the daw and the interface

So if you are ready to start your music production at home,
you need a DAW first. DAW stands for Digital Audio Interface.
I recommended Software like Logic, Sonar, MusicMaker, Cubase, Pro Tools or anything
like that.(It's also a matter if you are a Mac User or a Linux User or a Windows User).

I personally use "Guitar Pro 5" for Song ideas, and write it down to midi and listen to the idea.
than i make a simply demo in FL studio. I recommended that program because it's
pattern-based, so it's very easy to handle and to make fast demos out of your songs.
It's a very powerful programm after all. It's perfect to structure your song and your ideas and making a "map" of your song.
For recording the tracks i use Cubase. Some like it, some not. I work with Steinberg's Cubase
the last 5 years so I'm familiar with that, and it works fine for me. For mastering I use Steinbergs
WaveLab. A very good program and you can boosten up the quality of your songs once more.
So you can choose between different DAWs. Trying out a few is a good idea. There are a few Freeware
DAWs and they are good too. You need them just to record your tracks. Not for mixing or Eqing or
stuff like that. A very difficult decision is, when it comes to Hardware.very important. The interface.
I tried a lot the past years, just like Guitar Port 2, or the Alesis IO2, the K-Matrix and
i ended up using the Edirol M-16 DX. Works best for me, cause i need a lot of tracks and i record with a lot of mics,
cause i also do mobile recordings for whole bands.It's easy to use and work with. So you have to think
about what you need, what the interface should do for you, and how you want to work. If you want to record
a whole drumset at home, you need a least, 6 to 8 channels. So it's a bigger Interface.
So If you just want to record a guitar track and your voice in your room at home but you want
good quality, a two-channel interface works fine for you. Think about and buy wisely.
I recommended to buy a Interface which can do "a little bit more" for you, because your
needs in making music will also increase time after time.

The world of music

hi there!
today i start this blog about virtual instruments,
recording, producing and mixing music, about plugins and software
that you could easily create music on your pc or notebook.

so there are a lot of free plugins out there, but just a few are really
usefull. most of the really good sounding and realistic software isn't free,
but it's worth the price. With these plugins you could easily create fantastic
sounding music, in any genre. It is also possible to copy or emulate sounds of
past decades of music. So you want your drums sounding like the drums of Bonham?
You like the Led Zeppelin sound. It's no big deal. It's just a question of time and
knwoledge how good your music will sound in the end.
And there are other questions i think a lot of:
DO we need real musicians today?
DO we hear the difference between a real drumset and a sample-based drumset from
the machine?
DO we need this little mistakes and humanities in music letting them sound more
organic? and if so, can we emulate these faults?
the most important thing about making music is the idea.Then you should structure your idea.
More often than not the best songs are very simply. So keep it simple.