Hi,
I'm currently saving up for a home studio project I've wanted to do for nearly 2 years now and have done a lot of research into equipment and have almost reached a conclusion of what equipment I'm going to use. This includes;
- Native Instruments Maschine MK2 Drum Machine/Sequencer
- Native Instruments Komplete 10 DAW
- M-Audio Oxygen 49 Keyboard
- Yamaha HS7 Studio Monitors
- Akai EIE Pro Audio Interface
- Custom Windows PC (AMD FX 6300 Processor (6 core 3.5 GHZ), 8GB DDR3 1333 mhz RAM (1x8), 1TB SATA III 6.0GB/S Hard Drive (7200 RPM))
I'm struggling to find a synthesizer though. I'm aiming for a smooth soulful kind of pads/strings. Some examples of the type of sounds I want are;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eik39PmTDe0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBoZhTanw0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N25D_KQn6V4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy1YDMBNfdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNqlckw5JSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGZGTPr67Ts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dF3P7L5hcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWKLuwR_bFw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3xON2BapBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpKIcuoKHD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWhehOS23hU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0grR6muiqI
And finally, whatever the Hell Logistics was using throughout this whole album:
https://www.hospitalrecords.com/shop/release/logistics/nhs134-reality-checkpoint
To be honest, on some of those references, I can't really tell if they're using synthesizers or stretched out organ samples (especially those hiphop ones, which I'm suspecting are samples). If they're samples after all, please give me some idea of what records I should sample.
For bass, I'm going for things like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Ob31kQyl4 ......again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUtgYqzzpzc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T--DpKWKL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSAE3RyO7SM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWspUnXo18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQkZu6Outfw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMHyhMkpxHo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PMH70dvsrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwDHmYt4l5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS6c_JHG0Zc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-4xMOiFKbE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEFdnZxw_3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zspF5zMeaO0
If possible, I'd like just one synth that could do all that, but if not, I don't mind buying more than one and I don't mind if they're cheap older second hand models. My budget for a synth is £500 MAX, preferably below £400. Any suggestions?
Oh and also, Are my computer specs good enough? If so, could you tell me if there is anything I can cut back on computer-wise to save money? I really want to minimalize the amount I spend on a computer.
Thank you. Help is really appreciated
I'm currently saving up for a home studio project I've wanted to do for nearly 2 years now and have done a lot of research into equipment and have almost reached a conclusion of what equipment I'm going to use. This includes;
- Native Instruments Maschine MK2 Drum Machine/Sequencer
- Native Instruments Komplete 10 DAW
- M-Audio Oxygen 49 Keyboard
- Yamaha HS7 Studio Monitors
- Akai EIE Pro Audio Interface
- Custom Windows PC (AMD FX 6300 Processor (6 core 3.5 GHZ), 8GB DDR3 1333 mhz RAM (1x8), 1TB SATA III 6.0GB/S Hard Drive (7200 RPM))
I'm struggling to find a synthesizer though. I'm aiming for a smooth soulful kind of pads/strings. Some examples of the type of sounds I want are;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eik39PmTDe0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBoZhTanw0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N25D_KQn6V4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy1YDMBNfdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNqlckw5JSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGZGTPr67Ts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dF3P7L5hcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWKLuwR_bFw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3xON2BapBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpKIcuoKHD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWhehOS23hU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0grR6muiqI
And finally, whatever the Hell Logistics was using throughout this whole album:
https://www.hospitalrecords.com/shop/release/logistics/nhs134-reality-checkpoint
To be honest, on some of those references, I can't really tell if they're using synthesizers or stretched out organ samples (especially those hiphop ones, which I'm suspecting are samples). If they're samples after all, please give me some idea of what records I should sample.
For bass, I'm going for things like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Ob31kQyl4 ......again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUtgYqzzpzc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T--DpKWKL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSAE3RyO7SM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWspUnXo18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQkZu6Outfw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMHyhMkpxHo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PMH70dvsrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwDHmYt4l5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS6c_JHG0Zc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-4xMOiFKbE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEFdnZxw_3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zspF5zMeaO0
If possible, I'd like just one synth that could do all that, but if not, I don't mind buying more than one and I don't mind if they're cheap older second hand models. My budget for a synth is £500 MAX, preferably below £400. Any suggestions?
Oh and also, Are my computer specs good enough? If so, could you tell me if there is anything I can cut back on computer-wise to save money? I really want to minimalize the amount I spend on a computer.
Thank you. Help is really appreciated
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