they're usually made with Nylon too so if she wear stockings a lot ask her if you can recycle a pair she doesn't use anymore or is too damaged (I burn through them so I stopped buying them XD)
I started making music on Garageband on my phone and now I have upgraded to Logic Pro X on my Mac and knowing how to use Garageband made the transition seamless!!
Yeahhhhhh all you need is some sort of synth, hardware or a DAW, a controller, a Blue Yeti or something, and some decent headphones... that's all you actually need. Hell you don't even need the controller, you can map your computer keyboard to different notes. You don't need a really nice mic, you don't need monitors and you don't need sound dampening foam. Those are very nice to have, but they aren't even close to being necessary.
@@guitaria6 You are more creative you are limited by certain factors. A good example could be the early RUclips gamers that would record their gameplay using a camera because they couldn't afford a streaming device.
You only need a keyboard and a laptop. Or rather... anything to run a DAW which there’s loads of free or cheap ones. Reaper is 60$, powerful DAW. Ableton has a free variant that can do justice. Ideas aren’t limited by budget ;)
colin dixon I’m assuming chrome book is the google laptop? I don’t know it’s specs but I had an asus craptop from 2002 run Mixcraft, Reaper and Ableton fine. It’ll buffer and render now and then but imperfections lead to intricate perfections and train your patience which will come handy later. I would just make a new email. Head to ableton, sign up and you get 90 days free... with like 80% of its goodies. No card info or any of that junk. Ableton is a really solid company/community and DAW but I never subject to just one DAW while learning. Hence why I listed a few worth looking into especially with a locked budget. After years Messing with those 3 DAWS I ended up with an iMac and now a MacBook and run Logic just for ease since Apple always has very efficient programs and devices. But I will tell you the whole truth. No matter what you use, what DAW you use, what equipment you use, nothing makes your Music other than you. Sure some may be easier but now as a Musician you’ll soon see the easy way out isn’t always the most fun or soul satisfying. You’ll forge your own tool with what you got :) Never doubt yourself or think equipment is the way. That’s the biggest hoax of it all. It may “look” cool or satisfy ego to have Crap Ton of software and instruments but that’s usually filling a void somewhere else. Just enjoy the journey, learn all you can with free stuff first and start small. It’ll blossom if you nurture it. Let me know if you ever need help or more info, I’m more than happy to help.
I love parents who support and invest in their children's desires and dreams, they're the folks who truly get it. Our first investors are the folks raising us.
@@panosbbb Absolutely, and when you have no talent, then, it doesn't matter if you have gear limitations or not because creativity will not be triggered. Sad but true.
@a story to tell Well I've produced a ballad, which I think turned out pretty well for a beginner and I have a lot of random beats saved. But I still haven't really found the perfect program. I've used some websites like Soundtrap and bandlab, which really weren't that bad, then I also tried LMMS and Waveform, they just confused me. So yeah, other than still not having a good, rather cheap program, it's all been pretty well😂
@@zy_verse2004 Of all the DAWs I've tried out, I recommend Reaper to anyone who asks. In my opinion it's the most versatile piece of music software if you customize it for yourself. And costs only 60 bucks unless you make a serious amount of money from using the program!
as a person who’s looking to start to make music, this is definitely the best video i’ve seen so far. Well organized and concise, but still goes over pretty much everything you need with examples. I especially enjoy that ending message, to just work with what you have and do the most you can with it until you have more options. Thank you! 🙏
I'm just a hobbyist, but I totally agree with that technique. I did this remix for another youtube contest recently. When I listen to it on studio style headphones (Sony MDR-V6), the bass is way overpowered, but I had to do that to get the sound I wanted on the car stereo and/or earbuds. soundcloud.com/rob-anderson-104336556/cats-dead-originally-by-espen-kraft.
great thing to always remember and test out! even if you have the best audio equipment most of your audience will be listening to the music through laptop speakers, old ipods, phones, car radio, and various other audio outputs with different qualities
Anyone who wants to get into music production should be shown this video. Awesome work! I guess that if you are more into making strictly electronic music without recording your own samples by microphone, the microphone/mic stand/pop filter parts of the list can be replaced by good value synths/drum machines/sequencers.
hey i need a tip - i want a keyboard to play piano and learn and stuff but i also want a midi controller for producing beats and music. is there a digital keyboard that does both?
You don't necessarily need to buy a microphone at the same time as an audio interface if you just want to record guitar and keys directly into the computer. An interface like the Scarlett 2i2 is great for this.
For what it's worth, I'd recommend the behringer umc404hd over the Scarlett 2i2 bc 4 inputs for less money (£80 on gear4music right now) and still sounds great.
Great advice! Just a side note, most makers of audio interfaces include free downloads for intro versions of popular DAWs. For instance, Steinburg includes Cubase Artist, Focusrite offers Ableton Live Lite and Presonus offers Studio One Artist. All of these are fully-functional DAWs and they are great ways to learn these programs.
Plasmaboo I do agree with your statement on able to live lite, I use it and it can be severely frustrating to use but it also have a very good pathway to upgrade into ableton suite. If you register live lite you get nearly $150 dollars of suite and combine that with abletons sales and you have a solid path to the top with a great way to learn the program for free. But yes live lites only 8 tracks allowance kills me and I can't wait to upgrade
RJChillax equipment so far: Drums: Roland TD-12, Yamaha DD55 Drum machine: Roland R-8 Sampler: Akai MPC Renaissance DJ Controller or should I say Wheels of Chill: Numark NV Synthesizers: Roland XV-88 (master), Roland D-50, Roland JD-Xi, Yamaha TX81Z Bass guitar Hafler 1601 Speakers: JRX JBX100 Multi track recorder: Tascam 2488 Neo A microphone
I had a lenovo laptop from the mid 2000's that my father gave me and I used it for years. I eventually learned programming using that computer and started freelancing since last year. I now have alenovo legion y540 now which is amazing, a pair of audio technica ATH mx40, a focusrite 2i2, a scarlet studio microphone (worst out of this list) and I just ordered my first ever midi keyboard, akai mpk mini. I've come from no equipment to having things that I don't necessarily need and hear me out. Not having enough/the right equipment is in most cases an excuse. If you have any computer as long as it can run a daw and you have a cheap pair of headphones ( you can get a one for $50-$60 which can do wonders) then you are good to go. You could make a really good song with that. You could even get a usb mic if you want to record but don't have the budget for an audio interface although I would highly recommend using the focusrite interfaces.
Seriously, I wish you had been my music tech teacher in college. I spent £3000 a year on that course and all I wanted to know was what you have explained in this video in less than 8 minutes! Love your channel so much!
