Starting a new studio.

Hello everyone I am a new member to this forum and am excited to be apart of this community.

I currently using serato scratch and have been mostly mixing my friends productions. We have a good collaboration going but, some good things must end.

To make a long story short my long time dj/production partner is moving to a new city for grad school. I have been needing to work on starting my own home studio. I have extensive experience with ableton. but, I am basically starting from scratch I am looking in to midi controllers and ran into Maschine I was wondering if anyone has this and likes it. I would like to used this for beat production and would like to clean things up in Ableton.

Please let me know any good or bad experiences with Maschine or if you have any better ideas on things I could use for simple beat production and or just ideas on starting up a studio.

thanks

Well if you've got some experience of Ableton, then I'd certainly recommend starting with that.

Just with Ableton alone you can produce an almost infinite world of music. As for Maschine, I myself haven't used it, but I have some producer friends that love it.

Those two things will take you a long way on your production career for sure. Though of course it wont be long before you start getting excited about getting some new toys...

Hello I also new here, I have been gettin down on 1200s from 1988 bro. 8 months ago I purchased Maschine, Akai MPK 49, NI AK1, two Numark V7s, Vestax PMC 08 PRO. I can honestly say that I have endless options in creation of fat beats. Abelton was a little rough at first because I was new to the whole DAW aspect of laying tracks. I used to get down with a Ensoniq EPS 16+. If you ever come across a EPS or a ASR 10 GRAB IT!!! But I would say Abelton or PRO TOOLS 9. Good Luck!

I am using Ableton + Maschine in my home studio and absolutely love the combination. Once you get used to the initial workflow its amazing how fast and with ease you can get an idea out.

I also have an M-Audio Trigger Finger that I use on Ableton's instrument and effects racks and a Behringer UMX-25 midi keyboard for my soft synths. all running through either an iMac or MacbookPro to a Stanton FS-Open soundcard and out a set of Behringer truth monitors. All have been pretty cost effective and work wonders. The only part I would like is a sub that can hit between 30-50hz.

First give a shot on producing with Ableton.

After a while start thinking if you really need a MIDI controller, if yes, think about the controller you'd ideally need and follow up on that.

Don't just go for the Maschine because everybody tells you it is awesome. ;)

what i think, you can get a pad kontrol initially.

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Originally Posted by Tekki

First give a shot on producing with Ableton.

After a while start thinking if you really need a MIDI controller, if yes, think about the controller you'd ideally need and follow up on that.

Don't just go for the Maschine because everybody tells you it is awesome. ;)

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+1, know your needs.

But for a MPC like device. Mashine is like the Charlie Sheen of MPC type controls. It just wins.

Winninnnnnnng!

The thing i'm lacking in my home studio is not buttons, its faders and knobs. So you should think about getting a cheap controller to handle these things as well so you can mimic a traditional studio mixer.

Ohh and depending on the type of music you are creating, a Monome is a must.. Ohh my god the tunes you can create with a Monome.

hey man,

im pretty new to the production side as well as ableton. I have had the maschine for about a couple of months and i love putting my drums together in maschine. Then its super easy to drag what i made into ableton. the only problem is that when i drag the audio into ableton the audio doesnt line up correctly but a quick warping usually has it right where i wanted it. Good luck hoped this helped somewhat hah.

py

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The thing i'm lacking in my home studio is not buttons, its faders and knobs. So you should think about getting a cheap controller to handle these things as well so you can mimic a traditional studio mixer.

Ohh and depending on the type of music you are creating, a Monome is a must.. Ohh my god the tunes you can create with a Monome.

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I think u can run monome serial on a launchpad or apc. as of lack of knobs and faders ; bcr + X session/ nanokontrols / novation zero sl mk2.

+1... Tbh Monome is overrated. You are able to get the same results with launchpad and triggerfinger/MPD clones.
(Even a Native Instruments Machine will set you back less and gives you more tactiles to controle)

Digging these affordable items for DAW controlling:
- Behringer BCR
- APC-20
- APC-40
- Evolution UC33e
- iCon qCon desk

For key-ing in your loops, you could always go for an affordable option like the CME M-Key v2 49keys USB MIDI controller. (Which can be found for €69,- online)

I have Maschine and it's very easy to pump out beats. That said I also own Ableton Live and it has a ton more features than maschine. I'd start with Live and maybe a m-audio oxygen 25 (about 120$). You don't need the oxygen 25 if you learn how to program music with your mouse.

Having recently got into Ableton and producing, id suggest instead of going for the Maschine, maybe get a Novation Launchpad for much cheaper along with a Behringer BCR2000 and a Behringer BCF2000. All 3 would be cheaper than the Maschine and you'd have your pads via the Launchpad as well as plenty of rotaries and faders via the Behringer units.

And don't be put off by the Behringer tags with these. They are quality for use with Ableton! Proof of their quality is that these Behringer units were what Daft Punk used during their Alive tour in 2007.

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Originally Posted by paulyoung4

hey man,

im pretty new to the production side as well as ableton. I have had the maschine for about a couple of months and i love putting my drums together in maschine. Then its super easy to drag what i made into ableton. the only problem is that when i drag the audio into ableton the audio doesnt line up correctly but a quick warping usually has it right where i wanted it. Good luck hoped this helped somewhat hah.

py

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I have the same exact problem / solution. For me as a new comer into the production scene I haven't had the time to fully work out and figure out which DAW I want to use - however earlier I hastily picked up Ableton (and on my spring break I will start using it) - but I picked up the Maschine right away and especially from my point of view I love it. I mean you need no knowledge of anything really. Simply plug, pick your sounds, play your beat!

My new studio has the following:
Maschine
MPK61
FW-1082
BCF2000
Prodipe Pro 8
2 22" Monitors
AKG C214
sE Reflexion Filter
Fully Treated Vocal Booth.

DAWs that will be used are:
Reason
Pro Tools
Ableton
Reaper
MOTU Digital Performer

I really have no budget.:)

Advice...The Maschine is a beast I bought one without ever touching it and love it.