Best program for making music?

PESolution · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:14

I fancy trying to make some "beats". Is there any program out there that stands out for noobys like me to throw a few samples together?

cheers!

djmc0 · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:15

FL Studio will no doubt fit your needs, although wrong forum mate, I'm sure a helpful mod will move it for you.

Vegetarian · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:17

One of the main one is Cubase - it can be a bit complex but if you can work it out it is good.

You could try fruity loops or Sony Acid pro for beginners.

Dr.EM · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:33

Reason might be good as an all-in-one/getting started package

DJMK4 · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:34

Cubase and some nice MIDI controllers

PESolution · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:36

thanks for the input so far guys! guess ill have a google for all of the above and see which looks best!

AGD · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:37

Dance Ejay

buckeejit · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:37

FruityLoops, Cubase, Reason

Sweetloaf · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:39

Ableton Live is the easiest to use by far. All in my humble opinion of course

MikeHunt79 · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:39

I use a combination of Reason 4, Metasynth 5, Reaktor 5, Logic 9 and Renoise...

There are so many apps out there for this, just choose whatever one you prefer!

If you just want to use samples, I think there are even some free opensource apps like Audacity which can do this, Logic would be overkill....

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:40

FL is cheap. Reason, ProTools, Cubase etc are not. How much do you want to spend?

Cybermyk · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:42

Try Audacity, It's free

Fegruson · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:54

Cybermyk said:
Try Audacity, It's free

For what exactly? Plug in a mic and record himself beatboxing?

I would say Reason or Ableton is something you need to be looking at, not that cheap though tbh.

Ross1234 · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:55

I used a mixture of reason and cubase for my higher music recording. Results were pretty decent.

whitecrook · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:57

protracker F T W !

dirtybeatfreak · 9 Nov 2009 at 22:03

as others have said, reason/cubase and fruityloops but they aint cheap! acid is good to start on but you cant really make your own beats without VST's (native instruments seem to be a strong contender in this area)

mufc802 · 9 Nov 2009 at 22:14

FL Studio (fruity loops) Producer edition is very good, it's simple to use but can do loads of stuff the pro stuff can do like Cubase. I use it and its great.

djmc0 · 9 Nov 2009 at 22:16

Surpised this hasn't been moved, considering things as of late

Auraomega · 10 Nov 2009 at 19:50

I too was interested in this, so I e-mailed a UK EBM band a while back (CeDigest), the main guys reply was:

Ok, when I was using windows I ran FL with reason rewired.

Reason is great for strings and FL is good for harsh synthesis due to the good fx plugins.

I guess it depends on what kind of "beats" your going for, but FL is pretty useful, I'd say go with that and experiment with the others if you need to

MikeHunt79 · 10 Nov 2009 at 21:27

whitecrook said:
protracker F T W !

renoise > protracker!