The very first step would be to define what kind of a musician/artist you are and what your primary focus is. So if you're more of an artist looking for a unique angle to your music, creative tools as a whole (instruments, effects etc) might be your primary objective. If you're an instrumentalist, and want to be a professional player for others, a good instrument is where most of your money should go. Someone who wants to be mixing or mastering engineer should probably primarily look into speakers and acoustic treatment. It's difficult to define what someone needs before understanding what they actually want to do, and often they might not know what that even is in the beginning. If you don't have a primary objective or that's still unclear, it's a good idea to steadily upgrade your setup but trying to go for the highest quality you can so that your gear has some resale value and you don't end up buying everything several times over your career because you went for poorer gear. Overall I'd say buying and getting gear is an everlasting and changing process. You buy, you work, you learn, you research, you make some money, and you buy again. Embrace this process, always aim for the best price/quality balance you can, and you'll be fine. It's part of the growth both monetarily as well as in terms of your craft.
@@juriandemoor7842 Agree, but to expand on that: As Andrew said in the video you need speakers or headphones that accurately represent all the frequencies in the spectrum or your mixes are going to sound like crap. There's only a certain point that skill can take you without good speakers. It's harsh, but it's true.
"In the computer" LOL My wife and I quote that all the time. Thanks for the simple setup breakdown. I've wanted to record music for years, but haven't had the cash to do it. Looking forward to getting my setup going this year.
Thank you so much for the encouragement. I started recording stuff on garageband at home about a year and a half ago, and have been needing videos like this, explaining explicitly and simply the basics of equipment and stuff. Absolutely adore your channel, keep up the great content :-)
absolutely true. people forget.. laptops were just fine 5-8 years ago. The only thing apple at least has managed to do is screw us over by taking away all our ports. .. and that's coming from a Mac user.
Man I know this is almost a year old but as someone who is about to move out and on a serious budget wanting to get into music production, this video and honestly your whole channel have been a godsend. For now it's a hobby but hopefully with your channel and some hard work I can make something me and my depressed anxious ass can truly be proud of. Keep on keepin on Andrew Huang, you are a paragon of this youtube industry. From one Andrew to another (very drunk one), Mr. Schell. Best of luck to you and yours.
My general philosophy is start where you are, use what you have!!!! Then the attraction begins... this is a great video, by all means, the advice is great.... my advice is never worry too much about what you don’t have.... just be ambitious and work hard with whatever you have now, find a way to make it work, I too started with a cassette player that had the recording part, but there was no, mix, no tweaking, same in same out, but no worries it was for my private practice, then yrs later I use my friends studios, but always when it’s convenient to them, and sometimes late at night ideas would be flowing, I couldn’t bare it anymore so then I started on my phone, did some great work with GarageBand, now I have my own home studio still in the process of becoming a masterpiece soon.....
Hey, I am starting audio and music production. Just got the following: Akai MPK mini MIDI keyboard, Behringer UMC204HD interface and an RCM PRO condenser microphone. I have an old HP Probook core i5, 4GB RAM laptop that I'll use to start. I'm exploring Waveform 8/ Tracktion 7 free DAWs to start...sounds like very entry level gear but I'll squeeze hits from these!! Then if need be, I'll go into Neumann/Townsends/Manley/Rupert Neve arena :-). If need be!!
Something about DAWs: Use the software demos! I've been an flstudio user for a couple of years now on my PC, so when a demo for the Mac beta came out, I downloaded that immediately. But since it's only a demo, it lacks the function reopening any save files that you create. This kind of sucks, but when I'm traveling with my MacBook, I actually really enjoy the limitation of having to finish a song in one sitting. Some of the songs on my upcoming album were made on airplanes (or sometimes in the middle of lecture), and it was really fun knowing that when I export the audio files, that's it and the prodicing is over and it's on to mastering. Now, I could type in the code to unlock it, but I almost want to keep it as the trial. Long story short, to anyone who can't afford a DAW, you can do a lot of damage with just the free trials.
Really helpful and useful information but what was even better about your video was your message/philosophy. How helpful, honest and inclusive you appear to be. As a complete novice with no fundamental knowledge it was reassuring and refreshing to get the advice to work within your means and work up to the optimal setup you can achieve and not being told your not good enough or shouldn't even start because you don't have this, that or the other.
4:00 I actually recommend instead of using a pencil use a sock folded in half (clean obvs). It'll do essentially what the round pop filters do about the same way :D
He used it for over 10 years, so its just second nature to him. It's completely personal taste. What matters is the end product. It's not about what you use, but how you use it.
I've used both and I prefer logic, but for professionals the two programs are indistinguishable, logic is way way more intuitive in my opinion, especially for beginners.
The workflow is quite different between the two. He may prefer the Ableton Live workflow, which is more clip-oriented. Bonus: Ableton Live is cross-platform whereas Logic is Apple-only. (for a similar workflow that supports even more platforms, including Linux, Bitwig Studio is great).
Very true, the workflow is very different. Ableton also is WAY better at live performance than Logic Pro. Mainstage is decent, but you have a lot more control over your music with Ableton.
Going to binge watch your videos. Been trying to get more serious with music, i started with garageband 5 years ago, but only now I'll try to take music seriously. Thanks for the vids!
Many years ago, on my kit, when I played back my music on the Speaker setup Iwas using ( Bugger know what it was ) but it sounded great. I used a PC With a Creative Live Drive ( SBLive , then Audigy, then Audigy 2 etc ) to do the actual recording, and while 90% of my stuff came out exactly as I hoped it would there was a few tracks that had some synth sounds, that were, for some silly reason, very sharp and harsh??? - I never could work out why this happened, but it did bug me quite a lot. Like I said 90 of all tracks came out fine and it was only one of two sounds that did this on one or two tracks, but the fact is, that while listening to the tracks through the Monitors, it sounded exactly as I wanted it to, but once it had been recorded the sound was more of a rotten screetch than a nice soft synth. I never did resolve this. I have, due to an accident, not doen any music work for a few years, and I am only now getting back into it. I now only have one arm that I can use and so my music is going to be somewhat limited, however, I am now going to be recording with different hardware ( Another PC ) and so I assume that the sound weirdnes I was getting before, will be a thing of the past. My main Computer is still my Atari Falcon using Cubase Audio Falcon v206 - which is software released in 1993 - so wohoo for Future Music!
