Thought I’d make an “official” thread about how a beginner can start producing dance music, since there have been a few “how do I start producing?” threads.
This would be a place for more experienced and knowledgeable producers to offer tips, recommendations and answers to questions and for beginners to ask questions and to learn.
Theory and Technique of Electronic Music
Intermediate to advanced: Creator of free modular environment Pure Data writes about digital audio including its processing.
Production Bible is cool, but lots of stuff there (especially moneyshot thread, since it’s pretty much outdated) can make you struggle even more if you’re just starting out. Idk, maybe it’s just a part of being new to something, but when I started producing music, I literally did EXACTLY what guides and tutorials told me. That lead to countless hours of frustration.
strictly incorrect info like the completely opposite of correct will a lot of the time teach the very same thing
so you just have to place yourself in the midst of any of these ‘production’ discussions and then empathise with what you feel . . . all info is available tbh
Maybe we should have a huge pop up window at the front page of the guide that tells every beginner to ignore everything that doesn’t work for him personally?
