DawgTheHallMonitor
Bluelighter
Id like to start making my own mixes and and stuff like that.
Id like to start making my own mixes and and stuff like that.
I would love but i hardly have any money. There is just so much more to this than i thought there was. In time i will learn it. Thank you for the advice.By a set of 1210's before the price goes through the roof. HTFR are wanting £799 per turntable now so double the price they were already. They were discontinued last year so will be worth a bomb and they last forever, nothing beats the sound of vinyl through proper studio moniters imo. They will always release vinyl as well even if the market does shrink, millions of people still owns decks, the used to out sell guitars at one point.
Fortunately my dad has a very large vinyl collection. And how hard is beatmatching? Ive never tried itOr buy some 1200s used and look out for people selling their records as a collection or something. Manually beatmatching is a very useful skill to have. Depends what genre of edm. MP3s are cheaper. Serato may be an option. I'm sure the demo is available for both. its the constant vinyl vs mp3s vs cdjs debate.
By a set of 1210's before the price goes through the roof. HTFR are wanting £799 per turntable now so double the price they were already. They were discontinued last year so will be worth a bomb and they last forever, nothing beats the sound of vinyl through proper studio moniters imo. They will always release vinyl as well even if the market does shrink, millions of people still owns decks, the used to out sell guitars at one point.
Nah, that was just a rumor, they are only halting manufacture, not ending it. also, there are turntables that are as good or better for way cheaper. Stantons are a great place to start
but yeah, to the OP, traktor, serato, VDJ, and others are all good, just depends on the price you want to spend and how much you want to do with it. If all you want to do is mix tracks, and not worry about loops, effects, samples, etc, go with vdj, its a fine program to learn on. I would reccomend either getting cdj's or a pair of turntables, though, controllerism is fine once you know what you are doing, but until you learn where to drop in and how songs are structured, not relying on a sync button is the way to go.
also, beatmatching is hard, but not impossible. If thats a route you decide to go, come back here and start a thread, you will get lots of tips im sure. in fact UTSE first, there may already be a thread, im not sure, but i wouldnt be surprised
Beatmatching is one of those skills that's either something you're naturally inclined or takes solid practice to get down. Its kinda like the roots of Djing. Hawtin describes it as a pain but he can already do mad beatmatching. I suck at it personally and there is nothing worse than two kicks being poorly matched. I think for the beginner DJ who is serious being good at beatmatching is like putting your work in, its just going to make you a better DJ. Its also a good lesson in tempo and pitch change. Taking a 140 bpm psy track and a 120 bpm house track and making them work or realizing they don't work is a really good lesson to learn.
Nah 1210's all the way for me, club standard and will last a life time as they are built like tanks.
Do you mean mixes as in learning to DJ and mixing as in DJ sets, or mixes as in making your own tunes from scratch and playing your own music?
If the first, I have no idea, I don't DJ but have been told Traktor is good. I have a few friends who use Ableton and various different control surfaces.
If the second, and you want to make your own music, you would need a DAW (digital audio workstation). Logic, Ableton, and Cubase are the most common for electronic music as far as I know, all have their own characters and personalities. There are some free ones knocking about, but I couldn't talk about them.
There is no right or wrong programme, whichever you go with you will need to spend hours learning and playing with it.
Stick with one, lots of people think "I can't use Cubase, I'll try Logic" and swap around, and instead of knowing how to use one after a couple of months, they are struggling to get the basics of the new one they have chosen.
Some VSTi (Virtual Studio Instrument) which are synths on your computer and load up in the programme. There are lots of good free ones floating around online. Some may be specifically for your chosen genre, others may not be, try some out and see what you like. Most synths work in exactly the same way.
A bit of synthesis knowledge will help.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm
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This will tell you how to make all of your sounds which will help. You can use samples (pre-recorded audio clips) as well. There are lots of free sample packs online, or if you want to PM me I can send you some.
Knowing the general tools and tricks will help as well:
Equalization (EQ) explained
How and when to use EQ
Compression made easy
Compression
Advanced Compression 1
Advanced Compression 2
Creating depth in your mix
Improving a stereo mix
Most DAW's come with their own EQ and Compressors and things included which are just fine for learning on. Alternatively you can find free ones online too.
One good thing to remember, many people think that the more expensive the software is, the better it is, which is generally true (but not always). However, there is very little need for someone just starting out to get a complex multiband compressor with Mid/side and sidechain capabilities, you will just end up confusing yourself before you even know what you need to be doing
There are lots of developers out there making free software, some are just as good as what the pros make and charge £500 for.
Good luck and enjoy the wonderful, frustrating, fulfilling, depressing, amazing, challenging, creative and fun world of music production![]()
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One of these guys. Although, you don't need it, they are useful. I use time controlled records with traktor so I don't use those. But you can just mix on the computer without external controllers. They just make mixing more convenient.