First time viewing you, just had autoplay going for several videos and you popped up - I just want to say that I really "resonated" with your final comments as far as letting growth take it's course organically and realistically, not only with budget or practicality, but in terms of skill and overall experience, & to that end, familiarity with your gear..! You're absolutely right about throwing one into the deep end doing more harm than good in the long run - if you ask me, maintaining a natural synchronicity between one's rate of material expansion with their legitimate necessity for doing so, is one of the most significant elements in a persons odds for true artistic progress and growth.. I believe no wall or obstacle should be taken down until you have reached and run into it naturally. otherwise you will knock them all down ahead of time and won't have any challenges left to learn from.. You'll miss so much along the journey of nothing is keeping you humble!! At any rate, keep up the good work, & thanks again, I hope others take away from this video as much as they ought to!! - Play on☝😌☝
Caustic 3 on Android is an amazing way to get started. Lots of RUclips tutorials, active forums and development and can be used in simple ways for learning but supports a lot of advanced functionality for growth.
Happy to report that after about 6 months of picking up some analogue gear (the Korg volca keys, Arturia Microbrute, et cetera) I'm finally picking up my first audio interface and DAW (the PreSonus 2-4). Can't wait to see where this takes me! Thanks for the input and consistently helpful and entertaining content man! Keep up the good work!
Dear Andrew, I've been following you for quite a while now and I really like the stuff you're doing, basically because you are a genuinely nice person and because you put so much effort into producing quality and entertaining art. But as I'm watching this video today, you, again, gained so much more of my respect with what you say in the last minute of the video. It just emphasizes what an excellent guy you are! The world would be a much nicer place if more people realized what you're saying in that last minute. I hope that life only brings you good experiences and that you continue to find joy in what you're doing!
Got to give you credit... I just bought my first midi keyboard because of you... watch your one music theory video then dived right in... can't wait to be at this point... right now its just an Arturia Essential 61, Samsung Tab 6 lite, and Klips headphones... order the Arturia Minibrute 2S, and saving for a new Mac book air. Thank you man, I love this journey, and love music so much more.
I use ableton on windows with the UMC202HD interface from behringer. I got the interface for only $60, and it has 2 combo jack XLR/Quarter inch inputs and a phantom power switch on the back. I use my electric guitar plugged into it with amp sims, condenser mics, and whatever. It has very little noise. It has 4.6ms latency at 64 samples which sounds perfect. Because it's windows, it needs to use special ASIO drivers to get the latency so low, but it works well with ableton, and probably most other DAWs that support ASIO drivers. It also powers my studio monitoring headphones which are the audio techinca ath-m40x. A very nice pair for $100. Highly respected in the audio community. So for $60, this little box does A LOT. Highly recommend. I also use a 49 key basic midi keyboard. The axiom49. It's a bit old, but still great! Like Andrew said, midi keyboard you can totally cheap out on. So that's my setup! I know the interface is cheap, but you can get the $100 version with 4 inputs the UMC404HD for only $20 or $40 more depending on sales. And that one is even higher rated in reviews.
I use the UMC202HD too! It pairs great with my KRK RP5 G3 monitors. I use mine to just mess around with my guitar and old Yamaha keyboard (it's a YPR-20 and it's kinda useless but that's the point of it). It's great for a budget setup.
Thank you so much for this short walkthrough of building a home studio! I have been making music on my phone using a free DAW for about a year now, and Im thinking about building a small workstation studio! This video was greatly appreciated! ;)
Andrew is a live saver. I want to be a music producer and I’ll be going to college in like the next year and I really needed to know things that no one I knew could tell me. So thank you thank you 🙏🏻
Tip of the day for aspiring guitar players: _ask your parents!_ Seriously, my favourite electric guitar was just chilling in some old box of my stepdad's stuff in the attic. My acoustic one was in a cupboard in the kitchen. Playing guitar is something a lot of kids did in the 80s - 90s, naturally your parents probably had a guitar growing up they could donate.
@@emptynism1958 If I remember right, guitar is the most played instrument by population in the world (it's either guitar or piano/keyboard). If there's any instrument that's just gonna be lying around the house neglected, especially if you live somewhere western like the US or UK/Europe, it's gonna be a guitar or a piano/keyboard. I've had a couple of friends whose first instruments have been hand-me-downs. Plus, as a bonus, the act of asking if they ever played an instrument is something to talk to your damn parents about.
I'm amazed with so many artists / youtuber's who provide so much information to those who are starting / starting to make music like me. Thank you! I'm living for another 6 months in Washington DC and I really wanted to learn how to use drum machines and synthesizers to make music. Does anybody know how to tell me a teacher? the videos have helped me a lot but I need to make the options available that the technology offers nowadays. Thank you very much! meanwhile, I'm inspiring myself with you...
What you can do for budget room treatment is put rock wool into self-made wood frames and cover it with fabric. Even though it propably doesn't do the job as well as proper acoustic panels and that stuff is propably a pain to make, it's a lot cheaper. You can also use many layers of towels for this. And egg cartons don't work because a lot of the absorbing comes from the surface structure ie the tiny holes in the foam. I'm just getting started with producing, I haven't actually made anything yet, but here's what I'm planning to use: My laptop with a daw and an external soundcard so I can connect the headphones I use with my phone to my pc and use them as just a microphone and an old headset, the microphone of which kinda stopped working) for listening to my tracks.
Owens Corning 703 rigid fiberglass covered in fabric. Cheap and effective, get it in 4 inch thick variants. The absorption coefficient is far higher than that of Auralex studio foam. If you can't find the OC703 or 705, then rock wool is an option if you're willing to work with loose rock wool and build your own containment (I threw mine in a wooden frame box with a bunch of fabric around it and used it for a bass trap back in the day). The difference was night and day. Most people can have legit room treatments if they are willing to put in the elbow grease and do a bit of reasearch and do a touch of maths. I think I spent 200 or 300 on mine back when I had a studio, and it was every bit as well treated as any other studio. Hope that helps someone here. Go google acoustic treatment now and do some research and enjoy your journey on the never ending path of acoustic perfection.
my setup is a crappy 8 year old laptop with lubuntu(lightweight ubuntu) musescore for composing, vmpk for live midi playing, audacity to record those sound and the line in/mic port for playing bass into. These are all free, you can also get yoshimi a free midi synth to make nicer sounds than inbuilt midi. I would say for making music thats like as low down as you could get, but its not great
Mine is Asus X540L laptop with windows 10 non activated coz when i got it the guy didnt activated and Cakewalk by bandlab coz no way my parents will let me buy stuff from online also i have a casio keyboard that dosent have midi output but i use it for making melodies
If you can plug your keyboard into a mic or line in and get PureData up and running with a sound to midi patch you could use monophonic midi on you casio, its not much but it could help?
What a helpful video -- focused, clear, experience-based (with some fun too). I really appreciated your admonition to start now as a music-maker -- no matter what your instrument(s)/gear - instead of waiting for the perfect merch. Thanks for creating. Keep kicking butt.
Hey just so you know your information "Rocks". Your knowledge, word choices, rate of speech and concise info and a humble honest approach to a beginner is what made me a fan. Thanks for your input and the heads up on what gear I need to get going and letting me know it's ok to build towards something in the future. Again thanks.
