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Acid 7 for putting everything together (thank god I figured out how to stop it timestretching every single sample I own) because I love how it functions, I cannot LIVE without the brilliant way the mixer works, with the -db numbers to the side, and I love the media explorer. I use a copy of Sonar LE for anything to do with recording instruments (which I do quite alot). It's pretty simple but it does the job and I like the interface and layout, so it's all good.

For putting together mixes of my tracks, I use Audacity... No mixing hardware unfortunately.

For audio editing, Soundforge 9 all the fucking way. I just love everything sony does.

I have a copy of Cubase LE I brought, but the midi buffer was fucked, and I can't remember/figure out how to change it, so I couldn't be bothered. It was cheap anyway

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I use FL Studio (from the version 3 to and I'm so hooked by the way it works. It's very easy for me to express my creative ideas. The sample manipulation is outstanding, beat slicing is great, just load a wav into an it's synced most the time, aswell as autodetect for samples...

The most important thing to me about DAW is that i don't need to think about it, just make music and completely go into a creative process. FL does that for me and it works... If someone feels the same for Reason or any other DAW I respect that...

But saying that FL is crap or a tool for beginners is absolute nonsense... Just because "you" can't handle it, doesn't mean I can't

ive only really just started giving dubstep a shot using reason 4, with no keyboard, does it make a difference in terms of how much time you consume, how much fun you have and most importantly the outcome of the tune? i just want to know before i consider buying a midi?

rectaldubz wrote:ive only really just started giving dubstep a shot using reason 4, with no keyboard, does it make a difference in terms of how much time you consume, how much fun you have and most importantly the outcome of the tune? i just want to know before i consider buying a midi?

Made a big difference with me

rectaldubz wrote:ive only really just started giving dubstep a shot using reason 4, with no keyboard, does it make a difference in terms of how much time you consume, how much fun you have and most importantly the outcome of the tune? i just want to know before i consider buying a midi?

well you should buy some midi stuff, it's will shorten the time you would spend on automation, recording stuff and so...

But you can do without midi also...

The_Dza88 wrote:

rectaldubz wrote:ive only really just started giving dubstep a shot using reason 4, with no keyboard, does it make a difference in terms of how much time you consume, how much fun you have and most importantly the outcome of the tune? i just want to know before i consider buying a midi?

Made a big difference with me

me too. didn't have the midi keyboard for a long time, but got one when I got Reason 4. I now find CPU-generated audio to be far cleaner and easier to deal with than samples. they have some fat, fun softsynths to play around with, can really expand the range of sounds one is capable of creating.

Cubase 4, and I have a girlfriend.

Reason+Sonar6

cooch wrote:
Depending on what you want to do, Audacity is well established so give that a try. Garageband may be pre-installed on your Mac too, but I can't recommend it, really.

Unless you are 7.

tata


cooch

Pretty much new here but I hear what you say about GarbageBand. Would love to afford Logic but am in the "starving artist" category. Is Logic Express any good? I'm pretty much into the bare-bones type of recording for my music (mostly acoustic, not a lot of technical flourishes). Logic Express is well within my budget.

Though I can't stand GB, it's what I have to use: stone knives and bear skins. Sucks, I know, but as far as working with a limited production budget what works best? Not into downloading a beta of Audacity at this time but will after they develop the finished product.

Renoise.

Feral Witchchild wrote:Renoise.

Now that I can use. Thanks.

ableton live + reason...with a trigger finger for dj sets....
i have not used a keyboard since i've been making tunes...and i just love the way you can send midi from live to ableton...and bounce back the audio signal in realtime...i like the effects in live..but have started to get all geeky with the tools in reason...STEREO IMAGER FTW...
i occasionally use massive and fm8...god..i hate how you can not automate wobbles for massive...i really wish they would fix that soon...
mad props for all the guys who use renoise/acid/fl studio...tried em all and really could not get around the interfaces...way too complicated for me...

i'm aiming to use Reason 4 and Guitar Rig 3 plus a stack of hardware and percussion

Reason 3, soon to be 4 hopefully.

FL studio 8 for making the beats and Cubase for arranging,mixing, adding vocals and synths etc.

I basically use FL as a glorified drum machine which is pretty bad as it has a shed load of features and possibilties if (unlike me) you can look past the step sequencer and take the time to learn it in depth.

Cubase is god of the DAWS as far as I am concerned. Although I may be persuaded to try Nuendo......

PHASEten wrote:FL studio 8 for making the beats and Cubase for arranging,mixing, adding vocals and synths etc.

I basically use FL as a glorified drum machine which is pretty bad as it has a shed load of features and possibilties if (unlike me) you can look past the step sequencer and take the time to learn it in depth.

Cubase is god of the DAWS as far as I am concerned. Although I may be persuaded to try Nuendo......

Other than it's (Nuendo's) capabilities wsith video post-production, I couldn't figure out what else it offered that was beyond Cubase. Still, great program though.

I understand what you mean by "glorified drum machine" (FL). I'm trying to break out of that though.

Recently switched over to Ableton about 1-2 months ago. Loving it.

i use fl6 and cubase. i like to use fl to construct my basic elements and do sound design and shit then stick the audio in cubase and do final arrangement and mix, as well as any recording. was using sonar for a while but got cubase working again and remembered how much better it is.

use reason occasionally, mainly for its vocoder, and i also have live, but i havent really messed with that tbh.

Logic 8.