Originally posted by Cliphead
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Where to start?
I use Sonar Producer as the main application for recording with countless VST plugins and instruments. Outboard I have a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 box with a couple of condenser mics attached, a CME UF70 keyboard (which has a controller pad), a Yamaha MIDI guitar and a Roland VS2400CD which I sometimes use to record audio and sometimes just use as a controller.
Most sequencing software works the same way, record external audio to a track and / or record MIDI data via a keyboard or controller.
For instance I might try some ideas with the keyboard so that gets a MIDI track recorded. I then assign a VST instrument to that so I get a high quality sampled sound like a Steinway piano (it could be anything I have samples for). I then render that track as audio and add effects like reverb etc.
I might simply record live guitar and vocals then add via MIDI bass, drums, strings and so on gradually building up the layers till I have a finished piece.
I also occasionally use Sibelius which is a score writer, add the dots to the stave as you would writing music with pen and paper. I then export the MIDI file, open up in Sonar and repeat the above.
Unless you want to play with loops which are just little slices of pre-recorded music that you can stitch together the above processes will be similar regardless of the software you choose to run.
Not cheap but you could run with Reason which I use occasionally, easy to use and has lots of great quality sounds but no VST support.
Or get a cheap mic and play with this;
Songsmith
Choose a style and sing, it creates an accompaniment for you. Cheesy but fun
I use Sonar Producer as the main application for recording with countless VST plugins and instruments. Outboard I have a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 box with a couple of condenser mics attached, a CME UF70 keyboard (which has a controller pad), a Yamaha MIDI guitar and a Roland VS2400CD which I sometimes use to record audio and sometimes just use as a controller.
Most sequencing software works the same way, record external audio to a track and / or record MIDI data via a keyboard or controller.
For instance I might try some ideas with the keyboard so that gets a MIDI track recorded. I then assign a VST instrument to that so I get a high quality sampled sound like a Steinway piano (it could be anything I have samples for). I then render that track as audio and add effects like reverb etc.
I might simply record live guitar and vocals then add via MIDI bass, drums, strings and so on gradually building up the layers till I have a finished piece.
I also occasionally use Sibelius which is a score writer, add the dots to the stave as you would writing music with pen and paper. I then export the MIDI file, open up in Sonar and repeat the above.
Unless you want to play with loops which are just little slices of pre-recorded music that you can stitch together the above processes will be similar regardless of the software you choose to run.
Not cheap but you could run with Reason which I use occasionally, easy to use and has lots of great quality sounds but no VST support.
Or get a cheap mic and play with this;
Songsmith
Choose a style and sing, it creates an accompaniment for you. Cheesy but fun
And since no-ones going to hear, no-ones going to laugh!
Thanks Cliphead!
(FL Studio probably. I don't play an instrument and I'm a crap singer - the only thing that is holding me back is my crippling curse of self-awareness!
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