No, my first song on my Soundcloud was made on a worn-down Dell Inspiron 15 and an iPhone SE. What I did was make it in FL Studio, and then open it in GarageBand to add more. I think it came out pretty good for my first original song.
perfect Video! I am gonnay buy the monitors that you have since that's the only Thing that's missing in my whole set up xD. You've always been an inspiration with your creativity and your Sound design so thank you allot for being the way you are!
Just do it. Find a way. A pair of headphones, an *AHEM* "Jack Sparrow" version of FL Studio mobile, or hell just your voice, your fists/hands, and maybe a desk (drums) and a simple program like J4T on android. I record acapella songs with desk drums constantly. Just do it. You don't have to show the early stuff to a single soul. Practice making the core, the heart, of a few songs, you'll struggle but you'll get there, then in a month, a year, a decade, who knows, you'll finally have the tools you pined for, and you'll sure as hell make the best of it then.
I'm always told I need to get a audio interface. But honestly, I connect my Yamaha Motif to my Mac Pro via optical, and it's absolutely perfect. I don't sing, so no microphone.
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Korg Miku pedal is a cheap essential if you play guitar
Lol
samuraiguitarist you need it before the guitar, it is the most essential part of guitar playing
You can't just give away industry secrets like that on RUclips
Wait you dont even need a guitar for that... you just need the pedal. It'll make your music so much better... INSTANTLY
bonus points if you plug a VOCALOID keytar into it. Don't forget to process the entire thing into Antares Auto-Tune to get those crispy notes.
me: “mom, can I get a pop filter?”
mom: “we have a pencil at home”
yes
Actually, a pop filter can be made of piece of cloth, stocking or something like that, and wire from a coathanger. It's a frequently used hack.
they're usually made with Nylon too so if she wear stockings a lot ask her if you can recycle a pair she doesn't use anymore or is too damaged (I burn through them so I stopped buying them XD)
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That works lol
what i have: a phone and garage band
me: lets go make music
Me too! You got this!
kat Me too! I think for me it works well enough👍😂
I started making music on Garageband on my phone and now I have upgraded to Logic Pro X on my Mac and knowing how to use Garageband made the transition seamless!!
Bro. Same
Same! You should post music on your channel or we should do a collab
I have one (1) ukulele, an amazon basics USB mic, no (0) midi keyboard, and audacity
Let's do this
Gracen Blackwelder good luck bro tell me how it goes
Good luck
If you have a lot of talent you can make good music with anything.
You need an audio interface to record the mic to the computer
Antonio Carbone no he has a USB mic. Those have an audio interface build in
As an individual new to music production when he said "relatively affordable microphone" I wasn't expecting $400
HWBDGEHHEGEGE I-
Wha-
Yeahhhhhh all you need is some sort of synth, hardware or a DAW, a controller, a Blue Yeti or something, and some decent headphones... that's all you actually need. Hell you don't even need the controller, you can map your computer keyboard to different notes. You don't need a really nice mic, you don't need monitors and you don't need sound dampening foam. Those are very nice to have, but they aren't even close to being necessary.
Well, it's a fairly high end mic.
That part was pretty funny
“The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.”
― Orson Welles
Rings true
andrewnoblemusic I don’t get it
@@guitaria6 You are more creative you are limited by certain factors. A good example could be the early RUclips gamers that would record their gameplay using a camera because they couldn't afford a streaming device.
So limitations = good?
@@n0166 It makes you look for solutions and you learn to adapt by being more creative.
The aesthetic of your recording space is so good! I know that's not the point of this video but I figured I should say so.
Imo creating a good appearance vibe for the studio can really encourage you and keep you feeling good about what you're doing.
Someone who remember to treat accoustically his/her room is a person of values.
@@MichaelOhkayy true, if it's got a stressful atmosphere you're not gonna want to spend time in there and you'll just get annoyed
From where the young music youtubers got money to buy all this gear, everything in that room would cost a pair of thousand of dollars!
666th like, this comment is now cursed.
Wrong. All you need is a kazoo.
You damn right
Wtf ur everywhere i saw you on techsource
@@morbidlyabeast9000Lb who lol?
Ayy ma man powah slap. But... you're totally right. I completly wasted 15 years of learning music theory and instruments at age 19.
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except for the keyboard.... I can't afford the rest
you dont need the rest, its enough for now
You only need a keyboard and a laptop. Or rather... anything to run a DAW which there’s loads of free or cheap ones. Reaper is 60$, powerful DAW. Ableton has a free variant that can do justice. Ideas aren’t limited by budget ;)
Robert Jarden what if I can only afford a chrome book
colin dixon I’m assuming chrome book is the google laptop? I don’t know it’s specs but I had an asus craptop from 2002 run Mixcraft, Reaper and Ableton fine. It’ll buffer and render now and then but imperfections lead to intricate perfections and train your patience which will come handy later. I would just make a new email. Head to ableton, sign up and you get 90 days free... with like 80% of its goodies. No card info or any of that junk. Ableton is a really solid company/community and DAW but I never subject to just one DAW while learning. Hence why I listed a few worth looking into especially with a locked budget. After years Messing with those 3 DAWS I ended up with an iMac and now a MacBook and run Logic just for ease since Apple always has very efficient programs and devices. But I will tell you the whole truth. No matter what you use, what DAW you use, what equipment you use, nothing makes your Music other than you. Sure some may be easier but now as a Musician you’ll soon see the easy way out isn’t always the most fun or soul satisfying. You’ll forge your own tool with what you got :)
Never doubt yourself or think equipment is the way. That’s the biggest hoax of it all. It may “look” cool or satisfy ego to have Crap Ton of software and instruments but that’s usually filling a void somewhere else. Just enjoy the journey, learn all you can with free stuff first and start small. It’ll blossom if you nurture it. Let me know if you ever need help or more info, I’m more than happy to help.
Robert Jarden thx bro
I love parents who support and invest in their children's desires and dreams, they're the folks who truly get it.
Our first investors are the folks raising us.
My parents just make me buy everything, lol.
@@elliotgroff that's ok too! If you really want something, you'll figure out a way to get it. If you never do, it really wasn't that important.
@@elliotgroff yeah and like bro i'm a kid i don't have money i mean i work babysitting but that doesn't make much 😭
the pencil trick blew my mind
Blew my mic*
@@fullmoonofus2683 lol
socks tho..
Sameee lol
For real
that mindset at the end was just the most inspirational think i've heard in weeks
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Limitations boost creativity.
you are right and wrong and i am sure that you know it
Big CAP
Agreed, u try to find ideas inside your limitations which forces you to become creative
@@panosbbb Absolutely, and when you have no talent, then, it doesn't matter if you have gear limitations or not because creativity will not be triggered. Sad but true.
