Loop Scholars

What Equipment Do You Use?

Loop Scholars

What Equipment Do You Use?

Posted by beatmaica on January 5, 2022 at 8:24 am

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

beatmaica replied 2 years, 7 months ago 13 Members · 30 Replies
30 Replies

onthisdateinhiphop

Member
January 5, 2022 at 9:57 am

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
- beatmaica
  
  Member
  January 5, 2022 at 10:16 am
  
  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.
- onthisdateinhiphop
  
  Member
  January 5, 2022 at 10:20 am
  
  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
da-loopscholar

Organizer
January 5, 2022 at 8:14 pm

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 beats analog on the Akai mpc 1000
sacrae

Member
January 6, 2022 at 2:09 am

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)
- da-loopscholar
  
  Organizer
  January 6, 2022 at 7:31 am
  
  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
franchice06

Member
January 10, 2022 at 3:59 am

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)
oldboynepol

Member
January 10, 2022 at 8:32 am

Reason

Nektar Panorama T4

Presonus Eris E5

Focusrite Scarlett Solo

Serato Sample- definitely speeds up workflow

MPC Live 2 is next!
beatmaica

Member
January 10, 2022 at 8:56 am

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 much faster.
plus having a harddrive with all the samples….
hard to go back to a standalone situation.
dsgracebelfast

Member
April 4, 2022 at 6:28 am

MPC ONE as the brains then SP 404 mk2, 303 and 202 for the sauce
- beatmaica
  
  Member
  April 4, 2022 at 7:03 am
  
  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.
- someotherniggagotthenameiwant
  
  Member
  April 19, 2022 at 1:50 pm
  
  Damn SP Gawd lol
tymack

Member
April 7, 2022 at 5:59 am

Maschine MK3 (Serato Sampler) – SP404A

I use to have a Roland Fantom in the mix. I definitely have to get another or NI Komplete Kontrol
- beatmaica
  
  Member
  April 7, 2022 at 3:06 pm
  
  Serato sampler is cool, I couldn’t get into it after using maschine for so long though. Definitely has a lot of potential.
- tymack
  
  Member
  April 9, 2022 at 4:22 am
  
  I bet you’re a beast at choppin samplings in Maschine! Hate to say I haven’t taken the time to learn. I started yrs ago but then got introduced to serato. Lol
- someotherniggagotthenameiwant
  
  Member
  April 19, 2022 at 1:48 pm
  
  I’ve always wanted a Roland Fantom just never got one. I have a MV-8000 and they’re a beast paired together.
- beatmaica
  
  Member
  April 24, 2022 at 5:56 pm
  
  My homeboy had a G6. CRAZY Sounds in that one
tymack

Member
April 9, 2022 at 4:22 am

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lakurse

Member
April 11, 2022 at 12:00 am

Scarlett i6

Mpc black
- beatmaica
  
  Member
  April 13, 2022 at 7:35 pm
  
  Clean setup
basesix

Member
April 16, 2022 at 6:14 am

I gotta go into storage after the move and let you know. I do have an Akai MPC and keys tho
someotherniggagotthenameiwant

Member
April 19, 2022 at 1:47 pm

MV-8000

Akai MPC 2000XL

Komplete Kontrol 49

Logic

A few other things but that’s the foundation. I’ve always liked mixing hardware with software.
- beatmaica
  
  Member
  April 21, 2022 at 5:57 pm
  
  That Kontrol 49 is nice!!
- someotherniggagotthenameiwant
  
  Member
  April 21, 2022 at 8:40 pm
  
  I see you got the 25-key paired with Maschine!💯💯 nice!
lakurse

Member
April 22, 2022 at 12:26 pm

Focusrite i6

Blue microphone

Fl/Pro tools/ Mpc studio

MPC Black

yamaha MX 49

Midi m audio oxygen 49

Does the job
- beatmaica
  
  Member
  April 23, 2022 at 11:26 am
  
  True
jay39

Member
April 25, 2022 at 4:09 am

Basic set up

Axiom 25

MPC touch

Rokit 5

Mac
basesix

Member
May 4, 2022 at 2:17 pm

Y’all got any recommendations for new producers starting from the ground up?
- beatmaica
  
  Member
  May 7, 2022 at 3:58 am
  
  You don’t need a thousand dollar setup to work.
  
  Focusrite
  
  M-Audio
  
  Presonus
  
  All have bundles under $300

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