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SouthernHemisphere · Post by **SouthernHemisphere** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:21 am

I have a heart for audio just like everyone in here "obviously".
I want to know from your experiences, how did you got into audio equipment? And how did it affected you in you?
And I also want to know what part of science should I take to deeply learn more about these from the group up? For example: chemistry and .e.t.c.

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:56 pm

I don't think you'll get much relevant help in music or audio if you study chemistry. Maybe physics and programming courses would help you create physically-modeled instrument software.

I have no formal training. I bought things when I could afford them (slowly over time, at first), with no guidance on what was the most important to start with (after years of using tracker software, I started on pro equipment with an Alesis QS8 synthesizer, a Neumann microphone, and a multitrack sequencer/recorder from Cakewalk on a PC). I learned how to use things via reading their manuals and reading internet forums. I read about music production techniques in magazines and on websites.

How it affected me: I am a little better at my music hobby. I have no illusions of ever making money from it, but the music I make is better and sounds almost vaguely professional-ish.

I would've loved to get formal training but there was nothing available to me without going far and spending much money (I considered going to live in Canada to attend an audio production school in London Ontario, but I worked an unrelated tech job here instead and it's too late for me to go to school anymore).

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:19 am

Electronics. Mostly analog electronics, which is one of the most difficult subject to learn. Just followed by DSP, which is maths

ATN69 · Post by **ATN69** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:42 am

I started since I was a kid, learning simple stuff like soldering. I took appart cassette players, etc, and learned how to fix them and put them back together. Finally I studied electronics and telecomunication before heading off to university for my engineering degree. Now I work as an acoustic engineer but I am more specialised in hardware and hardware design. I suck when it comes to software and programming, but I wish I could have time to learn more.

G-Sun · Post by **G-Sun** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:31 am

SouthernHemisphere wrote:I have a heart for audio just like everyone in here "obviously".
I want to know from your experiences, how did you got into audio equipment? And how did it affected you in you?
And I also want to know what part of science should I take to deeply learn more about these from the group up? For example: chemistry and .e.t.c.

Well, how to get into audio equipment (what to buy)
is another question than how to learn to make good music/recordings.

This is a wast topic, and there are some elements that are more important in one style than another.
Compare classical music and EDM, and you'll find the approach and school is very different,
yet, there are fundamental skills that applies for both.

To me there's two main different approaches to this:
- School, read, watch tutorials, rehearse
- Make music
Now, one is not right, you'll just have to go with whatever feels right to you.

waiting man · Post by **waiting man** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:27 am

Ask Rick Moranis.

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:40 pm

Screwdriver.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:52 pm

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:56 pm

Zombie Queen wrote:Screwdriver.

Dremel if its rusty.

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:23 pm

If you like equipment, make stuff to sell.

sfxsound3 · Post by **sfxsound3** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:40 pm

SouthernHemisphere wrote:I have a heart for audio just like everyone in here "obviously".
I want to know from your experiences, how did you got into audio equipment? And how did it affected you in you?
And I also want to know what part of science should I take to deeply learn more about these from the group up? For example: chemistry and .e.t.c.

Yes!

Chemistry - most definitely, you need to focus on organic chemistry. Horticulture could help a lot. There's some Biology involved in that, though. So you need to setup a lab, buy some cookbooks and supplies... the rest is up to your two hands and... you get the picture!

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:19 pm

For me it was my dad, he bought me a toy made by a Raytheon company that was little building blocks that connected with magnets and each had a magnet on the bottom. Each had an electronic component in it and you assembled the blocks on a sheet of metal. It had a speaker, a light, pots, switches, buttons, diodes, transistors, resistors, caps,and even a photo-sensor. You could make radios, lights and other stuff. One of the projects was called "organ" but really it was more like a light sensitive theremin. After that I started going through RadioShack P-box kits and other kits, in fact my first multi-meter was a RadioShack kit. Then I went with Heathkit and built a shortwave radio and helped in the building of a console color tv.

Unfortunately I learned to follow wiring diagrams and schematics but didn't learn much theory so I lack a lot of essential skills, especially diagnostic skills. I went to a technical high school but took machining/tool and die making (with a minor in mechanical drawing), electronics was a close 2nd.

SouthernHemisphere · Post by **SouthernHemisphere** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:10 pm

Jace-BeOS wrote:I don't think you'll get much relevant help in music or audio if you study chemistry. Maybe physics and programming courses would help you create physically-modeled instrument software.

I have no formal training. I bought things when I could afford them (slowly over time, at first), with no guidance on what was the most important to start with (after years of using tracker software, I started on pro equipment with an Alesis QS8 synthesizer, a Neumann microphone, and a multitrack sequencer/recorder from Cakewalk on a PC). I learned how to use things via reading their manuals and reading internet forums. I read about music production techniques in magazines and on websites.

How it affected me: I am a little better at my music hobby. I have no illusions of ever making money from it, but the music I make is better and sounds almost vaguely professional-ish.

I would've loved to get formal training but there was nothing available to me without going far and spending much money (I considered going to live in Canada to attend an audio production school in London Ontario, but I worked an unrelated tech job here instead and it's too late for me to go to school anymore).

I like the way you layout your words.

I have been reading "Some" software synths manual's but they did not seem to help since they weren't physical hands on synths. I want to get some synthesizers to learn since my hands twitches and love to fiddle with things. I want to get my hands wet off those synths, you know what I mean? Lol.

I will start to learn coding, there is a site that I heard of and started using it couple years back. The site is called "Solo-learn". I thought I would never need to learn computer science from the website, but I ended up studying that career. Which is "Computer Science in Associates degree".

And no man. It's never to late to do something. Only if you use wisdom and know how to get around bad situations and times in life to push yourself for a better change.

Re: How to get into audio equipment?