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When I first purchased Recording Music Software (which was Ableton Live Version 6), I had only played guitar for around 4 years. With very limited knowledge of how to actually use Recording Music Software, I was pretty much clueless about the whole process. To be honest I only had the ambition to record what I had in my mind and translate it to something physically and work on the tracks endlessly to come up with something that would define my own sound. My inexperience with the software suites combined with my limited guitar knowledge discouraged me from following through on multiple occasions, feeling that it was a chore. I later decided to start just playing around with the software, hoping to find things of interest.
I came across some MIDI instruments within the Ableton software and started to experiment with them – mostly the strings section and adding plenty of reverb and other atmospheric effects. It was then, and only then, that I gradually started recording a entire series of ambient songs from just the internal MIDI instruments with the software, and the outcome was a total of nine songs!
This was where I thought to myself that I do have what it takes to actually put this software to good use. I subsequently became much better at guitar and became far more used to my music software. After a few years, I started recording with external instruments and clear recordings. I even tried remixing songs that had been supplied by Nine Inch Nails from their website remix.nin.com, and these multi-tracks are extremely fun to work with, exploring how to use the internal audio effects and MIDI effects, as well as mixing in other instruments with the template. This one product proved an extremely good learning experience.
So, even if you are unsure about how to work your way around such software due to inexperience, like I did when I first started, don’t worry at all. Take your time and let your ambitions flow, your relationship and development with music recording software will flourish over time and you will be able to record quality sounding songs, just as I did. It is all about learning, experimenting and giving yourself time.
