hey man,
For starters i advice to practice in acid express from sony. You will pick up
basics of timing, beat mapping etc. You can't do MIDI there, but you get a good
sense of beats and layering. You can have 25 tracks max in the free version
which is good enough. You can perhaps paint some loops and practice. If you
want to do MIDI then try acoustica mixcraft. The free trial is good enough to
connect your MIDI keyboard and create some decent quality original tracks.
And if you want to pay like a good boy or download ripped versions then you
have Nuendo. Steinberg also makes a product called Sequel which i found to be
super.The you have adobe audition, ableton...the list goes on.I found most of
them in this catagory good and it is left to you to exploit the features.
And then , userfriendlyness. All of them are user unfriendly initially, but
once you get a hang of it, its difficult to move out of it.
The thing is, once you are good with MIDI and loop based stuff. You are pretty
much done when it comes to production. You can handle mid level production
projects and will be mentally tuned to check out reason, pro-tools or logic.
These are expensive ones...so if you are not into professional stuff then you
can stay away.
now, comes the sound part. When you mix or playback you production you should
get a flat audio. No sugar added.Ideally you should use monitor speakers, they
give real flat sound. But sometimes we don't get to use them at homes. So you
may use a good altec lansin or anyother good comp speakers which does not have
any speaker controls. As in the knobs in the sub woofer etc. Also go to your
sound card settings and turn off all EQs. This should be work fine. Ofcourse
not professional level, but decent.
regards
wb
.
Remixes I Originals I Opinions at http://www.wiredbeats.com
From: Swarlok
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 4 March, 2010 10:33:26 AM
Subject: [arr] Re: [Non-ARR] For beginning music creators in our group
WiredBeats and Fani...thanks for your inputs :)
Wired Beats, what are the DAWs you had found user-friendly for beginners?
I had heard that ARR had used Cool Edit in the production of Veerpandi
Kottaiyile (Thiruda Thiruda)...could someone confirm?
I heard this in 2002 from a friend who used to tease me about using Cool Edit
as he was a Soundforge fan (and an ARR fan too). But when he heard from someone
that ARR had used Cool Edit for the Thiruda Thiruda album, he came rushing and
borrowed a copy of my Cool Edit software :D
--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, wiredbeats wrote:
>
> there are quite a few around here. Some professional level guys too.
> Garageband is fairly powerfull but i wont recommend that. There are other
> good mid range DAWs for begininers and semipros.
> Remixes I Originals I Opinions at http://www.wiredbea ts.com
>
>
>
>
> _ _ __
> From: Swarlok
> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Mon, 1 March, 2010 12:54:40 PM
> Subject: [arr] [Non-ARR] For beginning music creators in our group
>
>
> I came across this very interesting and useful article for beginning
> musicians, so thought I would share it with you all.
>
> The article is an introduction to a free pdf (http://makeuseof.
> org/garageband) about creating music with GarageBand software that comes
> pre-installed in macs.
>
> Regards
> Swarlok
>
> http://www.makeuseo f.com/tag/ recording- publishing- music-garageband -pdf/
>
> Music is a part of everyday life. And although not everyone pursues it
> professionally, a lot of people have dreamt of a time playing on stage in a
> world famous band.
>
> But it's the indie era, and musicians no longer need to be backed by the
> music industry to play for the masses. It's a time when anyone with a great
> idea can leap for nirvana.
>
> With Apple's GarageBand, you don't need a recording studio anymore. And
> although it's certainly advised, you don't even need to know how to play any
> instruments! Having a Mac and a feel for the music suffices to launch your
> own project.
>
> We're proud to be able to present our next eBook, Recording Your Next Hit
> with GarageBand, a forty-odd paged free PDF, written by our very own Jeffry
> Thurana (supersubconscious) .
>
> Start off by conceptualizing the song, and take your first steps with the
> GarageBand application. Learn how to use MIDI instruments, or add digital
> loops. Take notice of the different indie publishing `plans', and get ready
> to create your first song, from idea to release.
>
> A melody shouldn't be kept waiting. Download The GarageBand eBook
> (http://makeuseof. org/garageband) now in PDF, or read it online on Scribd
> â€"
