboard.
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Thu Jun 19 13:49:17 EDT 2003
  
  Yamaha PSR280 : $200
  (dont laugh!- come on! i had a studiomaster200 5 years ago, i paid about $42 (i got a used one )
  
  cakewalk homestudio2002 : ~$80
  Motu 2x2 Midi interface for my laptop : ~50
  Gigastudio96 (which is my "virtual synth"):250
  Echo indigo soundcard (you need this to run giga):100
  Garritan orchestral strings:250
  
  -- frankly you have pretty good setup.
  btw: can we hear some your work?
  :)
  
  
• From: uv (@ 134.113.4.168) on: Thu Jun 19 14:24:23 EDT 2003
  
  super discussion.
  tremalo like to hear your work now for sure.
  I have an evolution MK361C midi controller. but the keys,I mean feel and when you play on them comes nowhere near that of triton or yamaha its more like toyish. but other than that its excellent.
  carry on ur discussion
  
  
• From: Love Music (@ 203.44.55.70) on: Thu Jun 19 18:23:15 EDT 2003
  
  Guys,
  
  recording a kick using NT1, had some distortion
  have you guys experienced it?
  
  Thanks
  
  
  
• From: tremolo (@ 132.183.203.46) on: Thu Jun 19 18:33:10 EDT 2003
  
  I am trying to finish a few pieces by this summer for a demo CD. I will surely let you know once I have something and would be glad to have your feedback.
  
  Srikanth:can I have your email? I have been thinking of getting in touch with you. We have actually had some discussions in Prasannas board, some of which were pretty interesting (carnatic minimalism etc.,). by the way, how can we hear your latest works? I only see 3 songs in your site (thats the limit imposed by the mp3 artists site I guess)
  
  Anyways, since we have a commmon interest it would be good to interact. I especially have a lot to learn from you, given you have been doing this for much longer. (I started "seriously" writing music about a year ago, although I have a carnatic training from my teens)
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 138.88.118.189) on: Thu Jun 19 19:13:47 EDT 2003
  
  tremelo, srikanth@srikanthd.com
  mp3.com must have all the songs . i am supposed to be a plantium member.
  :)
  
  
• From: Sam (@ 12.250.211.168) on: Thu Jun 19 22:48:29 EDT 2003
  
  Srik,
  
  Thanks a bunch for all the info!
  
  
• From: tremolo (@ 129.44.176.227) on: Thu Jun 19 23:16:28 EDT 2003
  
  Thanks Srik, and I look forward to listening.
  
  I also wanted to mention to folks here about the following websites which have tons of music recording as well as music theory related dicussion groups:
  
  www.soniccontrol.com
  www.northernsounds.com
  
  best
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: satsona (@ 203.199.192.162) on: Fri Jun 20 06:22:55 EDT 2003
  
  thanx a ton Tremolo, Srik etc. It cleared most of my doubts. I have heard Srik's some compositions, including Mahakavi. Hope to hear Tremolo's too soon. And hope I am able to make u hear some of my compositions and get your feedbacks(that is after I do a lot of studio work:)
  
  However 1 more query. I believe most of u developing a Home studios live abroad(I am in chennai). Do u get these equipments abroad only or in India too?Please do let me know.
  
  cheers
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Fri Jun 20 08:37:56 EDT 2003
  
  Do u get these equipments abroad only or in India too?
  We get all of them in india, mostly comes from Singapore, pricewise I have found it is slightly more in india. But one more good factor is most of these instruments have dual power supply (110-220) so our investment is protected where ever we are
  If you hear the song Kanakanden adi thozi from Parthiban kannavu , the ghtatam sounds are from Roland hand sonic, this is pretty much a new gadget but its been used already in kollywood.
  :)
  :)
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Fri Jun 20 09:26:17 EDT 2003
  
  sam, i got your email, will reply soon :)
  
  
• From: tremolo (@ 141.149.187.122) on: Sun Jun 22 00:34:58 EDT 2003
  
  I thought this article was interesting...related to sampling technology.
  
  http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/dec99/articles/orchestral.htm
  
  
• From: tremolo (@ 141.149.187.21) on: Sun Jun 22 13:50:37 EDT 2003
  
  just a note that the previous article is actually quite old (1999, but still old!), but still well written.
  I think Gigastudio (the software that can stream huge samples directly from hard disk) was pretty new in the market at that time.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: saregamaremix (@ 68.36.28.149) on: Sun Jun 29 13:59:56 EDT 2003
  
  invites tfmers to noiZe bar..
  
