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bjg from Adelaide (Australia) on 2003-05-04 10:43 [#00683504]
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I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to this. I'm a big fan of
electronic and more so the aphex twin, squarepusher,
autechre (favourite) types.

So i want to have a go at making my own. I kinda sucked at
music in school and had no time for it, so i thought i'd be
pretty shit at making electronic music. Do you need to know
like heaps of diff musical terms and notes etc etc? Cause i
don't know anything. What programs should i begin with? Any
good site for people like me (electronic music newbs that
don't know where to start)? Did any of you artists have any
pre-knowledge before starting to make electronic music?

Cheers.

eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-05-04 10:46 [#00683505]
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You just have to make whatever you think sounds good. You
don't need technical knowledge about music itself (although
it can be quite convenient). You do have to know the
programs you work with pretty well and have a general idea
on how to create samples.

eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-05-04 10:49 [#00683506]
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Oh and the easiest program to start with is fruity loops
IMO. It's quite powerful though. Even experienced music
makers here still use it. As you get to know the basics
better and better you could turn uip the difficulty notch a
bit and start using Reason. Hardest programs IMO are Reaktor
and Cubase.

Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2003-05-04 10:49 [#00683507]
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here are some good places to get software:

Synthzone

Maz-sound

Dreamstation

loeser from Beaverville (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-04 10:58 [#00683508]
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Dug up some oldies:

Music making freeware
Music program choice
Music production techniques
Some ideas shared in this topic

Good luck.

Looking forward to hear some tracks

bjg from Adelaide (Australia) on 2003-05-04 11:55 [#00683556]
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Thanks! I'll have a read of those threads.

hepburnenthorpe from sydney (Australia) on 2003-05-04 16:07 [#00683909]
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check out www.em411.com its a cool site with heaps of info
in the forums, reviews on software and hardware.

also www.kvr-vst.com is a good place to get vst's from.

mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-05-04 18:06 [#00684136]
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cubase SX http://www.hot.ee/stsux/

k9d from mpls (United States) on 2003-05-04 18:21 [#00684156]
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this question must be infinitely popular. check
yet another thread.

i like trackers, don't listen to all that big sequencer
hype! modplug for free, renoise for "pro"
sounding shit (vst capible), littlesounddj for on the go!

od_step_cloak from Pleth (Australia) on 2003-05-04 21:59 [#00684312]
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You don't need any prior knowledge just a lot of patience.

I never learned notes, but I'm getting the hang of
it....after 7 years...

hevquip from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2003-05-04 23:37 [#00684333]
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here's the best advice for making music:

get something that makes sounds and start hitting buttons.

that's all it comes down to really.

od_step_cloak from Pleth (Australia) on 2003-05-05 00:45 [#00684360]
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pretty much :)

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