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10 Tips for Music Production

Example of a professional production environment (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Want to write music and mix audio but don't have access to a professional music studio ? With music technology and audio editing software costing less each day, you can design your own professional home music studio for a fraction of the cost of mixing at a professional music studio. Starting out you will need a few essentials. 1. Every professional musician needs a computer, tablet, or smartphone. I love working with a computer that allows me to run about ten music, audio, graphic design, and video programs simultaneously without a hiccup. Add to that easy-to-use music software that yields professional results.  Today there are so many great apps and programs available that soon most musicmaking will be completed on "the cloud". Until then, be sure to get a high quality computer that can run your music without slowing down. For those that work in multimedia, like myself, you will have...

Music Pro TOP 3 SECRETS for Synthesized Strings & Mixing Make the most of synthesized string sounds with these must-read tips from a music pro. Most beginning sound artists quickly fall in love with the sensuous lush string synthesized pads of Logic, Pro-Tools , Digital Performer , Garageband , or Cubase . The difference between sounding like an amateur sound artist and sounding like a professional musician involves just a few basic steps. 1. Don't " Record first, edit later" Often amateur musicians follow the "Record first, edit later" approach when writing for strings. This involves recording various improvisations created on the fly, which is great for an organic sounding and "natural" track if, and only if, the musician improvising on the strings is a talented keyboard player and/or is a string musician. Why? When playing strings in a music software program, it is too easy to fall in love with huge, sweeping chords and ignore the f...