Thanks for saving my money
I'm only 15, but I'm starting to set up a little studio in my bedroom. Out of all the videos on youtube, this helped me the most :)
@a story to tell Well I've produced a ballad, which I think turned out pretty well for a beginner and I have a lot of random beats saved. But I still haven't really found the perfect program. I've used some websites like Soundtrap and bandlab, which really weren't that bad, then I also tried LMMS and Waveform, they just confused me.
So yeah, other than still not having a good, rather cheap program, it's all been pretty well😂
@@zy_verse2004 download ableton live lite, it's free :)
@@zy_verse2004 Of all the DAWs I've tried out, I recommend Reaper to anyone who asks. In my opinion it's the most versatile piece of music software if you customize it for yourself. And costs only 60 bucks unless you make a serious amount of money from using the program!
For the daw, you could use bandlab. It's completely free and compatible with mobile and pc
I'm just an 13yrs old girl, so that's already great for me
@@azkaazeylia Yeah I currently use Soundtrap which is really similar to Bandlab, but I'm also starting with FL Studio (the free trial lol)
as a person who’s looking to start to make music, this is definitely the best video i’ve seen so far. Well organized and concise, but still goes over pretty much everything you need with examples. I especially enjoy that ending message, to just work with what you have and do the most you can with it until you have more options. Thank you! 🙏
What do you think you'll get for your setup?
Taught lessons on Audio Recording for a couple of years. This video is now essential for new students of mine!
Awesome video as always
Moroder was famous for checking his mixes in his car. (don't know if he still does ...)
I'm just a hobbyist, but I totally agree with that technique.
I did this remix for another youtube contest recently. When I listen to it on studio style headphones (Sony MDR-V6), the bass is way overpowered, but I had to do that to get the sound I wanted on the car stereo and/or earbuds.
soundcloud.com/rob-anderson-104336556/cats-dead-originally-by-espen-kraft.
great thing to always remember and test out! even if you have the best audio equipment most of your audience will be listening to the music through laptop speakers, old ipods, phones, car radio, and various other audio outputs with different qualities
If that's the case, can't we directly mix in the car?
Yeltson Isaac Good point but it’s a bit crowded and I like to stand 😉
Anyone who wants to get into music production should be shown this video. Awesome work! I guess that if you are more into making strictly electronic music without recording your own samples by microphone, the microphone/mic stand/pop filter parts of the list can be replaced by good value synths/drum machines/sequencers.
Still, you can get far more analog modeling vsts with the budget of hardware synths.
hey i need a tip - i want a keyboard to play piano and learn and stuff but i also want a midi controller for producing beats and music. is there a digital keyboard that does both?
@@djrr9759 Most digital keyboards will be able to do both. As long as the keyboard has MIDI i/o, you're good.
@@SynthApprentice aye nice, thanks lol
Setup Summary
1. Computer
2. DAW (digital audio workstation)
3. headphones
4. midi keyboard
5. Microphone and audio interface
6. studio monitors
7. room treatment
Thx
thx mate
0. Money
I asked myself "why am I watching this? I've been producing for years" and then remembered it's because Andrew is awesome
You don't necessarily need to buy a microphone at the same time as an audio interface if you just want to record guitar and keys directly into the computer. An interface like the Scarlett 2i2 is great for this.
For what it's worth, I'd recommend the behringer umc404hd over the Scarlett 2i2 bc 4 inputs for less money (£80 on gear4music right now) and still sounds great.
@@joethatoneguy I hear lots of people have problems with the behringer.
@@joethatoneguy Scarlett comes with Ableton tho which Behringer doesn't
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Great advice! Just a side note, most makers of audio interfaces include free downloads for intro versions of popular DAWs. For instance, Steinburg includes Cubase Artist, Focusrite offers Ableton Live Lite and Presonus offers Studio One Artist. All of these are fully-functional DAWs and they are great ways to learn these programs.
Haha it would be great if Steinberg’s audio interfaces included Cubase artist, they include Cubase LE which is a very limited version
Plasmaboo I do agree with your statement on able to live lite, I use it and it can be severely frustrating to use but it also have a very good pathway to upgrade into ableton suite. If you register live lite you get nearly $150 dollars of suite and combine that with abletons sales and you have a solid path to the top with a great way to learn the program for free. But yes live lites only 8 tracks allowance kills me and I can't wait to upgrade
but most of then are very limited like ableton lite which only allows 8 tracks? i think
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3:58 that was actually a really good kick drum
Dude, I thought the same when I heard it. I might just download this video and make a beat with only Andrew Huang videos lol
new video idea: Make a track by sampling the random sounds n stuff Andrew has made throughout his vids (no instruments allowed)
@@MXCN_El1011 please send me the video when done.
imma sample that into a trap beat lmao
imagine having the sound of a kick drum happen every time you said the letter p
RJChillax equipment so far:
Drums: Roland TD-12, Yamaha DD55
Drum machine: Roland R-8
Sampler: Akai MPC Renaissance
DJ Controller or should I say Wheels of Chill: Numark NV
Synthesizers: Roland XV-88 (master), Roland D-50,
Roland JD-Xi, Yamaha TX81Z
Bass guitar
Hafler 1601
Speakers: JRX JBX100
Multi track recorder: Tascam 2488 Neo
A microphone
damnnn thats cool
I had a lenovo laptop from the mid 2000's that my father gave me and I used it for years. I eventually learned programming using that computer and started freelancing since last year. I now have alenovo legion y540 now which is amazing, a pair of audio technica ATH mx40, a focusrite 2i2, a scarlet studio microphone (worst out of this list) and I just ordered my first ever midi keyboard, akai mpk mini.
I've come from no equipment to having things that I don't necessarily need and hear me out.
Not having enough/the right equipment is in most cases an excuse. If you have any computer as long as it can run a daw and you have a cheap pair of headphones ( you can get a one for $50-$60 which can do wonders) then you are good to go. You could make a really good song with that. You could even get a usb mic if you want to record but don't have the budget for an audio interface although I would highly recommend using the focusrite interfaces.
Seriously, I wish you had been my music tech teacher in college. I spent £3000 a year on that course and all I wanted to know was what you have explained in this video in less than 8 minutes! Love your channel so much!
“Be the best with whatever you have.” Well said.
The very first step would be to define what kind of a musician/artist you are and what your primary focus is.
So if you're more of an artist looking for a unique angle to your music, creative tools as a whole (instruments, effects etc) might be your primary objective. If you're an instrumentalist, and want to be a professional player for others, a good instrument is where most of your money should go. Someone who wants to be mixing or mastering engineer should probably primarily look into speakers and acoustic treatment.
