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So I want to start making music. I want to get something before I have to go christmas shopping as then I would make myself feel guilty about buying anything. I have about 300 dollars and am a student, so I'm guessing I could get some discounts. Suggestions? |
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whats your style of composing? mathematical, which would do well meticulously click and placing things in grids? free spirited, in that you want to play music like instruments, jam (or whatever), and find the best structure / noises? |
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I'm looking for a softsynth, specifically, if that is what you are asking. |
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Oh, and I tried buzz, just to goof around, and I hated it, which may just be because it is shit. |
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well the only advice i can offer is how i used to make music to how i do now i used to use fruity loops and trackers...very point and click, not very instrumental in terms of being able to actually play i use live now cause you can play everything like a synth...its really nice in that regard...and its basic...i like things to be simple |
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Use Reason, it is better than Fruity Loops |
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That's not very true at all. |
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use your 300 dollars on a soundcard and maybe a midi controller /keyboard. then get freeware or cracked software. (you shouldn't release stuff or make money using cracked software, but i don't think that's an issue yet.) |
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Yes Fruity Loops is very easy to use but the sound quality is not so good IMO.... |
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Coming from a reason user I find that statement quite funny. |
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Here's a spectral view of a rising sine note rendered with fruity's 256 sinc depth rendering back in version 4. Not much distortion there, so in other words it's all about your sound-source. |
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Oh but I wasn't talking in term of distortion.....Fruity Loops seems to have an internal weird compression. I don't know if it is true but it's a real problem to me when I write drum'n'bass breaks or basses in it I have better results using Kontakt in Cubase |
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fruity loops internal noises and synths etc are REAL cheesy they're perfect if you make gay trance but otherwise youre gonna need other instruments or samples |
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Skale tracker ... FREE Awesome VST synths and effects ... FREE Wav editor ... errr well there are no really good ones that I know of heh ... Go buy an Electribe with your 300 dollars, then buy some midi cables and get some free software. BELIEVE ME its soooo much better that way. |
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I was going to get reaktor. Bad idea? Live and Reason interest me, I dunno about FL. |
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Reaktor is a really cool piece of Software but seems to be really complex....... |
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yeah reaktor is very intensive - its along the lines of using max/msp's if you want simplicity, such as i do, use live or reason i would stear away from fruity loops simply because it gives you a bizarre handle on making tracks, not to say it isnt useful (i made two full length LP's, and two EP's on it) - its just a little chintsy |
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Reaktor is an awesome program that works very well with a selection of hosts, it's a safe bet. euphonic : how does FL give you a bizarre handle on making tracks? Give me the full lowdown please. |
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I got reaktor. Going merely by the fact that it seemed pretty nice. |
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