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#1 2011-08-10 12:24:48
Music Producing
Ever since 3 years ago, I have loved house/electro music and about a year ago I became interested in producing. The thing is, I don't have money. Apparently, to produce music, you need a lot of stuff that costs money.
Help?
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#2 2011-08-10 12:25:59
- SpriteMaster
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Re: Music Producing
There are a lot of ways to make money, maybe have a yard sale with all your old toys maybe? Ask your family to sell some old things?
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#3 2011-08-10 12:26:24
- slapperbob
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Re: Music Producing
Use garage band or something.
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#4 2011-08-10 12:44:20
- technoguyx
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Re: Music Producing
3 ways to do it:
1) What SpriteMaster said, then buy stuff.
2) Get the software "the other way" and spend money only in hardware, instruments, a microphone if needed, etc.
3) If getting them "the other way" bothers you, use free software. There's lots of free VSTs, and free hosts such as Linux Multimedia Studio (which despite the name is also for Windows and Mac).
For electronic music though, you'll barely need hardware/instruments unless you write riffs on a keyboard or record samples often.
Some good free VSTs are the G-VSTs (lots of essential stuff like filters, compressors, chorus, delay, etc. here!). Also check out websites entirely decicated to free VSTi's like FreeMusicSoftware and vst4free.
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#5 2011-08-10 13:34:12
Re: Music Producing
Try Groovemaker.
It's good for beginners. I produced the song in this project in Groovemaker Techno for iOS.
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#6 2011-08-10 14:00:22
Re: Music Producing
technoguyx wrote:
3 ways to do it:
1) What SpriteMaster said, then buy stuff.
2) Get the software "the other way" and spend money only in hardware, instruments, a microphone if needed, etc.
3) If getting them "the other way" bothers you, use free software. There's lots of free VSTs, and free hosts such as Linux Multimedia Studio (which despite the name is also for Windows and Mac).
For electronic music though, you'll barely need hardware/instruments unless you write riffs on a keyboard or record samples often.
Some good free VSTs are the G-VSTs (lots of essential stuff like filters, compressors, chorus, delay, etc. here!). Also check out websites entirely decicated to free VSTi's like FreeMusicSoftware and vst4free.
Thanks! I got LMMS and a synthesizer VSTi. I never knew about this stuff 
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#7 2011-08-10 15:33:36
- technoguyx
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Re: Music Producing
adriangl wrote:
technoguyx wrote:
3 ways to do it:
1) What SpriteMaster said, then buy stuff.
2) Get the software "the other way" and spend money only in hardware, instruments, a microphone if needed, etc.
3) If getting them "the other way" bothers you, use free software. There's lots of free VSTs, and free hosts such as Linux Multimedia Studio (which despite the name is also for Windows and Mac).
For electronic music though, you'll barely need hardware/instruments unless you write riffs on a keyboard or record samples often.
Some good free VSTs are the G-VSTs (lots of essential stuff like filters, compressors, chorus, delay, etc. here!). Also check out websites entirely decicated to free VSTi's like FreeMusicSoftware and vst4free.Thanks! I got LMMS and a synthesizer VSTi. I never knew about this stuff
Also if you can, find an EQ plugin. Those are pretty essential to polish your synth's sounds further. Some reverb too, they seriously help make synths a little less harsh 
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#8 2011-08-10 16:30:59
Re: Music Producing
technoguyx wrote:
adriangl wrote:
Thanks! I got LMMS and a synthesizer VSTi. I never knew about this stuff
Also if you can, find an EQ plugin. Those are pretty essential to polish your synth's sounds further. Some reverb too, they seriously help make synths a little less harsh
Okay, slow down there, deadmau5 Right now, I'm watching a tutorial on how to actually make a song and work the synthesizer thing.
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