Production on a MacBook Pro

uofareinfeld · Joined: Jul 07, 2007 Posts: 4 Location: arizona

I am new to the world of electro... I am a DJ and love the music so much. Anyways, I have a MacBook Pro and want to get started producing on that. Any suggestions on programs I can use or any tips. I AM FUCKING CLUELESS AND DONT KNOW WHERE TO START!!!
Let me know
Thanks
Andrew

EdisonRex · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:33 pm Post subject:

You aren't clueless if you're successfully DJing and you have a Macbook. Wink

Let's work on the clue part. Mostly it involves you saying what it is you want to do. Once you know what you want to do, finding the tools is a doddle.

What production do you want to do? Do you want to mix?

uofareinfeld · Joined: Jul 07, 2007 Posts: 4 Location: arizona

I dont want to mix... I want to remix music from my computer.

EdisonRex · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:23 pm Post subject:

remix. You want to take existing 2 channel tracks and fade/chop them?
Look at Audacity. it's cheap (free) and can do the kinds of editing you might want.

If you want to add things to your remix, it means you want to chop/splice/merge.

I know you said you are a noob. But do you have any tools at all?

Check out Audacity first. It's pretty powerful and will maybe give you some ideas.

uofareinfeld · Joined: Jul 07, 2007 Posts: 4 Location: arizona

What kind of tools do I/would I need? I know absolutely nothing???

EdisonRex · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:57 am Post subject:

You need an editor.

Audacity is a good start.

For relatively low money, Sound Studio is very nice too.

Both will take tracks from CDs and allow you to mix/chop/fade/mess with them.

At that point, it comes down to what sort of "mix" you want to make.

uofareinfeld · Joined: Jul 07, 2007 Posts: 4 Location: arizona

Could I use Logic Pro to do all these things?

EdisonRex · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject:

Logic Pro is about midi and audio. You could, possibly, but you might need more clue which you say you lack to do this. I am not in a position to advise you on it, since you still haven't really said much on what it is you wish to do.

Someone else from the forums is welcome to help out. I think you need to at least explain what you are thinking about. You say you want to "mix", you can use Logic, but it's overkill for mixing other people's stuff.

Perhaps you could explain more what you are trying to do.

blue hell · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject:

Audacity is a good start, oh wait that one had been mentioned already Very Happy