What gear do you need for producing?

[Kaek]

I put it simple, get free samples and fiddle your DAW like a kid. U have to know your sound n try recreating songs , u may start with aerodynamic.the riff can be created using guitar slayer in FL. Sometimes auto tuned cartoon sounds are also intresting .

I LOLed here.

[moey2k2001]

lol

Thanx for that. I aint asking anyone to google for me. I am just asking for info. I aint offended in any way and I wasnt trying to offend anyone either.

Its just that I am quiet sure there's some website or portal on the net but I am not finding it. Just looking for basics...
On you tube there are 1 billion vids and how would i know what i am looking for?
but anyway thanks a lot for your time!

[fullenglishpint]

he makes a good point, can someone tell me if there's a better way of finding videos on youtube than going through page by page alphabetically? It takes me forever to get to 'Xone DB:4'.... If only there were some way of typing in the name or subject matter of your video so it would show you ONLY the ones you're looking for....

I'm just kidding man. I know there's a hell of a lot to try n pick up at the start. Best of luck.

[heaps]

This'll help you out immensely, if you choose to go with Ableton for you DAW.
http://www.cosm.co.nz/index.php?opti...ideo&Itemid=94

Complete beginner's guide to cranking out "chunes"

more here
http://www.cosm.co.nz/index.php?opti...videos&catid=3

Also, subscribe to dubspot's youtube channel.

[paulmcd201]

if your looking to create new tunes then i would advise you invest in a good plug in synth, if i was you i would invest in sylenth1 & Alchemy 2 great synths easy to use .

[moey2k2001]

thnx guys. i found many interesting things through your help =)
can anyone advise me for a good book? or a music production lexicon that I could purchase online?

[WhiteApple]

if you pick live 8 pick up the apc40 too

[DvlsAdvct]

Also, read www.tweakheadz.com

Read it a lot

and then read it again

[Filterkat]

you shouldnt have to buy any sounds... or any synths... for the most part, you can recreate almost any sound you hear in any song with the synths in logic, you just have to know what your doing... thats what all the knobs on the synths are for... play with them, and figure shit out yourself... ES2 is a VERY powerful synth with a complex routing matrix ... if ur buying a bunch of synths just to get the sounds, ur basically just buying presets which everyone else has already used a million times over...

SOME synths might be worth buying down the line because of certain routing, filtering or waveform proccessing capabilities that other synths dont have, but its not worth buying any synths if you dont know how the ones you have work... figure out what everthing does with what you have, until you know 100% what each and every button, knob and slider does, then think about wasting more money....

[NewManSoon]

This'll help you out immensely, if you choose to go with Ableton for you DAW.
http://www.cosm.co.nz/index.php?opti...ideo&Itemid=94

Complete beginner's guide to cranking out "chunes"

more here
http://www.cosm.co.nz/index.php?opti...videos&catid=3

Also, subscribe to dubspot's youtube channel.

Thank you!