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Btec Business Level 3 Unit 3

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The first thing that must be decided is the type of computer you want to use. Most people likely already have one, but there are few guidelines I would want to address briefly. PCs and Macs will both work for producing electronic music; however, the Digital Audio Workstation I will recommend later is only usable for PCs. That being said, the amount of RAM and processing the computer has exceeds the importance of the brand of the computer. Personally, I have a desktop Lenovo computer with an i7 Intel Core Processor and 16GB of RAM; nevertheless, my good friend has gotten away with producing electronic music on an i5 Intel Processor and 8GB of RAM. Depending on your budget, the best option would be to get a Solid State Drive, but that is optional. …show more content…

Electronic music is created on Digital Audio Workspaces. There are many options to choose from, but FL Studio is supported by many people as the top DAW. Pertri Suhonen from howtomakelectronicmusic.com says, “It [FL Studio] is a very powerful, easy to use music making software and you can produce just about any type of music with it: hip hop, rap, r&b, house, dubstep, chill-out, film music, etc.” FL Studio has been used by many big name electronic producers such as Madeon, Porter Robinson, Martin Garrix, and Seven Lions. Seven Lions supports FL Studio by noting, “It [FL Studio] has the best work flow and out of any DAW I have used. The audio editing is fantastic. It just very easy to be creative with this program, no road blocks.” Not only is FL Studio great in quality, it’s also low in price. While Ableton Live, FL Studio’s leading competitor, is around $500, FL Studio is merely $200 for the “Producer Edition”. The Producer Edition gives user full functionality of FL Studio’s features. Nevertheless, there is not a wrong DAW to use. Suhonen advises, “download the demo versions, test them throughly and pick the one you feel most comfortable working with. And learn it inside out.” While I do not endorse piracy, if you want to save money, using a torrent client to download DAW’s could allow you to get started on a tight budget. WARNING: If you do torrent software, there could be serious consequences ranging from losing internet connection to jail

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