Message 39/246
Date: 17-Aug-99 @ 04:39 AM -
RE: I am a GOD
Well I owned an s2000 for 2 years and while I got used to it pretty quickly I found the pages of menu's a bit long winded.. Now I have an a3000 and the menu matrix is far superior.. Plus I don't miss having a screen to use, I find I listen more rather than looking.
Getting to learn the a3k is quite a steep learning curve for the first week but then things fly along.. It's just a case of knowing where stuff is..
Like Craig says buy an a3k and learn it back to front, inside out.. I have said this a few times, I am still discovering new funky things to do with this sampler.
Even something simple like buying a boss overdrive pedal and chucking some sounds though that will change the way you work for a while.. It's all about inspiration, expensive equipment shallowly learnt won't result in good tracks however well produced they are.
I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest an a3000 with output board, nice rack delay unit, a multi FX (to work along side the a3k's FX), decent mixer with mid swept eq (mackie or something), a few funky pedals (overdrive, flanger, chorus (boss are quality), a dat recorder, maybe a compressor, plenty of leads, a lava lamp (essential, something to stare at when listening rather than the screen), lots of fruit juice..
You can produce club quality tracks with the above setup.. Add a couple of analogue synths for the squelch side of things and your laughing.