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    Fruity Loops/Renoise -> rewire into Protools.

    People are going to get all in your face about what programs to use. Use Protools. It's in absolutely every single professional studio in the world. Which means you can take your projects to a real studio when you want to finish them off with expensive equipment.

    Have some kind of controller. Korg Nanos is nice and cheap. Novation Launchpad will give you lots of options.. but you will need to learn how to program it (easy for a dev like me). If you're going to play live, get Ableton Live. You can play live in a lot of programs, sure, but ableton is a million times easier.

    KRK's are good.. but also get yourself a pair of headphones (grado's Sr80, and Sr160 are nice), and some "listening" speakers. Pretend that you are yourself, and you are buying something to listen to the music that you like with. Listen to them in the store.. be critical, but not too critical.

    Get a vaporizer as smoke damages equipment, and if you decide to drop 3k on some porticos.. you won't be too happy if you fuck that shit up with smoke.

    As far as process. Just trust your own ideas and don't listen to what NME, QBN, Mary Anne Hobbes or anyone has to say. Go from the heart.

    Then,
    record
    edit
    record
    edit
    record
    edit

    make decisions. do them. live with them.
    finish.

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