Equipment I use to Produce/Record
Posted: June 16th, 2009 by Khoa Le in Advice Corner | 2 Comments »Some have asked me of the equipment I use to produce music and still give that professional quality. Below is the list of equipment. I’ll be working on a producing tutorial soon introducing what equipment and software I use. Now if you guys want a list of equipment I use to use to create professional music, leave me comments for such request and I’ll put up another post regarding that topic.
1) Microphone – Audio Technica (AT4060) (I compare that to the U87’s)
2) AD/DA Converter – Apogee Rosetta (A Standard and sounds great)
3) Keyboard – M-audio Controller (cheap and it works)
4) Monitors – Tanoy Speakers (8 years and still working fine without any issues)
5) Monitor Amps – Alesis (8 yrs and it’s rock solid no issues)
6) Subwoofer – I find the KRK’s midsize work great. The bigger they are, the better you’ll hear the very low end frequencies you’d want to clean up.
7) Fantom xr76 – Older sound Module
Roland xv3080 – Real old sound module but still sounds good
9) Avalon M5 – Mic Amp ( I love this equipment. Rock Solid and the headroom is amazing)
10) Computer – Custom built for under $700
11) Used PCI pro tools
Yea, this is a little over 10k, but it’s worth it. I didn’t include my soft synths, but I will eventually. I built this studio in chunks and learned how to use each piece of equipment. The trick is to buy equipment you need and understand how it works. Same with software. A lot of people buy equipment that they don’t even use it. If you go to a Major Studio, 50% of their equipment is turned off. It’s old, out dated, and hardly used because the plugins work great and the workflow is better to do it digitally. Leave me comments please.
Hey Khoa,
I think what MOST people want to know is the WHOLE gear list if you will including the software you use. It would save you from answering the same question over and over again about the subject.
Then, people can LISTEN to your stuff and see what can be done with what YOUR using per se.
Thats what I look for after I hear a track and say to myself, What are they using to get that sound?
It encourages people as well when they have the SAME setups and they are hearing what your getting verses what they are getting. Then it comes down to the knowledge thing of the gear/software to manipulate it to get it there as you know. Thats where the talent and experience comes into it
It would allow you to answer more important questions such as :
1. How many lead vocals takes do you do on track and how are they panned?
2. Do you double/triple them all the way through the song or just at certain spots?
3. What do you use to make your background vocals so tight in the mix?
4. How far back from the mic do you have your performer?
5. How do you mic the acoustic guitar?
6. What software do you use for your Drums?
etc.
Hey Shane,
Thanks for the comment. I will definitely work on a tutorial on the things you mentioned and more. If there’s any more you like to list, please do send the comments. =) I’m working on editing this video for this new song. I will do a video on how we recorded the song.