Guest Sean Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 my names sean, i reside within the united states and have been listenin to quite a variety of goa, minimal,psytrance, some notable labels being Iboga, Dragonfly, Demon Tea..etc. I'm lookin to pursue audio production in attempt to filter these dark twisted sounds n' themes out of my head and into the mechanics....I'm very interested yet uninformed due to my surrounding species...to cut a long story short, what equipment should best be used?...educations around here promote "digidesign pro tools" claiming its highly advanced. Much appreciation towards any responses, peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M00n|M4n Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 You should try out Fruity Loops. I started making music on this proggy and it teached me all the basics you need to know for some more powerful and proffesional programms. I'm sure you'll get all you need for at least 4 or 5 month. When you decide to take the next step I think Reason would be a good idea. Hope I helped you... P.eace L.ove U.nity R.espect & Psy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest soliptic Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 pro tools is , well , pro tools. its advanced and its 'professional' but its not really cut out for psy. you COULD make psy in it... but its not obvious. its more geared towards recording/production of bands, live shows, tv scores, and whatnot. for a pc user i think the 2 main choices, realistically, are soft studio, like either reason or FL midi/audio seq + VST/VSTi and/or DX(i) plugins, like cubase sx or sonar the latter is more "traditional". i'd wager that its ultimately more versatile, powerful and dare i say it, 'professional'. but can be harder to learn, more expensive, need better pc spec, etc. the former is rapidly gaining popularity and altho i said the other was more 'professional' that is not to imply that fully professional results in psy/etc can be gained from these tools. its always about what you do, not your tools, ultimately. they have a reputation for being easier to learn, cheaper, but perhaps limited in some ways. one very common route these days is to start with reason alone, then when happy with that, start rewiring into cubase, and slowly start using as much of cubase as you need/want, on top of what u already know. if your on a mac the options are slightly more limited, to cut a long story short the lead contender is Logic. very hard to learn (imho), but extraordinarily - almost unlimitedly - powerful. if u want to produce without a computer at all, well, you're about the only one these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charlie Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Do you have a computer yet? As PC vs Mac is a big issue. Go down to your nearest Barnes and Nobel and shell out for a copy of Computer Music Magazine. Every issue has a CD with FREE software, enough for a starter studio (Sequencer, Sampler, Drum Machine, etc.). With this you can at least start and see if it is for you, it is also PC and Mac compatible but only OS9. Also look at your favorite artists webpage and see what equipment they are using. I just got into this whole thing recently too and have spent a grip of cash so far. I am using a Mac G4 Ti Laptop running OSX 10.3 with a M-Audio Firewire 410 soundcard, I DJ with Traktor and use a Dopfer Pocket Dial as a controler. At home I got a 23" monitor (v nice) and am running Logic 6 Platinum (because that what Simon uses) with Reason for the synths. I also got Absynth 2, which makes some really nice sounds. I have had most of this stuff about two months and still have a few months to go before I really start to get used to it. My next major purchase will be the Kyma system from Symbolic Sound Corp which I just can't wait to get my hands on. Having said all that what is most important is your abillity to create sounds so start learning about sound synthesis, LFOs, filters, ossicilators and all that stuff. Oh yeah buy a copy of Pluggo (its Mac only for now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ugglaH Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I think you shpould start eith Reason rite on... It's quite easy to learn,and is pretty good for making psy... After you've learned how to use Reason,you could try with Cubasse SX... It's quite advanced,but after learning REason,I don't think it could be so hard to learn... paece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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