Cosign, but if your strapped for cash, those MoPads are pretty good. A homie of mine that lives in LA uses them in his studio and they def reduce vibes....
http://www.zzounds.com/item--AURMOPAD
I think u get better imaging from stands tho.
Cop some foam on eBay...I did that a while back and furnished my entire studio for 80 bucks. Made a huge difference with standing waves and flutter echoes. Im sure that Auralex shit is the goods but im not even about to spend 300 bucks on one little slab when i can do the whole studio for a...
J Live and Aesop are both indie rap artists but their both dope. Both albums have already been remixed a shit load of times but not nearly as much as the Jay Z album.....
I bought the Bazooka Tooth Accapellas a while back, if u want i can rip the album into MP3s and let u see what u can do...
Naw dude, nothing personal - thats just the first thing i woulda done if i was in that situation.
Thats really odd that your computer wont even recognize the MPK now??.....Arkitekt seems to be pretty up his shit when it comes to PCs maybe he can give u a helping hand???
You gotta still cop ProTools tho if u get the M-Audio interface. Just seems more cost effective to get the interface with the software, that is if you really want PT.
Word. If your planning on getting into PT later on you might as well cop a MBox Mini for that matter. This way u get PT LE and a basic interface along with it.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MBox2Mini/
You have to use the Score Editor. If your not familiar with the Score Editor you should read up on it in the Logic Manual.
But if u got the sheet music u can just copy what u see verbatim to the score editor. Shouldn't be too complicated, it will take u some time tho.
Yeah man, your going to need to cop a interface. If your not trying to get something with a lot of I/O or top of the line converters then just a simple interface like this will be fine: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/0202USB/
You going to need cables too. (2) balanced 1/4 phono cables...