Sunday, February 14, 2010

You want to create music?This is the first thing you need to read!

If you are completely new to this and you don't even know how to start,this is what you have to read.I won't write more "bla-bla" .Let's get it straight:

1.CHOOSE YOUR GENRE. I can teach you produce all types of electronic music*.Sorry,if you want to compose METAL,ROCK,CLASSICAL MUSIC,HIP-HOP,JAZZ etc. just don't bother to read more.I just can't help you with that.

* This includes all kinds of techno,trance,house,drum'n'bass,hardcore,breakcore,electronica,idm,glitch,
downtempo and anything else you can think of.

2.CHOOSE YOUR SOFTWARE.There are plenty of choices.Let's just clear that this term(the program you use to create your music) is called DAW(Digital Audio Workstation).My personal opinion is that some of these DAW's are more appropriate for some styles,and other daw's for other styles.However,you can pick whatever you feel is good for you.I am including a list of some of the DAW's. I recommend you first download some free demos of most of them to check which one is best for you and then buy it.Here is the list:
1.FL Studio
2.Ableton Live
3.Cakewalk Sonar
4.Steinberg Cubase
5.Propelerheads Reason
6.Pro Tools
there are even more,but i think these are the most used ones.Now,a word for some of them.
Fl studio is my favorite.Some people say it is too simple and is not as good as cubase or pro-tools,but in the last versions of the program i think it equals them in functionality.Its interface is friendly and easy to learn .FL studio is appropriate for almost any style you want to create.It is my personal choice.
Ableton Live-the name says much about the program.It is pretty good for live performances,you can also make good stuff with it at home.However,i consider it kinda limited.
Reason is a pretty good choice when it comes to beat-like music like drum'n'bass ,breakcore,idm.It has one big problem-you cannot import wav samples!
Cubase and pro-tools are said to be the most "pro" DAW's.They are really good,i must admit,but they are also complex!I wouldn't recommend starting off with them.
I can't say much about Sonar,i haven't worked with it.

This was the first article you had to read.Now,after you have read that you can procede to the next articles where i will introduce to you the next steps of music creation.

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