A professional producer using minimal gear - reopened my eyes, and ears.

[The Noodlist]

With all the GAS and materialism that can balk the primary goal of making music.
Simplicity, quality and back to basic makes sense to me, not the latest plugin or searching for freebies and deals.

production showed me this.
His gear
2023 Mac Mini
Audient ID14
Audio Technica AT2020
Eris 3.5
Fender Mustang GT50
Korg Micro Key
Logic and stock plugins
PA Plugins
Slate Plugins
Izotope
Labs VSTi
others

[jamcat]

A lot can fall under that “others” catch-all.

[The Noodlist]

A lot can fall under that “others” catch-all.

Maybe, he does this for a living. How many here do production for a living?
I would imagine he could do similar with stock plugins. He doesn't seem to have a cluttered plugin choice, enough to get the job done.

Seems like a minimalist production approach and more spent on guitars rather than code. Guitars can increase in value and can also be passed down, code not so much.

Who wants to be swamped with plugin choice, surely we can't use all those acquired from GAS and FOMO, where software acquisition becomes the name of the game and not the music.

[Penguin Classics]

With all the GAS and materialism that can balk the primary goal of making music.
Simplicity, quality and back to basic makes sense to me, not the latest plugin or searching for freebies and deals.

production showed me this.
His gear
2023 Mac Mini
Audient ID14
Audio Technica AT2020
Eris 3.5
Fender Mustang GT50
Korg Micro Key
Logic and stock plugins
PA Plugins
Slate Plugins
Izotope
Labs VSTi
others

Never heard of him but he is obsessed with gear.

[funky lime]

right, a minimalist with 19 guitars and 6 basses.

this "all you need" bullshit from someone like that is the same energy as billionaires telling you that having money won't solve any of your poor-person problems. why do these people lie to themselves?

[lfm]

right, a minimalist with 19 guitars and 6 basses.

...yes, but he has to sleep on the floor and no dining table
- this is the minimalist part....

[eLawnMust]

right, a minimalist with 19 guitars and 6 basses.

this "all you need" bullshit from someone like that is the same energy as billionaires telling you that having money won't solve any of your poor-person problems. why do these people lie to themselves?

Correcto-Mundo... Not really minimalist at all here... Up to about 10 years ago (Yup 2014) there was a guy who was selling music he made using Voyetra MIDI Orchestra (Mid-90's app) making it on windows 98 now THAT is minimalist!!

[ere2learn]

Disclosure did their 1st album in 2014 with all stock logic plugins, no. 1 in the album chart on release , double platinum in '24

[Passante]

The year is 2024, welcome.

[The Noodlist]

right, a minimalist with 19 guitars and 6 basses.

Budget monitors, budget mic, budget microphone, mid price computer is what I was referring to, see the list. Guitar acquisition is real........I know