Musical Instruments

[studphee]

i need to know what some of the stuff i need to make beats and make music like in a studio

[Terry-BBY]

Hi studphee!

Depending on what level of recording product you are looking for, there are a number of items that will allow you to create a beat pattern or even orchestrate a full song with multiple instrument sounds.  One very affordable product that could get you started working with strong construction that has drums and drum patterns is the Korg Kaossilator.  This product is very simple to set up and doesn't require a lot of knowledge to use.  It is also currently featured on our forum video.

If you are looking for something more complex, you could look at Keyboards or Synthesizer Workstations.  I also encourage you to look at our Home Recording Buying Guide on BestBuy.com, as this may give you more insight as to what's available and how it fits with both your music and price needs.

Hope this helps!  Let us know what you decide!

Terry

Best Buy Corporate

Message Edited by Elizabeth-BBY on 05-14-2009 05:34 PM

[portarock143]

If you wan't to produce professional quality music you will need separate pieces of equipment for drums and for other intruments.  Keyboard workstations are great for reproducing instruments such as piano, violin, horns etc, but not so great for drums.  The best equipment for drums and sampling will be the akai mpc series.  Nothing else comes close to give that solid drum sound.  Trust me this is studio standard practice.

[JohnRey]

If you're into beat making on a PC I suggest you check out the Sonic Producer Software

Here's a video on youtube showing how to use it:

Youtube

Best of luck mate!

/John Rey 

[portarock143]

The key words in the question were "like in a studio", I would recommend Reason 4 if computer based production is what someone is looking for.

[Bass_Man]

As far as making beats in the studio a lot of the advice you have gotten so far is great. But in the event that you want to create music in a studio there are key things needed. For an example in my studio it is all Mac, i have pro tools8 and i also use logic. A lot of the time i see people struggle in the begining due to not being informed that you need an interface in order for the software to function with your computer. I also have controllers in order to convert the MIDI data into sounds. From there its really up to you learning the software and putting your visions into musical creations.

[portarock143]

Very well put...

[ekoldr]

You want a computer, reason and protools, and some good headphones or monitors for mixing. Alot of people think it's difficult to make good mixes on a computer you just have to have the right tools.

[rocky08]

For rock/metal drums I suggest looking into getting EZ Drummer with the Drum Kit from upgrade pack. All the samples were done by Tomas Hakke from Meshuggah at the Dugout in Gothenberg so it sounds amazing. It has some really awesome loops if you need loops. Here's some tracks I did with it playing an electronic kit hooked up to my iMac via a MIDI to USB cable,

Regards

Rocky08

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[Anis003]

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