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07:09 / 12.04.02
Want to start recording at home/set up music workstation. Affordability is the key. Any suggestions?
 
 
The Strobe
08:48 / 12.04.02
OK. Can you be more specific, please? What kind of music are you looking to do? Are you wanting to record just yourself, or whole bands, or mainly synthesised/sampled sounds?

And also, how powerful's your computer?

I'll possibly be able to start offering advice if you can be more specific... it's easier to conform to budget when you know precisely what you want.
 
 
01
16:33 / 12.04.02
Electronic. DrumnBass, etc.
 
 
The Strobe
10:32 / 13.04.02
OK.

You can do very well for that kind of thing inside your computer. For now. There's lots of good free demo software worth trying out. Orion Pro from sonic-syndicate, Reason from Propellerheads (which is more expensive but pretty similar), stuff like that. You can mix it inside the pc, use virtual instruments, effects-plugins (many of which are free to download) and alongside this mix samples through .wav files. Sonic Foundry Acid may also be a start.

I don't have time at the moment to draw up a big post, I'll do that some other time, and I know there are other people on the board who can chip in. For now, your computer is fine, though you might want to hook it up to some nice (flat-response) speakers for serious work. I'll post again with some more specifics. If you've got questions, post or PM; again, more length, less brevity is good... describe what you'd actually LIKE to do, not just the styles. What's your musical background? And what spec's your PC?
 
  
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