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Inge
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 Posted: Sat Nov 29 2003 17:19
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Don't go for a sony dj headphone if you are investing in a studio. Sennheiser and AKG are leaders in monitor headphones, and will give a more flat and thus representative sound.
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Sunbuster
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Location: Finland
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Posted: Sat Nov 29 2003 18:09
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on top of what Inge said, the Sony DJ headphones are uncomfortable when you wear them a long time, at least according to my experience. Sennheiser or AKG is the way to go also for microphones from what I've heard, but I guess if you're on a budget they might be too expensive (I'd still save up some bucks and get an AKG mic). btw. AKG has a pretty nice product selection guide for their products, helps you select a suitable microphone or whatever you need from their productrange ( www.akg.com )
Mackie mixers are pretty good, not familiar with this model, but the one that's used at my schoolstudio works well and has been doing so for years.
I'm not sure why you'd want to go with a USB midi-controller, but if a midi-controller really is all you need (you don't want a built in hardware synth for instance) then I guess that one would work just fine 
Does it have midi-output/input also, or is it only USB? no midi connectors on the keyboard might lead to problems later on if you'd want to connect it to some hardware synths or similar. Besides, in the case of this particular keyboard, the fact that it comes with
"Music Teacher, which makes learning to play the keyboard easy and fun...You can even choose which teacher you want - from Mr.Easy through to Mr.Guru!"
and
"MusicPlanet, designed for computer users, young and old, who would love to play and create music but have never known where to begin. "
makes me believe this product isn't quite aimed at the semi-pro or even serious enthusiast level 
if you only need it for beats then I'd check into the option of drum machines instead  |
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D Vibe
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Location: Sweden
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Posted: Sun Nov 30 2003 00:27
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Before you buy an expensive Mackie mixer, checkout budget mixers first, like Behringer and Alto. I'm sure that those extra pennys are not worth it in the end. I have two Behringer Mixers, one Eurorack MX2004A and one Eurorack MX602A, and I'm very pleased with them. They are not noisy as some might say now, if you know what you're doing 
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Posted: Sun Nov 30 2003 01:45
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should i go with a setup kinda like this, or with this
Mbox USB Interface |
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BeatMax
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Location: Germany
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Posted: Sat Dec 06 2003 08:37
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@C-Frog
I guess a more expensive and higher quality mixer pays out. I´ve got a cheap one by Conrad Electronic and havent used it that much yet tho the potentiometers are quite noisy now. In german its called "Poti-Krachen" if you know what I mean. Mackie has high quality contacts. But quality has its price As for the headphones I agree with the others AKG or Sennheiser. I am quite pleased with my AKG 240 Studio (75 Ohms) headphones, tho I miss the trebles a bit since they cover your complete ear. Nice bass tho.
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D Vibe
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Posted: Sat Dec 06 2003 19:21
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Thing is that Behringer has VERY high quality for its low cost. I have never had any problem with my behringer products, I have two mixers and one compressor, and there's no cracks and noises at all. Ofcourse if you maximise all channels over the zero it'll add noise, but that will any mixer do.
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Sonitus
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Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Posted: Sat Dec 06 2003 19:27
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| c-frog wrote: |
Thing is that Behringer has VERY high quality for its low cost. I have never had any problem with my behringer products, I have two mixers and one compressor, and there's no cracks and noises at all. Ofcourse if you maximise all channels over the zero it'll add noise, but that will any mixer do.
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I don't know what behringer model you have, but the Behringer Eurorack MX2642A makes this constant noise all the time. Not that big of a deal, but it's enough to make you annoyed. |
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Big Mo
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Location: Hoogeveen, The Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Dec 06 2003 21:49
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I have a Behringer MX1604A mixer, and am quite happy with it, because there's almost no noise. Even when the faders are standing quite loud there's low noise.
There are so many people saying "Behringer is cheap, so it's bad", but I think it's great, and definately will be buying Behringer products in the future. |
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D Vibe
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Posted: Sat Dec 06 2003 21:58
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| MyztiQue wrote: |
| c-frog wrote: |
Thing is that Behringer has VERY high quality for its low cost. I have never had any problem with my behringer products, I have two mixers and one compressor, and there's no cracks and noises at all. Ofcourse if you maximise all channels over the zero it'll add noise, but that will any mixer do.
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I don't know what behringer model you have, but the Behringer Eurorack MX2642A makes this constant noise all the time. Not that big of a deal, but it's enough to make you annoyed.
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I've not tried that one. I have a Behringer Eurorack MX602A and a Behringer Eurorack MX2004A .. (6 channels and 20 channels). I'm very satisfied ... You can buy approx four MX2004A for one Mackie-mixer with the same specs
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