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Market => Product requests => Topic started by: oddmanoutP on March 24, 2012, 06:37 am
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SONAR X1 Producer looks dope with all the hook ups.
Also if you know something about this field and what the best production software is please share.
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http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php/silkroad/user/ac44e86da5
I deal in mac stuff
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Erm for mixing i use Traktor 2 pro (Itch is brilliant but only available on far more expensive decks than mine)
Production i would probably recommend Reason, great program (i found a little complicated, but i haven't tried too hard) with lots and lots and lots of possibilities. Friends also use Logic, Cubase and Abelton
But if i were you i would just torrent it all =)
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All of them have strengths and weaknesses.
Traktor 2 is a good program, but mix recordings are difficult to edit post production, and they also need EQ and mastering afterwards through a 3rd party. Visually craps the fuck out on a large monitor on a Macintosh. (even a fast one). If you're going to be DJing, you'll need MixedInKey as well.
As for production...they're all the same and they're all available on the internet for free. If you're into EDM I would just grab Ableton or Logic. Ableton is a lot lighter and can go from PC to Mac. Logic is an all in one power house that's designed specifically for Mac architecture.
If you get Ableton, make sure to get some free plugins, because some of their shit sucks. It's definitely the lightest and most simple GUI though. You'll need a frequency analyzer and a loudness analyzer from some other company. Melda has some good free ones.
All of these products are on the Pirate Bay....
Hope this helps.
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Many, many world class producers use Fruity Loops. It's definitely about understanding the underlying science of it all, and then manipulating that science through the tools that are given to you. It is NOT about the DAW. There are definitely some plugins that will help immensely (transient shaper, some good compressors), but you should honestly run with whatever you can get your hands on because it's more about trial and error:
THE ONLY PIECES OF HARDWARE / SOFTWARE WORTH BUYING ARE, IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE:
STUDIO MONITORS
STUDIO HEADPHONES
FIREWIRE SOUND INTERFACE
INTERNAL SSD HARD DRIVE (to keep all program data)
EXTERNAL 1TB HARD DRIVE (to keep all project data)
***MIC PREAMPS (only f you are recording vocals or instruments)
Everything else is just fluff and personal desire, and you can definitely do work without anything except the monitors. It is crucial to have studio monitors. Your work WILL sound like shit and you won't be able to fix it accurately if you're using regular computer speakers.
Every single DAW and plugin has idiosyncracies and glitches that you will have to find and figure out / get over. There is absolutely no point in waiting for SONAR if you can download FL or Ableton because they seriously all do the same thing. You are trying to (and I have been guilty of this as well) put the cart before the horse. I have dropped a ton of money on equipment, thinking it would "fix" parts of the sound, but every time I realize that I could be making shit on a shit ass PC laptop with just headphones. It is completely about your knowledge and patience and willingness to make horrible garbage for about a year before anything decent comes out, even if you are trained in music theory.
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I thought Fruity Loops was a bit restrictive (was a fairly old version i used), i thought it was ok if you were content to use their premade synths etc, but when creating your own it wasn't very good and lets face it, you should be creating your own.
a cheap midi keyboard i can recommend is the Korg Nano, its not special or fancy but its got 2 octaves and is cheap, great piece of starter kit =)