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Make Music with your Computer: An Introduction

Introimportant are the ReDrum Drum Machine,
Well guys, I've decided to write a shortSynthesizers, and all new in 2.5, the
article on how to make music with yourmastering devices. I'm not going to get
computer. When I started out, I couldn'tinto this too much, because there's just
find anything to help me. I didn't knowtoo much to tell in this article. If
what to buy, or where to start.you're interested in using REASON, I
Hopefully this short article will helprecommend that you get the tutorial
you in your quest to making music a funCD-ROM from M-AUDIO. It will give you a
and productive hobby or futuregood idea of how to get started with
profession.REASON, and if you think that it will be
Loops and SONY ACID Softwaregood for you.
When I first started to create music IPutting it all together
used SONIC FOUNDRY'S ACID MUSIC 3.0.The great thing about the two pieces of
It's a piece of software that enablessoftware that I talked about in the
you to create music with loops. Loopsprevious two paragraphs is this:
are small pieces of music, like a drum- You can use ACID for all your loops
line or synth line. These loops are only- You can use ACID to record vocals and
a few seconds long, but, obviously, theyor guitars if you have the equipment
loop. This means that you can draw the- You can use ACID to render your final
loop in for 30 seconds, 60 seconds,recording to mp3, wav, aiff, and more
whatever length you'd like with no- You can use REASON to program patterns
distortion or other strange noises whenfor drums, synths, etc.
the loop starts over at the beginning.(Keep in mind that these two programs
There are many websites and companiescan do way more than what's displayed
that create loops for production use. Aabove)
lot of them are Royalty Free; this meansThe coolest part of this whole thing is
that you can use them in commercialthat you can connect these two programs.
(for-profit) songs. Each of theUsing a technology named "REWIRE",
companies that create these loops hascreated by PROPELLERHEADS you can have
their own license, which you'll want toboth of these applications synchronized.
read if you're going to release anAdd a loop in ACID, make a pattern in
album. The license is usually just a setREASON, and have them play back
of rules or terms that say what you cantogether. When you're done, you can
and can't do with a loop. Most the timerender in ACID to have the synchronized
you can use these Royalty Free loops inmusic as one file, or track.
commercial recordings, but you can't,Wait! I have no sound
for example, resell the loops byOkay, so now you have the software to
themselves. You have to abide by thestart creating some awesome music. So
license.the thing you're missing is sound,
As far as I know SONIC FOUNDRY wasspeakers, headphones, etc. I use an
bought out by SONY, so if you're lookingexternal sound card by M-AUDIO, called
for this software....OMISTUDIO USB. This thing connects to my
- Do a search for ACID PRO, or visit thepc with the USB port. It has two
link at the bottom of the articleheadphone connections and two instrument
- There are different versions of themic connections with preamp power. It
software; one of the versions isalso contains several speaker
absolutely FREEconnections, as well as other
The Reason to createconnections for mixers, etc.
The piece of software I'd like to talkThere are several different types of
about in this section is PROPELLERHEADSthese external sound machines. Most of
REASON. This piece of software is muchthem are either USB or FireWire. Most
different than ACID. REASON is focusedhave headphone, speaker, and mic
less on loops, and more on programming.connections and come with the necessary
When I say programming, I mean usingdrivers for your computer.
individual sounds, for example, a kickIt's all over
drum, snare, or piano sound. You thenI hope that this short article gave you
use the awesome devices to createsome ideas to start making music. I plan
patterns. REASON includes a powerfulon writing more articles as time
list of devices. Some of the morepermits. See ya soon!



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