Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city.
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Gear Used On good kid, m.A.A.d city
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
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DAWs used by Kendrick Lamar on good kid, m.A.A.d city
Avg price: $408.43
The Avid Pro Tools DAW (digital audio workstation) can be seen in a photo titled "Oct 22 #GKMC" on Kendrick Lamar's Twitter. Pro Tools serves as the main software for Kendrick Lamar's music composition.
In a YouTube video Tha Bizness is seen using Apple's Logic Pro as their DAW running on their Apple MacBook Pro. Here they're producing the hit song "Sherane," sung by hip-hop sensation Kendrick Lamar. They take what they record into Native Instruments' Maschine, and export it into Logic Pro:
"We'll export that into Logic as a waveform, and so we won't have to do too much EQing and too much other stuff in Logic, besides just sequencing the track and adding extra bits and pieces to turn it into a real track."
Studio Equipment used by Kendrick Lamar on good kid, m.A.A.d city
Native Instruments Maschine MKII
Avg price: $281.22
In this YouTube video, Dow Jones and Henny (Tha Bizness) rely on MASCHINE, describing their process:
"[We] basically went in Maschine, started going through the samples. If you listen to the track stock, it would sound completely different. But we used Maschine's internal effects to… just to really beef everything up and kinda make our own sound. We load in our own drums. Did a simple arrangement with nothing added, no effects or whatever."
"People always ask, when I get Maschine what sounds does it come with? It comes with a lot of sounds but the greatest part of Maschine to us is that you can record whatever you want in it. Then we add effects. This was the first time that we recorded live instruments into Maschine, instead of how some people might take live instruments and record them straight into Pro Tools."
IK Multimedia iRig Keys Keyboard Controller
In this YouTube video, Kendrick Lamar is seen joining Tha Bizness in the production of his hit song "Sherane." During the video Tha Bizness is seen using an iRig KEYS, a portable USB MIDI keyboard that can connect to iOS devices.
Kendrick Lamar can be seen with Tha Bizness in the production of his track, "Sherane." In this YouTube video we spotted an Apple MacBook Pro being used as the main computer for the music production.
Apogee ONE USB Audio Interface
Avg price: $39.99
Tha Bizness, the production duo behind Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Sherane" is seen making use of the Apogee ONE USB Audio Interface. Kendrick Lamar can be seen singing into it, making use of the Apogee ONE's internal microphone.