Exposed Part 1
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I’ve been playing and have created the first part of a mix made from some of my past creations. I’m actually really pleased with it, it get surprisingly exciting towards the second half.
The blurb…
Conclusionary mix of That Kid past. From “Create AP”, the first ever That Kid song in 1995 to the silly little nothings of 2005. All mixed up with that extra little something and created to draw a line under what I’ve done so far. This is Part 1 of 6.
The File…
Removed to make room for more
All this playing made me wonder how much I would have to pay to buy all the musical bits and bobs I couldn’t live without, plus the hardware I would buy if i was starting afresh.
Software
| Ableton Live 5 | Simply wonderful workstation that’s now as good at sequencing as it is for DJ’ing | 300 |
| Native Instruments Absynth | Pseudo analogue synth gone mad. Wonderful granular features | 166 |
| Native Instruments Battery | Sample based percussion. Has the best sounding acoustic set i’ve ever heard. | 126 |
| Native Instruments Kontakt | Sampling instrument that comes with a 9GB library that is top notch. | 119 |
| Waves Native Powerpack | Set of filters for enhancing sound. Compressors, stereo enhances and the like. | 300 |
| IK Amplitude | Effects that are technically for guitars but are actually useful for all-sorts | 180 |
| Total | 1191 |
Hardware
| iMac G5 | With 1GB RAM | 1270 |
| M-Audio Transit | Because the iMac’s built in sound probably isn’t up to much | 53 |
| Evolution E-Keys 49 | 49 key midi keyboard that’s velocity sensitive and cheapo | 79 |
| Total | 1402 |
That’s a total of 2593 GBP which is quite an outlay, and I reckon that’s the least you can expect to pay to have a good professional sounding setup. The hardware is actually stuff I would *LIKE* to have. In reality I’m using the software on my crappy beige PC that no-one has yet come to take away! Bastards.
