i wanna start producing music, what do i buy?

A DAW

Benny Mackney, post: 3675 wrote: You don’t need any fancy gear. Anyone who says you do is (to put it bluntly) full of rubbish. My “studio” most of the time consists of my laptop, Ableton Live and my headphones. I’ve got a MIDI keyboard which is very fun to play with and some nanoPads which make drum programming a little smoother, and an external sound card for studio quality output, but I don’t *need* this to make music. All you need is some software that will take in instructions of some sort and spit a nice sound file out the other end (and a bit of dedication, of course).

What you need to do is get yourself demos of Ableton Live, FL Studio, Reason, and grab a few free software packages like MuLab Free and LMMS. Try them all out, find one that fits your style (I use Ableton because it’s the one I’m most comfortable with). If you really like the non-free software packages, buy them. No matter what anyone tells you, there is no “best” software package. For example, a lot of people will tell you that FL Studio is a toy, but Porter Robinson got famous with it. It’s all about what suits you the best.

You won’t need to buy any hardware for a while. MIDI instruments or other controllers do let you play with your software a bit more and they can help you get creative, but you won’t need them. Soundcards are generally only needed if you’re doing studio stuff (recording live instruments or vocals, splitting to multiple monitor channels, etc.). If you’re an absolute audiophile with a sound-proofed studio in the basement, then maybe a high-quality card will be useful, though you’d probably be fine with any laptop headphone jack.

A Magical Post Benny :cool:;
Any Free DJ Software (not Illegal Downloads – there actually is Free DJ Software available) Pierre; will give you the Opportunity to Explore DJ’ing on your PC; No Sound Card or Controller Needed for this; just You; your PC Keyboard; and some MP3 Files; and then; if you Enjoy It; take the Next Step; which would be looking at Demo’s of the More Advanced Software (although Reason isn’t for DJ’ing); Happy DJ’ing 🙂

t0rben, post: 3781 wrote: add some good studio monitors and that’s really all you need 🙂

Not even. I’ve been doing ok with DJ headphones. You only really need monitors for mastering. I just use a variety of sound systems before I put a track out and make sure it sounds pretty good on all of them (those are the sorts of systems listeners will be using anyway).

lingliten, post: 3975 wrote: thanks for the answers, ecspecielly benny mackney! now im downloading ableton 30 days free version.. i will start there and the then see, and also buy headphones, any suggestions btw?

thanks alot!

/pierre

Hello Pierre 🙂
If you would liek me to point me towards some Clear Tutorials for Ableton I would be Happy to;
As; although I use Ableton Every Day; depending on your Previous experience within the DAW Environment; Ableton can be Quite Daunting if you only have it for 30 Days;

Hello Pierre 🙂
I am So Pleased you have found how to Record your Loops 🙂
When I Learned How to use Ableton I followed a Course of Videos on YouTube;
The Videos you Need to watch are by a man called
808Remix1
If you Press that Link above it will take you to his YouTube Channel;
He has 80 Ableton Videos on YouTube; but just to start you off I will include a couple here for you;
And then when you have watched these I Recommend you go to his Channel and watch some More 🙂
The Video Following the 4 I have included here is called ‘01 Intro to the Mixer pt 1‘ just so you don’t get Mixed Up 😀

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