Im new

[damage]

Hello every1 im new to the site and wanna take time to introduce myself. I am a dj and play a variety of dance music. i have a bit of equipment including two technics 1210s and two pioneer cdj 1000s mark2 together with my amp and cd recorder and pioneer djm 600 mixer.

well im new to recording and want advice on how to get started. i look to slowly build up my own studio. i am gonna buy a rack soon and would like to no what equipment i would need to get me started.

Thanks

 

[Stealthtech]

Hardware/Software ? Combination of the two ?

 

[Rokket]

Do you want to go digital or analog? What type of music do you want to make? Looking at midi? Your question is a bit broad, and the answer could take days. Or just some more reading on the HR.com main pages....

 

[damage]

sorry guys but my knowledge is a bit broad at the moment. i look to be recording manualy rather than using computer software and i would want it analog aswell. i look to buy my components first rather than learning it all from scratch. i am looking to make a variety of dance tracks such as techno and trance.
Hope this helps.
Thanks

 

[Cloneboy Studio]

i am looking to make a variety of dance tracks such as techno and trance.

You totally need to do the following:

1.) Embrace MIDI in its every form, especially computer sequencing.

2.) Say goodbye to analog recording.

3.) Embrace computer software like a mofo--there's so much out there for that type of music that is software related it's not funny. The sheer amount of stuff for techno in a software world is insane. Heck... you could download everything you need for FREE using freeware if you wanted. I know guys that do it this way and their stuff sounds fine (for crappy, disengenious techno anyways).

4.) Embrace sampling and looping, which is easy to do on the computer. See #3 above.

5.) If you insist on going analog recording you're going to spend about 10 times what you would going all or mostly software.

6.) I can see hooking up with analog synths, however. See http://www.vintagesynth.com for details.

7.) By doing techno you are going to have to learn to love analog synths, old blippy digital synths, and 12 bit/analog samplers. See #6 above.

8.) Acknowledge that Roland and Korg haven't made a cool synth for 10-15 years.

Hope this helps!

 

[damage]

Ok i totally agree there. but computer software can be a pain coz it can get really complicated. what software do u recomend i start on? i had a trial on cool edit b4 but couldnt make no use of it coz it was too complicated.

 

[Stealthtech]

Perhaps you should look into something like (Fruity Loops..Software...) rather than multitracking.
Fruity Loops is the name of the software by the way

 

[damage]

where can i download a trial version?

 

[peopleperson]

8.) Acknowledge that Roland and Korg haven't made a cool synth for 10-15 years.

Hope this helps!

Yeah, but the Korg Legacy pack is incredible.

 

[Cloneboy Studio]

Honestly if Cool Edit is confusing you, you need to focus on learning some audio/recording basics FIRST before diving in headfirst into making music.

I had to use Cool Edit a few years ago on a project for commercial audio (both Clear Channel & Cumulus networks use it religiously) and I had a five second learning curve on it. Literally it was so similar to the DP/Cubase/Cakewalk/Logic that I had used in the past that I could instantly use it.

Granted, Cool Edit kind of sucks for any serious audio work (I call it Kludge Edit Pro because of its lack of robustness) but if you know audio engineering it is pretty well laid out and intuitive.

Time spent now learning basics is time well spent indeed.

 

[Dani Pace]

Analog dance music, does anyone do that any more? Dont take me wrong, analog has it's place but with most dance music, midi and loops seem to be the way to go.

 

[Cloneboy Studio]

Analog dance music, does anyone do that any more? Dont take me wrong, analog has it's place but with most dance music, midi and loops seem to be the way to go.

Yeah if you're some Fruity Loops lamer, but the pro's usually incorporate some level of real analogs into their setup.

Most people are too cheap to buy any real hardware for their sounds and they wonder why their songs sound anemic.

 

[damage]

yeah thats why i wanted to go a bit analog aswell for that reason.

 

[Dani Pace]

I never said that I liked all the "generated" stuff out there, I was just pointing out that most clubbers don't seem to care about the quality of the music as much as they care about the consistant rythm and thump. Personally it drives me nuts, I'd rather hear "real" music any day.