Guest Number4 Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Maybe not too interesting of a topic for most of you, so I really appreciate any feedback. I'm very new to both spinning and music making and finding good newbie info has been really tough and confusing. First off, I'm looking for a good forum or resource to map out all of the equpiment needed to make my own tracks and how everything is put together, including terminology and an explanation of what everything does. My experience is pretty limited; messed around with some basic mixing and demo-ed Fruity Loops, but that's really it. Can anyone point me in the right direction with some info or links? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slidingttrancer Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 I guess there is no easy way but just getting a program like Cubase and some VST's/VSTi's and experiment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inkubator Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 hi number4 yeah i know this problem, not a long time ago i had the same situation, wanted to do something but didnt know where to start. as the other guy stated, unfortunately there is no other way than try and error. there are some specialiaced forums, like about synths, sequenzers and other stuff, but i've never found a forum what you are looking about... just use your computer, maybe fruity, maybe another programm, and try to to what you like, slowly the things will clear up and slowly you will understand... good lock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coriolis Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 seek friends in the area who do this stuff and learn from them and work with them. actual physical human interaction cannot be overrated! but don' t be discouraged by the lack of coherent, organized information and resources out there. keep applying yourself and you'll begin to pull things together from many different places. otherwise, you can get started, as has been said, with a sequencer and some vst plugins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest combeferre Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 yep trial and error is the best way to learn. there is no "right" way to do things and finding your own way around the gear/software that you have is a big part of making your own original approach to music. For this reason too it's important not to jump in at the deep end... specifically, I'd leave cubase until you've got a bit more knowledge under your belt. Fruity loops is a good place to start because it's cheap and fairly easy to learn. On the other hand I probably recommend Orion over fruity loops if you've got a little more money, because Orion is set up alot more like an actual studio so the knowledge you learn there will be more portable. and orion is still easy to learn. For the mixing side of things, best way is to buy some decks (or borrow some) and just start mixing. mix for a long time each time you do it - especially good is mixing all night, you'll find that by the morning when you're getting tired you sort of drop into this groove that makes everything just work right. at least this is what I found =) If you've no regular access to decks there are a number of software apps that emulate (more or less) cd decks. The best IMHO is traktor dj studio from Native Instruments. by the way I'm more or less a beginner myself so my advice might not be worth much.. but this is what I found helpful anyway. have fun =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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