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supreme · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:17 pm Post subject:

Pics from the big studio (i dont own this gear, but me and my man (his dad owns it) have exclusive and daily access to it)

Dual 867mhz G4 with OS 9, Digital Perfomer 3

Mixing boards, 8 Track digital recorders

Electric drums, hooked up to midi loop (can trigger from stock unit, s5000, etc)

All the synth and midi gear, the akai s5000 sampler, triggering boards, effects processors and the gem: the avalon tube preamp/compressor/limiter

the avalon and effects processors (reverb, delay, etc)

The sampler, akai s5000

My man dave workin some EQ in digital performer 3

Guitars and bass

This is my man Bones' spot in his basement, he has a super potent RHODE mic, his crewDef Poets Society records there. I do lots of work there too.

Korg Triton Workstation used for sequencing, sampling, etc

Whole setup with G4, digi 003, rhode preamp, etc

As far as my spot at my house goes, its not so impressive but ill get some pics soon anyways. It took like a little bit of time to post all those pics plus caption so i hope you enjoy, somethin to look at when you're bored. post ya pics up!

supreme

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hafree · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:31 pm Post subject:

Wow all that equipment to make original music - stop sampling! Razz

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supreme · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:44 pm Post subject:

when i have the time, i do, but since i dont start the porject at home or work on it at home, you never hear it because it stays there...you should hear what me and dave are working on for a well known manager of some well known groups outta NY...some pure heat, totally original, i play the break on the set, sounds tiiiight. But samplings still where its at, i like both, but i sample more because thats all i can do at home.

hafree you are a cunt :rolleyes:
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Sven · Young'un Joined: 02 Jun 2003 Posts: 1

Nice looking shit, though i'm no expert.. keep up the good work anyhow. Peace!

hafree · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 11:10 pm Post subject:

Nothing special, just a pair of Technics 1200s in some industrial looking Odyssey flight cases, Ortofon DJ-S carts, Vestax PMC05Pro2 mixer, hooked into an Onkyo amp with Infiniti monitors and a fat JBL sub. Shure SM-58 mic and a Pioneer CDJ-100S CD deck on the side. Lots of fun audio production software on the PC.

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PRESTO · Playa Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Posts: 88

well in the first picture it looks like a few baggys flying around the drawers over their ..... hmmmm i wonder why ... then in like the 6th picture down u can almost 4sure see some extra long "SMOKING" papers and the lighter on the board ...Hmmmmmmm i wonder whats going on over their but yo on the real you cant get past sampling HA IF YOU DO PRETTY SOON ALL OF YOUR MUSIC WILL SOUND LIKE ROCKWILDER MADDDD CHEESY AND WACK SYNTH TYPE OF BEATS JUST TAKE A LOOK AT HIS OLDER BEATS HE WAS MAD DOP BUT NOW HE'S ONLY REMOTELY HOT!!!! his kicks are muddled and swampy like straight out of and EM-U sound mod. and his snares are cheesy dead pan sound (like a wack timbo) so unfortunately you cann't stop the sampling !

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hafree · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 1:29 pm Post subject:

I agree that sampling can be the key to variety in hiphop music production, rather than everything sounding the same, made with the same instruments. However from a label's point of view, it's a completely different story. People like Puff Daddy and Jay-Z can sample pretty much anything they want since they have their own labels which are subsidiaries of the big 5 labels that make up the RIAA. When the copyright holder is your parent label, licensing those samples becomes a trivial issue. But when you're part of an independent label you don't have that luxury. If you sample 2 basslines, 3 beats, a flute loop and 2 sets of strings to make a particular track, now you owe royalties to 8 individuals. In order to do things 100% legit, you'd need to sell each CD for $75 to cover your licensing costs.

Instead, find the flute loop you want to sample and pay some high school kid in the band $20 to record a few takes of that same loop. Get access to a piano, guitar, bass, etc and record some of your own samples before sequencing them. It won't always produce the same sound of course, but it certainly makes things easier when it comes time to handle the legalities of releasing an album.
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PRESTO · Playa Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Posts: 88

well yeah i agree that is a good i dea thats how DRE does it but in actuality that is still sampling....RIGHT but now you are sampling a kid u paid 20 bucks to right ?????? sampling is a necessity !!!!PRESTO :blink:

PRESTO · Playa Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Posts: 88

my bad i was being rushed my last reply i had to run but i agree with HA but i also think you can sample a loop and just change it up a bit ! thats how it becomes YOURS !
PRESTO

Infinity · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 5:18 pm Post subject:

Nice little setup you have there Smile

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supreme · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 10:40 pm Post subject:

hafree, god damn it how many times have we had this convo! I totally agree, but thats if you pay for all your samples, and i would only be inclined to to that for a major pressing. If you are on an independant label and you sell even 50,000 copies, you arent going to get nailed. I know so many underground artists that dont licence their samples and they sell well in the 10000's of copies. But yes, as i said before i do make original shit too but i never bring it home, the only shit you hear is the shit that i start on at home, so far anyways.

as i also told you before through his dad and himself, dave knows many many good musicians, so yeah im gonna start doing that, we have in the past for local artists, guitar players, bass players, piano players, but i wanna personally start doing it more as well.
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hafree · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 10:43 pm Post subject:

Word.
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hafree · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:26 am Post subject:

Nice man, keepin it real milk-crate style... Razz

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word :ph34r: