Any Equipment Suggestions To Compliment An SP-404?

D.U.N.K. Professor · Post by **D.U.N.K. Professor** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:28 pm

I'm an aspiring emcee that want to produce his own tracks, and the SP-404 is the only sampler I could afford that actually had good reviews. I got it not too long ago, so is there any suggestions on other equipment I should get to compliment my sound? I'm open to all suggestions.

Thanks fam,

D.U.N.K. Professor

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:57 pm

record player and records....
but most of all rca cables baby
and mabye we could move this to freedom of speech?

balazs · Post by **balazs** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:26 pm

what xdrewx said

D.U.N.K. Professor · Post by **D.U.N.K. Professor** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:49 pm

Thanks for the feedback, I truly appreciate it. Yes, we can move this to Freedom of Speech, but idk how.

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:02 pm

lloll
but in all honesty the things i would look into getting are records bro
stacks of em
a record player
and of course two pairs of rca cables

and for recording get audacity..never fails easiest audio editor
do you have any past experience?

D.U.N.K. Professor · Post by **D.U.N.K. Professor** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:33 pm

When it comes to sampling, I'm fairly new to it. I've been making beats on synths...I have a E-MU MP-7, a MicroKorg, and I use Reason and Cakewalk for editing. I wanna switch to sampling to keep it traditional Hip Hop and i like my records to be dark and dirty. =D

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:41 pm

word man
just keep it simple you dont need much cuz the records have it all...
i wouldnt really worry about the card import get some but i just use the rca chords
and remember that resample pad is going to be your best friend man

D.U.N.K. Professor · Post by **D.U.N.K. Professor** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:03 am

Thanks man, I appreciate the help. I got RCA cables, all I need is just a turntable. I have some vinyl on deck (THANKS GRANDMA!!!) so I hope I can milk this machine for what its worth.

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:04 am

D.U.N.K. Professor wrote: so I hope I can milk this machine for what its worth.

oh believe me man....its got it all
you cant milk this machine

D.U.N.K. Professor · Post by **D.U.N.K. Professor** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:10 am

I'm glad I purchased it then...what sold me to the machine was someone told me it can bang as hard as an MPC if you put work into it. And with the 404 price compared to an MPC 1000, 2000, 2000XL...you can't beat the price. I'm ballin' on a budget. LOL!!!!

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:12 am

ha...yeah for sure man start looking out for other topics and stuff man post your music asap and start asking questions.....
lol thanks for joining

Rhua · Post by **Rhua** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:41 pm

D.U.N.K. Professor wrote:...I have a E-MU MP-7, a MicroKorg, and I use Reason and Cakewalk for editing...

I don't think you'd be in need of any other equipment for a long time if you've got all that stuff already and now your SP.

Amable · Post by **Amable** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:20 pm

Kaoss pad. I love those things!!

PHeMoX · Post by **PHeMoX** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:52 pm

Amable wrote:Kaoss pad. I love those things!!

Great machines for sure, but it produces a bit too 'electro'-flavored musicat least to my likings.. so I've sold it a few weeks ago.

It's not bad though when it comes to tweaking sounds, adding crazy dazy effects and so on. Pretty cool.

Oh and I had some trouble with the volume output, some effects have a HEAVY increase of output.. so at times it scared the b j out of me, stunned me a few times LOL.

JayLost · Post by **JayLost** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:11 pm

xdrewx wrote:lloll
but in all honesty the things i would look into getting are records bro
stacks of em
a record player
and of course two pairs of rca cables

and for recording get audacity..never fails easiest audio editor
do you have any past experience?

i use my creative sound card player its a simple record stop