From Jeff Barszcz Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 05:25
From Jeff Barszcz Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 05:25
To anyone that can help: (BTW, please excuse the cheesy subject line)
First, let me say to you guys/girls on the list that are making music (that
I've heard, of course), you're doing a great job. I don't think there's
anyone on this list that I've heard a track from that wasn't at least
interesting. And usually, they're way beyond just interesting.
On to my point: I very much want to get back into making music. My only
experience with "producing" electronic music was several years ago when I
played around with tracker programs (mostly Scream Tracker). The problem
is this: I'm a poor college student--soon to be a poor college
graduate--and I don't have the money to buy any musical equipment (except
maybe a slide whistle or a kazoo). Even if I did have some money, I
wouldn't know where to start. I've tried using trackers again and can't
get any of the better ones to even work on my PC. I've tried Impulse
Tracker (it's a DOS program and won't run with this damn Win95; I've tried
every which way). Same goes for Fast Tracker. I've tried the newer
made-for-Win95 ones (ie Buzz) and they cause my processor to grind to a halt.
Basically, I guess I'm looking for a way to (for now, anyway) write music
solely with my PC. Here's a brief description of what I'm unfortunately
working with:
Pentium 100
32 Megs ram
~800 meg HD (mostly used up)
Win95
a crappy, generic Soundblaster Pro clone soundcard
Yeah, I know. I'm gonna get a new computer someday. Anyway, one thing I
was thinking of doing (since it's not too expensive) is getting a new
soundcard. I've hated the thing since I bought my PC (just about 4 years
ago). Can someone please recommend a good one for my purposes?
Second, I'm looking for programs that will run well on my computer. I'm
especially looking for a sequencing program. Here are some music related
programs that I have and run decently for me:
Sound Forge
Granulab/Coagula
RubberDuck
So, do any of you electronic music wizards out there have any suggestions?
I just really want to get back into it. Please don't say I have to go buy
a Mac! Anyway, thanks for reading this and if you have ANY (and I mean
ANY) ideas for me, they'd be very much appreciated. Please respond off-list.
Thanks,
Jeff
PS: Sorry if I'm coming off as a lazy bastard. I've really tried to work
it out myself. I'm also trying to get my damn degree, so I don't have
loads of time for researching stuff, etc. -Thanks, Jeff