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 Tue 9 Dec 2003, 00:35
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 09-Dec 03 From: Arlington - US Member No.: 30,685  |
Hi everyone, i recently stumbled accross this forum when I was looking for stuff to make music with on my mac. I've read a few of the other "newbie" posts of people asking how to get started, but these people either had other equipment or previous musical knowledge. Let me say that I know nothing about music
 I own a acoustic guitar though, still learning to play after a year and a half (got a few chords down). I have a tibook running OS X (OS 9 is on there if needed) and I wanted to make/record some music with it. I've mostly been thinking about making some synth pop'y type stuff. Can someone help me get started. I figured at the least I would need a drum machine type program, synth program and something to lay down some tracks with. I don't have any musical training or anything, but I always have songs in my head  Also, I'm a student, so I'm *really* low on cash, so if these program suggestions could be reasonably priced or free that would help Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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 Wed 10 Dec 2003, 03:07
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 10-Dec 03 From: Branford - US Member No.: 30,780 |
Well im really a beginner too, (and a beginner in these forums, I dont even know if im posting this correctly) but I reccomend the open source programAudacity. Being open source, it's completely freehttp://www.macmusic.org/agora/forums/style_images/11/icon14.gif and it works great. I've made some pretty cool stuff myself with it. I showed my school (im only 13) CL (Computer lab) teacher the program, and she liked it so much she put it on the curriculum in computer classhttp://www.macmusic.org/agora/forums/style_images/11/icon10.gif
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Wed 10 Dec 2003, 07:17
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 09-Dec 03 From: Arlington - US Member No.: 30,685 |
cool, thanks for the info. i'll have to check it out.
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Wed 10 Dec 2003, 08:00
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 Rookie  Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 12-Oct 03 From: Sydney - AU Member No.: 26,579 |
Hi im 13 years old too. I used Pro Tools free for months before upgrading to Cubase. You can find Pro Tools free at http://www.digidesign.com/ It's good for audio and ok for MIDI. You will have to get some harware to plug in your guitar however.
Korektphool PS im a rapper and made some songs using Pro Tools Free |
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