New to producing techno - pls give me advice

[stjohn]

a wise man said it best when he said

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/forum...highlight=tips

[snoop1611]

a wise man said it best when he said

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/forum...highlight=tips

On it - Cheers

[Jay Pace]

Listen to people you like very carefully then copy them

Best way to learn, about drum programming, track structure, the sounds used etc etc

And get a copy of reason - learning with reason is fast, intuitive, incredibly powerful and a good introduction to how hardware works and how machines work with each other. Get a book to get you up to speed

cubase is powerful but a bit unwieldy when you are starting out, takes a while to get quick with it. You want to be as creative as possible, not mired down in the technical complexities of your programs.

And come here loads! This is probably the greatest techno production resource in the world.

Welcome to the board mate

[danielmarshall]

Halion is a terrible sampler, I have to agree :( For a while it's all I had too, though now I'm using Native Instruments Kontakt 2 which is incredibly powerful compared to just about anything else on the market really. Appart from your sequencer, this is one of the few packages I reckon is worth shellig out cash for. Heck you can even use its auxilary busses for external effects processing if you want! Check out KVR audio (just google it) for lots of good free plugins. There is ALLOT of really high quality stuff out there if you're prepared to dig - kinda like collecting records :-)

[danielmarshall]

Listen to people you like very carefully then copy them

Best way to learn, about drum programming, track structure, the sounds used etc etc

And get a copy of reason - learning with reason is fast, intuitive, incredibly powerful and a good introduction to how hardware works and how machines work with each other. Get a book to get you up to speed

cubase is powerful but a bit unwieldy when you are starting out, takes a while to get quick with it. You want to be as creative as possible, not mired down in the technical complexities of your programs.

And come here loads! This is probably the greatest techno production resource in the world.

Welcome to the board mate

Amen to everything you said brother...

[Miromiric]

Amen to everything you said brother...

yeah, especially to the "Listen to people you like very carefully then copy them" part.

[dan the acid man]

yeah, especially to the "Listen to people you like very carefully then copy them" part.

is that sarcasm ?

sorry if its not, but's it's actually a good way to learn, then once upto speed and you feel comfortable, that's when you can start shaping your own sound and feel.

in my opinion of course

[Jay Pace]

Got to start somewhere. Nobody really starts out creating innovative, original work.

Best starting off by getting to grips with people you rate, understanding how they have put tracks together and why, and then going off and doing your own thing once you have mastered the sound a little bit more.

[snoop1611]

Listen to people you like very carefully then copy them

Best way to learn, about drum programming, track structure, the sounds used etc etc

And get a copy of reason - learning with reason is fast, intuitive, incredibly powerful and a good introduction to how hardware works and how machines work with each other. Get a book to get you up to speed

cubase is powerful but a bit unwieldy when you are starting out, takes a while to get quick with it. You want to be as creative as possible, not mired down in the technical complexities of your programs.

And come here loads! This is probably the greatest techno production resource in the world.

Welcome to the board mate

THanks for the tips everyone and the warm welcome, will definitely stick around for tips and discussion.

Slightly OT but am asking Santa to bring me an Arp Oddity to make some old skool sounds...

[snoop1611]

Wow - people mad passionate about there shizzle over here.

Just to say that the production tips thread has been helpful so far - I am experimenting with tuning tracks and the pic showing parts of the track in a frequency diagram has helped me know what basic elements go into a track.

At the mo I am stuck into a rut of using funk breaks and hits - gonna start using drum machines.

[audioinjection]

yup, this is the greatest techno production forum in the world....

haha

[TechMouse]

Is it wrong if this thread gave me an erection?