How to Produce Music





As I mean to imply by the title of the blog, producing music is easy. It should be as easy as picking up an instrument, writing a song, recording it and uploading it to your favourite streaming website.
Maybe you want to make EDM so what you need are some synthesizers or samples. Or sampled synthesizers, like the ones you can get from Musicblip! In either case you are going to need 2 things. A sound card (your computer has one, I'm sure), or an audio interface, like those popular models made by focusrite, and a some typo of software that will allow you to record and edit such recordings.
When it comes to soundcards and audio interfaces, you can easily do some search around and find something that suits your needs. Are you recording high quality vocals and a guitar? maybe 2 inputs are enough for you. Are you recording a full drum kit with many mics? Perhaps 4 to 8 inputs will do. Heck, if you just want to jot down some quick ideas, your laptop or mobile mic might just be enough for the job. Get yourself a nice microphone and a pair of headphones and you re halfway there!
audio interface
The very popular Fucusrite Bundle can get you started very quickly.


All you need now is some software. I am not gonna tell you what software one should get, but I can definitely point out some possibilities. What you are really looking for here is a Digital Audio Workstation, or DAW. There are many different options out there, from free to pricey, so you should really do some research and find out what suits you best.
If you have a mac computer, it probably has Garageband installed in it. If that's the case, you're sorted, for a while at least. Garageband is a really user friendly DAW, and although it's not what one would consider for professional tier jobs, with time it will give you enough mileage to step your game up. Shame it's not available for Windows too.
in the free option tier, there are also Pro Tools First, MuLab, Studio One Prime, Ardour, OHM Studio and Traktion 5. As we start delving into the $$$ realm, we move on to Cockos Reaper (which is really accessible and can be purchased through a honor-based system), and upwards to more costly tools such as Ableton Live, Avid Pro Tools, Steinberg CubaseCakewalk SONAR, Apple Logic Pro X and Propellerhead Reason, many of which offer
Whatever tool you choose, just keep in mind that all of the aforementioned DAWs present mostly the same capabilities, only through different work-flows. So whatever DAW you choose is totally up to your personal preference.

There are many available DAWs, from free to paid, but they all can yield similar results, only through a different workflow.

All you need now is to plug everything in and learn the basic ropes of the tools you chose. Remember to read any available manuals. YouTube is there for your every learning need, and there are plenty of forums, like Gearslutz, Facebook groups and communities, like Reddit, where you can get involved and interact with peers and more experienced music producers and audio engineers.

No choose your favourite rig and go to work!

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