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Ask HN: How to get started in electronic music
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#12I started DJ'ing last year I'd almost start there with a FLX4 just to get in to the music more. I just started with Ableton recently working on remixing tracks I like. Actually working on a remix of Ella Langley's Be Her just because I thought it was a cool genre bending remix. After you do some remixes creating your own from scratch will be easier. Mimicing songs and artists you like is a good recommendation, you ca…
I used to use Soundtrackers a lot on Amiga in the 90s. I'm also pretty ok with using Reaper as a DAW playing all the instruments. I would have no idea how to get into remixing though. How would you suggest starting that? Do you tend to start with isolated tracks or just the whole mp3 and take sections and move around and add parts>
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#13Most beginners quit because they try to make masterpieces immediately. Recreate a 30 sec loop from Geometry Dash or Undertale first, that alone teaches rythm, melody, structure, and sound design.
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#16A 303 and a drum machine.
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#18I have been very pleased with the book "The secrets of dance music production" that has a very high ratio of knowledge and tips per page. It is pretty nerdy but is still starting from the basics.
Is this book still the best book given that it's 10 years old?
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#19Syntorial is good for learning synth programming.
Lots of video courses fail to actually teach you the fundamentals. I wasn't super impressed with sonic academy for this reason. It was basically "watch me do stuff". Groove3 was ok but tbh most dance production teachers on there seemed meh.
The absolute king is dancemusicproduction.com [1]. The guy who teaches has literally written the manual on dance music production (Snoman). He says he's been a ghost producer for Guetta and worked on Kylie Minogue, etc.
By all accounts if you want to learn from an actual pro who can actually teach all the fundamentals, it's this guy. Was so pleased when I finally found it.
Re: Ask HN: How to get started in electronic music
#20You say electronic music, but you didn’t really specify whether you have any background in music at all. Can you sing and/or play an instrument? Can you read sheet or have familiarity with music theory? Do you already make little simple melodies? If you’re starting completely from scratch, it’s going to be tougher. You can, of course, grab a horizontal tracker or a DAW like FL Studio and just start scattering notes d…
Building blocks by https://audiblegenius.com/ is excellent, as is DMP (see my other comment).