LEAN! I know a few people who’s 404 LIVES in their effects chain. Definitely a good choice to add some spice to your cook-up.

MPC ONE as the brains then SP 404 mk2, 303 and 202 for the sauce

I used to have an MPC1000, and an SP1200. I got tired of having to flip floppy’s & not having the memory to sample the way i wanted. When Maschine came out i went BONKERS.

I can do stuff in that program that takes forever to do in programs like Ableton and Logic.
its all preference of course, but i feel that my familiarity makes the workflow…

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Reason

Nektar Panorama T4

Presonus Eris E5

Focusrite Scarlett Solo

Serato Sample- definitely speeds up workflow

MPC Live 2 is next!

Numark Turntable

MAudio ProjectMix Audio Interface

OG Maschine

Serato Sample for the chops

When I’m ready to drop vocals and mix I export the stems to Cakewalk by Bandlab (I used to use Pro Tools MPowered 8 but I got tired of it 🤣. Cakewalk is powerful and FREE for Windows)

Yeah the mpc live is dope, the homie has it and makes some fire with it eye love how the sound waves are visible for clean accurate chops

Bought a MPC Live II a couple of months back and i ain’t never letting go of it. The built-in speaker is waaaayy better than expected too. I definetely recommend getting a MPC if you into that kind of beat-making. MPC One is great too (basically the same as the Live II but no built-in speaker and some other ‘extra’s’ but the machine works exactly the same)

My space is mad limited so eye just use my MPC 1000 with Sony headphones, and a ion turntable to sample and Adobe audition to track out beats from the mpc to my computer, eye been looking into getting some studio monitors to listen to my beats before eye upload online, eye started making beats on FL Studio but eye really enjoyed making…

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My KRKs are old. So shit I might look into alternatives especially since I do need to hear my music more flat when I don’t want to pay an engineer to mix and wanna put something out on social media right quick. Frontier speakers are dope but they cost a grip

since you’re using KRK monitors do you use anything else for a refrence?

KRK monitors have an enhanced low-end, as do Beats headphones.
I went from them to ADAM because of the ‘flat response’.
if you’re listening to those beats in a different setting and they have an abundance of low-end that’s why.

i aint no professional beat maker but when i do try, I use logic and reason. When i record: KRK 5’s… Beats Studio.. Apollo Twin X duo. AKG mic

What equipment do you use?

Maschine Studio

Komplete Kontrol S25 keyboard

ADAM A7 Monitors

Presonus Eris E5 Monitors

KRK 10s Sub

Focusrite Saffire
M-Audio M-Track 2×2

for sampling,

a pair of Technics 1200-MK2

Numark NS7iii Controller