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Adam_Eagle
02-01-2004, 07:41 PM
Do any of you use software for music production and can recommend a decent piece of software for making drum loops, and is track based easy enough for beginners to master. I am using "e-jay" at the moment and linking instruments up with midi cables, i.e Guitar, bass and keyboard. Any advice/recommendations ?
humpo
02-01-2004, 08:08 PM
REASON V2.5 there is no other audio production software that comes close
Adam_Eagle
02-01-2004, 08:11 PM
Is there any links, or furher information you could give me at all?
humpo
02-01-2004, 08:11 PM
www.propellerhead.se
Adam_Eagle
02-01-2004, 08:19 PM
Thank you. Dones any one know what a "MIDI interface" is ?
AndyStreet
02-01-2004, 08:31 PM
A MIDI interface is effectively a piece of kit that processes MIDI In and MIDI Out signals. They come in many shapes and forms, and many of the more recent interfaces can be connected via USB to provide your PC with MIDI connectivity.
Wait till my brother comes online, he is a proffesional music producer!
He uses Mac G4 with eMagic Logic 6 and thats as far as i know!
Adam_Eagle
02-01-2004, 08:43 PM
Could you get him to PM me some beginners infomation on this sort of stuff, i.e whats best to start on with little budget ect if thats possible please. I wold be very grateful. Thank you.
AndyStreet
02-01-2004, 08:44 PM
Logic 6 is a fantastic program, but it's certainly not for the beginners. Adam would be better off starting with a program like FLStudio or Reason as Humpo suggests and learning the basics of synthesis, loop building, signal flow etc. from a program with more intuitiveness for a beginner.
Adam_Eagle
02-01-2004, 08:52 PM
I have just downloaded Reason and havent a clue how to get a sound out of it! It seems impossible and very confusing. Any tips at all you could give me. I dont have very long left of the demo.
Calder2
02-01-2004, 09:06 PM
My friend uses Reason 2.5, thought id let you know!
WorthingEagle
02-01-2004, 09:35 PM
Originally posted by Adam_Eagle
I have just downloaded Reason and havent a clue how to get a sound out of it! It seems impossible and very confusing. Any tips at all you could give me. I dont have very long left of the demo.
read the manual?
DougleMcNori
02-01-2004, 09:38 PM
Adobe Audition is the latest version of Cool Edit Pro and is an affordable alternative to industry standard - Fruity Loops 4 is also worth a look at
ROCK'N'ROLL
02-01-2004, 11:48 PM
DAMNs brother here!!!!!!
Since I've been producing music, I've always been right in the deep end. Using Logic (my preffered), Pro Tools, CCakewalk, and Cubase.
So I might not be the best of help here.
Fruityloops and Reason are very well know simpler software. With Reason being a very popular tool with the bigger Sequencers in connection with each other (Rewire).
Another fantastic bit of software is Ableton Live. This allows you to put in, for example a 120bpm WAV stereo drum loop, and with abletons song tempo being set to 170 bpm, allows you to drop in the 120bpm loop, onto the arrange page, and be bang in time on 170 bpm. Without having to see (or wait) for the computer to the calculations. Its instant. Its very popular with DJs as well, and a lot (if not all) live dance acts, 'cos being able to have a complete song playing live, and just dropping a loop as and when you feel like it, is pretty neat.
Reason has some awesome synths. And is pretty good as a sequencer. I cant really say to much about it (having only fiddled with it.)
If you want to go for the full professional package. Sonar is possibly the best sequencer on the PC. It's got somethings us apple mac users are jealous of (but then again weve got OSX and stability).
At the end of the day, whatever programme helps you to be creative and enjoy it, is the programme for you. no matter how complex or simple the programme is.
these are arguments that happen with the big boys ("ooh, how can you use cubase sx, it's too blue, it makes me write depressing songs all the time!!!!'), do get rather amusing though.
What I suggest you do personally, is go get a copy of Future Music, and Computer Music (available at whsmiths). These are both really good at providing learner tips, infact, computer music does a basic guise to a studio every issue which is repeated, so make sure you get that. You also get a cd with demo software, loops (wipee), etc, with both mags.
The other thing you'll see, is that you can produce a commercially releaseble product in your bedroom with not much software/hardware. It takes more time and patience and experience. But it can be done.
look at gotta get thru this by daniel beddingfe........(?).
all done his gaff (except mastering).
Remember, ladies and gents. If you need a demo, or a fantastic full produced track, my 80 track studio is capable of almost anything. pm me!!!!
sorry for the plug!!!!!!!!!!
chris
cjproduction
website coming soon.
b9c
Neil the Eagle
02-01-2004, 11:51 PM
Who's doing yer website, fella?
ROCK'N'ROLL
02-01-2004, 11:56 PM
my bro!!!!!
AndyStreet
02-01-2004, 11:59 PM
Originally posted by ROCK'N'ROLL
Reason has some awesome synths. And is pretty good as a sequencer. I cant really say to much about it (having only fiddled with it.)
I've gotta say I don't really agree with you there fella. I find the sequencer on Reason to be rather shallow and lacking in the necessary tools for intuitive sequencing, and for that reason (like the pun? ;) ) I rewire into Cubase SX. By the way, do you happen to do mastering (cheap)?
ROCK'N'ROLL
03-01-2004, 12:14 AM
Fair play, Ive only fiddled with the synths. not the sequencer. Just qouting what ive read on that.
Thats why I use Logic 6. Editing 12 tracks of live drums needs quite a lot features to help with the editing, and stop you from going insane!!!!!!!
And youre only going to get those with the big ones.
You enjoying sx then? I mean to give that a whirl soon.
What stlye of music do you want mastering? I can do good basic mastering. But to do it properly you have to go into one of the dedicated suites with the huge speakers.
On 9/11, i was actually in a mastering studio in London paying £150 per hour as the news came in. We wanted to get to a TV, but knew we would have to pay for it (literally).
And in terms of cheap. It would be nothing like what i paid above!!
AndyStreet
03-01-2004, 12:44 AM
SX is very much worth trying out, especially SX 2.0 as they've given it a whole host of new features and resurrected some of the features from Cubase VST 5.0 that had been omitted from SX 1.0. Personally though, if I could afford it I'd be using Logic 6 on a dual processor Mac G5, although I still find the whole environments thing a bit daunting given that I come from a background of using mainly Cubase.
I make Drum n Bass mainly, which I'd guess from your name wouldn't be your prefered genre of music ;), but I have taken forays into many different types of music with differing degrees of success.
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