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Thought this would be a good thread, post what equipment and DAW you use (and your best track if you want), will be nice to see what people are on and to show newbies what kind of gear people run/recommend :)br
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Hardware:br
A 450 pound laptop - HP DV7 (cheap from pc world about 2 years ago) with a 2.1ghz tri core AMD processor, 500gb HDD and beats audio (LOL). I upgraded the RAM to 8gb and put new thermal paste on the CPU to help with the heat (was an ex demo laptop so had plenty of dust on all the heatsinks too). It came loaded with Win7 home premium and the first thing I did was wipe it with a clean OS from Microsoft (in my opinion makes a massive difference to any windows laptop).br
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Sound card - Yamaha Audiogram 6. Cracking usb sound card, got it off ebay cheap and has worked faultlessly since the day I got it, really helps to have a quick volume control and a good audio in.br
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Midi Keyboard - MPK mini 25. Used for chords and to make leads when I’m in the innovation stage aha. Again cant fault it, works really well and is perfect for what I need, easy to map out into ableton too.br
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Monitors - KRK Rokit 8’s. Great monitors, really rocks my room :Pbr
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Headphones - AKG K702’s. I use these for frequency referencing and when I want to hear the mix really flat. Great headphones but very unforgiving, which is exactly what I wanted.br
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A Numark microphone - Just to record little sayings and UH’s. Again fine for what I need.br
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Decks - I recently purchased a Traktor S2, great for my mixes and integrates perfectly with Traktor. I am really impressed after moving up from a Numark Mixtrack Pro, it just feels really fluid and has really helped to step up my level.br
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Ableton Suite 9 - I brought this when it was 8 but it cam with a free upgrade to suite 9. My favorite DAW by far. I just love how easy the workflow is and it just works for me. Attaching and editing effects is a breeze and thanks to sonic academy I would now say I have a good understanding of it all.br
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FL Studio 10 Sig Edition - Tbh I bought this cheap when an older version came up on ebay, free upgrades for life so I took the plunge. Has a funky user interface but the pattern laying system is very different. Really I just need to learn it properly and make a couple of tracks to get my head round it. But it does have a really fresh and funky feel to it and is clearly a very able piece of software. I do like the sequencer and some of the instruments so I often have it rewired into Ableton (super easy as it comes up as a vst). I will update more once Ive used it for greater things. Also with the Sig bundle you get Maximus which I can only say good things about, really helps to maximize track volumes and excite the highs.br
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Traktor Pro 2 - Came with the S2’s. Such a refreshing change from VDJ and so far no complaints. The effects are awesome, the recording is top notch and it has a easy to use interface… Winning!br
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Anyway these are the tools I use to produce and mix! Share yours 
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ps don’t feel the need to go into so much detail, I really enjoy to talk about this stuff aha!br
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Stu :Dbr
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Hardware : 2008 macbook,beats studio headphones and the coffe table in my living room lol br
Software : live 9 standard, ANA, sausage fattener br
No soundcard, keyboard or monitors br
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I have tons of other synths and plugins on my older mac but with 4 months now im stripped back to just whats listed above and I’m enjoying production a hell of a lot more. br
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At home:br
Tracktor time coded with cdjs and Kontrol x1br
Clubs:br
Depending on where im playing and the size of the booth any combination of Traktor, Kontrol f1, Kontrol x1, Vci1oo or just plain old cds.br
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Hardware: - Custom built PC (16GB RAM, 8 Core Processor) - Oxygen 8v2 midi keyboard -br
Focusrite Saffire Pro soundcard - Yamaha HS80’s HS50’s for monitorsbr
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Software: - Ableton 9 Suite, ANA, Sylenth, Sausage Fattener (not used yet), Driverbr
(awesome distortion unit), various WAVES plugins (bought cheap in the sales)br
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DJ Equipmentbr
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Technics 1210’s, DJM 800 mixer, CDJ 400’s and an EFX 1000 with Technics Headphones.br
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I’ve been producing for about 18mths now and am loving every second of it!!! :w00t:
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" Focusrite Saffire Pro soundcard - Yamaha HS80’s HS50’s for monitors"br
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Just a question, Why do you have both 80 and 50 ? I’m asking because i cant see the point on having two speakers of the same brand unless you use the 50 for back speakers when you mixing in surround. As a point of reference to use the 50 wont give you anything different from what the 80 will give you. I i think that is what second pair of refrence speakers are suppose to be used for.(to have a different characteristic than the previously)br
I might be wrong in that sense but you are free to correct me if i misspoke, No pun intended :hehe:br
Hi Lonewolf,br
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In answer to your question, I initially bought the 50’s as they were the cheaper (and smaller) option. But I found that a lot of my tracks were seriously bass heavy! I later realised it was due to the bass frequency pretty much disappearing after about 100hz on the speakers and that I must have been turning it up to compensate for it. :hehe:br
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I decided that I would need to upgrade and stumbled across a pair of near new 80’s on Ebay for £280 so took the plunge and have never been happier. :w00t:br
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Tbh I dont really use the 50’s, apart from when I’m doing a mixdown. The 50’s are a lot clearer in the mid to high frequencies compared to the 80’s, which are quality in the low mid to low frequencies. br
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So I guess this way I get the best possible range from the 4 speakers! 
