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Any sort of production gear I can buy

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  • 05-01-2010 10:45am
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    oxygen_old
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    Hey. My brother over christmas says he is interested in some music production /dj'ing or something. He is a very talented musician, so I dont think its necessarily that far fetched an idea. His birthday is coming up, is there any sort of equipment I could buy him, like a mixer, or decks or something. What do people recommend?

    Thanks alot


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    Neurojazz
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    Well for making music and performing live a lot of Djs use - http://www.ableton.com/suite-8

    Something like that means he'd be able to get started - as long as he has a fairly ok computer.

    It comes with a lot of things to get started and is well supported with tutorials and there are lots of 'fanboys' making videos on youtube.


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    whiterob81
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    oxygen wrote: »
    Hey. My brother over christmas says he is interested in some music production /dj'ing or something. He is a very talented musician, so I dont think its necessarily that far fetched an idea. His birthday is coming up, is there any sort of equipment I could buy him, like a mixer, or decks or something. What do people recommend?

    Thanks alot

    does he have a laptop or a pc? and what instruments does he play? also what sort of a budget are we talking about?

    sorry for bombarding you with all these questions


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    oxygen_old
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    whiterob81 wrote: »
    does he have a laptop or a pc? and what instruments does he play? also what sort of a budget are we talking about?

    sorry for bombarding you with all these questions

    No problem with the bombarding. Yea, thats they issue I was kinda skirting around. He doesnt own a pc or laptop. And the budget is around €300-€400.

    Is it a little hopeless without a decent pc?


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    Neurojazz
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    oxygen wrote: »
    No problem with the bombarding. Yea, thats they issue I was kinda skirting around. He doesnt own a pc or laptop. And the budget is around €300-€400.

    Is it a little hopeless without a decent pc?

    Not hopeless, but if it was really old/poor then something like ableton would be a bit pointless - so tell us the specs! :)


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    legomonster
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    You could look at a groovebox like the roland mc808. They can be got for 400 or under. They are kind of jack of all trades studio in a box doohickies. Much more limited than a full featured computer based setup, but that's not a bad thing when you are starting out. And I know a couple of folk who would swear by them and never touch a computer. If you think your bro would put in the time to learn it could be an option..


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