Need some helpful tips! Fresh here

[matchew swisher]

Hey Everybody! Check this out I am in Iraq. So I have nothing but time on my side and I am trying to get something together here. I'd like to start producing some beats over here to pass the time ya know learn something new and what not but my only prob is I don't know exactly where to start! What I need to know is what would be the best setup here to get me started ya know like equipment and programs just courious on whats the best equipment to look into when starting out in this game , whats the best programs to start with and the best books maybe! anyways thanks!


matchew swisher
VA's finest

 

[Stealthtech]

Are you talking about standalone or laptop/PC settup ?
And whats really buggin me is where your doing this over there.
Seems like you would be watching over your shoulder every minute.
I cant even visualize it.

 

[matchew swisher]

Yeah you watch over your should every minute when I'm rolling off the FOB which is all the time since I am infantry but I do get alot of downtime on the FOB which is guarded heavly with 50 cals if they penetrate into the FOB we got probs only thing you worry about here on the FOB is mortars and rockets. What is a standalone?i Do you think a laptop/pc setup would be easier?

 

[Red Dog Studios]

Hey there Matchew,

i use Fruity Loops, its beat making software, really good stuff and easy to use once you get the hang out it. Check it out.

Zeke Sayer

 

[Stealthtech]

Yeah you watch over your should every minute when I'm rolling off the FOB which is all the time since I am infantry but I do get alot of downtime on the FOB which is guarded heavly with 50 cals if they penetrate into the FOB we got probs only thing you worry about here on the FOB is mortars and rockets. What is a standalone?i Do you think a laptop/pc setup would be easier?

Well, if you use a standalone (portable digital recorder) your only talking one unit but a laptop settup would generally require an additional hardware interface to get it in to the laptop. The standalone will be limited in terms of editing but provide a descent recording.

 

[matchew swisher]

Well, if you use a standalone (portable digital recorder) your only talking one unit.

Now these standalones you can make beats on them or they just for recording? i was looking at some online looks like something you can add to your production if you had a studio ya know? Which would make it rough for me to bring it back to the states rather than a laptop.

but a laptop settup would generally require an additional hardware interface to get it in to the laptop. The standalone will be limited in terms of editing but provide a descent recording.

Now a additional hardware interface would be a keyboard or motif correct? and with a standalone you could edit with a laptop correct?Sorry for all these questions i am trying to learn what everything is! It seems a laptop setup would be best what would go into a laptop setup to do some nice production?

Hey thanks for the help everyone