It's difficult to define what someone needs before understanding what they actually want to do, and often they might not know what that even is in the beginning. If you don't have a primary objective or that's still unclear, it's a good idea to steadily upgrade your setup but trying to go for the highest quality you can so that your gear has some resale value and you don't end up buying everything several times over your career because you went for poorer gear.
Overall I'd say buying and getting gear is an everlasting and changing process. You buy, you work, you learn, you research, you make some money, and you buy again. Embrace this process, always aim for the best price/quality balance you can, and you'll be fine. It's part of the growth both monetarily as well as in terms of your craft.
The purpose of buying gear is to enjoy having gear. Accept it as a hobby and never expect it to make your music better.
Nahh, better speakers = better music
@@juriandemoor7842 Agree, but to expand on that: As Andrew said in the video you need speakers or headphones that accurately represent all the frequencies in the spectrum or your mixes are going to sound like crap. There's only a certain point that skill can take you without good speakers. It's harsh, but it's true.
auto tune bruh
@@prodjae154 autotune won't even sound good if you have bad speakers/ headphones
What a waste of dosh, just blatant consumerism... ridiculous
"In the computer" LOL My wife and I quote that all the time. Thanks for the simple setup breakdown. I've wanted to record music for years, but haven't had the cash to do it. Looking forward to getting my setup going this year.
Excellent advice and studio Andrew.
Podcastage Hello sir Bandrew. Fan of yours. 😊
Thank you so much for the encouragement. I started recording stuff on garageband at home about a year and a half ago, and have been needing videos like this, explaining explicitly and simply the basics of equipment and stuff. Absolutely adore your channel, keep up the great content :-)
This ^^
wow finally another garageband user around here. thought i was the only one
M_X_C_N it’s free, ya feel me
That computer has some pretty dope specs for coming out in 2013.
same thought!
16 gb of ram can't be true
it is... I have the exact same setup specs
absolutely true. people forget.. laptops were just fine 5-8 years ago. The only thing apple at least has managed to do is screw us over by taking away all our ports. .. and that's coming from a Mac user.
16 gb ram😯
Man I know this is almost a year old but as someone who is about to move out and on a serious budget wanting to get into music production, this video and honestly your whole channel have been a godsend. For now it's a hobby but hopefully with your channel and some hard work I can make something me and my depressed anxious ass can truly be proud of. Keep on keepin on Andrew Huang, you are a paragon of this youtube industry. From one Andrew to another (very drunk one), Mr. Schell. Best of luck to you and yours.
My general philosophy is start where you are, use what you have!!!! Then the attraction begins... this is a great video, by all means, the advice is great.... my advice is never worry too much about what you don’t have.... just be ambitious and work hard with whatever you have now, find a way to make it work, I too started with a cassette player that had the recording part, but there was no, mix, no tweaking, same in same out, but no worries it was for my private practice, then yrs later I use my friends studios, but always when it’s convenient to them, and sometimes late at night ideas would be flowing, I couldn’t bare it anymore so then I started on my phone, did some great work with GarageBand, now I have my own home studio still in the process of becoming a masterpiece soon.....
Hey, I am starting audio and music production. Just got the following: Akai MPK mini MIDI keyboard, Behringer UMC204HD interface and an RCM PRO condenser microphone. I have an old HP Probook core i5, 4GB RAM laptop that I'll use to start. I'm exploring Waveform 8/ Tracktion 7 free DAWs to start...sounds like very entry level gear but I'll squeeze hits from these!! Then if need be, I'll go into Neumann/Townsends/Manley/Rupert Neve arena :-). If need be!!
I cannot overstate how helpful this video has been for me absolutely love it
all this videos about home recording has inspired me to make music again. it's been awhile. thank you, andrew!
Same with me!
Something about DAWs: Use the software demos! I've been an flstudio user for a couple of years now on my PC, so when a demo for the Mac beta came out, I downloaded that immediately. But since it's only a demo, it lacks the function reopening any save files that you create. This kind of sucks, but when I'm traveling with my MacBook, I actually really enjoy the limitation of having to finish a song in one sitting. Some of the songs on my upcoming album were made on airplanes (or sometimes in the middle of lecture), and it was really fun knowing that when I export the audio files, that's it and the prodicing is over and it's on to mastering. Now, I could type in the code to unlock it, but I almost want to keep it as the trial.
Long story short, to anyone who can't afford a DAW, you can do a lot of damage with just the free trials.
Reaper
T H A T S A L O T T A D A M A G E
Just don't turn off the program if you wanna work on it over a couple days lmao. Works for me
or buy it lmao. works for me
@@PengyDraws T H A T S A L O T O F D A W A G E
Pretty great tutorial for starting your own studio, Andrew; I wish I had seen this when I had first started, would've saved alot of other research.
Really helpful and useful information but what was even better about your video was your message/philosophy. How helpful, honest and inclusive you appear to be. As a complete novice with no fundamental knowledge it was reassuring and refreshing to get the advice to work within your means and work up to the optimal setup you can achieve and not being told your not good enough or shouldn't even start because you don't have this, that or the other.
This is Gold for everyone who wants to start. When I started I had to pick up info from many different sources
4:00 I actually recommend instead of using a pencil use a sock folded in half (clean obvs). It'll do essentially what the round pop filters do about the same way :D
Women's stockings are actually better. Socks take away too many frequencies.
Any reason you prefer Ableton to Logic ?
He used it for over 10 years, so its just second nature to him. It's completely personal taste. What matters is the end product. It's not about what you use, but how you use it.
I've used both and I prefer logic, but for professionals the two programs are indistinguishable, logic is way way more intuitive in my opinion, especially for beginners.
The workflow is quite different between the two. He may prefer the Ableton Live workflow, which is more clip-oriented.
Bonus: Ableton Live is cross-platform whereas Logic is Apple-only. (for a similar workflow that supports even more platforms, including Linux, Bitwig Studio is great).
In my opinion (and usage) Logic is a lot easier for recording primarily acoustic music whereas Ableton works much better with synths and VSTs
Very true, the workflow is very different. Ableton also is WAY better at live performance than Logic Pro. Mainstage is decent, but you have a lot more control over your music with Ableton.
Going to binge watch your videos.
Been trying to get more serious with music, i started with garageband 5 years ago, but only now I'll try to take music seriously.
Thanks for the vids!
“You need to put in the time and go on your own journey” - wise words
1:10
Normal People: Do you have a ssd or hdd?
Andrew Huang: 1tb hd
@@SreenikethanI the joke was that it was written hd instead of hdd
Sreenikethan I r/woooosh
@@Patrick-vv7cn
how is that r/woooosh worthy?
