Introduce Yourself

[Producer Big C]

What's up.
I'm a DJ / Electronic music producer from Chicago. I've been recording
(non- professionally) for 10 years now and FINALLY, I'm trying to make music a full time career. I mainly create rap / hip-hop, and
ghetto - techno music in my home studio.

my setup consist of:

Yamaha o2r digital mixer
(2) Mackie 1604 vlz's for submixing
Alesis HD24 trk. hard disk recorder / with BRC remote
Akai dr-4 trk. hard disk recorder ( my favorite piece of gear used exclusively for making my DJ mix CD's)
Tascam DA-30 dat recorder
Pentium PC, running Soung Forge, Vegas, Acid, and CD Architect with CD burner
Layla soundcard
MOTU Midi Timepiece AV
Akai MPC - 60
Ensoniq ASR-10 rack sampler
Emu Vintage Keys sound module
Emu Proteus 2000 sound module
Korg Trinity keyboard
Roland 307 groovebox
(2) Alesis nanoverb effect processors
(1) Lexicon MPX-500 effects processor
(1) AKG C-414 microphone
(2) Technic's 1200 turntables
(1) Pioneer CDJ-1000 digital turntable
(1)Denon DNS-5000 digital tuntable
Vestex Dj mixer
EAW studio monitors
Cervin Vega speakers
and my record collection.

check me out at : www.underworldinfo.net

[StrykeBack]

Hi guys, my names Daniel Koenen
I'm a college student whos been getting into music since my parents threw me into piano lessons in 3rd grade.
I just switched to recording on my new custom built pc running an overclocked athlon 2600+ with a gig of ram. I purchased an aardvark q10 on ebay and after a few quick e-mails from their companies techie...had it shipped out and upgraded to the new sampling rate for only 30 bucks.
My daw setup is using Cubase SX2 and hoping to aquire some vst instruments and plugins such as halion and reaktor sessions.
I purchased a korg triton prox a couple years back for playing in my bands and gigging and then aquired a yamaha aw2816...it was a great reliable little recorder but I needed the flexibility and the non linear editing for the film scores and recordings that I do now.

[electron]

Hello all from BRUNEI!
As you probrably have guessed, I'm from the east... WAY east
I've browsed thru this forum a few years ago and now i've stumbled upon it again and want to say HI.

I've been making music since i got my first synth in 87. I'm presently very into Trance/Progressive but i have a soft spot for anything electronic from 80's stuff to DnB and Big Beat. I'm a synth freak so here goes : TRITON, M1, K2vx, JD800, Juno 60 & 106, TB303, RS505, D50, CZ5000, K1, DX7.
Can't wait to jump into the world of softsynths!

[MusicAL]

Hi, I hope you don't mind a beginner in here, because I am one. I'm 19 and currently don't have any equipment except a guitar, but I am seriously researching and planning what to get. I want to get a Casio Wk-3500 keyboard, a Tascam US-224, and a laptop computer, but I haven't figured out which one. I am looking forward to learning a lot from all you pros.

Amy

[TheNewKid]

My name's Matt and I'm the new kid on the block.

I want to get paid to record things. I'm starting with an emphasis on clasical and jazz, but really I want to record anything that pays well, as well as a number of genres that don't. I'll prolly be asking more questions than giving answers. I've been roaming around this forum for a few days, and I can tell it'll teach me a lot. Thanks, everyone! Thanks Sweetwater!

[Salty]

My name is Rick. Though the name Salty was given to me because I have been known to look like someone licking a saltlick while playing guitar solos. I suppose that is probably why most of the gigs I got were in the studio.

Having been a session guy for a number of years and newly relocated where there are none, I am now beginning my new life as a home recording artist thanks to the internet. I recently purchased an interface for my PC from ST Audio called DSP 2000. I am using Cakewalk HS 2004 because I found Sonar had too many things for me to break inside.

I, much like the other poster who said he came from the days where the 2nd guitarist was called "Rhythm," remember also as far back as the time when music was played live with real musicians! Can you imagine such a day ever existed? Today, I plug in my Band In A Box and go!

Well, it is certainly nice to meet y'all. I look forward to sharing whatever I can to help another along and better yet learn even more myself!!!

[marksammy]

Hi
Mark Leven
www.lavenderbluestudio.com

[Mike7]

Mike7 here, I have been observing the different forums here for awhile and really enjoy your disscussions. And I have alot of questions regarding Digital recording so rather than wait for someone else to ask the questions I figured I'd join up.
Regards
M7

[Alexander]

Hello all!
My name is Alexander Jenkins. I am the new Software Forum Moderator. (Many of you know me already as the Sequencer Forum Moderator.)

As a composer and engineer I use and speak about music related software on basically a daily basis. I am looking forward to participating in this forum.

Please introduce yourself and let us know what you are doing with music.

[stolenlegacy]

Hey Wassup, I am Jahmeso residing in Chicago... I am currently trying to get this music thing down and also make the transistion from hardware to computer hardware. Hopefully, this forum brings some great minds together and we all solve issues and share power...lol

Oh, well...thanx 4 the time

[edhunt]

Glad to have you here. I hope you are able to find all the info you want.

Edward

[robflux]

Been Dj'ing for many years now, although it has taken a backseat to my full time job as a pharmacist...

I am trying to catch up to the rest of my crew with production, beat making etc. Have SoundForge, Acid pro 4.0, Reason. Just bought a Sony Vaio notebook, primarily for recording live dj sets.

I have been searching for a soundcard/audio interface which brought me to this site, and I hope all of you knowledgeable people can help answer many of my questions!!!

[rockinturbo]

My name is Jim Parks
I live in Fort wayne Ind
I work as a drafter for a large telecom company.
36 yrs old

I have been playing guitar/bass for 20 years off and on. I have been writing music with my best friend of 20+ years for several years now. Since I recently moved back to Ind we have been getting back into the recording end of things alot more.
Our old drummer from high school called recently and we plan on a trip to Tennesse in the spring for a little reunion and recording session.

I had purchased a vs880 ex from sweetwater 7 years ago I think ,and just last week got a M-Box.

My lttle studio now consist of the
vs880ex ,
Mbox with pro tools 6.4 le,
art mic pre ,
presonus blue max compressor,
mackie 1202 vlz12ch mixer ,
alieses drum machine ( hope to upgrade soon),
MLX 990 mic,
Shure 57,
roland mic that came with the vs880,
various jumk mics from radio shack,
various bases and guitars,
peavey classic tube twin,
peavey tnt 130 bass amp,
create 10 watt practice amp,
roland practice amp.
custum built 2.5 ghrtz pc runing 1 gig of ddr400,
laptop running cubase,sonar4,acid pro 5,
i'm getting some tannoy powered monitors in the next month.
seems mostly low end stuff but I have fun with it.

will probaly asking a lot of questions here soon.

[Justin]

Glad to have you!

[Sasha]

Hello everybody! I'm just a new-commer, so bear with me please...
I use Cubase SX , Cool Edit and Reason for my creative purposes
And I'm shure it's enough... I wish I could use these software as efficiently as possible... So I try and do some pretty good results (at least my friends say so)
I enjoy the opportunity to communicate with all of you and share experience... Good Luck
And please, forgive me for my English if something's wrong...