Good books on production
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:14 am

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I def need to learn about what im using, because it just a bunch of things that make strange noises when i turn a twizzler.bkk_drs wrote:close your web browser and start experiment with software, not books. at your point of computer music knowledge (based on what i've read on this forum), that's the only thing that will help you. books will come later.
PS: you should listen to this advice, i had this feeling that God Himself was telling me what to reply on this thread.
defo....basics and read about the programs functionsbkk_drs wrote:chose a host sequencer and STICK WITH IT. make a basic tune: one beat (done by yourself, not sample), one bassline (with a synth) and one sample. once you've done that, you'll start to have to have the right questions. BTW, best books are your softwares manuals. NI manuals for example, are very informative if you take the time to read them carefully.
start from the beginning.
niceSlothrop wrote:Obv there's no substitute for practice, experience, trial and error and so on. OTOH, understanding a bit of what's going on never hurt anyone. In which spirit:
How To Make A Noise decent book, downloadable for free, covers a lot of stuff.
Sound on Sound's Synth Secrets articles in reverse order owing to the search mechanism. Very deep, very interesting, probably more in depth than you need at the moment.
KvR Tutorials. Some of these might be useful, eg, 'The Basics of Subtractive Synthesis'. The Wiki there is pretty good for basic definitions, too.
def down to composing, i luckily have an ear for what sounds goodtwo oh one wrote:Learn about composition and learn by doing again and again. Get feedback from people you can trust to tell the truth and don't take everything to heart You get a lot of conflicting info about the 'art' of it because everybody has different tastes there.
Get that down, then production will come naturally as you go, mister Weezil.
make own synthsRoqqert wrote:buy software and vst's. youll appriciate it the software much more so youll go make more own synths and you wont download a sea of vst's anymore hunting for presets..
in general.bkk_drs wrote:close your web browser.
i'm with you on this one mr weasel... the 'suck it and see' approach dont work for me, i like a good read... plus i can read about it on the way to work on a morning while sat on the bus, have a good think about shit during the day and when i get home i get a lot more out of my experimentation. its really useful to know how a real studio works too. nowt wrong with reading up on a bit of theory.... theres loads of books on amazon if you do a search on 'recording techniques'.... and read sound on sound mag too every now and again... and obviously like th other guys said, keep fuckin around too.feasible_weasel wrote:to the other 3 people
im no good at looking and turning and hoping
im a deep learner i have to know what makes something work
indeedbarryhercules wrote:i'm with you on this one mr weasel... the 'suck it and see' approach dont work for me, i like a good read... plus i can read about it on the way to work on a morning while sat on the bus, have a good think about shit during the day and when i get home i get a lot more out of my experimentation. its really useful to know how a real studio works too. nowt wrong with reading up on a bit of theory.... theres loads of books on amazon if you do a search on 'recording techniques'.... and read sound on sound mag too every now and again... and obviously like th other guys said, keep fuckin around too.feasible_weasel wrote:to the other 3 people
im no good at looking and turning and hoping
im a deep learner i have to know what makes something work
i will look for thatChunkie wrote:for eqs etc the sound on sound series of 'Basic...' written by paul white (chief editor at sound on sound) are good
people will probably rat on em cos they're tooo basic or whatnot, but fact is getting a good grounding on eq for example for 5 quid goes down well with me - then build up from the foundations by experimenting
i'm with you on the reading -
way too many folk have got really powerful software but because of the lack of reading manuals and books etc, they're only using relatively basic functions