  @
  
  http://www.geocities.com/saregamaremix/noizebar.html
  
  checkout and provide feedback.
  new piece - transient transmutations...
  
  saregamaremix
  
  
• From: Renu (@ 195.92.67.209) on: Mon Jun 30 16:43:16 EDT 2003
  
  Hey guys! I just checked your views today.It's fantastic to shareabout home studio.i am a music technology student in u.k and now I am learning to use the softwares like Reason and Logic(may be beginner),If you are in u.k and want to buy some softwares and midi contrllers visit www.dolphinmusic.co.uk
  
  
• From: satsona (@ 203.199.192.162) on: Wed Jul 2 06:34:22 EDT 2003
  
  hi renu
  
  Welcome to the group. I would like to know where exactly you are doing the music technology course, and more details regarding it. would like to have ur mailid pls.
  
  cheers
  Satsona
  
  
• From: Renu (@ 195.92.67.70) on: Wed Jul 2 13:22:15 EDT 2003
  
  Hi Santosna,
  I am studying this course in Bristol,U.k.But if you are in London or somewhere in U.K you can find colleges having a course about Recording technology,or Creating music technology.I don't know about India(If you are from India).It is useful but you have to do them in practice.I am in 1st year beginner but I don't want to Continue another 2 yrs in u.K and going back home.
  About Home recording you can Read books of Paul white from Sos (Sound on Sound)Publications.
  http://www.sospubs.co.uk
  All the Best and If you know more please share with me.If you click on my name you will get my E-mail id
  
  
• From: r (@ 195.92.67.70) on: Wed Jul 2 14:17:48 EDT 2003
  
  Srikanth I listen your Mahakavi It's really fantastic.Can you tell me how can i add my piece of work in the webpage?(I am a beginner)I hope you will help me. Thanks
  Renu
  
  
• From: siva (@ ) on: Mon Jul 14 08:57:54 EDT 2003
  
  Hello
  Shall I join with u?
  
  
• From: Renu (@ 195.92.67.76) on: Mon Jul 14 10:18:58 EDT 2003
  
  Hi Checkitout my song and tell your comments which helps me to develop a lot
  http://www.geocities.com/rhenuka/raindance.mp3
  
  
• From: Da Vinci (@ 128.113.109.22) on: Mon Jul 14 13:00:30 EDT 2003
  
  Srik,
  
  I have a question based on a passage you made earlier. I have a Yamaha PSR 540 and it produces some astonishing sounds which I am unable to get in my sound card (PC). It has voices numbering upto 750 or so (says something like XG or so). How can I get those sounds in my PC ? (in my PC, as you said, it has only 127 fixed instruments)
  
  
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  "8.Bank: General Midi supports only 128 instruments. To over come this limitation we choose different banks. Set of Instruments are grouped or arranged based on the nature of the instruments, these are called banks. Each bank can hold 128 instruments or patches. Cakewalk supports 128 ports x 128 banks x 128 patches meaning you can program /play about 2097152 instruments together using cakewalk. Something like hooking up 128 instruments that has 128 banks (nothing I know in this planet with 128 ports) and each bank having 128 I instruments. Triton has 6 banks (A-F) assume we hook up 128 tritons. With 6 banks in each triton we get about 98304 instruments for us work with. Here Calk walk is actually working 50% of its capacity. :)
  
  
• From: tremolo (@ 132.183.203.46) on: Wed Jul 16 17:06:06 EDT 2003
  
  in a typical sampler like cakewalk, 127 is not the max number of instruments but Instrument Banks! Each Bank can have 128 patches, so there you go with > 10000 instruments!
  
  
• From: tremolo (@ 132.183.203.46) on: Thu Jul 17 13:17:37 EDT 2003
  
  in my post i meant sequencer not sampler for cakewalk...just not to confuse anyone
  
  

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