Need advise on Hardware/Software for dance music

Hi, I would like to know more about your studio setup. Do you have an acoustically treated room to make your mixes in? If not please see my PM.

Hey! A year won't be enough to chat about this topic! I'm giving you my advices for free (or just for the minimum bid aka 30$ if you prefer). The main points are: 1. you need a good listen - to know if your track is doing good you should have a good room. Same track in different rooms will sound different, so basically if you can't afford a new room builded just for the music purpose the only advice I have is to compare a lot of tracks and train your ears. Small rooms usually sound worse than big rooms. 2. you need good converters - and when I say good I mean they should be around 2000$ per channel. Assuming you want to record an hardware synth you will have different results with different converters. USUALLY the more you spend, the more quality you have. I like NEVE products a lot. 3. you need good synths - vst nowadays are great, you could do a lot of good things, but the old fashioned hardware imho is always better. If you can't afford a good sound card (see point 2) hardware synths are almost useless, so you could spend lot of $ for nothing if you can't record them with a good quality. About brands I like a lot Virus, Juno (Roland) and some Korgs. 4. you need good vst - not all the vst are doing the same job, but you should study how they works, and you need to train your ears. I suggest you to study something about compressors, eq, delays, reverbs. These are the most used and most needed ones. 5. you need good monitors - preferably flat ones. As told on point 1 if your room sounds like shieeeet you should not spend a lot on them, but if your room has a good listen you will find that every monitor has his own characteristics. I really like Genlec, Adams, KRK (all of these are affordable) 6. you will need to learn how to mix and master BUT I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU to give your tracks to some pro, and just concentrate on making music. It's almost impossible for an artist to specialize in both things. You should choose: doing music or doing sound engineering. 7. if you find the above suggestions useless, the only precious advice I'm giving to you is: train your ears (yes I know I told you a lot of times, but this is the key point) and feel great emotions while composing the track! hope it helps! cheers

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Hey Alex I am currently bidding on another one of your projects and working on the house track demo for you. I have extensive knowledge on the subject you are inquiring about, and at one point I was in your position not understanding why my mixes were no where near the professional quality so I understand where you are coming from. I have alot of advice for you and can get you going in the right direction in no time. I do have to tell you that the gear and the room and the program you use really doesnt matter its about how to mix everything together and I can show you how to do that with just a few hints tips and tricks. Check out my portfolio and examples and my studio and understand that we do know what we are talking about at Mayday Studios. Look forward to hearing from you!

I have 10 years of experience in music production. See PM for my past work. I can offer you production advice as well as hardware and software tips in my consultation.