Dealing with music is one of the most detailed branches that can be chosen to pursue a hobby or create art. Because music appeals to the listener with every work you do, without exception, and it is important that the listener can understand you.

So, if you are making music, you need an audience that will listen to you and like you. Therefore, first of all, you need to choose a branch of music that you enjoy and that you do not stop listening to. Electronic music is one of the most difficult choices that can be made at this point.

Among my musical endeavors, dealing with electronic music in particular has been one of the most difficult tasks. Because I have encountered many difficulties in electronic music since the day I first started.

When I was getting into electronic music, it was really annoying not being able to find someone to guide me or not having enough information. I wanted to share my experiences with you in the form of guide content. If you are interested in electronic music, you can benefit greatly from this beginner’s guide-like content.

How Can You Decide to Make Electronic Music?

The most basic part of music is to use a good instrument and produce a work with this instrument. When considered from this perspective, a very large number of instruments can be mentioned around the world.

Of course, thanks to the large number of instruments, it will be possible to talk about hundreds of different types of music. However, no matter which instrument type and music genre you prefer, it is always difficult to produce results in this branch.

Because producing music is tiring and requires both experience and patience. Electronic music is a type of music that has instruments different from all classical instruments. Many different instruments are needed than the classically used instruments such as guitar, drums, flute or violin.

Personally, I benefited from this as one of the most impressive advantages when I started electronic music. Apart from standard musical instruments, every detail that could be used with electricity and electronics gave me the opportunity to make music.

Although you may first think of computers and keyboards, many materials have actually been used in electronic music since ancient times.

What Kind of Music Do You Want to Produce?

No matter what branch of music you want to produce, there is a wide range of diversity. For example, as you know, the field we call rock music can be seen as a single field. But even within rock music, there are many different varieties, from metal music to soft metal or from traditional rock music to horror music.

One of the biggest mistakes I made about electronic music in the early days was to fit this branch of music into a mold. However, as I became more involved in this field of music in later periods, I easily saw that there were many subgenres.

If you want to get into a broad field such as electronic music, you must first know this field very well. Today, in electronic music, dozens of different music genres such as breakbeat, deep house or techno constitute a separate culture.

In this regard, first of all, you need to listen to many types of music according to the music you will produce and get to know each sub-genre of electronic music. In fact, in this respect, you should never hesitate to do electronic music research.

Today, just as the technological opportunities for making electronic music have developed, so have the research opportunities. In other words, the difficulties that I and people of my age experienced years ago when trying to get into electronic music have now been reduced to a much lesser extent.

If you like the style of an electronic music artist, you can easily reach him or contact knowledgeable people in this genre. You can make a decision by obtaining better information from many sources on the internet, social media and especially platforms such as YouTube.

How Much Budget Do You Need for Electronic Music?

In my youth, when I first wanted to deal with electronic music, one of the most intimidating issues for me was the budget. Because when you consider the equipment you need to use in this type of music, you may encounter a very high cost.

However, you can also improve yourself for a creative and entertaining musical work at the lowest cost. When I first started making electronic music, I preferred to use the computer I had and the sound systems I could obtain with the minimum resources. Because I thought that the works that I would produce in an amateur way could also be produced with this equipment.

With the steps I took in the first place, I was able to produce my first works at a really low cost. In this way, as I became more confident and wanted to progress in this field of music, I gained the confidence to make the decision to invest in better equipment.

Even if you have very high financial means from the first moment you take a step, if you try to buy all the equipment at once, you may have problems later. At the first stage, it is important to invest by knowing whether you really have a passion for electronic music.

What Electronic Music Equipment Will You Use?

The best advice I can offer you is to first have a good computer to make electronic music. Afterwards, you should obtain the software that will help you in the best way on this computer. Then, you can complete your shortcomings by purchasing other equipment.

For example, one of the most important equipment for electronic music is using good headphones. First of all, you can complete this deficiency with a good headset in terms of price and performance. You may have much better headphones or equipment in the future.

Just as I stated that you should plan your equipment in accordance with your budget, we can also examine all the electronic music equipment you need to use under this heading. Although I used the laptop I had to start electronic music in the early days, I later learned that it was more useful to use a suitable MacBook.

Because computer models such as MacBook and especially MacBook Pro will provide you with very good features in terms of hardware. With the easy-to-use interface of the computer, it can provide you with complete use for many years.

If your budget is suitable, you can start this business by purchasing a suitable MacBook. Of course, you can also get into electronic music with a well-configured computer. However, under all circumstances, the computer you use should be able to easily run the DAW programs you will need.

When we look at the most used computers today, you will need to use a computer with state-of-the-art processors, high RAM, high storage capacity and fast USB ports.

We can also focus on headphones for electronic music you will make on a well-equipped computer. Among the headphone brands I used in the early days, one of the brands I liked the most was Sennheiser.

Because this brand, which produces with German technology, offers great advantages for beginning musicians thanks to its affordable headphones. However, of course, if you have a good budget, you can also choose brand headphones such as Philips or Sony from the first step.

You can even choose to use a reference monitor in the first place, although in my opinion it would be better to choose it later. Some electronic music producers prefer to use reference monitors instead of headphones from the very beginning.

Because these monitors provide a much better sound reproduction compared to headphones, they make a great contribution to the musician. However, when you take your budget into account, monitors have a higher price compared to headphones.

Additionally, the headset speaks directly to your ear. However, reference monitors should be used in an area with good acoustics. One of the most important equipment for electronic music is the midi keyboard, and you can control every instrument you will use with this keyboard.

In this respect, I can recommend you to choose a fast keyboard with the latest USB technology that will allow you to control your work more easily. The keyboard is one of the most affordable needs compared to other equipment. Because your most important need for electronic music will be a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).

This software, which you will use as a digital sound processing station, perform the process to create the sound you want on the computer and then record this sound. In addition, thanks to this software, you can edit the audio works you create, and a truly detailed software can make a great contribution to you.

The most useful suggestion I can offer you in this regard is to get your license for the audio processing software in the first place. Because this licensed software will make a great contribution to your work in this field for years to come.

Don’t Give Up Working for Electronic Music

After setting up all your equipment according to your budget and choosing the right music genre, it is important to achieve a disciplined work for electronic music. You can quickly improve yourself in music by learning to use your audio software in detail and exploring every detail.

It is important for you to learn better the type of music you like by listening to it a lot and to master the software and music genre through experimentation. It requires a lot of hard work and effort to achieve a good result in electronic music.

See you in the next post,

Anil UZUN