Hardware br
custom built i5 pc 4 gig needing upgraded!br
macbook pro i7 8gig br
roland juno stage syntheszizerbr
focusrite scarlet 8i6 soundcardbr
krk Rokit 6 monitorsbr
krk kns8400 headphonesbr
sennheiser hd 515 headphonesbr
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ableton live 9br
Native instuments maschinebr
Komplete 7br
Razorbr
driverbr
Rob pappen predatorbr
delaybr
distortbr
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sonic Acadamy A.N.A:cool:br
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vallhalaroom reverbbr
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xfer lfo toolbr
cthulhubr
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Dj,ingbr
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2 technics sl 1200’s stanton sa12 dj craze mixerbr
Traktor s4 with 2x timcode vinyl.
Hardware:br
Macbook probr
Some crappy keyboard from japanbr
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software:br
ANAbr
Bazzismbr
Ctuhulubr
Logic Pro
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This is all the stuff i have:br
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iMacbr
Macbook Probr
Ableton 9br
UA Apollo Quadbr
Focusrite Safire Pro 24br
Focusrite Voice Masterbr
Focusrite Octaprebr
Novation Remote Zero SLbr
Novation Launch Padbr
M-Audio Keystation 88esbr
Akai LPK25br
Dynaudio BM15abr
Euphonix 2 x MC Mix, 1x MC Transportbr
Roland JP 8000br
Native Instrument Kontrol Rigbr
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Softwarebr
Spectrasonics - Omnisphere, Trillion, Stylus RMXbr
Fxpansion Dcam Synth Squadbr
Camel Alchemybr
Waves Rbass, JJP Vocals and a few others.br
Komplete 7br
Slate Digital SSD3br
Slate Digital VCCbr
Antares Harmonizerbr
2CAudio Aetherbr
Melodynebr
Vahallah DSP Reverbsbr
Master Writerbr
Audio Realism Baselinebr
ANAbr
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Guitarsbr
Epiphone Les Paul (Seymour Duncan SH-4/SH-2)br
Epiphone SST Classicalbr
Fender Squire Vibe 60s Telecasterbr
Seagul Acousticbr
Peavy Bassbr
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This is all the stuff i currently use:br
iMacbr
Macbook Probr
Ableton 9br
Focusrite Safire Pro 24br
M-Audio Keystation 88esbr
ANAbr
Vahallah DSP Reverbsbr
Dynaudio BM15abr
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Im living at my mums for a few moths while the new studio is being built so on a smaller set up. Cant wait to get it all sorted.
What’s the deal with the new studio exactly?/PPIs this an upgade at the same location, or did you have to move etc?
We havnt had a central location for 2 years… weve just been working out of our own home studios.br
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the new studio is at the bottom of my garden but will enable us to do live video and better studio productions.
Hardware:br
Mac Pro 4,1 - this is what i do all my music production onbr
MacBook Probr
Dangerous Audio D-box (monitor and analog summer)br
RME multiface/pcie - if you have a D/T, pcie is the way to go for soundcards IMO.br
UA 610br
2xAvalon U5sbr
Akai APC40br
UAD-2 (2 solo’s) - love the UAD stuff!br
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Instruments:br
Les Paul Guitarbr
Carvin fretted bassbr
Fender fretless jazz bassbr
Bass amp and micsbr
Upright bassbr
Moog Voyager w/ VX-351/352br
Roland Juno 60 (love, love, love this synth!)br
DSI Mopho X4 + DSI Tetra (Mopho X4 is my main midi controller, love it)br
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Software:br
Ableton Live 9 (love it with it’s native plugs, have logic pro too but don’t use it)br
Dropbox! (this is how i keep my working music files on my computers synced)br
UAD Moog Filter (awsome), Lexicon 224, EMT250, Struder Tape, Roland RE-201br
Fabfilter plugsbr
NI Komplete 7br
Tons of soft synth but love Synplant, Nexus and ANA the bestbr
Dynamic Spectrum Mapper v2 - a great multiband compressor with alot of uses.br
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Lots of purchased samples that I know.br
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The only thing I truly couldn’t live without is Ableton Live. For any entry producer, I say get Ableton and a good computer/soundcard/speakers, forget the rest.
Hmm see I keep looking at macs but backing out because I’ll loose the fl studio rewire capability, but Im yet to find a laptop that has the same specs and works as well as a mbp :/br
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Life :sigh:br
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[quote]xpa (16/03/2013)[hr]Hmm see I keep looking at macs but backing out because I’ll loose the fl studio rewire capability, but Im yet to find a laptop that has the same specs and works as well as a mbp :/br
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Life :sigh:br
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Try alienware laptops
No they’re far too bulky for my liking and sound like they are about to take off with the GPU fans they need…br
I should probably accept im going to buy a mac…
MAC PRO 1.1 INTEL XEON QUAD 3GHZ, 4GB RAMbr
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MBP INTEL DUAL CORE 2.4 GHZ 2GB RAMbr
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2 X 22" SCREENSbr
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AXIOM PRO 49br
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LAUNCHPADbr
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YAMAHA AUDIOGRAM 3br
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KRK ROKIT 5br
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AKG K240 MK2br
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AUDIO TECHNICA AT2020br
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SOFTWAREbr
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ABLETON 9 SUITE , M4Lbr
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LOGIC 9 (DONT USE ANYMORE) br
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PREDATOR, SUBBOOMBASS, RP DELAY , DISTORTbr
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DCAM SYNTH SQUADbr
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KORG M1, KORG MDEXbr
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ARTURIA ANALOG FACTORY, MINIMOOG V ORIGINALbr
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MASSIVEbr
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SAUSAGE FATTENERbr
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PSP 608, PSP EASY VERBbr