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Posted: 17:24 - 06 Mar 2008 Post subject: Music production and composing |
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Basically does anyone own a Synthesiser and do a bit of music production? Also do you have any knowlage of how to play the keyboard/piano etc?
Now ive not played either for a couple of years, however im a grade 5 on the piano and have a good understanding and also my Granpa is a music teacher so he could help out.
But basically im looking at Yamaha Motif XS's and dabbling in making my own Trance and Hard Dance Styled Productions.
What other stuff am i going to need etc? Looking at the Motif and alot of Synths they dont seem to have internal speakers so i take it they need connecting to a hi fi or something?
Help is appreciated
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Depending on which way you want to record or compose these tracks I could recommend cubase for direct track by track recording and digital editing.
I use Sibelius for my A Level compositions and it has never put a foot wrong, thats more suited to an educated approach to composition using knowledge of harmony and written score as well as instrumentation etc
I think you are after Cubase.... |
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Annabella Like a person, only smaller
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Get a copy of Reason (basically a virtual 'rack' of synthesizers - even better there are free downloads of it), works a treat for drum loops, synth samples and layering. Combine it with Logic (a virtual studio - for building up the tracks you create in Reason and layering/duplicating them) and you've got everything you need for creating purely digital music.
For more 'serious' production Pro-Tools is the benchmark, especially if you want to record analogue.
If you're really serious about production all three together is a pretty powerful tool and your only limit is your imagination. I had so much fun with them at Uni!
Sibelious is usually used for the production of scores (you can export Logic files into Sibelious to create your score), whilst it does play back tit doesn't manage any manipulation.
Cubase is ok, and often considered an equivalent to Logic but IMO it's nowhere near as good or intuitive to use. ____________________ Avast! Pirates ahoy!
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cakewalk is now called sonar
I use version 6 and it works well for what I need, version 7 is out
https://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/English/default.asp
burning to CD is easy most Audio software has the capbility to burn directly to disk
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16 years, 23 days
Anyway, did anyone here try some of those modern USB microphones for smartphones, PCs and possibly digital cameras to record acoustic instruments in stereo? I recently got back to playing acoustic guitar/s, and I would like to start composing and recording music again, but I have no idea what's useable these days. My classical guitar does have the piezo pickup with preamp, but I just don't like the way it sounds via my old Boss digital record. By the way, I want to keep it simple, there's no need for studio quality equipment.
Also, is GuitarPro still a thing? ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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