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Anyone willing to teach me electronic music makin?
12 years ago
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JOURNAL STARTS HERE So for a long while, I've wanted to learn how to make music. specifically trance and remixes and stuff.
But I have no idea where to start, what software to use, ect.
So I was wondering if anyone would be willing to teach me if they know how?
In exchange I can offer you some free promo art for your music (if you make music, though really if you're teaching me how to, you should xD)
so yeh, if you're able to help, hit me up with a comment here or a note~
But I have no idea where to start, what software to use, ect.
So I was wondering if anyone would be willing to teach me if they know how?
In exchange I can offer you some free promo art for your music (if you make music, though really if you're teaching me how to, you should xD)
so yeh, if you're able to help, hit me up with a comment here or a note~
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there is also this guy on YouTube I know who is really good at FL stuff, I would recommend looking into him.. https://www.youtube.com/user/Beats4Beets I learned a lot of the stuff I know from him
If you want a good free program I would suggest Reaper, although I wouldn't really know how to help because I've never fully used it, all of my experience in music production is with FL and Audacity
Start with an analog synthesizer and stem out from there. MicroKORG is cheap, Korg R3 is nicer, and there's plenty of free/pirateable software.
Subtractive synthesis is one of the easiest and most intuitive methods of synthesis; You start with a waveform and cut away frequencies from there with a filter. Generally, most subtractive synths feature a Sawtooth (buzzy tonality), a Square/Pulse (Fat sound akin to distortion), Triangle (a basic whistle-like tone) and a Sine (the pure frequency of the note you play). You run these waves into a filter to remove harmonic content (lowpass will start taking away high frequencies, highpass the low frequencies, and a bandpass will only let a small band of frequencies through). Near every filter has a resonance control that'll boost the frequencies around the cutoff point (the place where the filter starts to roll off frequencies above/below/around it). This filter cutoff can be changed over time with various modulation sources, such as an envelope (a tool that describe the rise, fall, hold and release of an amplitude) or an LFO (low-frequency oscillator- basically something that repeats over time).
It's a lot to take in at first and the best method of learning is experimentation. Subtractive is the classic and simplest method of synthesis there is; once you've mastered it moving onto other types of synthesis like Wavetable, FM or Granular will be a lot easier. Many artists also work a lot with just processing samples- taking something pre-recorded and stretching it, repitching it, distorting it and whatnot.
I suggest to start out you attempt to recreate some cheesy synthpop songs- the likes of Owl City or The Postal Service. Most of the sounds contained within them are very basic and primitive and will get you started on learning how to use a synthesizer.