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What application is the best to make songs?

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tvdang7

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My girlfriend likes to sing to songs . so i want to record her over instrumentals.
wha is the best song creation software?

i also like to spit some freestyles.
how do i make a chorus?
how do i keep the original song's chorus and just blank out the verses?(or soemthing similar to that)
 
Well, it's not quite as easy as downloading a program and forgetting about it.

For starters, look up "Pro Tools." "Reason" is also a good program with a cool UI. You're going to need some hardware too. A midi-keyboard, sound card with midi-inputs, and a good mic (not a computer mic, like a stage mic with a sound card with mic/line inputs) would be 3 things you would need (along with midi cables).

The computer in your sig has some serious horsepower, so that wouldn't be an issue.

Good luck! Google is your friend!
 
Originally posted by: kyparrish
Well, it's not quite as easy as downloading a program and forgetting about it.

For starters, look up "Pro Tools." "Reason" is also a good program with a cool UI. You're going to need some hardware too. A midi-keyboard, sound card with midi-inputs, and a good mic (not a computer mic, like a stage mic with a sound card with mic/line inputs) would be 3 things you would need (along with midi cables).

The computer in your sig has some serious horsepower, so that wouldn't be an issue.

Good luck! Google is your friend!
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What he/she said, but I would recommend first getting a copy of Sony Acid Music, and playing around with that. If you like using that, then you should consider buying Cakewalk Home Studio, which will have a little bit of everything that you're looking for. I DO NOT recommend ProTools for a beginner (only unless you're seriously considering this as a profession).

You will need a sound card, but for starters everything except on board sound will be good enough to play with. A Soundblaster Audigy-series card is fine for starters. You will need a good mic, but use the line input, the mic input ususally sucks pretty bad.

Instead of a MIDI keyboard, I would recommend a USB-based keyboard instead. Usually easier to setup.

As for chorus, there is some vocal-creation software, but it's pretty complex, and still sounds kinda fake. Your best best (instead of hiring singers) is that you can 'multitrack' and 'pitch shift' the vocal performance to simulate chorus.

As for 'blanking out' chours/vocals, this is usually impossible. Depending on how the vocals are 'mixed', you might be able to reduce them, but you will usually affect the backing track also. I like to explain it to people it's like taking flour, sugar, butter, milk and eggs, and making a cake, then trying to take the flour, sugar, butter, milk and eggs out of the finshed cake.

One thing you can do is to find the 'Acapella' and 'Instrumentals' of songs. Acapellas are the vocal-track only, and instrumentals are the music WITHOUT vocal track. Can be tough to find, but usually can be found at DJ shops, music collector shopping sites, and some file-sharing servers.

Hope this helps!


 
thanks guys! i shall try it out. i already have that acid program but i was justw wondering if there was anyhting newer outt here.

iono what that pitch shift stuff is but i guess ill have to fiddle with it when i have time. (school sucks)
 
Well call me geek... but Linux is the best way to go on a budget. You can use JACK and Ardour for a lot of stuff. Here is a very good newbie article http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/linux-audio.ars/1

Best thing is... free. There are even prebuilt sound engineering/studio distro's that even have low latency kernels already built... which is something you won't get in Windows. MAC might make things easy... but Linux makes things free to those who want to use professional grade tools and learn as you go.
 
I would suggust Garageband if you have access to a Mac. That is the only one I have really played aroud with, but it was really simple to use even coming in as a complete noob.
 
Originally posted by: tvdang7
is mac that good? whats the differnce between that and my XP?
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Although I'm a PC fan, to be honest, it's whatever platform you prefer. Garageband is roughly the equivalent to Acid (in fact, Apple recruited Acid's designers to make Garageband).

Some people praise Apple for their stability as a platform. I haven't had many problems with a PC however.

For sheer number of Audio programs (many which are free), it's hard to beat a PC. Also, to the Linux guy above, the PC does have low latency drivers, take a look at WDM and ASIO driver technology.

My suggestion is use what you have first, then see if this is something that you are going to pursue, and then look at making additional purchases based on that. I've seen too many people spend thousands of dollars on stuff they didn't end up needing or using, and then finding it too 'complex' to use.

 
thanks but nononno im not spending extra money at all. just wanted to know y some ppl like macs for this type of projects.
 
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