Introduction

Introducing applications
Alex Vo
Welcome to the very first post on development of my first score for digital and recording music! Over the course of months I will be exploring and documenting progress I've made. The music will all be written from scratch, recorded by myself, and digitally made on the following applications. My goal is to learn how to use midi's to create real and digital music, I'll be learning how to add effects and edit audio and digital sounds. Almost all of my work will be done solo, although most resources and music I use for recordings have been arranged and composed by someone else. I'll leave the names and site on my posts.

Fruity Loops Studio (Composing and digital audio editor)
Musescore Portable(Composing software for at school)
Soundcloud (Uploading)



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What do I know?

• General use and purpose of Musescore and FL studio
• Bare minimum music theory
• Full use of Soundcloud
• How to play the flute
• Recording hardware setup for real instruments

What do I want to find out?

• From scratch, how to start composing and recording music without use of samples and other public resources.

• How to improve recording instruments and using digital instruments as well.


What did I learn?

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