what do you think the best beat making program?

I’m not good by any stretch of the imagination but I found FL Studio pretty easy to start off on. It’s pretty simple to start off with but once you play with it a bit (and build your sample library and pick up a few VSTs) you can make things that don’t sound so cheesy. Adding effects, mixing and sidechaining are pretty easy to do, which was nice. Downsides I ran in to were mostly a lack of good hardware interfacing, no practical way to play live and the automation system being kind of clunky. Some of that may have been improved, I know there’s a bunch of things that got added/changed in versions 8 and 9 that I haven’t had the time to play around with and explore.

Even though I don’t have as much time to focus on music as I used to I’m making the change to ableton right now because of the improved hardware interfacing and the potential for live performance.

Guess it depends on what you’re trying to do really (i.e. what do you want to do with the beats after you make them?)

I like Sony Acid. It has a clean intuitive Interface.

I personally use FL Studio but there are lots of good programs out there. It is more the matter of finding which one works for you rather than what peoples opinions are of what they think the best are. FL Studio, Ableton, Cubase and Logic are some of the more popular ones that you may want to research. Find the one you like or talk to your friends and people you think you may be doing tunes with and use what they use. This way it will make things a lot easier to work on music together and you will also be able to ask them questions, etc. I hope this has helped.

The programm doesn’t really matter at all. It’s the user sitting in front of it

you should think about what kind of workflow you want… do you like the idea of a linear sequencer, or a more loop-based workflow? some people prefer to start out with the latter approach, in which case ableton and NI Maschine are two good progams to consider. ableton has many more features, which maschine is not really a DAW but is pretty fun to use for getting your ideas down quickly.

i have been using ableton for the last few months and i dont have much knowledge of music theory or anything…. but making drum loops is very easy and there are many tutorials to show you how to create a good bass drum or modify your drums to cater to the genre of your choice.

ableton has a lot of great functionality but its interface just bugs me too much. logic is super straightforward to use; ableton makes my head spin

CUBASE OR BUST!

Avicci used to be a clown before he started using fl studio. Now he let the computer do his work and he is a jobless clown, hanging out on the streets. That’s how good fl studio is.