Computer Music Production

"The Easiest Way To Become A Producer"

Before I started computer music production today, in 1999 it cost me over $4,000 to buy music equipment to start. Nothing was cheap and that was just the beginning.

What Did I Have?

Yup, that's a Korg Triton, EMU Mo Phatt, Roland MC-303, Roland VS-880 and a Roland JV-2080 sound module.

This is where it was at!

Analog ruled the music arena back then but things are very different nowadays. With powerful software like...

• Protools
• Cubase
• Nuendo 
• Adobe Audition (Formally Cool Edit Pro)
• Logic
• SampleTank

etc...etc. You better know what type of computers you need to use to run them. If you select the wrong ones you will crash a horrible computer death.

So here is what I use right now to get the job done. I have a Mac Book Pro and a Dell XPS laptop. Why both?

Well the Mac will run all my music software with it's eyes closed plus it allows me to upload that music along with a viral video right to You tube or my Dedicated server.

The Dell XPS is used for simple programs like FL Studio and my gaming programs. Yeah, I like playing games on it too...LOL.

So Which Is Better The Mac or The PC?

This is a debate that has been brewing for many years amongst producers. If you go to a website Forum like Future Producers you will hear all the good and bad opinions.

What it comes down to is what are you more comfortable with. It's like asking me if the iphone is better than the Blackberry PDA phone. These are two different animals. The iPhone is very cool but it is not a PDA and vice versa. The Blackberry can't do iPhone things.

What Do Professional Studios Use?

Big budget studios use a variety of computers because they are running separate production and recording rooms. Some use custom PC computers that are built by places like Sweet Water to handle all their music.

These custom desktop racks are immensely powerful and will run anything that you can possibly throw at them. They are crazy fast and cost around $3,000.

However, I have found that in most studios "Studio A" or the big room usually has a Mac Pro or G5 running a Protools HD setup. It's not only industry standard but most professional recording companies are going to want their artist recording on this setup.

In addition to that there is a massive amount of producers that use Protools software so unless they have the WAV Files you are in trouble because their sessions will be useless in your studio.

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