Where to start with production? (newbie)

[mostapha]

Never used them. I read.

[Dremo]

what do u guys think of Sonic Academy? they have some basic videos to get a newbie going

I subscribe to SA. They pointed me in a good direction when I first started producing. These days I spend more time reading and figuring things out myself, than watching their tutorials.

[login]

I would pick books over videos any day: The dance music manual, secrets of house music production, some book son synthesis and some on music theory.

[daveoj]

This. The Dance Music Manual was excellent helping me get my head around some sound design concepts.

I would pick books over videos any day: The dance music manual, secrets of house music production, some book son synthesis and some on music theory.

[punky]

Think about skydiving for example, it's an adrenaline rush which seems to be exciting! However, you'd never just hop into a plane with a parachute and then jump. There are so many things to learn first before actually going up there, many important things that if you forget, you are potentially putting your life in danger. It's a farfetched idea, but you get the jist of it.

To be fair, no one ever fell to their death learning how to use Ableton.

[thehadgi]

^^

[Giran]

To be fair, no one ever fell to their death learning how to use Ableton.

I did say it was a farfetched idea!

[mostapha]

To be fair, no one ever fell to their death learning how to use Ableton.

I almost did. There was a midget involved. It was a really weird night.

One thing's for sure…I'll never look at a potato the same way again.