how long have u been producin and how much $$$$ have u put in to it?

[flippedout310]

i jus wanna know how long most of u guys have been producing and how much money u have spent???(equipment, records,etc....)

2 Numark TTX turntables: 900.00
Stanton sk2f mixer: 300.00
Records: 400.00

Computer: 1,200
Reason 2.5: 350.00
Recycle 2.0: 150.00
Adobe Audition: 300.00
Fl studio: 150.00



= to about 4,000 dollars

 

[Equality 7-2521]

mpc - $2100
DJ setup - $2000
Stereo - $430
Headphones - $275
Software - $60
Books - $25
Sampling Material - $25

TOTAL - $4915 AUD

plus ive spent about $1000 - $1500 on Hiphop wax used only for listening pleasure.

i was thinking the other day how long it might take me to make this money back through producing....hmmmmm

 

[1d3nt1tY]

Computer = $3000.00 + whatever lil odds and enz I had to buy
Nuendo 2.0 = $1200.00
FL Studio + SF player = $150.00
Yamaha PSR230 = $300.00
Midiman 4x4 USB midi = $50.00

 

[2_nice]

about $1300 on computer, $500 on mics, $1000 on preamp, $300 for peavey studiomix (flying faders) $350 on edirol pcr-30 keyboard, $800 on alesis ra-100 amp and event 20/20s, $450 on digital drum kit, $300 on two sets of headphone, $250 for headphone distributor amp, $600 for echo mona soundcard+ gibson guitar, quality eukulale (spansih) mic stand, gear rack, sound bin for my computer, soundproof booth in the worx for recording vocvals.
oh yeh this shit is the main reason i probably will never get up enough money to buy a car. and it doesn't really bother me

oh yeh and my juno106 at
$300

man if you want a good condenser under $300 go for the adk a-51 (or if you have a little more the a-51s it has a 10db pad good for loud signals) it is great. do not get an oktava mic the adk is better in my opinion that akg's cheap c-3000

all gear in aud
(austalia)

 

[BROUSSARD BEATS]

computer $1700 mac
mic- $500
motu 828 $800
sound module 300 i have 2 one as a gift
keyboard gift workstation
built a vocal booth $1000
dp3 music software $600
monitors $400 rolands
=$5,300

Services
rates our current rate is $30 per hour with a minimum of 2 hours. we also require a $30 deposit two weeks prior to booking time

Hours
monday,tuesday,thurdays,and friday,5pm to 10pm and saturday 10am to 6pm

for booking call BruceWayne @ 832-689 3245
or e-mail us at rbroussard8@houston.rr.com

i had to do it thats how i make my money

 

[afriquedeluxe]

computer- £0
reason 2.5- £0
cool edit - £0
recycle - £0
casio ctk691 keyboard - £185
soundstation speakers - £20
headphones - £10


im saving up for futures purchases that are going to go in excess of 2Gs, all put together. So im just being patient.

 

[mArkoFdAbEaTz]

mpc w/ 8outs full memory external zip & cd - 1500
dell cpu w/ delta 1010lt soundcard - 1700
roland sound module - 450
yamaha 01v mixer - 900
roland monitors - 500
staton turntable and mixer- 200
mic booth - 500
oxygen 8 - 100
sonar/ cubase/ soundforge/ cool edit/ waves plugins - 500 (some are ripped)
audio tecnica mic - free
records - ongoing
eq killer- 250
extra stuff- ?

i would round my total to almost 7gs.

