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offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-02-04 07:34 [#00540401]
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I know very very little about music making, i only fooled
around with cubase once. I want to ask; is it the same
kind of program as fruityloops..?

i don't mean to ask whether it's better or not.. but just if
it's the same idea..

thx


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-04 07:35 [#00540402]
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it's also a sequencer, yes.


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-02-04 07:36 [#00540403]
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but everyone here prefers fruityloops ey..?


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-04 07:38 [#00540405]
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nah i don't think everyone, it's easier than cubase, cubase
is the flagship sequencer, you can do soooo much things with
it, to much for virtual digital producing
(harddiskrecording, midihardware, appregiators, mastering,
mixdown, etc.)


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-02-04 07:39 [#00540407]
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NO!!

I prefer Cubase SO MUCH MORE!!

Cubase has much more facilities. it can get very complex,
but only as complex as you want it to be.

in Cubase there is more room to grow as a musician, imo.


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-04 07:40 [#00540410]
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haha,

i worked a long time with cubase, and i'll install it again
when i have a terrible synth, i still have my big book, the
drum editor still rocks, like it.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-02-04 07:45 [#00540416]
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I use Cubase as a sequencer of samples only - no midi or
whatever.

and I like to use ALL the little plug-ins!!


 

offline hepburnenthorpe from sydney (Australia) on 2003-02-04 11:24 [#00540749]
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hehe, i use fruity without any samples. midi / vsti only.

maybe we should swap sequencers? hehe.

cept i have no idea how to use cubase.


 

offline hobbes from age on 2003-02-04 13:03 [#00540848]
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you cant compare....cubase does a LITTLE bit
more...=)...no..i ll rephrase that..FUCKLOADS more


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-02-04 13:11 [#00540861]
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ha ha.. :)


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-02-04 14:00 [#00540923]
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remember, fruityloops cant actually record audio, so theres
a big difference right there



 

offline Chris Ochre on 2003-02-04 14:30 [#00540973]
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Cubase is great, and as far as I know you can use Fruity
within Cubase as a VSTi. Haven't tried this though.


 

offline Portland from San Diego (United States) on 2003-02-04 14:40 [#00540984]
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i use both and perfer FL. cubase is excellent though and
easily the best midi/audio sequencer out there.

i work faster in FL and often port files over from there to
cubase.
cubase has a great engine and is solid.

the only problem with cubase is on large monitors is looks
crap and doesnt translate well on anything above 1024x768.
thats a personal preference though.


 

offline hepburnenthorpe from sydney (Australia) on 2003-02-04 14:44 [#00540992]
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i know there must be lots of differences, but, what are
they?

dont wanna start a war here, just would be interested to
know.

what can cubase do that fruity cant? not including the
audio stuff.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-04 15:22 [#00541028]
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the thing i hate about cubase is that the drum maps are all
upside down.... so stupid!


 

offline redRummy from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-04 16:07 [#00541059]
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a few points...

consider Cubase as a studio sequencer.. and FL as something
you play arund with on your desktop.. =))

you should really make your own drum maps

you say "not including the audio stuff" - well, you're
discounting one hell of a big area of music production right
there.

saying that tho'... the midi implementation is way far
better than FL... and much easier to use (once you crack the
basics)

sure FL can do loads these days, but its all just plugins
and well, look at the sequencer! it sucks ass IMO...

mastering... FL can't do that (properly) can it?

Cubase is a host to a plethora of VSTi's, DX plugins, and
other third party filters and effects etc etc etc.

try running a project in FL with over 50 audio trcks and 50
midi tracks all of which are being controlled by the midi
implementation in cubase.... you'll give up very quickly
(even if it's possible at all, which I doubt)

oh, and I'm slightly Cubase biased ;))


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-05 05:02 [#00541628]
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Fruity Loops for me..I tried porting loops from floops to
Cubase and arranging them in there..but it was very limiting
the songs all ended up sounding well..looped...

arranging within floops gave me a lot more freedom and
organic ability..

true you do need tons of samples and VSTs both effects and
generators to make Floops come alive..but I think that is
true ofanyoff the shelf package...

right now I am heavily into using Buzz effects and
generators with it...works a charm...as well as exporting
entiretracks as WAVs and manipulating them in Cool Edit
Pro..lets say..this I have far more flexibility and room to
improvise then if I had limited myself to one *ahem*REAL
software..

and btw I have tired floops with between 50 and 100 audio
tracks...worked without a hitch..and mastering is always
flawless..maybe it's time some of you got around to giving
your machines some grunt and power rather than blaming it on
a software hunh...


