hi i need a help...so i can start

hi to all i wonder if anyone could just help to start to understand the world of recording, only to show me where and what to begin with... i live in kuwait, and am electronics engineer, graduated last year, and i had worked during the last year in an installation of a news room studio, of the kuwaiti television, so i have some basics..but they are all missed up, and i can't focus on where to start. so i would really appriciat any help thank you and regards

Hai and welcome, you already come to the right place (that's your starting point). Now all you have to do is study; read the forum like it was the next issue of Playboy. Pay attention to the sticky threads, explore this forum and adhere the "rules" and guidelines. Rod's book is an excellent resource, it's in the stickies somewhere. Good luck, hope to see you designing soon!

getting to know software is a great start. first off, what kind of computer do you have? or, if you have analog recording equipment, what is it? and, if you need expensive software, theres no need to buy it yet. if you're just experimenting, downloading free trials, or even cracking the programs is OK. my music technology professor at my university tells us that we should pirate software until we plan on making money with it. so pirate away! there are many forums just like these that will provide help with you getting started. but, you need to ask specific questions to get this help. so ask away!

I don't wish to turn this into a "to crack or not crack software" debate, nor do I want to hijack this thread. HOWEVER- your music professor is so very wrong to give that advice, as are you to expose John and his site to potential negative repercussions from software vendors. If you wish to pass this advice on using your own private methods, do so. Whether you agree with it or not, there are laws against this behaviour. Until these laws change, you should not come on a public forum and advise people that this theft of personal property is OK.

Amen SnowDog99!!!

i understand that. id rather fully experience software before i buy it. i cracked pro tools for a week, liked it, and bought it. i did the same thing with reason. im not trying to say use cracked software. but, i didnt feel fulfilled by free trials i found. i have the licenses for everything that i use. i apologize for being so direct. maybe i should have put it in another way. i believe you should find a way to fully experience a product before using it, whatever that way may be. internships in professional environments are hard to come by where i live, so i needed to find some way to figure out which software i was comfortable with. on my busy schedule, that was the only way i found to do it, as i am involved with school and other activities.

Amen 'ditto' Snowdog! Furthermore, cracked software can potentially grind your machine to a halt since 90% of 'cracks' involve a significant re-jig of the 'inner depths' of the system registry. Also, it's customary to employ the use of a capital letter when starting a new sentence after a full stop, just as it is when referring to oneself, or the first person singular. Kind regards, Lou. 8)

Excuse my grammar. I understand that cracks slow down your computer, and also that stealing is bad, but I wanted to get a jump start, and I didn't have the capacity to purchase the software i was interested in. Once I found the software that was right for me, I saved, and saved, and saved, and invested pretty much all I had in it. I am genuinely interested in new ways to experience software without the financial burden. I have saved some more, and I'd like to build a studio in my basement, thus why I'm here! Alas, I am a complete newbie, and it doesn't seem my ways are accepted here, but I'm dealing with it the only way that I know of. And I'm going to stop this now, cause my actions did understandably start an argument, and I don't want to waste any more of the maker of this thread's time, as well as all of your time. Sorry.

Done and dusted - My friend, the key to this is not your personal financial circumstance, (hell we've all been there buddy), it was the fact that you simply did not think this one through before you posted. :wink: The internet is here for the whole world to view. You were basically advocating on a global website with thousands upon thousands of hits and views, that it was perfectly acceptable to STEAL software!!!!!!!!!!!! Just imagine for one micro-cosmic nano second the potential 'knock-on' effect if a legitimate software developer had seen that with our approval? Guess what? The site gets closed down, and the very people who have bust there arses to put it together for all to benefit from 'take the can' Please dude - enthusiasm is a drug on this forum, but if I may say young Sir - You really pissed me on this one. Now let's all forget it, apology accepted, and naturally all the best for your project. As for the grammar, no worries, just sometimes that gets me too. :wink: Take care man, Kindest regards, Lou. 8)

Getting back to the original question: The suggestion to buy Rod's book is the absolute best idea out there. Money very, very well spent. Actually, "spent" is not the right word. Buying Rod's book is an "investment", not an "expense". It will produce returns that pay for the purchase many times over. I know that it has already saved me hundreds of dollars, and I haven't even started building yet! It's all the solid, sound advice, the explanation of errors to avoid, the focus on important key areas, and the voice of experience and authority, that add up to one serious amount of investment. I can't recommend it enough. And a very, very close second is this forum. Everything in Rod's book is already on this forum, and much more too. The only difference is that it is logically organized in Rod's book, whereas it takes a bit more work to find it here. IMHO, if you follow this forum and Rod's book carefully, do everything that they say you should do, and avoid doing everything that they tell you not to do, then it would be impossible to NOT build a world class studio. I have read many books on acoustics and studio construction, and visited many web sites and message boards, and I've come to the conclusion that it is impossible to find anything, anywhere on this planet, that could even come close to equaling the "Rod's book plus John Sayer's forum" combination.

i really appriciat what you all trying to do...thank you guys