FAO Producers

['nuum general]

1) How did u learn to use production software? i find it difficult to grasp

2) How essential is hardware?

:help: (ps i just found that the forum has more than 9 smilies) :knives:

[Steez]

1. Practice, video tutorials - trial and error
2. Irrelevant except sound card and monitors

[JACK]

1) jus fuckin about on fl
2) not dat much essential, helps bt u can do gd beats with sum shit 25 key midi controller dat shud cost less than a bill

[Wiz]

I just try out the software and see how it works and observe others when they are on it.

Essential hardware would be sound card, speakers, and a keyboard.

[Breathe Beats]

1) Learnt the basics from college, few people tell me certain tricks and that, but most of it is self taught.

2) Not essential, is very helpful though

[Demos]

trail and error and lots of practice

[Anonymous]

Self Taught.
First Beats Were Crazy.

[Carter]

College

Not important if you are on Logic......just buy budget stuff

[Joe]

trail and error and lots of practice

.

[i tell da truth]

anything you wanna know,then google it.

pros and cons of hardware and software



if your thinking of buying anything then invest in a mac with logic and a keyboard and your away,dont worry bout soundcard for now cause the macs built in soundcards are excellent.

[frankD]

Just self taught, trail and error.

First week could not even get anything more than some drum sounds out of reason.

USB Keyboard, speakers when you know its what you want to do, soundcard for speakers.

No need to spend much money at all these days.

[Retrofreak]

^^^Take the above advice for getting started and honing your skills.

But later on you'll find that your mixes sound flat compared to professional recordings.

That's because hardware sounds phatter and computers are thin and scratchy.

[frankD]

^^^Take the above advice for getting started and honing your skills.

But later on you'll find that your mixes sound flat compared to professional recordings.

That's because hardware sounds phatter and computers are thin and scratchy.

my view is to get your song in reason.
Then take it to the studio, you can than play your midi files threw hardware synths and take advantage of the hardware outboard gear there.

It might be 3 years before you have anything studio worthy.

[Retrofreak]

my view is to get your song in reason.
Then take it to the studio, you can than play your midi files threw hardware synths and take advantage of the hardware outboard gear there.

It might be 3 years before you have anything studio worthy.

^^^^Real

[i tell da truth]

lol,retrofreak is a proper software hater.


i know most softsynths are shit sounding but have you heard some of the arturia soft synths.

very nice,dare i say almost analogue sounding.

[Demos]

lol,retrofreak is a proper software hater.


i know most softsynths are shit sounding but have you heard some of the arturia soft synths.

very nice,dare i say almost analogue sounding.

is it possible u could recommend me some good soft synth AUs for logic?

[Retrofreak]

lol,retrofreak is a proper software hater.


i know most softsynths are shit sounding but have you heard some of the arturia soft synths.

very nice,dare i say almost analogue sounding.


Yeah I've heard them their decent, best of a bad bunch imo.

I used to beta test some of their synths like:

Moog Modular V,
Jupiter V,

The problem is that 99.5% of Soft Synths sound fizzy on the top end and are muddy and lack power on the bottom.
The interface is also of major importance to me, as I like to shape the sound as I play (without stepping and digital artifacts)

I like Arturia and am waiting to test their new "Analog factory experience" as they promise to fix the above problems as it's a hybrid synth.

http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products/analog-factory-experience/media.html

On a the real though Little Phatty>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Soft synths

g146UvIAQfE
9hufwMENvhI
PboBJRhGSNs

[Technician]

just foolin around on fruity with the bait sounds then went 2 usin vsts (u can learn alot from the bait sounds like how 2 compress them 2 make them sound good etc.)

[Miyagi Dan]

my view is to get your song in reason.
Then take it to the studio, you can than play your midi files threw hardware synths and take advantage of the hardware outboard gear there.

It might be 3 years before you have anything studio worthy.


have u eva actually done this or is it just like an idea?

cos thats sick id love to do that but you kno it wouldnt be a staight £15 an hour in out job, id be there all day man probly get myself into serious debts lol

[Miyagi Dan]

my view is to get your song in reason.
Then take it to the studio, you can than play your midi files threw hardware synths and take advantage of the hardware outboard gear there.

It might be 3 years before you have anything studio worthy.


have u eva actually done this or is it just like an idea?

cos thats sick id love to do that but you kno it wouldnt be a staight £15 an hour in out job, id be there all day man probly get myself into serious debts lol

[DJ Mad Vybez]

taught myself brought computer music magazine and it had a fl demo on it this was 2001 times i only knew one other guy making beats so we just showed each other stuff and learnt stuff myself there is bare stuff i know i dont know but there is bare stuff i do what other people dont do

[Quite a character]

1. Practice, video tutorials - trial and error
2. Irrelevant except sound card and monitors

.

[G-dub]

ive always been musical, taught myself on piano from a young age.

so making music just came naturally to me.

then just taught myself on Reason, Fruity. Learnt Cubase and Pro Tools at col.

But now i just use Reason.

[4737]

1) How did u learn to use production software? i find it difficult to grasp

2) How essential is hardware?

1) Self taught. Play around and you learn. Don't be afraid to mess with automations.

2) Not essential. If you're a good producer, you can adapt to get the best out of anything. That said, my hardware studio is gettin assembled later in the year. Gonna spend about £5k to get a solid software/hardware hybrid going. It's gonna mean killing myself working bare hours, but the end result will be worth it.

t.