 

offline Junktion from Northern Jutland (Denmark) on 2003-02-05 05:06 [#00541631]
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The only reason why I use Fruityloops is to prove that it
can be used for professional music...

some day I will figure out that it can't be done, but the
idea is the drive


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-02-05 05:25 [#00541653]
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Haven't Hellfish and Hecate both used Floops?

Although debateabley, they're not professional :)

I agree with flea: You need a lot of plugins etc. to get
away from the fruityloops sound (I always laugh when people
say all floops tracks sound alike- how can it when you use
purely VST softsynths and no floops samples?), but when you
do it can be used for meticulous loop based music as well as
more irregular sounding stuff as though you'd just recorded
it to a 4 track etc.


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2003-02-05 05:36 [#00541680]
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"right now I am heavily into using Buzz effects and
generators with it...works a charm...as well as exporting
entiretracks as WAVs and manipulating them in Cool Edit
Pro..lets say..this I have far more flexibility and room to
improvise then if I had limited myself to one *ahem*REAL
software..


Exactly the same for me, and I think it's great this way.


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-05 05:53 [#00541707]
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btw. it's just DUMP comparing floops with cubase ;)

cubase is a flagship with a bunch of tools (and I think,
it's not hard learning cubase)

fruityloops is a very good programm with such dump prejudice
like the outlook of the whole thing. the sequencer has some
unique functions and it's better than Reason IMO.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-02-05 05:57 [#00541713]
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Naturally, you can use all the VST FX etc. from Cubase in
Floops anyway :)


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-05 05:59 [#00541717]
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try that in reason ;)


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2003-02-05 06:00 [#00541719]
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Cubase is more for "traditional" kind of music, you know,
where you need to incorperate audio from guitars, vocals,
real kit, etc etc etc

that's what i think anyways

i mean of course it's very useful for no-traditional music,
but i think that's what it was primarily designed for


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-05 06:02 [#00541722]
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xactly, it's probably the only virtual you'll need in a
studio recording bands and what not.


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-05 06:02 [#00541724]
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virtual tool i mean ....


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2003-02-05 06:03 [#00541726]
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exactly :)

although reason is pretty goddamned usefull too

;)


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-02-05 06:03 [#00541727]
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hmm.. opinions differ a lot..

i guess doing a poll on this wouldn't be useful ey? since
some people say they can't be compared or both have their
own good things

Poll: should we do a cub. vs. floops poll?


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-05 06:04 [#00541728]
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forget. it depends on what you're want doing ...


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-05 06:04 [#00541729]
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goddamn, what happen with my english today ? :P


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2003-02-05 06:09 [#00541734]
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i personally don't think you can really compare them,
because cubase wasn't necessarily designed for electronic
music

it was designed for traditional methods of sound recording
and midi

whereas fruity loops is more of a programming thing


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2003-02-05 06:11 [#00541735]
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that's the right word, a programmer thing!!

fruityloops is a groove-programmer-box :)


 

offline hepburnenthorpe from sydney (Australia) on 2003-02-05 07:13 [#00541810]
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i dont use any samples in fruityloops. just the native
instrument vsti's, my 3 outboard synths, and the native gold
bundle DX effects.

how is the midi implimentation better? ive tried using
cubase, damn thing just seems too complicated. lots of
uneeded stuff.

of course if i was into recording with audio i might find it
more handy. but then again, i have a 24trak tascam at my
disposal.


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2003-02-05 07:13 [#00541811]
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i look at it this way. both are good, but in different ways.
fruity could be used for a track, whereas cubase would be
used for an album, since it is much more extensible. fruity
is much quicker and easier to use, but cubase does so much
more. people with outboard gear would use cubase much more
than fruity, cos fruity is crap for lots of outboard midi
controlling, etc.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-02-05 09:25 [#00542014]
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flea:

"but it was very limiting the songs all ended up sounding
well..looped..."


mm.. to me it sounds like just didn't know how to use it
well..


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-02-05 09:36 [#00542036]
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Although recent versions of fruity have got better at
controlling external devices, I'd have to say I agree with
you.


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-05 09:38 [#00542042]
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probably..


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-02-05 09:43 [#00542050]
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That was the first thing I noticed when a reasonably
experienced user of it demoed it to me. Although, it could
just be his style of music...


 


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