Friday, March 25, 2011

Tools of the Trade

Music Production Software is the first thing a new producer is looking for, it allows the producer to create music. The question I hear the most is what Music Production Software is the best? Fruity Loops (FL Studio), Reason, Logic Pro or Protools.

Fruity Loops

Fruity Loops is a great piece of software used from beginner producers to advanced producers. It's rate highly due to the VST's you can add, Fruity Loops doesn't just stay within itself. You can add so many things to it to make it a powerful music production workshop. Most professionals frown at fruity loops but believe me a hit record is produced in fruity loops everyday.

Reason

Reason is properly my favorite because every single sample included in the software is perfect. Reason is normally used by producers that already have an idea of how to make music and advanced producers. The sound quality you can get out of reason is top notch and ready for radio play, it is recommended however you have to stay within reason. You cannot add VST's and Plug-ins, however you can add samples to NNXT and Redrum

Logic Pro

Logic Pro is properly the most used music production software by Apple. It is used in almost every single record studio, it is the music industry standard piece of software. Saying that it is not the easiest to learn and master but the results are amazing. Logic allows you to produce music, add vocals and use VST's and plug ins all within one single session so you don't have to use multiple pieces of software to create a full track.

Pro Tools

Pro Tools is like Logic Pro. Industry standard. Pro Tools is normally used by producers that use instruments and hardware that require live recording to get sounds into the song. Pro Tools allows you to also like Logic do everything within one program, supports almost everything you throw at it. It is the worlds best but it also comes at a price and if you can afford it check it out, however don't buy it for the name and expect to make hits.

Remember to get as many details about the software your going to pick for maximum results.

14 comments:

  1. FL studio is sweet, I haven't tried much else though

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  2. reason is what all the drum and bass producers use i believe. really want to learn it to try my hand at producing stuff actually, good post!

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  3. I use reason and rebirth. Ableton is great too.

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  4. Reason is actually incredible. I've used logic pro before and I have a buddy who's studying music production and he uses logic. But I totally agree that Reason is better for anyone who already has an idea of making music. For the beginners, garageband is always nice!

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  5. Fruity Loops!

    I love it! I can't ever stop messing around when I'm in fruity loops.

    Thanks for the good list man.

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  6. I have only used reason from that group. Just to play around a bit. It was pretty good.

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  7. i have some friends who will be interested in this.

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  8. I was looking at Reason yesterday after reading this post. It is quite amazing. I had never heard of it before.

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  9. I have used cooledit pro for editing sound bytes but not much more than that.

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  10. Was trying to understand/learn FL some time ago, but I didn't manage :( Tutorials were kinda shitty too.
    After that I didn't try any other progam and lost interest.

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  11. I've got a mate that's into this pretty big, I'll show him this post!

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  12. Thanks for these reviews, my friend was asking about these programs

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  13. When i was young i tried out FL alot. Have to commit i'm not really good at it so i kinda stopped doing it. Such a shame ^^

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