For the producers: What's your setup?

[Black Cat]

Just curious.

I use Reason 4.0 on my Dual Core AMD Athelon Windows XP Pro (fuck Vista) PC. I also use a Sony Platform (Acid Pro 6, Sound Forge 9, Vegas Pro 8.0) for other stuff. I don't have Pro Tools at home, but I'm proficient in it.

[JPaul]

Ableton 7.0.1 on a AMD X2 dual core 3800, 2 gigs of ram, which is viewed on a 32" viewsonic LCD. Micro korg keyboard hooked up via midi to usb. AIWA speakers i use for monitors with a CDJ on each of them hooked into a behringer DXJ700, also have a korg kaoss pad 2. I also have a laptop on the desk hooked up with ableton also.

[Random_Personality]

vista is fine with sp1

patience grasshopper

[kINEkT]

Yea my vista laptop is stable.. I've had zero problems with it. Already loaded SP1 on it and network copy of files are a lot faster now :) thats all I care about.

My studio consists of a M-audio axiom 25, it is all I have so far :P PC's don't count, everyone has one.

[daemonseed]

heh everyone used to be a dj now everyone's a producer



has anyone here actually produced something for a label and if so describe the process....

[kINEkT]

More like there are hardly enough.. if any at all
The more the better!

I don't think anyone on this forum has published to a label except for i know Anthony Mayer aka dj manix he's put out a couple on digital labels. His beats are actually very professional!

[Black Cat]

I've never put anything out on on a label but I've worked with people who have. Mostly bands, though. I have some tunes that make it to commercials and such.

Also, for the record, the EDM side of the music biz is very reliant on independent producers and publishers. Just because somebody doesn't have their tracks on a "label" per say, doesn't disqualify them as an accomplished producer. On another note, many producers will create under psuedo-names. Especially when it's a genre or sound not within their norm.

[Jaye..Ruue]

Tin Can
String
Mic
Acid

..tiz all you need

[Kevy Kev]

Cubase Sx3
Sample libraries
Oxygen 8
Headphones
Old PC

After Vacation I'm going to put all of my money towards fixing my credit, then getting a new credit card and running it all up again.

I want a mac, virus ti, I need a new desk, blah blah blah....

[JPaul]

mac mac mac mac mac mac mac......

cant wait to get my damn macbook.

Even though everyone has a PC it still matters, I can run a TOOOONNNN of effects/filters/add ons/vsts all at once when producing or arranging a song and my computer doesnt get bogged down. My friend on the other had has a POS and it takes him twice as long to create something, cause it just can handle the processing load.

I havn't personaly had anything published but im new and learning and will be for a long long time, i dont even see myself on any label for awhile. But i'll still create tracks because its fun and i enjoy doing it, It also helps me understand music better which is good for a DJ.

[Black Cat]

mac mac mac mac mac mac mac......

cant wait to get my damn macbook.

Even though everyone has a PC it still matters, I can run a TOOOONNNN of effects/filters/add ons/vsts all at once when producing or arranging a song and my computer doesnt get bogged down. My friend on the other had has a POS and it takes him twice as long to create something, cause it just can handle the processing load.

I havn't personaly had anything published but im new and learning and will be for a long long time, i dont even see myself on any label for awhile. But i'll still create tracks because its fun and i enjoy doing it, It also helps me understand music better which is good for a DJ.

This is indeed true. I'm a PC guy to the core, but sadly, unless you specialize your PC to a certain task (one multimedia program), Windows just takes up way too many resources. So I am soon to be running a dual tower system.

[Kevy Kev]

Yea my computer currently takes forever to load the simplest tasks in cubase.

[prime mover dnb]

heh everyone used to be a dj now everyone's a producer



has anyone here actually produced something for a label and if so describe the process....

i have records out...
here's a link to some..
http://www.nu-urbanmusic.co.uk/shop/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=prime+mover+&x=0&y=0
http://www.nu-urbanmusic.co.uk/shop/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=bootshake+001&x=0&y=0


the most important part is production quality.
1.eq
2.compression
3.loudness
4clearity

it doesnt matter what programs you use, or what kind of computer you have.. the only thing that matters is that you know what your doing with what you have.
i use a 6 year old computer that my neighbor was throwing away with acid 4.0, and soundforge 6 to master..
its just super important to know how to eq.
definately a plus if you understand frequencies and how to seperate them so that they sit on top of each other properly.

if the sound quality is not on point its a waste of time to shop tunes.
but if your sound quality is on point.. i found it best to get a circle of your favorite djs that play the sound you make.
get in touch with them and send them your beats.. see what they think, if they play them out get some feedback!
if the feedback is good, track down a label that your tune will fit on..
get in touch with the label head/a&r and send them your beats via cd or aim..
usually they will let you know what they think..
i usually follow up about 2 weeks after i send something..

if they like the tune the label will sign it and offer you a monetary deal..
usually with dnb its a 50/50 split of profit.. or it can be a standard 1 dollar per copy sold depending on the label and what distribution they have in place.
i found it best to shop to uk labels because they have the best distribution, SRD, Nu Urban, Load media.. ect.. all the uk distro houses are worldwide which means you will be selling records in far away countries like japan, china, australia ect...
for my label (pound) i just offer what i can after my pressing costs and after i get my money for distribution.. which usually takes a few months..

its a pretty simple process, but takes a ton of networking.
it is definately a slow process so you must have patience and you must be in it for the right reasons in order to get stuff out..

if anyone has questions about the process feel free to hit me up for info ect... or if anyone is looking to start their own label .. i started mine (Pound recs) 2 years ago and have done all the legwork for distribution ect so i can definately point ya in the right direction..

[JCJaguaR]

it doesnt matter what programs you use, or what kind of computer you have.. the only thing that matters is that you know what your doing with what you have.
i use a 6 year old computer that my neighbor was throwing away with acid 4.0, and soundforge 6 to master..
its just super important to know how to eq.
definately a plus if you understand frequencies and how to seperate them so that they sit on top of each other properly.

agreed

:thumbsup:


i have records out...
here's a link to some..
http://www.nu-urbanmusic.co.uk/shop/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=prime+mover+&x=0&y=0
http://www.nu-urbanmusic.co.uk/shop/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=bootshake+001&x=0&y=0


the most important part is production quality.
1.eq
2.compression
3.loudness
4clearity

if the sound quality is not on point its a waste of time to shop tunes.
but if your sound quality is on point.. i found it best to get a circle of your favorite djs that play the sound you make.
get in touch with them and send them your beats.. see what they think, if they play them out get some feedback!
if the feedback is good, track down a label that your tune will fit on..
get in touch with the label head/a&r and send them your beats via cd or aim..
usually they will let you know what they think..
i usually follow up about 2 weeks after i send something..

if they like the tune the label will sign it and offer you a monetary deal..
usually with dnb its a 50/50 split of profit.. or it can be a standard 1 dollar per copy sold depending on the label and what distribution they have in place.
i found it best to shop to uk labels because they have the best distribution, SRD, Nu Urban, Load media.. ect.. all the uk distro houses are worldwide which means you will be selling records in far away countries like japan, china, australia ect...
for my label (pound) i just offer what i can after my pressing costs and after i get my money for distribution.. which usually takes a few months..

its a pretty simple process, but takes a ton of networking.
it is definately a slow process so you must have patience and you must be in it for the right reasons in order to get stuff out..

if anyone has questions about the process feel free to hit me up for info ect... or if anyone is looking to start their own label .. i started mine (Pound recs) 2 years ago and have done all the legwork for distribution ect so i can definately point ya in the right direction..


Really detailed info, thanks for the insight. Patience. Patience. Patience.