How do you know how to produce?

lojik · Post by **lojik** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:29 pm

Playing various musical instruments since I was about 6, doing music courses all the way through and I now have a degree in it which helps! In terms of synthesis, practice, practice and more practice.

It seems like it takes ages to learn how to make good sounds but I found that once you make one bass sound that you like, you can mess around with it and make more ones from it and it kind of snowballs.

Also, effects are much more useful than I thought before I realised that almost all good sounds are made from effects much more than the original wave

steppo · Post by **steppo** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:30 pm

i fuck around and if it sounds good to me i keep it, i dont know notation or theory at all, i learned eqing, synth terms and other stuff like that along the way etc but i mostly just click shit until i like it lol

black lotus · Post by **black lotus** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:45 pm

common sense and traditional logic help. also, love for art helps.
i just work.. can't do anything else.

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:02 pm

self taught

Went college this year to get a better "musical" understanding

I was surprised how much I actually already knew although its good to get out of that comfort zone, produce in another place etc...

I haven't really learned anything at college - but I could explain stuff what I couldn't before, I think its all about - half finding your feet and learning off your own back and half getting other peoples knowledge, being that in a school environment or just a mentor.

After all, knowledge is key - gain it, share it.

gambledub · Post by **gambledub** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:54 am

i personally learnt through trial and error and grilling the fuck out of the production bible i fiddled round with whatever i could download for free, i also think having a musical ear helps so you can pick out how other people make their music and draw inspiration from it. but i think most importantly you have to enjoy it and be determined (and stubborn) enough to keep working untill you start making some good stuff!!!

turfa · Post by **turfa** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:07 pm

self taught originally but ended up at college for 3 years and have just started uni doing music tech.

you can teach urself easily... it just takes practice. however taking it up at college/uni gives you a much better understanding of what your doing and how to get the exact sound your after

daft cunt · Post by **daft cunt** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:12 am

DSF.
DOA.

truncated · Post by **truncated** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:56 pm

been producing since i was 11 on and off,

learnt by fiddling and researching myself.

most of of the stuff ive picked up over the years (now 10 nearly 11) has been by mistakes,

a large majority of my best songs also happen by mistake!

also did a music tech BND when i was 17 learnt nothing except actual recording techniques, microphone placement and mixing techniques off some ex industry people but other than that was an utter waste of the 200,000,000 words i wrote in essays about utter bollocks on that course!

best advice i can say is to mess about, it doesn't matter if it sounds shit aslong as you learnt something from it.

azair · Post by **azair** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:19 pm

Hi there.

I've been playing a lot of piano since I was very young, and I'm studying music at high school. I've been making tunes for quite some time now, but I started out by purchasing Logic Express and a USB midi controller. I basically just explored the software and made a few tunes for entertainment, but now it has become one of my greatest hobbies.

~ Azair

vision · Post by **vision** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:33 am

Truncated wrote:been producing since i was 11 on and off,

learnt by fiddling and researching myself.

most of of the stuff ive picked up over the years (now 10 nearly 11) has been by mistakes,

a large majority of my best songs also happen by mistake!

also did a music tech BND when i was 17 learnt nothing except actual recording techniques, microphone placement and mixing techniques off some ex industry people but other than that was an utter waste of the 200,000,000 words i wrote in essays about utter bollocks on that course!

best advice i can say is to mess about, it doesn't matter if it sounds shit aslong as you learnt something from it.

did this also.

sarted on cakewalk at 14 then moved on to cubase and reason.

used ejay stuff before when i was like 12

play lots of instrements.

spencertron · Post by **spencertron** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:00 am

just through doing it, but plenty of negligence of other important things in my life in the past few years has helped.

i started out on hardware digi-recorders and analogue synth sequencers (analogue recorders for guitar recordings) then moved to software. though my reel to reel gets some action still.

JazzyJazzy · Post by **JazzyJazzy** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:02 am

eLBe wrote:all of the above

this, but

djake wrote:mostly myself from trial and error

kultur m · Post by **kultur m** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:03 pm

Ciao everybody,

I think there's no single universal rule to say what's best but DIY plus a mate with some experience (if you don't have one is time to go out and start networking

!!!).
I spent a fortune for a music production course and I'm not sure if I would do it again.. Unless your aim is to proceed and try to make music your profession (it obiouvsly means that you have already started..) the best way is to get a sequencer (you can find as many free tools as you like around the web.. ), read as musch as possible, bother everyone who can give u tips and advice.. That's my way. I'm not a musician but some dj and audio engineer skills have helped a lot.

anthonyfromtheuk · Post by **anthonyfromtheuk** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:44 pm

I just played about with Fruity loops for a few years, it really does help to have some producing friends as they have helped me alot. recently moved over to cubase and i watched some dvd tutorials to help me learn that. Youtube and dvds are very helpful but really i think its just all trial and error.
And obviously you have to enjoy it

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