Gadgetory

now we've heard how nelly talked about his recording studio so we wanted to show you how you could create your own mobile version on the go and really it starts with the laptop this is really the heart of this system so what we recommend is a MacBook Pro 15 inch not the Retina display and the reason why is this guy comes packed with 500 gigs of storage it costs $17.99 which is cheaper and then you can bump up the RAM to 8 gigs which is what I would recommend it's just a hundred extra dollars and this really gives you a full system with a big screen that you can use to create your music now once you have that set up you'll need an audio interface and this is where we recommend the mbox mini with Pro Tools Express Pro Tools is the software side of it the mbox maybe this is where you add all your instruments something like a microphone and you record through this box it goes to your computer and that's how you start making sweet music and that bundle costs $2.99 now once you have that set up you want to check out a microphone really the standard for a home recording studio kind of a project home studio when you just get started we recommend the rode nt1-a this is the condenser mic and it really sets the bar in a great value at 229 for this microphone setup and the next piece of this puzzle is a keyboard so check out the m-audio axiom 25 this is a 25 key MIDI controller it also has a trigger pad so you can punch out beats and also put in some samples at the same time this costs $1.99 but this really brings everything together so let's break all this down and assume that you have a computer that's compatible what we're gonna do is start off with the mbox with Pro Tools that's gonna be $2.99 then we have the rode condenser mic that's 229 and then the m-audio axiom 25 that keyboard you have that's gonna be $1.99 but I like to throw in a little addition you want some really great studio headphones so check out the B audio technica ath Pamuk 50 these are great for mixing sound and you can get them for around $119 on Amazon so I'm gonna add all that up and it comes out to just under $850 and there's your mobile recording studio and that's how we hook you up