WATMM, give me the rundown.

I am looking to upgrade my setup and want some background info, thanks!

Good sound cards and monitors are important.

no

Sound Blaster 16 w/ included microphone, tape deck, lasers.

  On 11/6/2009 at 8:30 PM, hahathhat said:

Sound Blaster 16 w/ included microphone, tape deck, lasers.

Probably THE most important part of a decent setup. I found that before I had lasers my music usually sounded like a cross between paul oakenfold and miley cyrus. after adding lazers it was all like wrrrzzzshupppppp boom Boom BOOM wrrsheuuupppp crhhhhzzzzhhzzhz kt tk tk tsch tk <-- (HELLA IDM FO SHO)

tb-303 is best for laser springs

i enjoy making music that features lasers in the dark.

Dude, how did you get your 303 modded up for the laser spring? I heard that usually destroys the main board, and that's if you're lucky?! I think the only thing that could make it better would be smoke or something. If you could have smoke that the lasers shine through and then use the way they affect the lasers as an LFO. Run that through some high pass filter with a ring mod on it, maybe a little vocoder and use some audience noise as the mod for that, add some compression and record. INSTANT CLASSIC! holy shit I can't believe I just gave that idea away or free...

all electronics chips have magic smoke in them.

quality components help to ensure accurate sound, and may help your ears to recognize and execute good mixes

good ears are more important

So if making a purchase to improve the quality of your music, it should go like this fellas:

1. Ears

2. Quality Equipment

3. Lasers

4. Smoke

robots also help your chances of being picked up by a label

  On 11/12/2009 at 5:05 PM, Hautlle said:

So if making a purchase to improve the quality of your music, it should go like this fellas:

 

1. Ears

2. Quality Equipment

3. Lasers

4. Smoke

Throw a cowbell in there somewhere and you're all set

I'd throw tits in there for good measure.

don't forget the IDM cat.

Woah guys we're amassing a very good list here! A few problems I'm having though; firstly I believe cowbell would fall under quality equipment. And where would tits fall? I think they should be really close to the bottom, and maybe not on the list at all as I don't think they're necessary for quality IDMZ as demonstrated by most of our idols and brethren. Cats are slightly necessary, but on this matter I cannot speak from experience. I'm not much of a cat person. Perhaps that's why I don't have a record deal yet?

So as a refresher:

1. Ears

2. Quality Equipment (including cowbells)

3. Lasers

4. Smoke

5.Robots

6.Cats

...

100. Tits

edit: This list is not finalized. Please feel free to adjust the ranking to suit your own personal needs/style

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Cats are slightly necessary, but on this matter I cannot speak from experience. I'm not much of a cat person. Perhaps that's why I don't have a record deal yet?

cats bring good luck to the studio, they definitely deserve a good spot.

Tits are important, but more in the sense that you'll get to grab some tits when you're successful

fuckin wiseguys

lol

i have it on good authority that "drukqs" by "richard d. james" has "huge balls." how do huge balls factor into your process?

you definitely need internet.