Sreenikethan I
Just trust
also gt 750m is definitely wrong. macs have never used nvidia graphics
that last piece of advice was gold 🤘🏽
Many years ago, on my kit, when I played back my music on the Speaker setup Iwas using ( Bugger know what it was ) but it sounded great.
I used a PC With a Creative Live Drive ( SBLive , then Audigy, then Audigy 2 etc ) to do the actual recording, and while 90% of my stuff came out exactly as I hoped it would there was a few tracks that had some synth sounds, that were, for some silly reason, very sharp and harsh??? - I never could work out why this happened, but it did bug me quite a lot.
Like I said 90 of all tracks came out fine and it was only one of two sounds that did this on one or two tracks, but the fact is, that while listening to the tracks through the Monitors, it sounded exactly as I wanted it to, but once it had been recorded the sound was more of a rotten screetch than a nice soft synth.
I never did resolve this.
I have, due to an accident, not doen any music work for a few years, and I am only now getting back into it. I now only have one arm that I can use and so my music is going to be somewhat limited, however, I am now going to be recording with different hardware ( Another PC ) and so I assume that the sound weirdnes I was getting before, will be a thing of the past.
My main Computer is still my Atari Falcon using Cubase Audio Falcon v206 - which is software released in 1993 - so wohoo for Future Music!
First time viewing you, just had autoplay going for several videos and you popped up - I just want to say that I really "resonated" with your final comments as far as letting growth take it's course organically and realistically, not only with budget or practicality, but in terms of skill and overall experience, & to that end, familiarity with your gear..! You're absolutely right about throwing one into the deep end doing more harm than good in the long run - if you ask me, maintaining a natural synchronicity between one's rate of material expansion with their legitimate necessity for doing so, is one of the most significant elements in a persons odds for true artistic progress and growth.. I believe no wall or obstacle should be taken down until you have reached and run into it naturally. otherwise you will knock them all down ahead of time and won't have any challenges left to learn from.. You'll miss so much along the journey of nothing is keeping you humble!! At any rate, keep up the good work, & thanks again, I hope others take away from this video as much as they ought to!!
- Play on☝😌☝
- PowahSlap is absolutely correct, however. You must begin with a kazoo.😏👌
Great setup Andrew! Wish I had half the stuff you use! Good tips for any lev of experience!
Caustic 3 on Android is an amazing way to get started. Lots of RUclips tutorials, active forums and development and can be used in simple ways for learning but supports a lot of advanced functionality for growth.
What I have:
1) Phone
2) Fl studio mobile
3) Cymatics and waverer presets
Let's Go
is it bad if i have only the first 2?
same haha
i guess bandlab is better for recording
@@bruhlollmao560 ik huh i also use it
@@bloxindoez3718 yeah because Serum presets won't help you on a phone
This video means EVERYTHING for me!! Thankyou Andrew!!!!❤❤❤❤
Same
Happy to report that after about 6 months of picking up some analogue gear (the Korg volca keys, Arturia Microbrute, et cetera) I'm finally picking up my first audio interface and DAW (the PreSonus 2-4).
Can't wait to see where this takes me! Thanks for the input and consistently helpful and entertaining content man! Keep up the good work!
i have watched about 50 vids in this topic and until now this has been the one that makes most sense and you should follow this order.
Andrew, I've watched so many of your videos. You make the world a better place.Thanks for sharing your knowledge and your music.
3:53 the word you're looking for is "asperated." Also fricatives can have the same effect sometimes.
Dear Andrew, I've been following you for quite a while now and I really like the stuff you're doing, basically because you are a genuinely nice person and because you put so much effort into producing quality and entertaining art. But as I'm watching this video today, you, again, gained so much more of my respect with what you say in the last minute of the video. It just emphasizes what an excellent guy you are! The world would be a much nicer place if more people realized what you're saying in that last minute. I hope that life only brings you good experiences and that you continue to find joy in what you're doing!
Got to give you credit... I just bought my first midi keyboard because of you... watch your one music theory video then dived right in... can't wait to be at this point... right now its just an Arturia Essential 61, Samsung Tab 6 lite, and Klips headphones... order the Arturia Minibrute 2S, and saving for a new Mac book air. Thank you man, I love this journey, and love music so much more.
Andrew - this was one of the most useful videos about what you “need” that I encountered so far.
Thank you! ♥
7:01 This end bit was really inspiring and helpful. Thanks.
I use ableton on windows with the UMC202HD interface from behringer. I got the interface for only $60, and it has 2 combo jack XLR/Quarter inch inputs and a phantom power switch on the back. I use my electric guitar plugged into it with amp sims, condenser mics, and whatever. It has very little noise. It has 4.6ms latency at 64 samples which sounds perfect. Because it's windows, it needs to use special ASIO drivers to get the latency so low, but it works well with ableton, and probably most other DAWs that support ASIO drivers. It also powers my studio monitoring headphones which are the audio techinca ath-m40x. A very nice pair for $100. Highly respected in the audio community. So for $60, this little box does A LOT. Highly recommend. I also use a 49 key basic midi keyboard. The axiom49. It's a bit old, but still great! Like Andrew said, midi keyboard you can totally cheap out on. So that's my setup! I know the interface is cheap, but you can get the $100 version with 4 inputs the UMC404HD for only $20 or $40 more depending on sales. And that one is even higher rated in reviews.
I use the UMC202HD too! It pairs great with my KRK RP5 G3 monitors. I use mine to just mess around with my guitar and old Yamaha keyboard (it's a YPR-20 and it's kinda useless but that's the point of it). It's great for a budget setup.
Thank you for giving me motivation!
Thank you so much for this short walkthrough of building a home studio! I have been making music on my phone using a free DAW for about a year now, and Im thinking about building a small workstation studio! This video was greatly appreciated! ;)
Andrew is a live saver. I want to be a music producer and I’ll be going to college in like the next year and I really needed to know things that no one I knew could tell me. So thank you thank you 🙏🏻
There's Reddit for that ;)
As a 15 year old , I'm very lucky to have FL Studio and a Mac ( all credits to my father ) and to learn Bass , Guitar and Drums .
I really dream to be good in creating music... I should just start to have fun with basic programs.
SinShaark the more you mess around and get comfortable in your daw the better your music will start to become
SinShaark take your time. Unless you're a savant, I doubt you'll be able to make professional music within 2/3 years
Also beginner trick I learned in college, use egg cartons, they’re better than you think
“Put in the time and go on your on journey”..... that really inspired me for some reason... wow
i love the thing u said in the end. Work with what u have and learn from it and build slowly towards your kinda studio. Yup, THAT is encouraging.
Pocket operators are also a good starting point for making beats and songs and don't need any additional equipment!