 

[ART MPC 4000]

Well Lets Start From The Beginning I HAVE BEEN DJING FOR A LONG TIME AND THEN I STARTED PRODUCING AND RUNNING A STUDIO

$100,000+ On Records And D.j. Equiptment (speakers, Turntables, Cases, WIRES, STANDS, MIXERS)
$3,000 On Mpc 60 Ii
$1,500 On Akai 950 Sampler
$2,000 On Makie 24 Track Analog Board
$3,000 On Yamaha O3d Digital Board
$6,000 On 2 Adat Xl Analog Recorders
$1,500 On The Brc Controller For The Adats
$150 On The Stand
$10,000 On Out Board Gear (compressers, Digital Reverb, Vocalizer, Patch Bays, Power Conditionshers)
$2,000 On Rolland Jv-80 Keyboard
$1,000 On Rolland 1880 Hard Disk Recorder
$3,000 On Rolland 2480 Hard Disk Recorder (rack Version)
$3,000 On 2 Built Computers
$1,000 On Tascam Usb 428
$1,500 ON FW 1884
$1,000 ON TANNOY MONITORS
$2,000 ON DENON S5000 CD TURNTABLES
$70,000 ON COMPUTER SOFTWARE (PROTOOLS TDM, REASON 1& 2, NUENDO 1 & 2, FRUTY LOOPS, CUBASE, SONAR, ACID, SOUND FORGE, MUSICMACH, T-REX, AND MANY OTHER RECORDING AND WAV EDITING PROGRAMS)
$400 ON A RODE K2 MICROPHONE
$500 ON PADDING ON FOR THE BOOTH
$1000 ON STUDIO FURNATURE (STANDS & CHAIRS)
COUNTLESS MONEY SPENT ON NEW PROGRAMS, CABLES, WIRES, BLANK CD'S, AND ALL OTHER "LITTLE" THINGS THAT COME WITH PRODUCING AND RUNNING A STUDIO

I HAVE SPENT ALOT OF FUCKIN MONEY BUT THIS IS ALL I DO

 

[stormelements]

$1100 MPC 2000XL
$1100 Korg D 1600
$1500 Yamaha Motif 6
$500 Numark Turntable
$400 Emu Proteus 1000
$500 Emu Mo' Phatt
$400 Emu World
$400 Yamaha Monitors
$400 Studio inslation & funiture
$500 on accessories (cables and shit)

And still need to buy more....LOL

 

[afriquedeluxe]

damn, artmpc are u serious?

 

[mono]

pc - 1000 $
monitors - 500 $
soundcard - 250 $
turntable - 30 $
mixer - 200$
=
about 2000, not that hard, but its still more than i can afford haha, you should take a look at my sneakers

80 bucks a month/ my part of rent for the studio



btw, anybody know where to get sneaker sizes 15 and 16 ? (nike 15s, others need bigger)

 

[Cleverwon]

New PC $1500
Oktava Mic $600
Yamaha Motif ES6 $2000
Korg Triton Classic 61 Key $2600
Alesis MK1 Monitors $325
Denon 3000 $500
Misc. (Pressing Cds, ads, and booking spots) about $3500
Mixer $200

 

[classic]

4 1/2 months of producing

-MPC 2000XL $1200
-shitty MIDI keyboard $120
-M-audio 410 firewire audio interface $400
-Cubase SX $0
(friend had copy)
other(cables etc..) $100

TOTAL $1820 (fuck t!!!!hats alot of money for me)


The more i learn about this producing thing the more shit i realise i need to get. There is ALOT more to come

class....

 

[bigdmakintrax]

Ok Imma Vet....been doing this for awhile now.....these are pieces that I either currently own or have at some point and made and sold beats off or it showed up on a cd or mixtape....(but I still can't win a beat comp...LOL)
Hardware and Keys
Roland Fantom-S-$1500
Yamaha Motif-$1700
Korg Triton LE-$1500
Roland RS-5-$750
Kawai K-5000-$2400
MPC2K-$650
AKAI S950-$750
MP7-$780
EMU MOPHATT-$500
RS7000-$1200
Boss DR-5-$400
Boss DR-770-$350
Boss DR-202-$450
Alesis SR-16-$250
Alesis HR-16-$300
Roland SP-808-$650
EMU SP12-$1500
EMU SP1200-$1800
PDX2000 Turntable-$500
Tannoy Monitors-$400
Event 20/20 Monitors-$450
Behringer built in FX 24channel mixer-$500
Protools LE-$650

Soft beatmaking equipment (lol)
Fruity Loops
Acid
Reason
Logic

AT LEAST 20 G's in this shidd......but I have been selling beats at least getting 1000 a month so it might be breaking even at some point...hehehe

