Im new to producing and i have fruity loops 5. Can anyone tell me what else i need besodes a midikeyboard and a good sound card to add to my fruity loops to produce music? like which generators vst pluggins ets... i would to help in my music production?

thank you very much

JUICYRAY wrote:

Im new to producing and i have fruity loops 5. Can anyone tell me what else i need besodes a midikeyboard and a good sound card to add to my fruity loops to produce music?

Before ANYTHING else, you need recording skills........... if you haven't done so already, I suggest you pick up Huber & Runstein's "Modern Recording Techniques"....

The most important part of recording is what goes on BEFORE you hit the RECORD button. Gear and plug-ins don't give you good sound - engineering skills do.
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Bruce Valeriani - Mix Engineer

yea im trying to do both at the same time! but im the thing is that im mostly experimenting with vst pluggins and generators, and im also putting sounds together.

thanks for taking the time to give ma advice, i really appreciate it!

depending also on what type of music yer recording. I'm an acoustic/rock fella' and i didnt like the drum sequences for what i need. so i bought a yamaha PSR 293 keyboard midi and i use it to record my drum tracks. i lay down the rythmn and bass, and then use keyboard to manually play along drums on another track...and here's the best part. i use cubase for all my editing/recording/mixing...dvd quality and it's so much easier than poop loops. so basically all i own is...a computer, soundblaster(for play back only) and i use Edirol audio interface for recording usb, and cubase for recording/mixing/editing. and i use a breedlove master series guitar and yairi guitar and in fact i stopped using my old bass, i just use the keyboard to make bass sounds now. and since i re-recorded my old stuff from a brutal analog studio where i live, i think the sound is ten times better. and it showed since i got a 4 song contract with stony plain records good luck!
PS: i dont even use studio monitors, i just use sony rca speaker system. works good for me. and good headphones....gotta have those....mercy....