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    Idiot newbie FruityLoops question

    Okay I'm totally confused here. I installed Acid and FruityLoops 4 on my PC. Acid seems to work fine... however, FruityLoops soudns WEIRD. Like where there should be drum tones I think, I only hear what sounds like static or distortion and/or loud annoying clicks... Help anyone? I'm wondering...
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    Do you really buy that expensive recording software?

    Hmmm.... Hmmm... well if burning a CD for a friend is not illegal if you don't get money for it... Then how is peer-to-peer file sharing piracy? It's literally the same thing. I lend my friend my new CD to copy it = I lend my friend my hard drive with my music files to copy them = I copy...
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    Help The Newbie Out!

    Thanks Alalfa! Priceless info :) People like you are why I've come to love this forum almost overnight. The Sound On Sound forum has proved very helpful thus far... haven't gotten to the Harmony Central one yet ;) As for the cricket... sorry not a major follower - especially not when we (the...
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    Help The Newbie Out!

    OK, so after previous stints getting info in the DJ/Hip Hop and Newbies sections I've decide that I want the cenerpiece of my studioto be a laptop comp... What laptop is best for music production? And what plug-ins do you guys suggest for making tracks of a Hip Hop/R&B nature - kinda stuff...
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    Equipment To Make Beats?

    I'm a songwriter who wants to get more into making beats and production on the whole... The idea is for me to move up to the level of Pharrel Williams and the Neptunes who combine the writing and beats and just tailor it to the artist.... (i.e. make the beat, write the hook maybe even record the...
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    Help! Songwriter wants to produce/program beats!

    I'm interested in starting to program my own beats and such, of the R&B/Hip-Hop persuasion mostly. I already write lyrics and melody and can play basic keyboards thanks to a few years of piano lessons when I was a kid. What's the best equipment to start out with? Since I don't immediately...
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    PLEASE HELP - Urgent soundcard/midi question!

    Glad to hear it can work... I thought so but wanted to confirm before making any purchases. Hey Clemie - are you saying that I need a SEPARATE driver from the one that comes with the soundcard? Or just the one that goes with the soundcard? Sorry if I am asking silly questions, but better safe...
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    PLEASE HELP - Urgent soundcard/midi question!

    This may be a really stupid question, but I am attempting to put together my first sequencing and home-recording set up and want to get it right and make sure I have the right ideas here. Okay, so I want to use a midi keyboard to trigger my sounds from plugins and whatnot through FruityLoops or...
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