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anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 5:34 pm
by cloak and dagger
Or use one very minimally?


Just curious, really, after two of my three computers died in the same night a few days ago (six and ten years old, so I'm sure Death had been at their door for a while). As someone who's always been reliant upon trial and error and undo functions, I've always respected people that do most of their stuff in hardware, and I've always envied them for not having to deal with computer issues, upgrades, plugin management, etc.

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 7:51 pm
by deadly_habit
i have before. it's not that much fun. my advice would be to buy and older midi sequencer (like floppy based) try that out for awhile then see why its a pain. or you could have an amiga as a backup like i do which is equally a headache.

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:03 pm
by Sharmaji
cloak and dagger wrote:not having to deal with computer issues, upgrades, plugin management, etc
Instead you have endlessly-expensive gear (i probably have $1500 in goddamn CABLES here), faulty patch bays, busted cables, endless midi clock issues, dodgy power connections, dirty pots, and the alesis 3630 ;)

w/ that said, i definitely enjoyed my mpc1000 while i had it, but i could work much much faster using logic and an mpd.

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:04 pm
by deadly_habit
Sharmaji wrote:
cloak and dagger wrote:not having to deal with computer issues, upgrades, plugin management, etc
Instead you have endlessly-expensive gear (i probably have $1500 in goddamn CABLES here), faulty patch bays, busted cables, endless midi clock issues, dodgy power connections, dirty pots, and the alesis 3630 ;)

w/ that said, i definitely enjoyed my mpc1000 while i had it, but i could work much much faster using logic and an mpd.
yea mpcs vs emulating them def is the way
i still remember trying to sample on my sp202 and thinking 4mb made me unstoppable :lol:
and amen to cable costs everyone forgets that

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 3:20 am
by jolly wailer
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this is the 2009 rig which is a little more streamlined now with one 5000 and some different racks , a Machinedrum and new mixing board now as well... sequencing with the Roland MC-50mk-II


running it thru 2 18"s and a JBL speaker set... loud as fuck

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 3:51 am
by cloak and dagger
yeah I'm not planning on doing it, just curious what other people were doing...

I would KILL for a Machinedrum though

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 4:14 am
by ninjadog
I would like to get more hardware. Right now I got a roland mc-307 and a turntable/mixer. I havent really made a real song yet, just make patterns to scratch along to. But yes it is definitely a pain in the ass to use once your used to a DAW.
I have way more respect for artists with a hardware setup.

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 11:14 am
by dman5000
yeah its real fun

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 12:30 pm
by zonetrooper5
Playing on hardware is pretty fun, EMX-1, KP3 and Korg R3 is what I got, shame I broke the power button on my R3 and now its lost somewhere in my bedroom. :oops:

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 3:57 am
by the get down
I used to use an MPC when I first started producing.....That shit would crash too. :u: The Zip discs would fail sometimes. :u:

so basically: :arrow: BACKUP YOUR SHIT CONSTANTLY to DIFFERENT DEVICES

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:20 pm
by samurai
used to just use the sp404, mpc1000 and alesis micron before. it was fun but i was mainly just doing sampled hip-hop. the micron was also a pain to program. i don't bust out the micron and mpc that much anymore but the sp404 still gets a lot of use.

Re: anybody here produce without a computer?

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 3:10 pm
by deadnoisesystem
when i started producing tracks i used a boss dr rhythm, guitar fx pedals and a casio sk1 sampling keyboard with a one second sample memory, an old bass guitar and a tascam four track. needless to say it was shit.