drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » Noob - Just looking for some General Info on hardware and software Noob - Just looking for some General Info on hardware and software Author Post got_flat Tourist Registration Date: 24-09-2005 Posts: 10 Hey All Im a dnb phene, I live in NZ and am graced with some great local groups. Im looking into creating some of my own tracks, but have no idea where to start. I was hoping some one could show me some info on gear, software, hardwhere and just a general how to on the whole subject. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you for your time Warren 24-09-2005 05:17 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  Well, a lot of answers can be found by looking in the Production questions & answers forum... __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 24-09-2005 09:53 daze_DND MYSTIC Registration Date: 01-11-2004 Posts: 327 Helpfulness rating:  indeed, have a look around this site...lot's of usefull stuff. Might wanna make yr questions a bit more specific..... what platform are u on (mac/pc)....are you using some progg already ? If yr an absolute beginner, might wanna check out fruity or reason....those are not to complex proggs (imo he)wich will not blow u away with all it's features (cubase or logic will). You'll get something going fast with these and then just take it from there....experimentation is the key to progression (imo). __ info/tunes :: MySpace 24-09-2005 10:12 Arkitekt Brain Fried Amen Bastard Registration Date: 13-06-2005 Posts: 1,028 Helpfulness rating:  Like Daze said start simple... cubase is mother fucker to learn and logic?? well lets just say they have college courses on Logic... nuff said.. __ VIRB DARKLAND144 DARKLAND115 24-09-2005 19:43 got_flat Tourist Registration Date: 24-09-2005 Posts: 10 Surya Hey Sorry for the topic in the wrong section daze_DND Im on a pc, and at the moment have not touched any sort of porgram. Is reason or fruity, a prog that does not require a keyboard/external instruments. I take it you can download a trial version of the above programs? Thanks for your help Warren 25-09-2005 11:39 Friscko Aron Tinnitus Registration Date: 12-03-2005 Posts: 4,467 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by got_flat Im on a pc, and at the moment have not touched any sort of porgram. Is reason or fruity, a prog that does not require a keyboard/external instruments. I take it you can download a trial version of the above programs? Both of them dont need it, but i've expierenced Fruity to be more easy, and afterwards you can add extra instruments, wich aint as easy in Reason as it is in Fruity. And u can do "type to keyboard" wich turns ur regular qwerty or azerty keyboar into a musical instrument __ www.myspace.com/arontinnitus www.myspace.com/djfriscko 25-09-2005 14:15 Muad'Dib Andrejnalin Registration Date: 02-12-2003 Posts: 4,197 Helpfulness rating:  And Fruity (which is, more properly called Fruity Loops Studio) is getting professional quickly. There are enormeous differences between all the versions (starting from version 1 to version 5.1 which is available today). Here is a link to the official FL Studio page: http://www.flstudio.com/ You have a downloadable demo overthere, try it out. Anyway, welcome and I hope you will stay here long... -Muad'Dib -dnb.be team __ Thinking about becoming an Image-Line/FL Studio customer? Want a 10% reduction in price? Use this affiliate link: http://affiliate.image-line.com/BADEBDG473 There is no such thing without its opposite -Bene Gesserit 25-09-2005 15:58 gls Steppa Registration Date: 10-10-2004 Posts: 229 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by Muad'Dib And Fruity (which is, more properly called Fruity Loops Studio) is getting professional quickly. There are enormeous differences between all the versions (starting from version 1 to version 5.1 which is available today). Sorry to be pedantic but its proper name is FLstudio and its current version is 5.0.2c. I've got to agree with you that the newest version is good though, much better than Reason and its cheaper. But to be honest I've been using FL for years now but if I was starting again today I wouldn't bother with FL or Reason, I'd get a copy of Ableton Live and learn that. I've been messing about with it for a few days now and its really good, so good that I don't think I'll be using FL again. http://www.ableton.com/index.php?main=news 26-09-2005 11:37 got_flat Tourist Registration Date: 24-09-2005 Posts: 10 Hey I have got the demo version of FL. If any one wants to point me in the direction of the full version, please PM me. Im making my way some tutorials on the web, fuck this stuff is so much more complex than I though, big ups to you any one that knows what there doing. Cheers Dub 28-09-2005 06:54 Friscko Aron Tinnitus Registration Date: 12-03-2005 Posts: 4,467 Helpfulness rating:  but u CAN get sound out of it from the moment u start it, whitout having to search for it for an hour (like logic..) __ www.myspace.com/arontinnitus www.myspace.com/djfriscko 28-09-2005 14:57 cynik Cp6uja Registration Date: 15-03-2005 Posts: 5,646 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by gls much better than Reason that is a totally subjective opinion now isn't it __ https://soundcloud.com/tsai-vidro-voves 28-09-2005 15:31 Muad'Dib Andrejnalin Registration Date: 02-12-2003 Posts: 4,197 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by cynik quote: Originally posted by gls much better than Reason that is a totally subjective opinion now isn't it Very VERY subjective. I've seen folks dig dilinja style basses by transforming their kid synthetizer on hand. __ Thinking about becoming an Image-Line/FL Studio customer? Want a 10% reduction in price? Use this affiliate link: http://affiliate.image-line.com/BADEBDG473 There is no such thing without its opposite -Bene Gesserit 28-09-2005 17:39 got_flat Tourist Registration Date: 24-09-2005 Posts: 10 Hey Guys, thanks for your help. Had a bit of play, getting my head around the piano roll tool/thingy. Could some one point me in the direction of some good tutorials. Your help is appreciated Cheers Warren 29-09-2005 10:45 Muad'Dib Andrejnalin Registration Date: 02-12-2003 Posts: 4,197 Helpfulness rating:  Here is the link to the thread of this forum which is a gathering place for tutorial links and stuff related to producing: Tutorials / Knowledge base idea Enjoy m8 __ Thinking about becoming an Image-Line/FL Studio customer? Want a 10% reduction in price? Use this affiliate link: http://affiliate.image-line.com/BADEBDG473 There is no such thing without its opposite -Bene Gesserit 29-09-2005 17:15 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » Noob - Just looking for some General Info on hardware and software