i have a questions for music producers?

Question

how did you learn how to work all the mixers and all thoguhs crazy button and knobs and stuff on the mixers and beat machines cause i seen them and they are crazy lol i want to learn how to produce music but im worried about not knowing what to do also how do you no what to put in your studio... is there a good college that teaches you all this stuff cause if i dont work with music i am lost i am in highschool and next year is my last year so i am trying to plan

Answer 1

The only answer that I have for you is not a good or easy one. The best way to learn is to study and practice. I've been doing it for a couple of years now and I still suck at it pretty badly. But I know what all the knobs do and I feel I could put together a pretty decent studio with the budget for it. There are schools but there all fairly backed up. There's been a surge in interest in this field with the increased availability of the equipment for comparitively cheap prices. Get the book Modern Recording Techniques by David Miles Huber. I've talked to many schools and that's the basic book that they all use. Commit as much of it to memory as you can, get a DAW, a few microphones and a mixer. Then go out to all the hangouts for juvenile delinquents that you know of and let it be known that you want to record someones music. Then you'll be doing it! Record as many people as you can and be sure to keep a copy of all the songs that you do so you can track your progress and see how far you've come. With experience comes knowledge and knowledge that you won't forget because you earned it! Also, sound guys are mostly jerks but if you can get them to talk about their experiences, listen! One last thing, go here:
http://www.myspace.com/jellostudios
(Send me a message, tell me how bad I still suck at recording.)

Answer 2

You really don't need college to record a song lmao...now stuff is becoming clear to me...ok the thing is if you ever had a 4 channel PA system you'll notice there are 4 separate channels...for four microphones...each channel controls the sound of each mic (or various input like a guitar for example...or bass or whatever)..each channel controls the bass, treble and mid end of the device being inputed into it...more sophisticated mixers have more than three eq dials to get an even better grip on the sound of the input device...the only other thing is the master sound control knobs which control the over all sound, volume, treble, bass, mid etc...now jus pretend your 4 channel mixer is a 28 or 32 or even 50 channel mixer or whatever...it's the same thing just more input opportunities...a digital or analog multitrack recording device can become an input device into your mixer and it operates under the same principles...record the drums on track 1, the bass on track 2, guitar on track 3 and voice on track 4...you've produced a song...alot of that stuff is academic...if you buy a 4 track recording device it will have how-to instructions w/ it and you will learn that way...other stuff like midi is basically academic as well...there now you have the basics of studio music production and can basically do whatever anyone in Hollywood can do in this regard...

Answer 3

It's the engineers that actually mix the music. Try reading the book "Mixerman". It's a great first hand account of doing what you're talking about doing.