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Starting mixing and "producing" (tips n' advice for a low-budget)

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good morning everyone,...

since a couple of weeks I#m really interested in starting to make electronic music.
For an amateur like me there are several questions, concerning mainly the equipment and software.

Could you give me some tips which programms i should use? I would prefer "popular" ones , cause in this case its easier to "get them cheap"....as i wrote in another thread I've got already experience in Cubase, but I dont own it, it took place in a prof studio where I recorded "my" first album. (different genre, thats why I ask for other programs ;) )
Do I need a special sound-card for my pc?
and last but not least I suppose that I should get a mic :D:D,...are there usable ones in the financial range between 100 and 250 euros that are kind of allrounders (e.g. recording voice and strange sounds etc.)??

I hope this topic will also help other members ;)

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I'm a superfan of Ableton Live. They have a 14 day full feature trial:
http://www.ableton.com/

There are built in tutorials, the manual is good and there are plenty of online how to's you can watch including a bunch of stuff on my blog:
http://www.wiretotheear.com/category/ableton-live/
http://www.wiretotheear.com/tag/ableton-live/

I'm a Mac guy so Im not sure about PC soundcards. If your looking at ext. Firewire ones check Presonus, M-Audio, Motu and RME.

As far as Mic's there are a lot of choices and even a few USB one's that are good now too. These are some standard quality mics are decent prices:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/NT1A/
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KSM27/
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AT4040/

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Oliver Chesler
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thx,...I just checked out the trial vers. o ableton...nice surface,"easy" to use/navigate.

I'll think about the mics, not quite sure util now...;)

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