Paying full price is for Suckers. Ouch, that’s harsh, isn’t it? But it’s true. When it comes to music production software and hardware, just about everything software (and some hardware) goes on sale 2-3 times a year. There are a few products that never go on sale, but those products are a minority. A small … Continue reading
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The Cheap Guide to Making Music, Part 2: Free/Cheap Synths, Effects, Sounds!
In Part Two, you’ll get a lot of links to useful info about free (or very cheap) software synths, effects plugins, and a couple of good sources for low-cost batches of demos and samples. And the best free drum library ever. EVER!
The Cheap Guide to Making Music, Part 1: Get a DAW!
Time to start learning real stuff– let’s get a starter DAW, and talk about hardware a little bit. (But we’re still going to keep it cheap!)
Miku 3.0 Bundle
Crypton announced a great deal for people who own previous version of one of their Vocaloid sound banks, but getting it at that attractive price took a few extra steps. Still, it’s a great deal, and using a forwarding service, it’s pretty easy to get. (If you know Japanese!)
Digital Sound Design Class
The sound design class on Coursera is over, and it went well. Now I’m starting up an introduction to music production class being taught by a guy from the Berklee College of Music. Should be fun!