 

[gram green]

i spent around 12,000 over time on just production equipment... sp1200, mixing board, computer, turntables all that... who knows how much on wax.... ive got around 80-90 crates of records so whatever, i dont count that shit though.... YO ART MPC ... YOU BETTA BE RICH CUZ.... with all due respect, aint no software worth 70,000... hahahaha... thats like wipin your ass with 100 dollar bills yo...... i get hacked versions mostly, but shit man.... i guess if you gotta have every program that can relatively do the same shit... dude 70,000 ????????????? yo.... thats f'n insane and pointless... peace

 

[dj ShorTbuS]

as of now i've spent...

2 Technics mk3- $800
1- Vestax 05proII- $385
1- Roland MC 505- $1100
1- MPC2KXL Studio Plus- $1600
1- ASR 10- $750
1- ASR 10 output expander- $230
1- stereo receiver- $220
1- Iomega scsi zip+cable- $60
1- sony headphones- $100
cables, sounddisks, wax, etc... ?
and soon to come: 1- multi-track recorder, 1- 12 channel mixer, 1- pair of monitors.

i've been into this now for about 4 years and spent approx. $5300.00.

 

[afriquedeluxe]

i think mpc meant 7Gs, not 70,000!

 

[Complexxx]

I been doin this for a little less than a year. Spent about another year before that building up the guts to decide to invest in this shit and reading uip on different equipment.

Akai MPC2000XL w/zip drive (God I wish I had an 8 out board!) $1500
Boss BR-8 Digital recorder $700
Boss SP-303 Dr. Sampler $280
E-MU MK6 Mo'Phatt Keys $500
Event 20/20 Passive Monitors $300
FL Studio Free
Wavelab 4.0 Free
Recycle 2.0 Free
Nuendo 2.0 Free
Behringer B2 Mic $100
Mic Stand $30
Pop stopper......Homemade w/stockings LOL.
My wife who is musiclly inclined can play piano and guitar....$Commitment
Desk $300
Cables and Accessories $300
Soundblaster Audigy Platinum Sound card $260
Computer $1000

Total: $5270

 

[1d3nt1tY]

damn I must be cheap or sumpn hehe

 

[ART MPC 4000]

No I Ment 70,000 As Of Today I Have 100+ Crates Of Records. Many House Imports From London @ $30 A Piece. 4 Sets Of 1200's + The Cases. 10 Mixers 5 Pre Amps. 4 Folding Horns. 2 Suns Midrange Horns. 6 Amps, Calzone Cases. 100's Of Wires And Cables. Mics And Stands. Cerwinvega Fullrange Speakers. Compressers, Eq's, Samplers, Effects Module, And Many Other Outboard Pieces. Just On Dj'ing Alone Ive Easly Spent $70,000. My Record Collection Dates Back To The Early 1960's Alot Of Records Were Given To Me. Altogether Ive Spent About $100,000 Easly On The Studio And Dj'ing. It Seems Like Alot Of Money But Look At This. My Cousin Started Djing In The Early 1970's And Passed Everyting To Me. The Studio Started In 1990 And Ever Since Then We Have Been On Top Of Every Piece Of Equiptment That Comes Out From Reel To Reel's To Protools. The Only Thing The The Studio Never Had Was A Record Presser. I Have Always Spent Top Dollar For Everything That I Own. But When I Get My New Digital Camera I Will Gladly Post The Pics Of My Studio, For You All To See. Alot Of People Now Only Have Computer Run Studios. But Everytime That Technology Changed The Studio Changed With It So That Becomes Very Expensive



AS I BEEN LOOKIN AT THE REPLIES PEOPLE POST I SEE THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PRODUCING FOR A YEAR, OR TWO. THATS NOT BAD BUT LOOK AT THE MONEY THESE PEOPLE SPEND TIN THAT SHORT TIME. BETWEEN ME AND MY COUSIN OUR MUSICAL BACKGROUN DATES BACK TO THE 1970'S YOU DO THE MATH