Author Topic: I want to start producing music.  (Read 3337 times)

first off you wanna get ableton live, it's what all the pros use

then you wanna hook up with a dj in your town, preferably with a lot of constants and numbers in his name. next off you want to show him your rad djing skills by playing avicii levels and animals at the same time using the beatmach tool. next off you want to work with this DJ on your first album. your first album will be 2 hours long, and only using progressive chords and distorted kicks.

secondly, you need to install traktor pro, once you do your first DJ show at your elementary school's dance, you will need this to be able to beatmatch justin beiber and shakira.

you need to be able to go beyond working on your macbook pro, assuming you already have a macbook, pro, if you don't, restart the tutorial until you do. you need to make sure that you can find a semi working white novation launchpad, and two white (gold for extra points) CDJ2000s, and a white (once again, possibly gold) DJM 900 NEXUS mixer.

to take your production to the next level, you need to stop using only the brown townog and collision instruments on ableton, you can do this by downloading amazing instruments such as native instruments massive, reFX nexus 2, and possibly even youwahshock, which is soundgoodizer as a VST. using these instuments, your chords will sound even more pure once you add 30 second long delay and reverb.

you will also need a good selection of trap kicks and snares so that you can add positively pounding percussive hits to your 8 minute long bangers, i recommend finding the vengence producer essentials pack, and once you do find those samples, apply a bunch of distortion and compression using youshockwah or a default plugin in ableton.

be sure to follow all of these steps, and you will eventually make it big as a pro dj.


EDIT;

you may also need a good pair of headphones so you can hear everything in between 60 Hz and 600 Hz, i recommend buying the greatest headphones ever made, beats studios. they have proven to be the most effective solution in high definition monitoring, as all of the professionals use them.

in your studio set in miami, florida, i recommend buying as much florescent colored acoustic foam as you can, plastering it all over the walls, and buying KRK rokit monitors. be sure to also buy a 200 channel mixer too, as you will need it for mixing and mastering. you have to buy a mac pro for your studio, as your macbook won't cut it for running 400 channels of youshockwah.
« Last Edit: March 23, 2014, 12:40:30 PM by Momentum »

^Ignore.

In audiotool, make sure you're signed in (you can sign in with Facebook or Google, or just create an account. Then, in your project, go to File > Save Draft. Then, once your piece is finished, go to File > Publish, and it will be posted to the audiotool site. Just recently they added a SoundCloud uploader, which is cool.

Explore some presets, import some samples - just have fun. Learn from artists like Astrum and soon you'll be making some awesome tunes. ;)


missed the joke
I know it was a joke, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't taken seriously (because some of y'all would).  :cookieMonster:

I know it was a joke, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't taken seriously (because some of y'all would).  :cookieMonster:
how dare you insult me and my homeboy dj XxBX13DBZxX???

Can anyone recommend stuff for me (i'm also interested)
I have ~550 dollars and a birthday coming up

sigh

I'll add you to the list

I know it was a joke, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't taken seriously (because some of y'all would).

i love how i turned off my post blocker just to confirm my thoughts it was momentum

that's how loving sure i was that it was gonna be his dry, unfunny joke posts relating to music production

NanoStudio (sampler/programming) is free for the desktop version, and you could try out Reaper (DAW) for 60 days, and if you like it, it's $60.

i use ableton for my launchpads. i personally think its best when ur usin equipment like that

Wow, completely ignored, ok...

Also, since some people think you need to spend money, and you say you have none, take a look at REAPER - its trial version has no limits and doesn't run out, so you can just purchase the $60 license when you're ready.

Another free alternative is http://audiotool.com. It's one of the things I got started on, plus it has a great community built in. Oh, and did I mention completely free?
I concur. Reaper is an awesome DAW.
As for the people trying to state that one is better than an other, that's simply not how it works. With any DAW you can produce a professional sounding track, it is simply a matter or preference and what you're used to.
I reccomend Reaper for starting out though, as it is free because the evaluation trial never actually runs out. It can do anything that any others can. The only drawback, which isn't really too bad, is that the variety of preinstalled plugins is lacking. However, taking a quick google search for what you specifically want isn't very time consuming.

For the whole liscense thing of Reaper, after 60 days all that happens is you just have the prompt asking you to buy it that you have to wait for a few seconds to close. It's free forever, despite what it says..

(Don't judge the lack of hours used, this is not on my main computer)

Getting VST Plugins is a must if you want to record guitars!

i love how i turned off my post blocker just to confirm my thoughts it was momentum

that's how loving sure i was that it was gonna be his dry, unfunny joke posts relating to music production
yea well

ur gay h eh eh ehehe :*)()*()


Linux Multi Media Studio is really good for starting out. Similar to fruity loops in operation.

Also, off-topicish, how's my music sound?
https://soundcloud.com/makinbla/minimalistic

just remember to apm0s