Recently I bought several software… I purchased these objects as for a very good reduction and birthday present, so i almost paid nothing for all of these and from the videos they seem to be cool.
I bought Logic Pro, Maschine Groove Station, NI Komplete 5, Battery.
I’d like to start producing music but certain things I do not know where to start and also I don’t know certain terms such as synthesisers, slicing, etc…
Who can help me out? Where can i find a guide book to answer the terms and teach me how to do things? the tutorial videos wern’t very useful as for they were more advanced people.
thanks a lot for ur help jason. Big help.
is there anywhere i can find out “terms” or explaination of words somewhere?
and to the idiots…
i wasnt asking anyone to give me critizism… why i bought is none of ur business… if u want to help than it would be nice of you and if not then there’s no reason posting… the fact just shows how helpful you are to others and selfish u are!!!
Serch on youtube bud…there’s ton of vids about logic basic tutorials from how to program the ultrabeat to more advanced stuff…I got logic myself but I rarely use it as I’m hooked to ableton live
Some books I have picked up or am waiting for. These should help you out allot. I like to have books to go through to find new techniques or refresh those I already know to keep the creativity going.
What I can probably help with is a quick list of terms. Each one, if you search Wikipedia (English) or some other ‘tutorial’ sites, will probably lead you to another one. They’ll start to fit together the more you read, but don’t try and learn it all at once. Read, stop, think, then go read again. Only a suggestion, but anyway…these are all to search in English, not sure if it’s your preferred language. What is listed in parenthesis is something you might see as an abbreviation or slang.
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
Non-linear editing
Sequencer
Multi-track digital recording
Using loops (looping)
Making loops (sampling)
MIDI
VST (software synthesizer)
Step Sequencer (MIDI programming)
Beats Per Minute (BPM)
Key (of the music)
Equalization (EQ)
Frequency Map
Effects / Effects chain (ex: Compression, distortion, reverb, vocoder)
Mixdown / Rendering audio
If you’re getting started and working pretty much from one machine and don’t have inputs (a guitar, mic, etc) then the above list will probably fit your first exploration into production pretty good. Search videos based on what you think you are starting to understand about your software. Be specific! Best of luck to you.
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) - this is where you will lay your song out from intro to outro
Sequencer/Step Sequencer - is how you will lay your samples (be it drums or vocol cuts etc..) out in a rhythmic pattern
Multi-track digital recording - Pretty much the same as a DAW, allows you to “layer” multiple audio sources
loops (looping) - are seamless pieces of audio the repeat. This is where you question of slicing comes in..
Slicing - is taking a piece of audio and “slicing” or cutting it and rearangin it up to fit the groove of your song you are making. Creating a seamless audio piece.
MIDI - is Data sent from Hardware Devices, or Software to play noted or events. Midi has a quite deep use and I suggest researching midi all on its own.
VST / VSTi - Are plug-ins that allow expansion of your DAW. The may include virtual synthisizers (a fake piano with cool sounds) or Effects like echo, reverd, etc…
Beats Per Minute (BPM)
Key (of the music) - what notes / chords where / will be played to make the music .. http://www.8notes.com is a great resourse to use if you do not know chords.
Equalization (EQ) - Frequency control, like Bass Mid Treble
Effects - Echo, Delay, Compression etc…
Effects chain - refers to the path the audio take from trigger time to the effects it passes through until you hear it from the speakers.
It’s my personal suggestion that you buy/borrow a book about some or all of that software and read it. And take notes. Seriously, I have a notebook that I write down little things that I want to remember. To be statistical, you remember very little of what you read, and writing it down really helps commit whatever it is to memory, even if you never read it again. The same thing applies when your in class, if you just sort of absentmindedly listen, you probably aren’t gonna remember all of what you hear, but if you write it down, your chances of absorbing the information greatly increases.
i don’t think that weltraumpapst wanted to critisize you. it’s just the fact that buying so much stuff without knowing anything about producing can be quite dangerous regarding the fact that producing may not be the thing for you at all.
hopefully it will be so you can keep the stuff and be busy for the next 5 years. komplete 5 is such a huge package! : D
one site i absolutely adore is http://createdigitalmusic.com. you will get so much inspiration of it, i can guarantee!
Youtube is your friend. There’s no reason why you couldn’t learn almost everything you need to know from google/youtube. Watch, read, practice, watch, read, practice… etc.
As per my suggestion,you should have to use some software like DJMix. It is produce some kind of tunes and provide some basic environments to creating a musics.
Brilliant thread I myself picked up Ableton 6 weeks or so ago, been tinkering and slowly learning how to do various things with it, using simpler to make drum patters side chaining and also making sure to use compressor youtube is amazing for that.
This is an awesome thread idea, even though it was general query in the first place. I only looked because of the title. I have been a DJ for 13 years now and have always wanted to get into production and since aquiring my new mac it was something that was on the horizon. Knowing that a lot of people will start here being DJ’s it would be a great idea to get a resource thread for do’s, dont’s, where to start, tips and tricks.
Before anyone says that we are currently in the music production part of the forum, I mean FROM A BEGINNER LEVEL WITH NO EXPERIENCE like my self
I believe you need a midi keyboard for music prodution, any recommendations?
I regards to packages, things like logic are for the sequencing, reason and cubase are for synth building as far as I’m aware - what do you need essentially (ie one sequencer, one synth builder etc) to get going for definite?
