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Hello nice people,
I'll try to be short and to the point. My son and friends are setting up a Hip Hop production biz.
I'd love to help ...and will, as far as recording acoustic sources/mixing and mastering goes.
However, with all these Roland/Akai/Yamaha, etc, boxes out there, I haven't a clue what to suggest.
Guess we are looking for a "one box" solution of a higher quality and flexibility. To create the beats, so to speak
-sequencer/sampler/synthesis/multiple outputs/Load and save through CDR;DVD-R...
So, what should be we looking at ? And, what to avoid ??

any help and advice would be highly appreciated,
cheers,