is way over my head in technical difficulty. My jaw dropped at first sight of all the bells and whistles.
Can anybody recommend an easier program to manufacture original music on? Something that provides keys and drums (no plug-ins needed) and a simple user interface with a 4-8 track set-up?
If I don’t invest in a real microphone, I’ll have to lay my vocals down on my phone and upload them. A headache waiting to happen.
I dabbled in a small niche subset of these programs. I tried making chip music for a brief spell with a program called FamiTracker. It emulates the NES sound chip to produce authentic “chip” (8-bit) music. It has a little learning curve, but I got the hang of it.
I’ve always wanted to try out one of the big name DAWs (i.e. Fruity Loops Studio, Logic Pro, Abelton Live, Renoise) but I never got around to it. They’re probably all pretty intimidating at first. If you have a Mac, I think Apple GarageBand is supposed to be beginner friendly.
What kind of music are you trying to make and what’s your OS?
Okay, yeah, chip music trackers like FamiTracker are another world.
Cool.
Check out FL Studio, Mixcraft, and Bitwig - I don’t know if any of these are beginner programs but I’ve heard good things about them. LMMS didn’t look bad either, especially since it’s totally free.
Switching gears…anyone familiar with Renata Salecl, a philosopher, sociologist and legal theorist? Her book titles sound interesting, these two in particular…(Per)Versions of Love and Hate and The Tyranny of Choice .