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Some questions about producing

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  • April 10, 2013 at 11:16 am #39002
    Terry_42
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    Both get the job done. You need to decide yourself which one suits you more. I think there are full featured demos freely available from both companies.

    April 10, 2013 at 10:00 pm #39022
    Nick Powers
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    Thanks, I’ll have to check those out

    April 11, 2013 at 1:17 am #39025
    Nick Powers
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    I have been trying out the demos, but what should I look for?

    April 11, 2013 at 1:43 am #39026
    ChrisGames
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    Propellerhead Reason!!

    April 11, 2013 at 3:31 am #39029
    Nick Powers
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    What about a maschine with the maschine software, how is that for production?

    April 11, 2013 at 6:29 am #39030
    niu02kevin
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    Pretty sure Maschine is not a DAW. I believe people use Maschine as a drum sequencer either within their DAW, or drag their MIDI from Maschine into their DAW of choice.Native Instruments has some great HD videos on their website for pretty much everything they offer. I would check that out.

    I just started using Logic and it comes with Ultrabeat as a drum sequencer. I did not read good things about it and it seemed that most people were using other plug-ins or hardware like Maschine. But, after watching hours of tutorials on Ultrabeat alone, it is an absolutely incredible piece of software. I think it is rather intimidating, but I’m glad I rolled up my sleeves and learned it inside and out.

    And I think that’s just the thing with all of this production stuff. Decide on your software, learn all you can, because in the end, they all pretty much do the same things.

    I spend half my time making music, and the other half reading the 1500 page manual for Logic or watching tutorials for which I bought a subscription to learn everything.

    I think both Ableton and FL Studio are very capable. In the end, I went with Logic because, I use Mac, and I got everything, software, 10 synths, a sampler, and Ultrabeat, along with 50GB of sounds and loops for $199. The price for Live 9 Suite is a bit of an investment. I’m happy with my choice, and will be busy for a couple years learning all that Logic has to offer.

    The only thing I would mention, and this may not even matter. Ableton Live is without a doubt the most prevalent DAW. It is much easier to find books, tutorials (free and paid for), courses online and in person, and of course it is also meant to perform with if that’s your thing.

    Good Luck. I thought getting started on the DDJ thing was a bit of a rabbit hole, but production has sucked me in even harder. It’s addicting and I sleep very little. I have to put the wife and kids to bed each night before I start. Shit, it’s 0130 right now and I have to leave for work in 5 hours. I need to go back and adjust the automation on my bass line first though………

    April 12, 2013 at 12:49 pm #39064
    Mike Ward
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    I bought a second-hand copy of Live 8 (Standard) for about $170 (equivalent) over here in the UK a couple of months ago. Decided the extra features of Live 9 weren’t too much of an interest to me, but the limitations on the Intro version would have been too restrictive for what I wanted it for. My general impression is that it is a very, very well designed and engineered piece of software, and once you get used to the little interface quirks (not too many) I find it very quick to use. Also, the Live performance aspects are so appealing to me – MIDI mapped my Twitch and it’s like a whole new world of possibility. I know I can always pay the money later to get the upgrade (or buy the synths or plugins I’m missing individually) and I like that flexibility.
    I’d echo what Edgek8d said about online resources too, so many high-quality (and free!) video tutorials and blogs on Ableton out there.
    Download both and play around – follow some tutorials, try and make a full track end-to-end – and get which works best for you!

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