Check out the IDM-Making list, found here
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IDM-Making
This sort of message would be very on-topic there :D
You might want to specify what you currently own, and what OS's you use.
cheers,
/derek
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On 4 Apr 2001, Ben Knowles wrote:
quoted 17 lines sorry if this is a little OT, but i need help, and the question is simple
> sorry if this is a little OT, but i need help, and the question is simple
> enough that i don't really want to bother the kind folks on the music
> makers list with it.
>
> basically, i would like to begin making electronic music on a pc. i'm
> gonna go out on a limb and wager that i'm not alone in this desire. i've
> been looking around online for a resource that will tell me exactly what
> kinds of things i need to start out, but i'm not finding much. (i am,
> however, finding lots of technical documents about Csound, DSP and MIDI
> this-and-that, etc.) is there a site out there along the lines of "so you
> want to be an idm musician..." which gives you a rundown of the bare
> necessities? all i know is that i need something that will make noises,
> something to manipulate noises, and something else that will sequence the
> noises. i assume that things like Max/MSP, Reaktor and Csound are in the
> making/manipulating category, but what about sequencing? and is there a
> simple way to hook up a keyboard to my PC, but in a very flexible way so
> that it is just controlling the note but the computer is making the
sound?
quoted 1 line is that what MIDI is? sorry if this is all very "duh," but i'm looking
> is that what MIDI is? sorry if this is all very "duh," but i'm looking
for
quoted 17 lines a place to start here.
> a place to start here.
>
> alternatively, you can ignore the above paragraph and just send me a list
> of what you think is necessary hard/software for making electronic music
> on a computer. Example (which i'm making up, since i don't know what i'm
> talking about): Max/MSP with _______ sequencing software and a _______
> midi cable connected to a _______ keyboard. or something.
>
> thanks,
> nub
>
>
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