ibizzet's Reviews

Best in some cases.

Best in certain cases.

It can't do everything other soft-synths can do, but it does very well what it is meant for, being a clean-sounding subtractive synthesizer. Massive is where I learned sound design and it helped me understand basic techniques including Filters, FM Modulation, LFO's, and Wavetables.

Would reccomend to anyone looking for a user-friendly way to create crazy sounds without overloading your CPU.

Best soft-synth. You can make ANYTHING.

Serum is without a doubt a must-have in any aspiring sound designers. It offers an easy interface to learn about sound design while also making it fun to create new patches.

Completely worth the price, and if you can learn this plugin inside and out, you'll be capable of tackling and genre with ease.

Works well, but bad feel.

Works well, but bad feel.

Hopped on the 88-key train a little early and winded up with this. It works very well as a midi keyboard, and it built very sturdily, however it's keys can be hard to control velocity wise. It is somewhere in-between a cheap midi keyboard feel, and a fake-weighted midi keyboard.

Anyone looking for a new midi keyboard, I would recommend to save your money up a little longer and get something nicer such as a Roland A-88, Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S88, or an Arturia Keylab 88.

My favorite babies.

My favorite babies.

If you know me, you know these headphones. They've been absolutely EVERYWHERE with me, and every tune I've ever made was mixed and mastered on these headphones.

The M50x's are built like tanks and can take a beating, all while looking beautiful and sounding fantastic. Highly recommend to anyone looking for the best-in-all-cases headphones.

I can't stress enough how important it is to get to know your monitors and headphones rather than upgrading. If you know your headphones' frequency response like the back of your hand, you will be able to train your ears to mix and master like a professional using $20,000 monitors in a treated studio.

My babies. Not the best, but they're mine and I love them.

My babies. Not the best, but they're mine and I love them.

I bought these without much research just because I needed the cheapest, aesthetic-est, and most popular monitors since I was always stuck mixing on headphones.

The KRK's have been through hell and back with me. I bring them to live-sound gigs, DJ gigs, and they also chill with me in the studio at home. I can't count on my fingers how many times I've thrown these in the trunk on a way to a gig, and they still sound and look as good as the day I got them.

Although the Rokit's have grown a reputation of having a "bass-heavy, fun sounding" frequency response rather than the forever-sought "neutral, flat, revealing" frequency response of high end monitors, I have learned to mix pretty well on them, and that's all it comes down to when working on a track.

As long as you know your monitors or headphones well, you will be able to train your ears to mix on them flawlessly. I'm not saying I'm there, but new producers need to quit focusing on what they want and continue mastering the gear they have. That's what I plan to do with my KRK's before upgrading.

Won't need to upgrade for a long time.

Won't need to upgrade for a long time.

With 8 XLR/TRS inputs, 10 outputs, ADAT, SPDIF, and two powerful headphone amps, I know I will have the 18i20 for a long time.

Although still using USB2, the latency has never been a problem. The reason I bought this was to have 8 inputs in case I ever needed it, and have had to use 6 at once for a podcast I recorded with my friends. With ADAT and SPDIF, I know I can easily add an additional 8 preamps if I ever need it. And with 10 outputs, if I ever decide to mix in 5.1 surround sound, I know I can.

This interface is my baby and will grow up with me as I grow as a musician.

This thing hates me. I put it through so much, yet it continues chugging along.

This thing hates me. I put it through so much, yet it continues chugging along.

I got my Macbook without the intent of producing music. But after I started using Ableton, it has been through a lot. This little guy is my life, all of my passion, inspiration, and dreams are taking place on it. I'll eventually upgrade, but I love every inch of it.