But if there's any chance you'll be wanting to expand your musical horizons, the more recognised applications have their reputations for a reason.
Btv solo music production how to#
It seems like finding people to talk to about how to figure out this program would be tricky, unless their documentation is airtight.Īgain - if you just want something to mess around with, almost anything in whatever your price range it will be good to go. The site also claims it has "free premium support", but doesn't have any links visible to a forum, knowledgebase or even an FAQs section of any kind.
Their website cites a Sound on Sound review, but I can't for the life of me find it. If you Google for reviews, you get clearly dodgy reviews. I've never even heard of BTV Solo, and the main testimonial on its homepage is from the guy who helps develop it. (I haven't used these, so can't lend much of an opinion). There's a bunch of other options out there too, like MixCraft which you mentioned, or REAPER, etc. And BTV is way cheaper than Reason or Ableton (although there's always Live Intro, which is pretty low cost, albeit fairly hobbled). Obviously if you're just dabbling, then futureproofing isn't really too much of a big deal. There's a learning curve, naturally, but there's a learning curve to everything, and either of those two would give you a solid tool that shouldn't be too tricky to get the basics of.Įspecially if you want to make music with the kind of process in that video (record a beat, quantize to smooth out the timing, record another instrument, etc.) then Ableton/Reason can absolutely accommodate that workflow you don't have to use any functions you don't feel you need. Hey! I'd definitely give Ableton or Reason another go, if only so that you can get yourself acclimatised to a more versatile program than BTV Solo appears to be.