Original Music Software Choices

David Jimerson

David Jimerson

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Anyone got some good ideas on this? I've been looking at SonicFire Pro 3.1 and wondered if it's worth the smack. I've had some good experience with SmartSound.

I have ACID Pro 4.0, and love how well the loops integrate with Vegas, but I guess I'm just not as musically intuitive as I thought I was. I thought editing video was time-consuming, but WOW. So much for "building professional-quality music quickly and easily."
 
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I have used both cakewalk and fruityloops. Both are really good programs. Cakewalk is good if you have a good musical background you can write sheet music. Fruityloops is pretty good sequencer and has a lot of great voices built in. Hoped that helped a bit.
 
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Reson 2.5 is also an amazing program...a little overwhelming at times...but very powerful.
 
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Pro Tools or Digital Performer by far are the best imho, but, Apple just came out with (like 15 minutes ago) "GarageBand". It's a sequencer, sound module, recorder, etc all in one. Pretty sweet for pro-sumer software.
 
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I've seen GarageBand, but like most Apple stuff, it's jealously proprietary. Nothing like eliminating 90% of the market purely out of ego . . . ;) ;) ;)
 
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I have the 002 on order, trading in my 001 for it with their "tradeup" program. The 002 is the control interface for ProTools LE, which it comes with. It hooks up with a single firewire cable.. has automated faders, etc.. very sweet
 
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...and technically it's Digidesign ;)

and i'm just yankin with ya Madcow... ;D
 
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niiiiiice. Let me know how you like the Bluesky's. I'm using the Mackie HR824's right now and really like em.
 
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From what you've been USING, I assume you're not so much interested in recording as you are in combining samples 'n' loops and such. If that's the case, I'd advise against a ProTools system. Mind you, I'm a dedicated ProTools user, but most of my work is recording musical performances. If for some reason you want to use ProTools, and have a little recording capability, the Mbox is a sweet deal... for two-track recording, I actually prefer it to the Digi 002... the preamps are really beautiful. However, in practice, I use an 002 most of the time. It's really nice. But again, probably overkill for you. Unless I'm misunderstanding and you plan to record a lot.

I've heard good things about Soundtrack, but haven't yet used it personally. Many claim it's the best thing around for folks who aren't "musically intuitive."

-Barry
 
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Wait... I'm confused... Kai, are you just talking to yourself?
 
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No. A former member deleted all of his own posts. Kai's crazy, but not THAT crazy . . . ;D
 
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;D Yeah there was an entire conversation going on there, but he skipped out on dvxuser awhile back, and everything was deleted. It's too bad, he was a great resource here.
 
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I that the general policy here - if you quit the forum, all your posts go away? Or was this a special circumstance?
 
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Been a PT user for a long time.. But I recently just switched to nuendo.. I thought I would never leave protools but a friend of mine that scores films turned me on to it and I have to say.. It's amazing.. After doing a couple of tracks with it, I sold my mbox and my digi001.. Nuendo is rockin.. the VST plugins are in the tons and the VSTi's (soft synths) are plentiful.. I have a rack full of synth modules that haven't been touched in like 6 months cause I can get everything done with the soft synths.. I suggest trying Nuendo (for the PC) a little.. You'll love it

matt
 
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