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Hard vs. Soft
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:29 am
by shinto
Contrary to what you maybe thinking this isn't about porn and or anything dealing with the male anatomy...haha...just tryin' to see what everyone's preferences are hardware or software and what makes them use them method they use. why do you prefer the sampler over the software and vice versa? etc. etc.
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:13 pm
by reso
Software all the way 'cause it's free!! And it saves loads of farting about with wires n that. I bloody hate wires. Plus software is now good enough to make bangin sounds on. this on a PC mind. Sure u can get cracks for mac though.
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:30 pm
by alan
personally, hardware.
sure computers are easier, but honestly i dont think they sound as good.
also i perfur the cpu graphical display to hardware, but i also think that using hardware makes you use your ears more, and for me a lot of cpu stuff is done using my eyes.
but i guess a bit of both is best.
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:54 pm
by misk
3rd!
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:34 pm
by nospin
i prefer software because i feel like less of a slave to my gear. you can get great results with anything if you know what you're doing. plus knobs dont give me a hard-on as much as it seems to other folks, and i dont mind software becoming obsolete, evolving, or switching to different platforms, etc. it keeps me on my toes. i'm still a musician no matter the instrument(s)
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:06 pm
by robot
software is more convenient, but i do love the hands on feel of hardware that not even a midi controller can replace.
i'd still go with software tho, to save all the hassle.
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:03 pm
by 2000f
I've got enough hardware gear to make a stair case to the moon, but still I alsways end up using Reason, Pro Tools (and sometimes Live too). It´s so easy.
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:02 am
by subframe
soft is easier to deal with.
hard is easier to sound better with.
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:15 am
by identity crisis
Software all the way.
Not all producers starting out have 900+ dollars to buy a gray box with five knobs on it that ONLY makes bass noises.
I think you would be holding yourself back creatively if you said, "Ill just save my pennies for like 1000 years working at a petrol station so that i can be honest about what i make my music on, instead of being a thieving tnuc"
I agree you get much more solid sound from hardware, but some of us got to pay the electric bill.
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:05 am
by misk
you dont need electricity if you can just jump down the stairwell...
fuck the elevator!
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:41 pm
by tes la rok
mixture of both i reckon...
especially when doing bassline(s) with vst i route signal thru my mackie hardware mixer. it gives nice warm sound into it.. and cause i have emu 1820m soundcard and good AD/DA converters its perfect..
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:26 pm
by alan
IDENTITY CRISIS wrote:Software all the way.
Not all producers starting out have 900+ dollars to buy a gray box with five knobs on it that ONLY makes bass noises.
a 303?
you can get some great synths for 900£ much better than a 303
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:04 pm
by glamour
i'll swap my microkorg and my mother with anyone who can help me make z3ta do exactly what i want it to!
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:20 pm
by slow riot
anything with a personality that you like and can exploit to make good sounds is a winner. hardware or software is neither here nor there I don;t think.
me personally I only use software (apart from a casio sa-20, best £1 I ever spent on gear), and pretty much only use synthesis. there's something that fascinates me about creating a system to interface with hypothetical concepts, and turn them into something physical in real time.
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:50 pm
by janner
imo one of the the best things about software (apart from the gratis factor) is that now when i make a tune i don't have to save x-amount of different external patches and *hope* that my hardware will recall all of them if/when i wanna do a refix...
having said that my supernova will always have a special place in my heart...
Hardware is named that way for a reason
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:47 am
by rybread
Turning knobs makes my pants turn into tents. Nothing is better than physically twisting sound. It makes me feel like god.
That might have to do with the fact that I was into non-programed music before I found out just how fat bass could actually get.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:27 pm
by eventualdecline
I started out with all software but soon enough I was running out of resources too quickly and upgrading cpu/memory just wasn't cutting it after a period of time. Soon after that I started buying pieces of gear to address very specific needs. I find myself now doing most of my production work on hardware with only using something like ableton or cubase sx to arrange midi and sequence.
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:22 am
by 3507321c
2 is always better than 1.
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:16 am
by headhunter
tes la rok wrote:mixture of both i reckon...
true ! Same here
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:52 pm
by Joterpoten0
