Producing music
Producing music.That's what this site is all about!
Howtocreate is a site filled with tips and know-how on producing electronic music, ranging from Trance to Progressive house and Deep to Electro house. Whether you are a beginner looking to get started or a professional trying to gain that extra edge over the competition, Howtocreate-music is sure to help you out in some way or form.
The site is divided into 2 main sections,
1) What you need Home studio equipment
2) What you need to know Hints, tips and tutorials
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Producing music is an exciting thing to do, especially for those trying to make a living out of it. This is easier said than done though. Music creation is a fairly complex process, it involves talent (preferably a lot) and know-how on audio and software equipment. These skills are usually build over years. but don't get discouraged, producing music is very rewarding.
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Misconceptions about DJ speakers
Lately the term DJ speakers is being used for different things, some say it's the term for speakers used during music productions and others are saying it's the term for speakers used on stage during a performance. There's a little bit of truth in both of them, read more about it here.
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Producing music with the Focusrite saffire pro series
For those of us on a tight budget Focusrite has developed several outstanding audio-interfaces for very affordable prizes. The focusrite saffire pro 14 provides you with 8 ins and 6 outputs for less than 200$. His somewhat bigger brother, the Focusrite saffire pro 40 can be yours for about 500$.
More info: Focusrite saffire pro 14 0r Focusrite saffire pro 40
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Best laptop for music production
If you would like to be able to create or work on your songs while being on the road you need a laptop that has enough processing power and ram memory space. What most people are forgetting though is that unless you want to be carrying an audio-interface with you everywhere you go, you need one that takes care of DPC latency problems as well.
Howtocreate has put a list together with the 3 best laptops for music production
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Beats by Dre
Beats by Dre headphones come in 5 versions, one for DJ use, one for monitoring and mixing down productions and three for consumer use. To make things easier for those thinking about acquiring one we made an overview of the models in,
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Dancemusic progressions
Chord progressions for dancemusic doesn't really follow strict rules like some other styles do, there are a few guidelines they do follow though, on this page you can find a few for trance music and progressive house.
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howtocreate sections:
* Create sounds with the help of our Sound engineering tutorials
* Read about what Equipment to use regarding both software and hardware
* Apply Song-Structures
Interactive section:
* Use our Forum to discuss anything related to Electronic Music production.
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