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Originally Posted by Stompy
1. I'm looking for a drum machine that sounds as close to real drums as possible, but also (of course) with various other kits. I haven't really toyed w/ em at Guitar Center because I'm not sure what I'm doin w/ em. How exactly do they work.. can you layer the different drums - do the bass drum track, then snare, cymbals, etc?
2. I need a keyboard that's a bit more than "500 built in sounds". Something I can... make my own sounds with. I'm a big fan of Nine Inch Nails, and I've often wondered how the hell he makes all of those sounds..
3. Sound cards.. pretty much something to get my music into my computer so I can layer/mix it all.
Does anyone have any suggestions to any of these? Any help is greatly appreciated  |
1. You could get the physical drum machine, something like a Boss or Alesis drum machine for around 300 bucks. Or you could go with digital drum "machines" like Fruity Loops or Cubasis samplers (which you could just download off bittorrent.) You used to not have very good drum options but at
www.toontrack.com they have an AWESOME drum kit sampled by the drummer from Meshuggah. I use Fruity Loops with a drumkit from the Drumkit From Hell from toontrack.com. (it was allllll free
) I could send you some samples of riffs and stuff I've made with it mixed in Cool Edit Pro if you want. My email:
fourtyrulz@hotmail.com
2. For what you want to do with the keys a Korg Triton would work perfectly. My friend back in highschool actually recieved one as a gift from the music staff, and it...is...insane!
www.musiciansfriend.com has some good info on them, but they are brutally expensive. Ebay probably has them for much cheaper used. I'd even go as far to say that Trent Reznor uses a Korg Triton with some kind of midi controller for special effects.
3. The sound card I've been using lately is simply a Creative Audigy, which works just fine for recording your own stuff, but I've been saving up for a Midiman Audiophile soundcard...arguably the best value for how great it really is. You can find 'em over at
www.midiman.net
You might want a mixer if you want to mic up a guitar or other instruments. One band I was with recorded their whole album on a relatively cheap Behringer mixer off of ebay. Given our experience with recording and producing at the time, it sounds pretty damn good! For all the features it comes with it is an awesome deal. You can pick up brand new Behringer mixers at Musiciansfriend for a really nice price. The Eurotrack UB1202 is wonderful, but maybe too much for what you want right now...one with less channels and less features = less $$$.
Good luck!!! Remember: Ebay is your friend!
