I want to start learning remixing now. What software would be the best for me to use. I went to Guitar Center and the guy told me that Ableton Live is hands down the best software for remixing. However, this is the same guy that told me last year that Reason was the best software for this. As we all know Reason is not good for remixing at all. I haven't bought any sofeware yet because I want to know what other remixers here use. Any suggested would be great. Also, does anyone know of any books that would help teach remixing? Thanks!!!

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Originally posted by stnthmn As we all know Reason is not good for remixing at all.

where did you hear that..?

reason is a fantastic piece of all-in-one software for any kind of production, the only thing that is shite about it is the sequencer. you can wire it through lots of other sequencers though including cubase. i personally use cool edit pro 2 for my sequencing, but people use many different things for this.

another thing to look into is fruity, i dont personally like it but i have heard a fair few really good productions coming from people who use it.

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Well it depends on how you are used to remix. When you use two tracks and make a bootleg. you van use ableton or cubase or logic which all can work with loops or large wav's. But if you want to create sounds for the remix you can make your own in reason , logic and cubase,. Ableton Live doesn't have any synthezizer or drumcomputer I quess.
I like to work with the more graphic sequncer in reason. The painoroll works fine for me. I'm not playing anything live and record it. I like to draw it.

The guy I spoke with said that when I use Ableton Live I shopuld remix using accapella version of the song I want to remix and Live will create the instruments for me. He said it is good to use wiuth Recycle but not with Reason. I don't know though if I want to drop $300 on something that may not do what I want it to. I will do some more research though. Appreciate the help.

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Originally posted by stnthmn The guy I spoke with said that when I use Ableton Live I shopuld remix using accapella version of the song I want to remix and Live will create the instruments for me. He said it is good to use wiuth Recycle but not with Reason. I don't know though if I want to drop $300 on something that may not do what I want it to. I will do some more research though. Appreciate the help.

in a nut-shell, if you ask the producers forum, most of them use either reason, fruity, or cubase, to do their work.

the advantages of cubase and fruity, is that you can get loads of VST plug-ins for them, with many different synth styles and effects plugins. the advantage of reason is that pretty much all you need is already there, (apart from good sequencer & samples.. there are loads of samples built in, they are not fantastic, but they only take a few minutes to get, in refill packages from many sites) and i think it teaches you to be a bit more creative with the synths.

i dont know anything about this Ableton Live program tho, but by the sounds of it it may be limiting as to what you can do with it..

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This would be better asked in the producers forum. I asked once, and I was told that you will need:


A MIDI to hold the rythym of the song.
Software such as FL 4(I wub it)
Shitloads of money to shell out on synths.

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No it wasn't...

you don't really need midi if you can't find one, you can do it by ear.

obviously, hardware is better if you can afford it, but the synths in reason are fantastic when you get the hang of them (just like you would have to with hardware) and there are loads of brilliat synth plugins for fruity, cubase, and other such spoftware that take VST's.

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Originally posted by tu_face you don't really need midi if you can't find one, you can do it by ear. obviously, hardware is better if you can afford it, but the synths in reason are fantastic when you get the hang of them (just like you would have to with hardware) and there are loads of brilliat synth plugins for fruity, cubase, and other such spoftware that take VST's.

Aye,
If you are looking at using a semi cost effective method then VSTs are the way to go. Fantastic pro style sounds and all sorts of stuff.

Just be patient and don't expect to write the track that will be the summer anthem just yet. It takes time to learn but it's a lot of fun.

Cheers
Nem

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Reason is wonderful for it, personally I dislike FL4 and I do most of my arranging in Pro Tools using stuff i've created in reason.