If I wanted to do Audio..
 

What do

I have a desktop that runs Window 7 Professional. Idk if that makes any difference though, but I really don't know where to start.
Obvy a mic, but a specific kind? And what software do I need, if any at all?


There's gotta be someone round here who's done audio

adobe audition cc
budget range will impact what kind of mic (directional, powered condensor, unpowered + amp) etc

will need to get an XLR 1/4" or midi bay for your comp. stepping a real mic down to 3/8" is garbage.

also studio headphones of some type

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Condenser mic and a midi for sure. Sennheiser headphones are great for budget ballers

I'm getting a lump sum of money from my case soon, so budget wouldn't really be an issue, not lookin for most expensive but I also don't want cheap, more mid teir range. I know you get what you pay for.

And this isn't really for music (not yet) but I want to start getting familiar with making my own beats, pulling samples and how to go about doing that. It'll mostly be used just for fun to record some things or head over to other sites with audio battling. But eventually music and recording is my goal

You're gonna need an Mpc then. Uh oh to thread

Don't they have downloadable programs that let you make them from computer? Fruityloops or sum shit

get a sequencer. dont waste your time with that.

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Repped myself

FL takes alooot of wrk to even get decent @ it

thanks for the heads up

this doesn't look to bad. i'm not an audio person so i wouldn't even know if it's a good deal or not, or what brands outshine others, but the price isn't too bad imo.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...FQoEaQodpocAyw

get a mac, ableton live, a midi controller, an external soundcard and a much stronger powered brain, son

@uh-oh help a brother out

I make all my beats using the maschine mikro... comes with software...look into that

Not a bad price

Audition is nice after tbh
condensor Mic is a good back up for bullshit too
Ableton and/or reason plus a sequencer is a good start
and just get some real headphones that hit highs an lows equally

When I get famous ill shout you all out don't worry

MAKE SURE UR LIPS NOT TOUCHIN THE MIC WHEN U SPITTIN

shout me out too

Shit bruh I'll do a few collabs wit ya once you get your shit together if ya feel like it

Sounds like a plan man

Dope, I need get my shit together lol got all the equipment just gotta clean the comp a biy

you have a million options

what i will recommend is what i have used.

RECORDING

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/conde...ser-microphone
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acces...cast-mic-stand
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-a...-compact-mixer
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-a...peakers/j03545
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-a...ack-headphones

that was my recording set up, i had different monitors(speakers), but those are probably better, they were the cheapest 5'' woofer monitors on there. I have 3'' akai's right now and there is 0 bass response. can't hear any low frequencies. the cheap 70 dollar sanyo's or whatever i had were better lol. but word. that mic is cheap, but is all anyone needs. the mixer has phantom power, which means it basically can power the mic. but yea, i had no pop filter, no soundproofing, nothing. just the mic set up in my room. not even in the corner, or centered etc, just in an open space against my wall lol. recorded excellent. i don't know how people get such shitty sound from home recording when using condensors, that mic was my first experience and it was fine. if you want to buy a cheap pop filter tho, and you can buy a cheap sound thing, that clips on to your mic and surrounds like 3/4 of the mic as well to dead any outside noise, but honestly its not needed. those headphones were the cheapest "closedback" headphones. those are all you need. you want closed back headphones because what that means is the sound coming out of them is confined to your ears when on your head. the sound doesnt bleed through, and your mic won't pick up what your listening to, so all it will record is your voice. the mixer is just a cheap 4 input mixer, really you only need 1 input but that is the mixer i had and i liked it alot.

you plug the mixer into your pc via usb, your pc views it as a sound card. you plug the speakers into the outputs of the mixer and you plug the mic into the main input

bada boom.

now as far as

MAKING BEATS

i would use these headphones

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-a...dphones?pfm=sp

everything else i already linked works fine with making beats as well. i wouldnt use these headphones to record with, i mean you absolutely can, they're not super loud, they are on your head, but i mean if someone was sitting next to you with them cranked up, you could definately hear what theyre listening to, so its not ideal for recording

but those headphones are classic. they aren't pretty but they've been in every studio since forever lol. they play back sound exactly as it is, without any coloring. there are better headphones, sure, but i wouldnt want to recommend anything i havent used myself personally, and i don't know your budget.

as far as what to actually make beats with

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/softw...gnature-bundle

all you will ever need. use that in conjunction with everything else you got. don't be phased by what muff said tho, getting good at making beats with ANYTHING is hard work, not just FL. FL can do anything any person who has ever made a beat before can do tho. you can do anything with it.

for recording adobe audition is fine. any recording software is fine, you can record in FL as well and do everything in FL.