u/Author_Noelle_A

How many people are there at the meet-and-greets? Thanks.

What signals an amateur AND how can said amateur not make that mistake?

I just read another post where someone asks about what signals an amateur, and a lot of the comments mentioned things that I understand, but wouldn’t know how to avoid yet. Like some type of drum kick that “sounds like an 808.” What makes something sound like the 808 and how can an amateur not do that? Someone else mentioned too much bass, yet the typical amateur is unlikely to have the type of speakers that are going to ensure that she could actually hear it. So how can an amateur avoid too much bass? Things of that nature.

Is it matters, I usually Ableton and ProTools (depends on what I am doing), have LogicPro though I’ve never clicked with it, and do you have things like Melodyne Editor (trying to decide if I should upgrade to Studio), etc. This is definitely something I am willing to put some money into if that can help avoid amateur mistakes.

Vocals are a yes. Pretty good midi keyboard. My speakers suck, though I hope to upgrade soon. Planning to get a Push 3 soonish. Computer runs on Intel and I was going to replace it in the next few months, but then I found out about the MacBook Ultra. So for now, I’m kind of limited to what was the top of the line back in 2019. (I swear, how fast does this stuff advances…) So I’m not sure if Kontact can run at the same time as something else. Not sure what else might be relevant.

All my life I wished that there were tools that did exactly what these things do, so was thrilled out of my mind to find out last fall that they’ve existed all my life. I’ve pretty much been living in music production land since then. I’m in for the long haul.

So what can I—Ms. Amateur—do to avoid amateur mistakes? Thank you!

I just read another post where someone asks about what signals an amateur, and a lot of the comments mentioned things that I understand, but wouldn’t know how to avoid yet. Like some type of drum kick that “sounds like an 808.” What makes something sound like the 808 and how can an amateur not do that? Someone else mentioned too much bass, yet the typical amateur is unlikely to have the type of speakers that are going to ensure that she could actually hear it. So how can an amateur avoid too much bass? Things of that nature.

Is it matters, I usually Ableton and ProTools (depends on what I am doing), have LogicPro though I’ve never clicked with it, and do you have things like Melodyne Editor (trying to decide if I should upgrade to Studio), etc. This is definitely something I am willing to put some money into if that can help avoid amateur mistakes.

Vocals are a yes. Pretty good midi keyboard. My speakers suck, though I hope to upgrade soon. Planning to get a Push 3 soonish. Computer runs on Intel and I was going to replace it in the next few months, but then I found out about the MacBook Ultra. So for now, I’m kind of limited to what was the top of the line back in 2019. 😂 (I swear, how fast does this stuff advances…) So I’m not sure if Kontact can run at the same time as something else. Not sure what else might be relevant.

All my life I wished that there were tools that did exactly what these things do, so was thrilled out of my mind to find out last fall that they’ve existed all my life. I’ve pretty much been living in music production land since then. I’m in for the long haul.

So what can I—Ms. Amateur—do to avoid amateur mistakes? Thank you!