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Hey guys, just looking for some input on a studio I'm working on building. I've used fruityloops in the past, with no hardware interfaces. However, I recently acquired an excellent used Studiologic 88 key midi controller that feels almost like a piano, and as a pianist of 9 years, this is very important to me. Anyways, that was the first piece of my studio, and I'm looking at other components to add to it. I'm trying to graduate from fruityloops to a more powerful program that can handle composing both electronic music and recording classical pieces of music. Fortunately, I have an account with JourneyEd which would allow me to get an Mbox 2 (with Protools LE) for $350 with additional bonus programs as well, which is much cheaper than the retail price. I’ve never worked with Protools personally, but I understand that it is an exceptionally powerful program. In addition, I've been looking at the Korg PadKontrol as an additional midi input device as well as a way to add an effects pedal to the chain of devices. That way I would be able to play the 88 key midi piano, use an assignable effects pedal while I play it, and develop drumbeats on the PadKontrol simultaneously. I’m needing a nice set of monitors as well. Nothing too fancy, and I don’t need anything that supports a terribly high volume setting, I just need something with a nice clear sound and flat eq. I’ve been looking at the KRK Rokit 5’s and the Samson 65a’s, but anything between $200 and $300 that is good quality is fine. So basically, my theoretical setup consists of: Studiologic 88 key midi controller Korg PadKontrol drumpad Mbox 2 with Protools LE A set of monitors: (Rokit 5’s, or Samson 65a’s). All my samples and synthesizing would be softsynth via Protools, so my computer would be the primary workhorse in the setup since the only information my interfaces would be transferring would be midi. Hopefully that won’t be a problem considering I have an AMD X2 3800 and 2 gigs of OCZ Platinum RAM. I would be getting a second harddrive as well that would be dedicated to my music production. Now then, the only real concern I have is that the Mbox 2 only has 16 midi channels, and that considering the PadKontrol supports 16 assignable midi channels, and the midi controller would take another, is that I would simply run out of midi channels to work with. I suppose I could just leave one of the channels on the PadKontrol blank, but I’m not sure if the x-y pad and the various dials and slides on the drumpad would take up additional midi channels as well. I also want to make sure that the pedal that I would attach to the PadKontrol to add effects would actually work like a real effects pedal. Considering that the Piano transmits midi data to the PadKontrol, and then the PadKontrol transmits to the Mbox, and then the Mbox transmits to the monitors and the computer, I think it should work out but clarification would be nicely. I’m new to this whole music hardware thing, considering the only hardware I’ve ever worked with is an acoustic piano, heh heh. My max budget for this whole thing is $1500 by the way, and I’m already $300 in. Any input would be greatly appreciated!!

Alrighty, I've decided that it's finally time to drop the money on a really nice workstation, and hopefully it'll be something I can use for years. I've been playing piano for 9 years, and while I still want to continue that, I'm hoping to do more than classical music. I've dabbled around in FL Studio a bit, and I enjoy making trance music, so I'm looking for something that has the following: 1) Needs to work both for electronic and acoustic styled music. Good samples and all that jazz. 2) I jam a lot with a friend of mine, so the workstation needs to be able to interface with other equipment. 3) Keyboard keys should have a good touch, none of that mushy plastic shit that cheaper keyboards have. 4) I need to be able to store stuff I've worked on previously, and be able to layer those things on top of additional things I've created. 5) needs at least 61 keys, and the ability to raise or drop octaves. I've been looking at the Korg X-50 and it seems to have what I need in it, but I haven't actually played one yet, although I hope to soon. Anyone else have any good suggestions?

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Thanks for your input! The 6th House was the first song I composed in FL Studio, and I overlooked an entire set of high quality sounds. I replaced the strings with a synth organ instead, so it sounds better now. Try listening to my other song, it's more polished and refined than The 6th House

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Well, after many many years of playing classical piano, I decided to grab a copy of FL Studio and take it for a spin. Needless to say, what I started creating was not your average classical music by any means, since it fits primarily into the Psychedelic/Goa Trance genre (which is one of my favorite genres of music). However, it does have some classical influences, so it's a bit of both worlds. Anyways, here's my work so far: http://www.myspace.com/circlerifficmusic I'm just looking for some input and some tips on how to better use Fruityloops Studio. Thanks guys

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Hey, I've got a DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Sli-DR motherboard and it's been working fine for the last couple years, but recently the chipset fan has been giving me some trouble. At first it was just louder than usual, but now it won't even spin unless I manually spin it at start up. It feels like there's some dust or something stuck in it, and I need a way to get the fan working again. Any ideas as to how I might fix the fan or get a replacement? I'm not really sure why it's finally crapping out on me, especially since the inside of my case really isn't that dusty...

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