Guest Posted August 27, 2005 Posted August 27, 2005 well iv been djing for a while now. and iv decided to get into producing iv got cubase sx3 and reason 3... and i have a few questions: what plugins do i need exactly to optimize the quality of the outcome? do i absolutly have to buy a midi controller? besides these questions any advices useful links and replys will be much apprichiated =D thenx in advence Quote
Digital Psyence Posted August 27, 2005 Posted August 27, 2005 u need Ejay dance edition Haha, no kidding mate! Well you can get a lot out of the waves diamond/gold bundle, its quite good plugins for optimizing the outcome. you should also check UAD-cards or the Powercore card/firewire box out (expensive) they have some serious plug-ins too You dont HAVE to buy a midi-comtroller, but if you are a musician as i, you def. need one. i couldnt imagine producing without keys to play on. Think about it, you would have to draw everything with the mouse, yak They dont cost very much and becomes very handy in the lenght! A good start could be; use reason as your beatmachine and do most other with good VSTi synths in cubase. cant give you much better advises than just get some monitors if you dont have any, and start producing Quote
Guest Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 thenx for your reply =3 haha i actually used to have ejay dance.... but after an hour or so, i understood that its not serious and "upgraded" to fruity loops.... i used to mess around in fruity loops but as i got more serious about producing i came to realize that i couldnt exploit my entire "potential" so iv decided time has come to get into the big leagues with proggies like cubase... but i had trouble doing basslines so i got reason 3 just in case im sort of a musician... i used to play saxophone beck in elementry school and now i just mess around with an acustic guitar i dunno if i can spend much on a midi controller.... are there any for 50$???? also what kind of vst does waves diamond/gold bundle have??? thenx a bunch =D Quote
benf52 Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 i do think u will be able to make much better basslines with cubase than reason... get vb-l... works well for me... as for waves, it's got a lot of good EQs, compressors, and more stuff.. i use it mainly for eq and compression... Quote
Guest Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 i do think u will be able to make much better basslines with cubase than reason... get vb-l... works well for me... as for waves, it's got a lot of good EQs, compressors, and more stuff.. i use it mainly for eq and compression... 323659[/snapback] i understand... thenx! its just that cubase is soooo difficult to use... i got the basics down though... i also wanted to ask if its possible to use my comuter keyboard instead of the midi controller, i meen as keys for the synth... is it possible someway? Quote
benf52 Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 u don't need a keyboard at first... sure it is nice but if u have a limited budget u don't have to buy one now... u can make music by puting in the notes with the mouse... as far as using the computer keys as a keyboard, i don't know if u can do that... Quote
Digital Psyence Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 as far as using the computer keys as a keyboard, i don't know if u can do that... 324131[/snapback] Actually this is possible with a vst plugin (sorry, dont remember the name) But i think the tones are layered very very weird - in comparison to a piano Quote
Guest Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 ok peeps =D thenx for your help, i got the information i needed... all is left now is start producing =D Quote
sundrop Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 well iv been djing for a while now. and iv decided to get into producing iv got cubase sx3 and reason 3... and i have a few questions: what plugins do i need exactly to optimize the quality of the outcome? do i absolutly have to buy a midi controller? besides these questions any advices useful links and replys will be much apprichiated =D thenx in advence 323520[/snapback] you need Waves it will greatly improve your sounds, and has quick, effortless mastering tool and Sonic Maximizer is good for high end sounds. you must also learn side-chain compression (with Waves) as for more, i dunno... cuz no one in my area produces so i cant see how its done. Quote
Digital Psyence Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 i dunno if i can spend much on a midi controller.... are there any for 50$???? also what kind of vst does waves diamond/gold bundle have??? 323635[/snapback] You can get midi-keyboards from around 100$ and up Waves diamond bundle is the biggest and most expensive one ($3,900.00 ) Here's the full list Quote
Guest Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 You can get midi-keyboards from around 100$ and up Waves diamond bundle is the biggest and most expensive one ($3,900.00 ) Here's the full list 324215[/snapback] ok but how exactly do i use the plugins? couse i just noticed that i cant even bring them up.... Quote
Guest Posted August 30, 2005 Posted August 30, 2005 haha. i just put a similar post up(im a dumbass!!!!) same boat as u kinda. i would say u dont need a keyboard, but it definately makes a difference. get the m-audio oxygen-8. cheap and reliable. does more than enough if ure just staring out. Quote
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