Tip of the day for aspiring guitar players: _ask your parents!_
Seriously, my favourite electric guitar was just chilling in some old box of my stepdad's stuff in the attic. My acoustic one was in a cupboard in the kitchen.
Playing guitar is something a lot of kids did in the 80s - 90s, naturally your parents probably had a guitar growing up they could donate.
Kra Z Kapin so by your logic if my mum is a nurse then there's a high chance that all the other moms out there are nurses
Lmao no? Guitar is super common is what I'm saying.
Kra Z Kapin it isn't you're *assuming*
@@emptynism1958 If I remember right, guitar is the most played instrument by population in the world (it's either guitar or piano/keyboard). If there's any instrument that's just gonna be lying around the house neglected, especially if you live somewhere western like the US or UK/Europe, it's gonna be a guitar or a piano/keyboard. I've had a couple of friends whose first instruments have been hand-me-downs.
Plus, as a bonus, the act of asking if they ever played an instrument is something to talk to your damn parents about.
I live in India bro 😑 all they have is an indian drum hanging around
I'm amazed with so many artists / youtuber's who provide so much information to those who are starting / starting to make music like me.
Thank you!
I'm living for another 6 months in Washington DC and I really wanted to learn how to use drum machines and synthesizers to make music.
Does anybody know how to tell me a teacher? the videos have helped me a lot but I need to make the options available that the technology offers nowadays. Thank you
very much!
meanwhile, I'm inspiring myself with you...
Hey, I'm starting in home music production and this video actually helped a lot, thanks!
*Pencil!*
That's gotta be a *Magic Wand!*
I’ve been making music on my iPhone for almost 4 years
Andrew could you do a producing tutorial
What you can do for budget room treatment is put rock wool into self-made wood frames and cover it with fabric. Even though it propably doesn't do the job as well as proper acoustic panels and that stuff is propably a pain to make, it's a lot cheaper. You can also use many layers of towels for this. And egg cartons don't work because a lot of the absorbing comes from the surface structure ie the tiny holes in the foam.
I'm just getting started with producing, I haven't actually made anything yet, but here's what I'm planning to use: My laptop with a daw and an external soundcard so I can connect the headphones I use with my phone to my pc and use them as just a microphone and an old headset, the microphone of which kinda stopped working) for listening to my tracks.
Owens Corning 703 rigid fiberglass covered in fabric. Cheap and effective, get it in 4 inch thick variants. The absorption coefficient is far higher than that of Auralex studio foam. If you can't find the OC703 or 705, then rock wool is an option if you're willing to work with loose rock wool and build your own containment (I threw mine in a wooden frame box with a bunch of fabric around it and used it for a bass trap back in the day). The difference was night and day. Most people can have legit room treatments if they are willing to put in the elbow grease and do a bit of reasearch and do a touch of maths. I think I spent 200 or 300 on mine back when I had a studio, and it was every bit as well treated as any other studio. Hope that helps someone here. Go google acoustic treatment now and do some research and enjoy your journey on the never ending path of acoustic perfection.
Brain+Computer+Headphones = Good Music
Here's how I treat my room: Pillows behind the monitor.
my setup is a crappy 8 year old laptop with lubuntu(lightweight ubuntu) musescore for composing, vmpk for live midi playing, audacity to record those sound and the line in/mic port for playing bass into. These are all free, you can also get yoshimi a free midi synth to make nicer sounds than inbuilt midi. I would say for making music thats like as low down as you could get, but its not great
Mine is Asus X540L laptop with windows 10 non activated coz when i got it the guy didnt activated and Cakewalk by bandlab coz no way my parents will let me buy stuff from online also i have a casio keyboard that dosent have midi output but i use it for making melodies
If you can plug your keyboard into a mic or line in and get PureData up and running with a sound to midi patch you could use monophonic midi on you casio, its not much but it could help?
I did tried it using 2 milimeter aux cord but the quality is really bad all i hear is white noise
@@neptuneseye7832 try using a noise gate-- it might help lol
UBUNTU
What a helpful video -- focused, clear, experience-based (with some fun too). I really appreciated your admonition to start now as a music-maker -- no matter what your instrument(s)/gear - instead of waiting for the perfect merch. Thanks for creating. Keep kicking butt.
Hey just so you know your information "Rocks". Your knowledge, word choices, rate of speech and concise info and a humble honest approach to a beginner is what made me a fan. Thanks for your input and the heads up on what gear I need to get going and letting me know it's ok to build towards something in the future. Again thanks.
OP-1 is a requirement right 😍
Yes
lol
No, my first song on my Soundcloud was made on a worn-down Dell Inspiron 15 and an iPhone SE. What I did was make it in FL Studio, and then open it in GarageBand to add more. I think it came out pretty good for my first original song.
@VenomousAlex yeah bro let me just pull out 1100$ out of my ass real quick
Do you ever find yourself hearing sounds that you could sample throughout the day and wanting to record them when you hear them?
Awesome!
perfect Video! I am gonnay buy the monitors that you have since that's the only Thing that's missing in my whole set up xD. You've always been an inspiration with your creativity and your Sound design so thank you allot for being the way you are!
thank you Andrew, great message!
When you wanna make music and be a singer-songwriter-producer but you're broke.
Just do it. Find a way. A pair of headphones, an *AHEM* "Jack Sparrow" version of FL Studio mobile, or hell just your voice, your fists/hands, and maybe a desk (drums) and a simple program like J4T on android. I record acapella songs with desk drums constantly. Just do it. You don't have to show the early stuff to a single soul. Practice making the core, the heart, of a few songs, you'll struggle but you'll get there, then in a month, a year, a decade, who knows, you'll finally have the tools you pined for, and you'll sure as hell make the best of it then.
Mpk mini 2
My studio:
- Cheap bm800 mic
- A discontinued keyboard
Lets gooooo!
Hands down the most helpful RUclipsr. Thank you!
great video a ton of youtubers take all of this equipment for granted and its very necessary for a beginner to understand a few of this things out
First thing that you must need is something no one gonna tell ya is
Money
I mean most people wont tell you but foos need to hustle to get what they want/need.
how i record guitar/bass: rocksmith guitar usb cable
Which one did u get!! Don't mind linking me up?
@@candiceng802 Wat
Lmao
Kristian Nowak translation: which one did you order? Can you send the link?
I'm always told I need to get a audio interface. But honestly, I connect my Yamaha Motif to my Mac Pro via optical, and it's absolutely perfect. I don't sing, so no microphone.
Thank you for the kind advice at the end. We are all on our own journey. ❤️
Very motivating thank you! Currently overwhelmed as a person with no music background looking to expand their creativity, this was helpful.
the zoolander reference floored me XD