Producing tracks

[Sherlock]

Was just wondering what programs ur usin to make ur own tunes? Im sure theres a few of yas at it!

[Funker]

'fruityloops' is good for startin off, 'reason' is class if u can master it but it is hard..

[Sherlock]

Im usin fruity loops 4, am workin on me 6th track, and not mess around muck, actual stuff that im sendin off to contacts ive bin buildin up! i have logic aswell but it aint workin 4sum reason! Was just curious as to what every1 else was using..expensive as fuck stuff in most cases i would imagine, although u can make gud tracks wit the basics!

[Funker]

let us know when u have some to show for yourself an ill give u my humble opinion.. an maybe send u some of my work

[Daz]

i use reason rewired into cubase... good fun, drive you to tears sometimes..

starting to mess with buzz aswell...very difficult and my pc seems to dislike it.. my pc has issues

[playthatbeat]

mmm.. well i`m still using Sequencer+ in DOS on a 486 PC! It controls the hardware very well since i overclocked it.. using an "evergreen" 133 chip, running at 150mhz in a 50mhz motherboard i used to get timing problems with too many things running at once..

only problem with oldskool sequencers is they have rotten memory problems - limited to what you have left out of 640k after booting.. not alot, especially if you like to record alot of controller information..

i tried using CUBASE and LOGIC and CAKEWALK, but they irritated me so much, i had to return to good old no-mouse land

i know the day is coming though when i will have to upgrade - PCs don`t last forever! this one is already 13 years old... i have a 386sx and a yamaha 286 lappie (C1) as backup, but they will be s-l-o-o-w compared to the zippy 486dx... mmm.. should get at least another 10 years out of the setup

[H3lx]

mmm.. well i`m still using Sequencer+ in DOS on a 486 PC! It controls the hardware very well since i overclocked it.. using an "evergreen" 133 chip, running at 150mhz in a 50mhz motherboard i used to get timing problems with too many things running at once..

only problem with oldskool sequencers is they have rotten memory problems - limited to what you have left out of 640k after booting.. not alot, especially if you like to record alot of controller information..

i tried using CUBASE and LOGIC and CAKEWALK, but they irritated me so much, i had to return to good old no-mouse land

i know the day is coming though when i will have to upgrade - PCs don`t last forever! this one is already 13 years old... i have a 386sx and a yamaha 286 lappie (C1) as backup, but they will be s-l-o-o-w compared to the zippy 486dx... mmm.. should get at least another 10 years out of the setup

oldskule man, oldskule

jesus i cry when i have to use a desk without protools beside me, never mind a 486

[Daz]

don't like pro tools... esp when we had to rewire reason into it...was alright but when u wanted to solo something i had to solo the aux channel, the midi channel and master just to hear it...messy when u have more than 25 tracks

[Funker]

So Tim have u any kick ass choons in the pipeline or anythin??

[playthatbeat]

mmm.. protools looks very nice indeed.. the logical conclusion for multitrack recording By the looks of it..

[nostalgia moden]

ahh, the days of 8-track reel2reel, having to stripe with s-FSK, then use a drummachine to trigger samples via audio triggers.. ahh the bleedover.. ahh the dropouts.. ahh the brain-damage.

i have been getting back to the REALLY old days lately in the studio.. using my 909 to move step-sequencers - 2 voltage 8-steppers, and 2 dual-pole gate 8-steppers.. lovely fractal-like patterns evolving

i did do a track last year where i wrote the patterns into the 909 instead of midi-trigging it from the PC.. clock'd the 909 and 2 303s from the 202 (which has multi-dinsync outs), and used an old 1.2sec 8-bit cv/gate delayline in "freeze" mode to confuse the issue.. all analogue effects.. mmm.. highly unstable

[Sherlock]

The pro's have spoken Seems i have a bit to learn!

[H3lx]

mmm.. protools looks very nice indeed.. the logical conclusion for multitrack recording By the looks of it..

sx 4 could well blow protools out of the water

steinberg have yamaha onboard to manufacture cubase sx based desks, and theres talk of a computer hardware deal to take things down the farm card/dedicated box route

sexy indeed

[H3lx]

i did do a track last year where i wrote the patterns into the 909 instead of midi-trigging it from the PC.. clock'd the 909 and 2 303s from the 202 (which has multi-dinsync outs), and used an old 1.2sec 8-bit cv/gate delayline in "freeze" mode to confuse the issue.. all analogue effects.. mmm.. highly unstable

im sure that was a dj friendly end product lol

[Dashka]

currently arsin about with a bevvy of programmes.....
usually use cubase,acid pro,wavelab,reason,lounge lizard,grooveagent etc. etc. tend 2 use all vsti's meself....mostly coz i got dem free.....

[Daz]

just to add to this, how long has everyone been producing for... like properly..sitting down for hours until your eyes are red with monitor radiation..mmmm pink eye *sqquelch*