The How-To make music thread

[Aero5555]

[quote1221584290=tomatorama]
Does anybody else play instruments? I play/have played electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard/synth/piano. Mang I'd like a drumkit. But I like my synth even more.
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I took piano lessons for 2 summers (5 months in total) about 10 years ago, but I've forgotten how to play since then.

[B.E.A.S.M]

[quote1221586323=amq]
[quote1221512363=DJAlive]
Q1: I dont know. I dont use it, but i think dark does

Q2: I think its ableton live, but acoustica mixcraft is good to
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Q1 re: Dark's been using Ableton.

Q2 re: I always heard Ableton was hard as hell, never tried acoustica.
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Acoustica Mixcraft is very easy to use. You'll need Acoustica Beatcraft to make your own beats though.

[Boba_Fettuccini]

[quote1221590002=tomatorama]
Does anybody else play instruments? I play/have played electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard/synth/piano. Mang I'd like a drumkit. But I like my synth even more.
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I play clarinet, a bit of piano (more geared toward keyboarding than pianoing), recorder, occarina, a little bit of indian flute, and I'm trying to pick up the bass and tenor sax.

[DJ GODS]

If anyone has Fruity Loops Studio, then I would definitely recommend this website:

Warbeats.com

I have linked you to the "Tutorials" section of the website. NFX, the guy who runs the site, has a bunch of videos that show you how to do a LOT of things in FL Studio. They really helped me out.

[Boba_Fettuccini]

I may have to take a look. FL just kinda blew my mind to smithereens at first glance.

[Alex]

[quote1221597595=Boba_Fettuccini]
I may have to take a look. FL just kinda blew my mind to smithereens at first glance.
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Ditto.

[Aimforthehead]

[quote1221598358=tomatorama]
Does anybody else play instruments? I play/have played electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard/synth/piano. Mang I'd like a drumkit. But I like my synth even more.
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I used to play the keyboard/piano when I was younger, I still mess around with it every once in a while. But now I play zee electric geetar.

[DJ GODS]

[quote1221599018=Boba_Fettuccini]
I may have to take a look. FL just kinda blew my mind to smithereens at first glance.
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Me too! When I first got it a few months back, I was totally overwhelmed. But I saw one of NFX's videos on YouTube, so I went to his website and now I can make music good enough to be on RAA and TDDC. All in a few months and all thanks to Warbeats.

I sound like I'm trying to advertise it XD. I'm not really, I'm just trying to get across how much these videos helped me.

[Boba_Fettuccini]

I'm kinda impatient when it comes to learning software... I figured out sony acid in about an hour. That made me happy. FL took me 3 hours to figure out how to put a note on the screen. Me = not happy.

[Alex]

[quote1221600912=Boba_Fettuccini]
I'm kinda impatient when it comes to learning software... I figured out sony acid in about an hour. That made me happy. FL took me 3 hours to figure out how to put a note on the screen. Me = not happy.
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Yeah. I got FL, i uninstalled it 30 minutes later because i couldnt find where the hell do you put a song in it. (which i still dont) Traktor was so confusing with all the abbreviations i took it out 15 minutes in my 1 hour trial.
Acoustica and VDJ are the only ones ive managed to figure out nicely.