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    Is Dr. Dre a phony?

    Piggy backing on what Big D said, Dre isn't a phony he's paid his dues, but he also understands that in order to get a certain sound you have to get different people in the studio to add their flavor on bass, drums, keys etc, but Dre knows how to do all of it very well, someone else just may be...
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    Is anyone here a member of ASCAP?

    Also be aware that once you create a music work (meaning a beat, track, song whatever you want to call it) by law you already own it, all the copyright does is help to provide some official proof that it is in fact yours. It still doesn't stop some people from stealing your music if they want...
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    Nuendo Is Better Than Protools

    I use Nuendo 2, I've never used Pro Tools except for the free version for Windows 98, I like Nuendo a lot. When it comes to Pro Tools many people tell me "it's just easy to use" not that it's better or worse than anything else out there. Nuendo's mixer has been compared to using an SSL Console...
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    mixer console

    Don't be so lazy why can't you compare the consoles, after all you would be the best judge for what you need correct? As far as experience I don't have any with either but a friend of mine has the little small Behringer mixer, I forget which exact model, but he has never had any problems with...
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    Normalizing??

    There is absolutely no rules especially when it comes to processing drums and bass tracks. Each track you make will be slightly different so don't get into the habit of doing any processing unless you need it! Any processing that takes place can not be easily undone especially on the platform...
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    N.U.G.'s producer interview/article of the week: KANYE WEST

    Kanye is dope but I don't believe all the hype about his greatness yet. Remain consistent in the game for a few more years and keep your cool don't start braggin so much because you have a few hits. Then I think more people will respect him because he's humble and still does his thing.
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    Normalizing??

    Normalizing is cool in some cases but if you just randomly normalize the entire track every time you may not leave yourself any headroom if you ever want to get the track mastered. Mastering engineers hate when people just normalize everything without any purpose. Just normalize certain parts...
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    Recording vocals

    I use a Shure SM58 and I get good vocal tracks with it. Also I got one of those russian mics Oktava-319. As far as standards there are plenty of great mics to choose from and I believe the choice of microphones professionals use is wide range, everybody has a different taste, based on their...
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    Recording vocals

    Doubling up vocals works well for thickening, but always always always, try to get a good or great vocal take from the beginning, all the effects in the world won't mask the errors you made. Whether it's a cheap radio shack microphone or an expensive one you can still get a good vocal tracks...
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    Professional software users

    I think in most cases professional or amateur producers are using a combination of some software & hardware in their studios. Pro Tools is the most popular software currently following by maybe Nuendo, Cubase, Logic, Digital Performer and then Cakewalk for professional users. To be honest it all...
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    Ableton Live 3.0

    I'm using live as well, I love the effects and you can rewire with all the professional sequencers for even more possibilities: Reason, Pro Tools, Cakewalk Sonar, Nuendo, Cubase. As stated before Ableton Live is very unique you can really jam with it. I used to use Acid a lot but then after I...
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    Best Producer/Producers

    DJ Quick is mad underrated. I don't know why the guy got some funky shit!
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    Alchemist: Beats, Weed, and Life

    When I first started producing I used to think I had to have that blunt before working on a track, but almost always now I'm never blunted in the lab. Although I usually smoke a little during tracking with an artist cause they usually spark up. I would rather someone smoke then get all drunked...
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    Should I even bother?

    Decisions Decisions, You have to figure out Holmzini what is the scope of this album your coming out with, how many records do you plan on selling over the internet, on the streets, stores, etc? Does this effort warrant getting samples cleared or is this sort of a promotion/demo thing. It's...
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    Hip Hop Dead???

    No argument there God, Hip-Hop is profitable, but that doesn't make me feel any better hearing 50 cent tell me how to stunt and turn around making millions of dollars or hearing another gangsta tale of someone murdering another 'N***a. What I feel IS DEAD IN HIP-HOP is the original intent in my...
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    A Producers Worst Nightmare...

    Those external firewire drives are nice two you could use that to save all your important music files too. Another thing you could do is partition your harddrive with two partitions C:\(System Partition-Operation System) D:\(Applications & Music Data) If you come home one day and your...
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    Hip Hop Dead???

    One of the things mentioned here that is a contributing factor to the demise of Hip-Hop is money plain and simple. Once the record company execs and all the other influential people saw the money making potential of Hip-Hop Rap music, whoop there it is, they flooded the market with whatever they...
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    Should I even bother?

    Another thing you could do Holmzini, to make yourself feel better about sampling is to post the credits from the samples you used on your album, at least it's there, you've made it clear that you used those samples from other musicians and if the album does indeed jump off, you can easily get...
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    FL 4.5, it's rediculously flexible!

    yeah I think the beatslicer is tight, the Dreamstation dxi I already have inside of Sonar , the other plugins I would like to try them out, but just having FL 4.5 is enough for me too, cause I have other plugins already in my arsenal that utilize. Hehe, you know the folks at Propellerhead are...
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    FL 4.5, it's rediculously flexible!

    Woo that's going to be something fierce right there, Reason inside of FL Studio! What do you guys think of FL Studio XXL (with all the extras)?
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