Become a rockstar of music by leveraging the power of audio apps
Dreaming of becoming a rockstar? I mean, of music, literally.
Do you want to be applauded, jam with and go crazy with the crowd in the disco club? Well, train to become a professional disc jockey right on your desktop computer and soon impress the party people with your amazing skills on audio mixing, recording, batch-processing, composing, ripping, editing, cutting, normalizing, and synchronizing music in all your handy gadgets.
Whew. That’s a lot of skills to learn.
Well, that’s what it takes to become a rockstar. Right?
It’s definitely possible to become a DJ rockstar by learning those audio skills, on a DIY fashion and without spending that much. How? It’s by mastering today’s coolest audio apps right on your desktop. And I’m here to guide you on that.
Let me introduce to you now these two types of audio apps.
Audio Editors
I guess you’re familiar with some of these recording studio equipment: mixing boards, audio interface, microphones, headphones, studio monitors, cables, acoustic panels, diffusors, UPS, direct boxes, MIDI controller, amplifiers and computer. On the software side, I think you’ve already heard these stuffs: Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), software plugins and virtual instruments.
Now, from that huge list, you will only need (for now) a computer and a DAW, good enough for a few weeks of intense digital training.
But what is DAW by the way?
DAW is a computer software application for recording, editing and producing audio files. It’s an audio app that can be installed on your desktop computer. There are pro and amateur versions of this app.
Some of the pro versions that I know are Presonus Studio One, Cakewalk SONAR, FL Studio, Ableton Live and Apple Logic Pro X.
If you’re a beginner, there is certainly a DAW version that is just right for you. There are free versions capable of doing simple recording, editing, beat-making, and mixing. The paid versions, which are not that expensive, allow audio file conversion, non-destructive processing and cross-fading tracks.
Popular audio editor apps perfect for the amateurs are Acoustica Basic Edition, AudioTool, MP3 Cutter, Audio Joiner and Waveshop.
Audio Players
Next is to enhance your skills in organizing audio files and playing them lively using audio players.
Some call it media player, music player or jukebox app. What this stuff basically does is it plays music and organizes audio files into playlist or libraries. Some versions have built-in audio editors. They also support audio streaming, playback video clips and movies, rip CD and DVD, handle podcasts, and support copying and syncing music to mobile devices.
What distinguishes a brand from the other are the intuitive interfaces and extended functionality – skins, themes, visualizations, playback controls, plug-ins, add-ons, customizable audio settings, etc.
Windows Media Player, Zune Music, foobar2000, Winamp and MediaMonkey are some of best audio players out there.
With this plethora of audio apps, becoming a DJ rockstar is no longer an impossible dream. You just have to start mastering your audio editing and playing skills.
