creating techno
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- WildPony
ok, so im really wanting to start making my own techno/dance type music.
what i've got:
1 technics 1200 turntable
1 roland 307 (dj type drum machine)
1 3 channel mixer
1 cheep old midi keyboard controler (although im not sure if i even have drivers for it)
1 PC computerwhat i want to get:
Reason 2.5
a nice soundcard like creative labs audigy 2so will that work? anyone here making there own dance music? I've never even tried Reason before, but from reading reviews, it sounds like that's the only thing i need.
- mirola0
you can do it all with reason but make sure you make your own sounds otherwise it will sound a little trite, although you are making techno so hey, that's unavoidable.
hehe only kidding.
- rasp0
wear tinfoil.
failing that anything silver will do, its futuristic.
- unknown0
good tutorial about creating techno:
- ********0
and I thought techno got shat, not created...
- jevad0
yes please! there isn't already enough shit techno in the world!
- WildPony0
hey, i'm only planning to produce stuff i like and you can dance to. you gotta start somewhere.
- unknown0
i heard some downsides to reason though. on a mac it's incredibly slow when you have it totally racked up. and you need a big ass screen to work with it. there's another app which people tend to like. lemme look it up.
- jevad0
; )
- stuff0
You can order some excellent software on this website.
http://www.nativeinstruments.de/…
My advice is to buy a vocoder and talk like a robot over your techno, thats what I would do.
- unknown0
it's called logic. these guys make it: http://www.emagic.de/
i think v5.5 is the latest for pc and 6 is mac only. hear a lot of positive stuff bout it. then again i've never worked with it or actually never have made music.
- mrdobolina0
say heck no to techno
- WildPony0
gee, all these techno hattas. I'm using the term to include all trance, jungle, acid, hardcore, triphop, house, dub, and chillout sound out there. i'll even throw elements of scratch and hip hop in there too.
- MrBixler0
Trendy
- rasp0
dope
- WildPony0
Well i can play some piano. I'm decent on trombone and low brass. I can even play a little gutair. All of those seem to work best in a group. Im just looking to make some cool solo sounds from my homemade studio. I'm not ready for the garage band scene :P
- vespa0
go for it WildPony
as long as you've got arranging skills you don't need your garage band - good luck!
- m0rt0
I use Cakewalk Sonar 3 and a bunch of soft synths - rock solid and some of the softsynths sound even better than my outboard gear - esp Native Instruments ones.
- ********0
In my opinion, there are many many ways of making techno, from hardware to software. Roland, Yamaha, etc. make great lines of hardsamplers and grooveboxes like the MC-505, -909 etc. Reason from Propellerheads makes it really easy to incorporate your own samples and also sequence synths and techno beats. Native Instruments makes some nice shit too. You have to be able to know what does what though. You can get suckered into buying things you don't need or are redundant. Check the best resource around: http://www.computermusic.co.uk for the best news, rankings and reports.
- m0rt0
stay away from creative labs soundcards - they're amateur at best. Check out M-Audio cards - excellent quality and good value. Delta 44 / 66
- ********0
The gear you have isn't bad at all. In fact you don't need some expensive-ass keyboard to make great techno. I would check out Ableton's 'Live' software that DJ's use live to trigger samples. it basically allows you to mix and match and auto timestretch any sample with each other as well as Pitch blend. It's all about the MIDI dude. ;)