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I'm thinking of upgrading from my very old Mac, to a new PC.
But i want to be able to produce music on it.
What are the ideal hardware and software requirements to do this?
I have been searching google for this info, but if anybody could fill me in from first hand experience, i would appreciate it.
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RE: Bedroom Producers Question.
Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 5:34 AM by ga11agh3rI think there is no ideal hardware from one person to the next, all I would always say that you should go as big as you can afford if you are serious about producing music!
However, even the most basic of machines fitted with a soundcard can handle your basic ableton/cubase but when it comes to adding multiple tracks and effects then you may find yourself overloading the cpu pretty quickly.
It's really what you want to do with you music, if it's just as a hobby then no reason to overspend and if it's just for your own personal satisfaction then anything should suffice - you can pick up freeware applications that do a good job of emulating some functions of the 'big hitters' at a minimal cost.
I know some producers that swear by G5 macs running logic with dual widescreen monitors and will use nothing (but those guys have the money to spend on their rigs :-)
RE: Bedroom Producers Question.
Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:46 PM by Just A RideWell, i started the ball rolling.
I bought a copy of Cubase Mac VST/32 version 5 for using on Operating System 9 (an OS from around 2000).
I have aaccess to an old Apple Mac G4 that needs a new hard drive, once that's sorted, i can have a play around.
What i want to do is to be able to recreate sounds i hear on records, and then take it from there.
If i think my stuff's OK i might go for an more upmarket package.
My favourite loop at the moment is the intro to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
It works for 20 seconds before it starts to get on my nerves, although it works as a backing track.
On the free software i've been playing with, to generate a 1.1 MB file generates 48 MB of related files !!!
You can hear the loop on the following MP3:
interestinglyrics(dot)com/test.mp3
My first production!!
Just a thought:
If I was playing a club in Vegas, and it was going to be a regular money spinner, i would produce a track that mentioned Vegas in the song, if not in the title.
NOT a "Viva Las Vegas", and don't mention the name of the club, in case you move venues.
sample lyrics would be something like:
"Vegas for you baby, 'cos your beautiful"
Just rambling now:
The ideal peice of software of the future would be:
You load the track and it splits the song into the various instruments and vocals, so one song would give you the ten tracks that make up the song.
So you could "reverse engineer?" a song like Born Slippy or Xpander.
Coming some time soon i hope.
Just a Ride.
Hey try Reason 4
Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:36 AM by LightworkerI have been using Reason 4 for some time now and it is excellent for making great music very quickly. If anyone knows how i can get some of my tunes directly to Paul Oakenfold please email me direct and let me know how,many thanks,
jhlightworker@googlemail.com
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Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:57 AM by DanaiWhat is the learning curve with reason 4?
Thanks, in advance.
D
Learning curve in Reason.
Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 2:32 PM by LightworkerI took about a fortnight to get my head around how SIMPLE and well thought out it is,really! it should'nt take you more than a few hours to grasp the basics,and with tonnes of free reason song files and tutourials on the net..you will be rolling along on your merry trance-go-round!!
Jump in and be prepared to swim deeper and further than you could have imagined possible,There's a hidden depth to Reason,and i love how it looks like a toy,but boy its a tool. a key to the otherworldly dimensions of escaping into your own tunes AWESOME!
RE: Bedroom Producers Question.
Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:41 AM by IanI am still using Reason 2.5 - its ok. I prefer Logic (but you need a Mac). With Logic you can use as many VST plug-ins and synths and are not restricted to what it bundled like Reason (not saying that they are bad synths though - I just like a wider choice).
RE: Bedroom Producers Question.
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:57 AM by jodymcdouglei guess it all depends on the type(s) of sounds you are wanting to work with and create. personally, i use:
sonar 9 producer edition for just about everything.
-which has a sequencer that i prefer over the one in fruity loops-
adobe audition for a lot of editing.
i use MANY native instruments programs.
the above are the programs that i run everything through! when mixing vinyl (or digital) tracks, i use Traktor 3 (and pro) a lot. hope this helps or inspires some interest!
all the best,
jody