Welcome back to Battle for the Ear! For the current occasion again so
a bit of my tips and recommendations for midi recording
and maybe your first entry with a DAW.
If you play a Midi Keyboard
you want a solution, where you
can edit notes and maybe also have got access to
new free instruments. There is really a very big range
of free versions such as Studio One Prime to use. There you have to
create an account and log in there,
download it all and then activate that needs
always 1-2 hours of effort. That's why Reaper is my
first recommendation, to see briefly, okay, how is that one?
Can I deal with a DAW? Can I handle it or is it
somehow uninspiring? So you maybe play along
piano or guitar. Therefor my recommendation would be Reaper,
because that's really intuitive. That may not be so visual
designed, but really somehow rather a bit on the
essential functions. But that can also be an advantage
for beginners. So take a look at this: that is
available for Windows and Mac, 32 or 64
Bit - as you like. It is also a very small file to download.
11 megabytes is that and you can install and start it immediately. So you
do not need to activate it first. Instead, you get just such a little info:
That it is now the test phase and you have to do it again for a few seconds
wait until you can skip this
window in the foreground. It is no biggie, because if you
first record one or two songs Maybe that's what it is.
But what step did we skip?
If you want to make proper audio recording,
you always need an interface, which is now a plug and play
Interface or an interface with certain drivers.
Use ASIO for Windows compatible programs. Of course, if you only have midi notes
want to play then of course
just a proper midi keyboard and a driver that handles
Recording and playback simultaneously is fine. This would be ASIO4all for Windows now and that is
also a free driver. So now we have one -
Reaper - there are already a few small instruments like drums and synth, and
a sample player where you can easily load an audio sample.
Audio samples are also found like sand by the sea.
then you should just look on platforms
like Bonedo or delamar. In order to first of all, as a beginner
reasonable content download without viruses.
So there are a lot of possibilities to expand Reaper,
polish up your instruments,
then you look for example on delamar - they have this one now
SC Infinity as a recommendation presented and it is also free.
Yes, you just have to install.
it downloads the individual sounds. then. Of course you can also find
a lot of classic VST1 instruments.
for example on VST4free. There are all these files you
can download and then copy to your VST folder purely
BTW a user asking
gave me the idea for this video.
He noted that he used Sampletank back then. Found it cool and there is
nowadays again from IK multimedia the current 64 bit version - that is now
Sampletank 3 and there is just that customshop where you can get a free
version. so you can easily sign up with your account and
know how it works. then look at free products and can download sampletank 3 free and then the content.
There is even more than this - for example the free content of Sampletank 2.5
I'll just be the first one downloaded.
because there are so many cool Instruments, drums
strings or synthesizer sounds.
Also nice with sampletank that
there are different modules you can get can add - standard effects like
EQ, reverb and so on! And yes there is
also the possibility to use the instrument as a host and
then link the sixteen midi channels with different instruments.
Of course that is not easy for beginners
That's why you should first select only one proper sound first.
So insert an instance of sampletank and then just looking for a sound, with
you can start something. Now for for example a piano sound. There is that
Grand piano sound that is always there. there you have to
do not even download extra content.
this is a piano that can
be adjusted a bit, whether that should rather sound crisp
or a bit dull and in the stereo width and so on. So yes I think so
really great for free!
That's enough for now a bit as a little insight!
If you say so now maybe Reaper is still not so clear that you feel like:
Okay Cubase or those slimmed down
versions could be nice! There are eight instrument slots,
at least 24 to 48 audio tracks and that is yes actually so
Interface always free. It but also gives the opportunity to yourself
to buy a magazine or a "journal". There is
then often such a version too Example now with the KEYS or the
BEAT magazine. There is the possibility with to look at eBay - there the
Publisher has a eBay shop or other stores have it still in stock and you can buy Cubase
7, 8 or 9 LE brandnew for 10 to 15 euros
and as I said, I am a Cubase user I like the program, I think so
intuitive. It's easy but for beginners the only difficulty is that
you have to activate the whole thing again. So you should
try out Reaper or otherwise Studio One Prime. And if you stop there
because you can't load external VST instruments
but only use the internal sounds and SF, maybe
then look again, if you can get a cheap Cubase version that brings or
if you want to get an audio interface for 50 to 100 euros
Well that's it now I wish you a lot of fun
with free trial and error!
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