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I'm 17 and have a whole fucking summer of boredom ahead of me. I really want to learn how to make electronic music. What programs are good for people who have NO exprience in making tracks? I could really use some help and/or advice. |
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reason so i hear. I use cubase, but it costs loads. And its more for pple who know what theyre doing. Reason is very straight forward, so is cakewalk. This post has come up before. Search for it. |
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Fruity Loops is the easiest I think and you can find the full/newest version easily on Kazaa, boooyah get started. |
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You will need an audio editor too. Goldwave is very simple to use. |
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thankx |
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sound forge is good for final touches ie phase fades time strech etc its on soulseek |
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boo to fruity loops i say |
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Me too But i guess it's a good program to start with. |
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*throws hands over ears at Sido's and Nigel's blasphemy* I can't hear youuu! |
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use fruityloops, its a great n00b program. You can d/l for free (illegally of course) |
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get reason, floops, techno ejay, some of the sonic foundry b.s., some of the analogx(.com) b.s., fuck cubase, it's not specific enough imo, try protools, buzz, whatever- just fuck with everything until u get something that sounds ear piercingly terrible, then post it on this message board. |
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Fuck Cubase? O M G!! im gonna pretend you don't exist for a while =) |
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It does everything. Provided you take the time to get to grips with it and uncover it's awesomeness. Use with Reaktor and Kontakt for best results. |
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there sure are a lotta people here that like Fruity Loops. i think i should take the hardware route & invest in an EPS 16+ |
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Another essential thing IMO is a "full duplex" soundcard , full duplex means you can use several audio aplications at the same time. Play and Record at the same time for example. |
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any sampler at all! and a bit of midi yer laffin |
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"fuck cubase, it's not specific enough imo" you must be joking. |
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get kazaa lite. download SoundForge, Cubase VST 5.0 and Steinberg Beatbox. then you'll be cooking man |
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i just used cubase as a fourtrack and made a really short cover of in da club with a thumb piano and some beatboxing, i'm gonna try to figure out how to import it |
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Or better yet Cubase SX =) |
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How do you mean "to import it" ? |
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What do you guys use to master tracks? |
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well i have it on my laptop, but i can't get online with it at the moment, so i have to get it to my other computer. i'm using a tape deck at the moment to import it |
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a full summer full boredom ahead of you èh?,..an interesting start into making music ,.indeed..... you need 2 programs. A wave-editor (assuming your pc based) And a sequencing/mastering tool. I suggest you buy a ps2 ,.(or dl wavelab for the soundcapturing/editting and fruityloops for sequencing (for mastering I suggest cubase) |
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I do everything on SoundForge 6.0 and Cubase SX. |
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Are you still in a mood with me qrter? Have a play with 'Reason' if you're starting out... It's fun and helps you understand the reasoning behind other programs... |
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Is soundforge any good for mastering? I mean if you've made a track in another application, like cubase/FL/Reason or anything, can you improve the track in Soundforge? I even have soundforge, but right now I only use it to add effects to sounds (not complete tracks) n stuff. |
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everyone should listen to kluizenaar because he makes the best music you'll ever hear |
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get the TC electronics plug ins, they're cool at doing analog style compression/limiting to whole tracks |
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wha..? in a mood? |
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Amnesiac - If youre into using audio loops you should try Sonic Fountry Acid Key_secret - I use T-Racks, Its definately one of the best mastering applications imo! |
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Fuck Cubase cos it's not specific enough? Surely this is an advantage? Oh, and Buzz is great cos it's so flexible - you can generate some fucked up shit really easily. |
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well, all basic mastering (volume, panning etc.) I do in Cubase. however I do use SF sometimes afterwards, take bits out, make bits a little more interesting, smoothe things out etc. so its part of the mastering process I guess. |
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smooth things out? |
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oh cool... I did a search and read some about the app... seems interesting... (and good) |
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yup. kind of jolted transitions can need the odd smoothening out, yes.. |
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hehe... it's probably me being tired, but I still don't know what you're talking about. |
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Good mastering plugz for Sound Forge (directX) are Izotope Ozone 2, Waves 4 and the included Wave Hammer. TC is also ok but if I must choose I use Ozone 2 and Waves L2 (both for tight heavy sound). |
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taureg and tu2, both by bram bos. both have a VERY generous freeware mode. best if used in conjunction with one or more other programs. |
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