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Making beats and other music

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yetirolfe
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what is the best program to produce and make beats and other music on the comp?
Dec 13 2005 8:48PM
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Ghost
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As far as hip hop/urban. Alot of people in the industry stick to primarily using hardware like mpcs, audio keyboards, groove makers.

If you can get a good keyboard (I'm running a yama portable grand piano) with some descent software, you can put out some pretty cool stuff. Alot of the keyboards come with lots of different instrument/voices to work with, so gives you alot of options.

As far as software: One of the industry standards and is recognized in alot of studios is 'ProTools'. Also, Reason 3.0 is great. One downside of these programs is that they have a pretty large learning curve and definitely aren't easy to pick up on to.

For starting out, Acid Pro is a great program to use and is pretty user friendly. Fruity loops is another program that is good and is even more geared towards techno/trance/electronic if you want to go that route.
Dec 13 2005 9:25PM
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chapz
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ds dj 5, sickest thing ever
Dec 13 2005 10:45PM
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Danger.
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What GD said is generally right, but producers now are starting to combine hardware/software. Things like Acid Pro and ProTools are mainly set up for recording into and for using midi instruments. Things like Reason and FL Studio are for drums and general computer generated instruments.
Dec 13 2005 11:07PM
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hucker22
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i have magix music maker i think its pretty sweet thats what i use all the time. 9th wonder who makes beats for murs and made a beat for jay-z on the balck album uses frooity loops(sp.)
Dec 14 2005 3:26PM
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Bob_Loblaw
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garageband is fun
Dec 14 2005 3:37PM
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Ghst
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You can do pro shit on anything but nothing matches two tables and a mic
Dec 14 2005 5:03PM
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crunkkrew*tck
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ye this kid knows what real talent consists of....GD is at home crying, deleted a bunch of posts. can't handle internet.

"abilities annihilates the techs while I rip the microphone!" E and A
Dec 14 2005 5:32PM
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Ghost
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this kid asked a legitimate question and I'm trying to keep it on point.

If you would like to bitch and moan feel free to send me a private message or start up a hate thread on me in the appropriate category.
Dec 14 2005 5:37PM
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crunkkrew*tck
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nah, i aint gonna bother wasting my time, I have a life.
Dec 14 2005 6:04PM
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freezed
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haha...

two tables and a mic equals talent?

that doesnt make any sense whatsoever.
Dec 14 2005 11:31PM
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hugeairkid
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But he doing something he loves and does really well. If you listened to some of his music you know that it takes alot of time to make tracks like he does. Also, he is giving all his music to us free. Why the hell are you complaining when he is making music(which he obviously loves to do)?
Dec 15 2005 12:26AM
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fredsters_s
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pro tools is the primarily used recording software....but in terms of composing I would say its definitely the Logic Pro family
Dec 15 2005 4:45PM
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Mike2.0
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Those are sick I got some demo shit for em, buuuuuut fuck I cant download the full versions.

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Dec 15 2005 5:01PM
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crunkkrew*tck
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umm. are you fuckin stupid? it takes tons of talent! How does it not make sense? takes more talent then playing around on the computer or keyboard. Thats probably the dumbest comment i've heard on this site yet.
Dec 17 2005 4:45PM
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Schwags
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check out aker on myspace... hes the shit.
Dec 17 2005 5:33PM
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willbski9
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I enjoy using garage band though the selection is limited.
Dec 17 2005 5:52PM
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Danger.
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You are a fucking tool. Technics don't make beats, drum machines and computers do. There is no way around that. So face the facts and shut the fuck up.

P.S. I will go into detail if I really need to prove my point.
Dec 17 2005 6:21PM
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crunkkrew*tck
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"You are a fucking tool. Technics don't make beats, drum machines and computers do. There is no way around that. So face the facts and shut the fuck up."

your even dumber than that other kid, I didn't say you make beats on turntables! hahaha how do you get that outta what i said, your good at making shit up outta nothing. You should go fist yourself!
Dec 17 2005 9:09PM
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highfive
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I got pro tools le with the digi 002 control surface... works great.
Dec 17 2005 9:33PM
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resnick13
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I recently got into making music through electronics. It's a lot of damn fun.

If you're getting into making beats, I'd recommend Fruity Loops 5.

I created my first song through FL studio 5 and it took about 18 - 20 hours in total. (I first had to learn how to use the program)

The funny part was I barely even scratched the surface of the capabilities of the program. I mean, I learned a lot, but the program has a tons of depth.

My first attempt at electronica music:
http://stw.ryerson.ca/~mbalaban/callisto.mp3

Tell me what you guys think.
Dec 18 2005 6:07AM
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