sounds_past_midnight's Electronic Studio Setup
home studio, DDA/EV Interface 16ch mixer
Gear in this photo
This rig
~$1,972
Value by category
- Studio Equipment 47.4%
- Keyboards and Synthesizers 36.4%
- Studio Monitors 16.2%
Price mix
Mostly standard
Boldest pick: Jomox Airbase 99
Only 2 pro artists on Equipboard own it, but it's ranked #23 in Controllers.
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Avg price: $717.12
Sick VA Synth
sick sick sick! versatile and that wood panel tho.
Akai S950 MIDI Digital Sampler
Avg price: $499.00
12-bit << MEGA BEAST >>
Legendaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaary crunch. 90's sound signature. Really intuitive to use (imo). Sampling anything in this beast is great. Plus, you cant go wrong with the low-pass filter on this bad bwoy. Just a great, feature packed sampler. JUNGLIST MASSIVE!
Underrated as heck
Sounds straight up fantastic. It can be super transparent & if you go into more extreme settings, you can get some decent color. Very fun to tweak.
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Avg price: $319.62
HS5 ARE NOT WORTH COMPARED TO THESE
7" woofers reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally make the difference.
Avg price: $435.82
punchy, crunchy, 16-bit goodness
You always wanted that punchy, bit crushed sound, but never quite got it out of plugins or whatnot. This bitch will do it for you and even better. Although hardware sampling is a thing of the past and using your daw or audio interface to sample is so, so, so, so much more efficient, you just cant get that hardware character. On the upside, they are expandable (fx board, or extra outs, sd floppy emulator, memory) and nowadays they are cheap (got mine for 90$). Only downside i'd say is that the os is wonky at times (os can hang and freeze sometimes) and the screen is ssSmall. That said, love mine.
About this setup
This gear photo by sounds_past_midnight features 6 pieces of gear, including Access Virus B, Akai S950 MIDI Digital Sampler, and Jomox Airbase 99. The setup spans Studio Equipment, Keyboards and Synthesizers, and Studio Monitors, with mostly standard pieces. Artists with this kind of gear are most often found in the Electronic, Pop, and Rock scenes. Notable artists with overlapping gear include Skee Mask, Orgue Electronique, and Rick J. Jordan.
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how often do you use that S2000? I'm starting to see folks using it for that late-90s 16-bit Akai coloration.
i use it for drums mostly. I use it here and there when the sound of the S950 doesnt suite what i want. Sounds crunchy, punchy and great. Usually what i do is i sample in the S950 and floppy the samples into the S2000. That way i can get that 12-bit crunch without the aliasing filter on the S950.
Love the 12-bit + smooth filter solution. Brilliant.