mattdrink73

I have a 2014 2.6ghz i5 Macbook pro with 8gb ram and a 256gb hard drive, though I use a 1tb external one as I have a lot of stuff! I have some Sennheiser HD595 Headphones which seem to have a fairly flat EQ and appear to be pretty neutral. I've not had any problems with the iTrack Solo as of yet, but then I don't have much experience with any other interfaces so I probably wouldn't know if it was bad or not! I do occasionally get to mic up amps and record live stuff but at the moment I'm in student halls so the majority of stuff I'm doing is software based and I'm currently just using the garageband amp sims for guitar, though I am looking into getting a dummy load with a line out for my head and a cab sim plugin to get some better tones.

Great thanks for all the advice! I'll have about £350-£400 to spend soon, logic is £200 so what would everyone recommend spending the rest on, is it worth upgrading my interface or buying some plugins/superior drummer etc, what would the limiting factor be?

Thanks everyone, I'm doing my best to learn how to mix at the moment, and hopefully starting it as a minor with my degree next year. I don't have any experience with superior drummer, does it work as a standalone programme or does it need to be triggered by an actual kit/midi? As I said this is primarily for background music for videos and demos so I'm not trying to sound like Bonham, just aiming for something a bit more genuine sounding than the Garageband drummer.

Cheers, I can play a little drums so I think part writing should be okay, it's more getting those ideas down (impossible in Garageband) and the mixing side of things that I struggle with. Would the mixing be any different on logic compared to GB or am I going to get the exact same results if I do the same things?

Hi there, New to the forum! I'm a guitarist and music performance student looking to start producing my own music, mainly aimed at the generic youtube/tv market on the various sites to earn a little pocket money and improve my skills. I'm currently using a moderately specced macbook pro with a Focusrite iTrack solo and Akai MPK mini into Garageband. I'm fairly used to garageband now and know my way around it. So far the tracks I've made sound okay but aren't up to a professional enough quality for my liking. I can't feasibly record live drums so I've been using the drummer feature on garageband which works okay but I find it hard to make good sounding and interesting drums. I've never had any formal training on recording/producing so there's a good chance I'm missing something. My question is: Is it worth upgrading to Logic with something like superior drummer 3 or is it more likely my lack of knowledge on EQ and mixing techniques that's the factor