technocracy

[tiedyedave]

I have a strong desire to begin creating music of the elecronic variety (perhaps in the album-a-day mold of artistry). On a budget of $epsilon, are there tools available to accomplish this task easily/well? (I would prefer not to artificially reduce the cost of a commercial package to $epsilon unless there are no other options).

Comments

[ayndin.livejournal.com]

I remember hearing about this program called "Fruity Loops." Further vague examination debunks my memory that it is Mac only. A basic version of it can be had for approximately $50, and I have read somewhere, I think particularly ocremix, that it isn't bad. In fact, I suspect that ocremix might be a good place to go to learn about things of this nature.

Aside from that, you could look at Acid, but IIRC that is very expensive, like a few hundred for the basic set, and $50 or so per music pack.

[lars-chan.livejournal.com]

I am pretty sure that everyonce in a while comp stores like comp usa do special promos on acid for cheap ~$25. That still doesn't offset the cost of extra music packs. I'll check and see if I have an extra copy back home. :)

Nyquist

[tyedie.livejournal.com]

Nyquist is the program that Roger Dannenberg created for computer music synthesis and that we used in his Introduction to Computer Music class last fall.

It's a lisp-based music language interpreter. Check it out.

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/music/web/nyquist/

Re: Nyquist

[tiedyedave]

Lisp. *shudder*

I may have to a) translate this into a civilized language or b) write a 'compiler' of sorts that treats lisp like a lowly back-end instruction set, so I can safely ignore it.

[indrani-prime.livejournal.com]

Pro Tools is the famous one, but it's actually constructed entirely from money. It's fun to play with though, and if your campus has a media lab, you might have access to a copy.

[jcreed.livejournal.com]

Another one made entirely from money (or, ahem out of a mixture of letters upper and lowercase and numbers, and also the suffix "-0rz!1", and found in disreputable alleyways of Th' Great Interweb) that seems pretty fun to play with is Cubase.