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Technology is evolving, i mean it always has, but currently the rate is exponential.

When Aphex Twin was making DrukQs he was using some top of the line technology [amongst his hardware] while i'm sure there where many people that viewed computers and software as some kind of devastation to electronic music, and by now that technology is vastly inferior to an iMac.

Yes, the majority of most people these days that are into music, but not that into music think it's better to just a rip a 4 kbps copy of the track they want off youtube. Personally, Youtube has been essential to me finding and buying tracks i like, and i think it should function that way as a tool for DJ's looking for tunes, producers looking for inspiration, and the people genuinely interested in hearing something they don't hear in their place of work, or on FM radio.

Audio has been at the front of the technological changes within the last decade. It was musicians using cloud technology before it caught on for entertainment [i think there's a difference between entertainment and art, which i think the lack of a distinction between the 2 is why music, painting, animation, and other forms of art suffer because of the perception that art is superfluous or secondary to breaking backs for monopoly money]

It has largely been Youtube users who upload electronic music that take advantage of 720p and 1080p settings, where as the majority of rock and metal uploads are more often than not in 240p.


I'd like to see how this plays out as things continue to grow and evolve. I got really interested in this subject after i read a blog posted by Blu Mar Ten, i think it's a great read for an objective look at the situation and i would recommend it to anyone else interested in the subject, but also to anyone who is entirely for or against piracy


... i can't find it, might have been taken down. i'll post it if i can find it, it was a very interesting read

This shit is intense

gotta love the cubase hate. been using it for 10 years, starting off at college. On to version 5 now, cracked, and i've never had a buggy project. Or a crash. Yeh SX3 was wank and i lost more projects than i completed even on a bought version, still managed to get an EP released though. Tried Live, FL & Logic across mac and pc, and Got the cracked version of 5 to see if it's worth the upgrade....it is. Version 6.5.....VST Expression 2? VariAudio? Lane Track Comping? Antiquated as fuck.....

Or, like MusicRadar, you could ask....

"What software is in the Noisia armoury for building your beats and basslines?

Noisia: "We use Cubase for almost everything."

Well in that case, Cubase is awesome

advocate wrote:On to version 5 now, cracked...still managed to get an EP released though.

You released an EP, and you're still using cracked software

Unless you mean putting a bunch of songs for free soundcloud download (Not the same thing).

Then you'd be slightly more morally scrupulous.

advocate wrote:
"What software is in the Noisia armoury for building your beats and basslines?

Noisia: "We use Cubase for almost everything."

and spor uses fl, while koan sound uses reason. What's your point?

cmgoodman1226 wrote:

advocate wrote:
"What software is in the Noisia armoury for building your beats and basslines?

Noisia: "We use Cubase for almost everything."

and spor uses fl, while koan sound uses reason. What's your point?

it's not the size of the sword but the skill of the swordsman

Lol at the cubase hate. And I don't even use it. "Antiquated" I better stop sampling vinyl and forget about saving up for an SP-1200 in that case, the internet warriors might laugh at me.
Certain mans seem to be jealous they've spent all this money on software but can't write a tune to save themselves.

RZA wrote some of his classic early beats on a stolen ASR-10. I could care less.

dididub wrote:

advocate wrote:On to version 5 now, cracked...still managed to get an EP released though.

You released an EP, and you're still using cracked software

Unless you mean putting a bunch of songs for free soundcloud download (Not the same thing).

Then you'd be slightly more morally scrupulous.

I might or might not be able to write a tune to save me, but I do write a lot that pay my rent since it's my job. I had as much of a choice as anyone, too, and i chose to pay for my gear. It's what i believe in doing. I believe in economies. Even if they're easily foiled, i don't believe in doing that. there are plenty of ways i could rip off other types of goods and services, but I don't.

If you had an opportunity to make a living off your tunes instead of just waxing your dubstep chops for internet props, you might see this in a different light. Maybe if you knew guys who got fired as a direct result of industry collapse, like i do, you'd see it differently. You might not change your mind, but you'd at least be able to acknowledge a broader scope through which these issues are viewed commercially and morally

epochalypso wrote:Lol at the cubase hate. And I don't even use it. "Antiquated" I better stop sampling vinyl and forget about saving up for an SP-1200 in that case, the internet warriors might laugh at me.
Certain mans seem to be jealous they've spent all this money on software but can't write a tune to save themselves.

RZA wrote some of his classic early beats on a stolen ASR-10. I could care less.

dididub wrote:

advocate wrote:On to version 5 now, cracked...still managed to get an EP released though.

You released an EP, and you're still using cracked software

Unless you mean putting a bunch of songs for free soundcloud download (Not the same thing).

Then you'd be slightly more morally scrupulous.

I'm taking the piss bro. For fucks sake.