Simpliicity is best. :)

Lulz.
I see me there now~
Oh, I never tire of the early morn.

Yay for totally effed up rigs. they are always the most fun to play with x3

lol why is that stereo n the laptop screen? xD

*on

Well, here's the story

My laptop screen died, so I decided to make it into my home computer

I didn't want to fiddle around with ripping the wireless antenna out of the screen, so i folded it back, stacked some books under it, and rested my stereo comfortably on top

Tadaaaaaaa

Awesome X3

was soooo thinking the same thing lol

hehe whats that sign say

"DO NOT TAKE WHITE-TOP MEDIA OR BLACK DISCS! ANTHING ELSE IS FREE FOR HOUSEHOLD USE. THANKS

~ RENARD"

gotcha

haha nice sign!

"DO NOT TAKE WHITE-TOP MEDIA OR BLACK DISCS! ANTHING ELSE IS FREE FOR HOUSEHOLD USE. THANKS

~ RENARD"

hello fa how is your comment system doing

oh, it's good, it's good. just kind of dropping shit out of place every now and again, you know?

oh, yeah, tell me about it, that's a way of life right there

lawlz

Lack of comment editing ability makes you look like a tool when you misspell something

They really should at least let the author of the journal delete offending posts, especially to contain tha' drama.

gotta love when life drops shit outta place eh?

I got so used to seeing your mess I kinda miss it. ;-;

HI I SEE CORNER OF ARMY OF DARKNESS POSTER.

And inhaler.

And. And. And I miss the pony stickers. Admit it. You do, too. :[

*looks at it awkwardly* does the laptop type?

Heres a question :P

For someone who has no idea where to even start when it comes to music production, what do you suggest?

Hope Renard_V doesn't mind me replying to this one... If you go the software route (easier and cheaper to get started with), the three most popular ones (that I know of, there are plenty of others) seem to be Fruity Loops Studio (Also known as FLS or FL Studio), Reason (seems to be fairly popular), and Reaktor (very flexible, but can be intimidating at first, even more so than the other previously mentioned two, and works best if combined with the other software Native Instruments offers (Massive and Absynth to start)). They all have their advantages and disadvantages, and seem to all boil down to personal preference. Software also has the huge advantage that you can download trials, as opposed to hardware where you can't exactly do such (unless you have a friend who owns a synth that has a particular style of sound you're looking for, or the store has one on demo and doesn't mind you futzing about with it for hours on end).

Depending on your take on things, a small 25 key USB-MIDI keyboard may help things (cheap ones seem to be around $100 or so where I live), however the previously mentioned software is fully functional with just a keyboard and mouse...

Other synths that I've seen the furry community using would be reFX Nexus^2 and the Luxonix Ravity(S), however I cannot comment on either of those as I haven't touched them.

If you go for hardware (which usually requires more of a monetary investment, especially if you want the same out of the box flexibility that some of the software programs offer), some of the older 70s and 80s synths are quite nice (and usually relatively inexpensive unless it's a Roland 303, 808, or 909), and, oddly enough, KORG offers some fairly nice "starter" synths like the MicroKORG ($400ish CAD out where I live, and it's actually quite powerful) or the Micro-X. I've toyed around a little with the MicroKORG, and it seems quite powerful (a lot of prominent music groups that've used it when they started out are STILL using it)...

Hopefully I didn't make such sound too complicated (I'm slowly working towards becoming a recording engineer with ProTools certification and the $30k workstation that goes with such), and I'm sure Renard_V will have a better answer than I would due to him having a wider experience with various software programs/synths (and not being so hooked on the hardware aspect of things which does require a lot more desk space - you have your synth(s), a mixer, a sampler, possibly an effects unit or two, etc etc... Whereas with software it all fits on one or two monitors with a keyboard...)

Nope, not too complicated :) Thank you for the input though :)

I don't think he'd mind, but he'll probably cry when he sees the words "Fruity Loops."

I don't mind at all (late on this one dhurrr)

I just like my instructions better :]

Your instructions lack my infamous rambling. I sure seem to be unable to make a reply without going on for half an hour about personal opinions and the like, even if it's a simple question like "how cold is it outside today?"... Yours are also clear and concise ^_^

And I completely failed to mention that free opensource sequencing program a few of the music artists out here use (not that I can remember its name)

1) get an app or two
2) make music

that's what i did, and i've been learning as i go for the past 8 years

FLINTSTONES VITAMIN GUMMIES =D

... I want the stereo just so I can rip out what looks like a tape deck, shove in an iPod dock, and become Instructables famous.

First off, damn, good setup for what you call crap equipment. Laptop converted to desktop, big ass boombox sitting on the screen...

MOTHERFUCKING FLINSTONES V-GUMMIES!

Moving on. XD

Not to bad, although I wonder if the Daeva sticker is available.

Sooooo...How do you do what you do?

everything i do is software based on my laptop.

What software? I'm DYING to know!!!

modplug tracker and some VST / VSTi plugins :]

Wow and my desk is more messier than yours usually with all the tools and installation CDs for my custom made desktop. Game cases mostly Gamecube ones and one PC game (Which is Unreal Tournament 3 so no World of Warcraft). Others are random DVDs and CDs laying around.

your desk may be messier, but mine is certainly more convoluted :]

for example, the laptop screen is broken, so i have it propped up as a stand for the stereo, while i use a crt monitor as my laptop screen :]

=^^= wow... that looks good... simple but working *meows*
intersting laptop ... =Oo= alternative use if display broken...
kewl place (-:

looks like my set up at the end of last school year, except without the stereo.

Fanceh! You should have a USB midi keyboard, wouldn't that be cool? :3

I've actually got an M-Audio keyboard coming in the mail. :]

I spoke too soon! You're all set now :o

Left handed?

i don't get it?

You appear to be left handed.
Am I right?
BTW I just had my first fanboy moment.

how am i left handed?

Nevermind, you're right handed.
I was looking at the worn out area on the left hand side of your laptop when I should have been paying attention to the mouse.

i am this close to shipping you one of my spare LCD monitors to replace that behemoth you have there.

i cant believe your awesome music comes out of that rig there. awesome

we need to get you some better equpment NOW if you can make that good music on that i cAnt WAIT to se what you can do WITH better equpment O_o