DJ A-Trak takes viewers inside of his relatively minimalist Brooklyn recording studio. A-Trak shows of his computer-based setup that uses Apple Logic as its core.
Production Toolkit:
- MIDI Keyboard
- Harmonica
- Moogerfooger
- Drumcomputer MFB-503
- Apogee Duet
- Logic 9.0
- Pioneer DJM 800
- Serato Scratch Live
- A couple of hundred records
[Respect to Tha S Ence!]
11 comments
Archived · closedClearBlue ·
seems like a real chill dude. def a minimalist studio for sure. He has definitely embraced the world of digital lol.
Mac Hustle ·
Great, cool ...best sound ever, lets take all the soul out of sampling/music, what a man ... sponsorship by any chance?
silas aka simon ·
your right lets not create anything original and just do whats been done for the last 20 years, i create soul i dont sample it. but atrack does sample and lets not forget he was the dmz champ and that barbara streisand track was sick.
fc ·
word up what makes me laugh is that all these dudes front on the new technologies but hip hop was built of new technologies. planet rock for example.
I think a lot of cats are having mid-lifes crisis'
Beats by the pound ·
Whats the point of having a appogee duet if you dont run any audio into it ? He said it has the best sound this may be true but if nothing is going into it only sound coming out why should i buy that ?
Benni ·
Because it is that which is processing the sound that is within the machine as well.
As for why should u buy that? its all down to preference, personally I wouldnt use it myself, or a computer.. but different strokes for different folks
Beats by the pound ·
@ Benni I understand apogee sounds good coming out to the speakers but If your doing everything in the box or on the computer per 'se and not for instance taking a trs cable and plugging in a guitar or mpc how will it make your music sound better ? logic is gonna sound like logic and pro tools , reason , fruity loops or battery gonna sound the same pending on what kind of plugins and internal processing you use .unless you run the signal out to an avalon or a mackie or something to fatten up the sound and run it back in .
silas aka simon ·
the apogee is the internal processor for logic just like you could use a big ben to make it sync better you change the settings in logic and pt. I think you are applying analog theory to this. True if you record a bass or something in you might not get that big of a difference out but hes not recording anything in its all midi trigering different vsts and since its all digital ( 1 and 0) the the processor will allow you to get a different value of 1 and 0 than your card on your computer therfore getting a bettter sound from the vsts by processing faster or being able to handle more information its dialed in for higer quality audio conversion.
dynamicwayne ·
Nice setup
MrJPJacks ·
I have a logic minimalist set up like atrack however I do use the NI Maschine & the MPC 2000xl and I'm cool with my M-audio Fast track ultra!
Cai ·
Too fast...needs to be longer...