Where should I begin?

Hi to all the DJTT Community, the idea of my thread is for everybody to share wich softwares do you actually use/recommend for somebody who has no knowledge in music production. I'm actually experimenting with FL Studio, what I would like to hear what you have to say to me, and where to begin with. Should Is FL Studio the best opcion? Why not ableton or some other program? As a DJ I produce my own remix's and Mash-ups with traktor pro 2, and kontrol s2.

What else can you tell me? My idea is to make this thread a NON-Producer, how to start guide!

Hope to see some replies soon.

It's all just a choice of which you feel is right for you. I've tried fl studio and it just feels odd to me. I've been working with ableton and it has a better workflow for myself. Try picking up the trial version to see which fits you.

Just begin. Everything else you'll figure out as you go along.
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Some people swear by FL. So it's a good place to start as any other (although I like Ableton for edits and the like).

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Originally Posted by Maximiliano Haas

Hi to all the DJTT Community, the idea of my thread is for everybody to share wich softwares do you actually use/recommend for somebody who has no knowledge in music production.

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Therein lies the problem. You should not be focusing on which software to buy, invest the money instead on some music theory books or lessons. Simply plugging away on your laptop within a software UI will not yield the results you are trying to get without.

I know a lot of here will bash that, since they themselves have no music theory background and think they are successful. And while perhaps they are, it would come a lot easier to anyone if they had learned the basic of musical notation, chord progression, scales, ect...

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Originally Posted by Gryz

Therein lies the problem. You should not be focusing on which software to buy, invest the money instead on some music theory books or lessons. Simply plugging away on your laptop within a software UI will not yield the results you are trying to get without.

I know a lot of here will bash that, since they themselves have no music theory background and think they are successful. And while perhaps they are, it would come a lot easier to anyone if they had learned the basic of musical notation, chord progression, scales, ect...

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Intel right here.

I use ableton, I have a bunch of friends using FL and most people say Logic is the best for mastering.

But it really comes down to what gryz said. It doesnt matter what program you use if you can't make anything nice out of that program.

Start learning keyboard and something about theory now.

As for software…watch beginner/intermediate video demos/tutorials for anything you can find…and when things start making sense, watch all of them again. When one stands out as making more sense or attracting you more than the others, buy it and learn with it until you find a specific reason you might want something else.

If you're really brand new, you don't know enough for demos to matter…all they're going to do is waste hard drive space.

If you just want a recommendation, I'm a fan of Pro Tools and Maschine. But those are workflow preferences and not based on them actually being "better" than anything else.

I wouldn't recommend any software to a person until they get the basis right. First focus on learning some music theory and once you feel comfortable with music composition read on the basis of productions (how DAWs work and what does what, etc). That would give you a solid foundation to work with any DAW and will allow you to follow up on tutorials regardless on what program they are focusing. No one is rushing you, take the time you need and start with the right foot, it will save you time in the long run.

Regarding software choice, you can try out the demo of many of them and find out that way which program gives you the best workflow. You will find lots of people using different DAWs for a number of reasons, but the truth is that no one can make that decision but yourself.


PS: Nice to see another local on the forums :)