Essential Gear for Media Composers

Written By Morgan Fator

HARDWARE

  1. Apple Mac Studio: https://www.apple.com/mac-studio/

  2. M-Audio M-Track Duo: https://www.m-audio.com/m-track-duo

  3. Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S88: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keyboards/kontrol-s49-s61-s88/

  4. Native Instruments Maschine: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/maschine/production-systems/maschine/

  5. Nuances Controller by Pierre: https://nuancescontroller.fr

  6. M-Audio BX-5 Studio Monitors: https://m-audio.com/products/view/bx5-d2

  7. Marantz MPM-1000 Condenser Microphones: https://www.amazon.com/Marantz-Professional-MPM-1000-Microphone-Windscreen/dp/B01C05AL4C/ref=asc_df_B01C05AL4C/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312146581665&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18001784217896004719&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031337&hvtargid=pla-343408338372&mcid=193c1bd4c4663a5b99a3a734277f8389&gclid=CjwKCAiAiP2tBhBXEiwACslfnkBHYzyzSi3IaXb-frvYFS_R1wld-fAFqMBLAQlx5Kmz_SOltXHLZBoCdJ0QAvD_BwE&th=1

  8. Alesis SP-2 MIDI Pedal: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PedalPianoA--alesis-sp-2-universal-sustain-pedal

  9. Samsung T7 Shield External SSD: https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/portable-solid-state-drives/portable-ssd-t7-shield-usb-3-2-4tb-black-mu-pe4t0s-am/?cid=sem-mktg-pfs-mms-us-google-na-05182023-141565-&ds_e=GOOGLE-cr:0-pl:293204744-&ds_c=FF~PSSD+Brand_CN~HE+Always+On+Search_ID~na_PH~on_MK~us_BS~ms_PR~memcross_SB~memcross_FS~lo_CA~kew_KS~ba_MT~exact-&ds_ag=AG~T7+Brand_ID~na_MK~us_AT~ta_MD~h_PK~cpqlh_PB~google_AI~y_TG~key_SA~keyinmkt_KS~ba_MT~exact-&ds_k=samsung+t7&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAiP2tBhBXEiwACslfnkfVhKp7EtuL1rDc8_3nyFhXiPuR2H0GsQ5GNHWLVtnSe67DI03ECxoCTzwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

  10. Tascam TH-02 Studio Monitoring Headphones: https://www.sweetwater.com/c412--Headphone?highlight=TH02B&utm_source=google&utm_medium=organicpla&seoslug=tascam-th-02-b-headphone-black&catrollup=2/404/412&mrkgadid=&mrkgcl=28&mrkgen=gpla&mrkgbflag=1&mrkgcat=drums&percussion&acctid=21700000001645388&dskeywordid=&lid=58700008501148603&dsproductgroupid=&product_id=TH02B&prodctry=US&prodlang=en&channel=online&storeid=&device=c&network=x&matchtype=&adpos=largenumber&locationid=9031337&creative=&targetid=&campaignid=20417179647&awsearchcpc=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAiP2tBhBXEiwACslfnkx0UfP54bV2iIcq3y4jjTwXvWWslve7uQUMQYjf-_fURXQuMq4hjRoCTscQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

  11. Samsung 27” 4K Monitors: https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/uhd-and-wqhd/27-inch-4k-uhd-monitor-with-hdr10-ls27a700nwnxza/

SOFTWARE

  1. Logic Pro X: https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/

  2. Sibelius Ultimate: https://www.avid.com/sibelius

  3. Dorico Pro 5: https://www.steinberg.net/dorico/

  4. MuseScore 4: https://musescore.org/en

  5. Kontakt: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-7/

  6. Komplete Kontrol: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/bundles/komplete-kontrol/

  7. VCV Rack: https://vcvrack.com/Rack#get

  8. Audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org

SAMPLE LIBRARIES & PLUGINS

Morgan Fator
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