anyone is going to tell you hardware is better, all depends on how much $$$$$ you have.

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put on your flamesuit man!

anyways.. damn idiots, instead of critising him, and the thread, just answer him damnit..

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software is easier to use, learn, install... and its cheaper..

hardware sounds better, is more expensive, harder to use..

my advice..

get a software program, Fruity Loops or Reason or something like that, and find out how much u actually like to produce, then if, u feel u dont get the sound u want, but still have tested and tried the software workstation, u can start thinking of buying some hardware..

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one major advantage to software is that you can automate plugins. which can give you some really unique effects.

hardware looks cooler though

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i want to start producing but i want to if software or hardware is more appropiet???

shit! you've done it now.

quick men! to the bomb shelter! we may survive the fallout if we duck and cover underneath the tables.

to the threadstarter: man, this one has been asked a million times and its the subject of a million and one flame wars. its scary

its really to do with personal preference ultimately. hardware VAs are typically more expensive than software VAs. many of the big hardware VAs like the nords, viruses and so forth have a signiture kind of sound which is all over most types of dance music. they tend to sound more detailed in my opinion than softies. buuuuut. i got a virus b desktop and its a pain in the arse to work with i feel. but then i started producing in a software only studio. with software the convenience is amazing and they sound really good. stuff like vanguard deffo lacks the detail and punch of say a virus but its easier to work with. everything is quicker. no need to record audio. theoretically unlimited polyphony (only limit is your CPU speed), theoretically unlimited multitimbrality (again, only limit is your CPU). no cables that go duff. no midi sync issues. no need for expensive wordclock devices, midi interfaces. no need for preamp recording. its just all so. convenient.

and in the end if you enjoy what you are making, it shows on the recording. in the end you have to try examples of software and hardware and make up your mind what ones ot get. its silly to dismiss either and go hardware only. or software only. although there are advantages to doing both. like i said. preference.

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one major advantage to software is that you can automate plugins. which can give you some really unique effects. hardware looks cooler though

you can automate any part of a hardware synth, either on the control surface via the LFOs or you can twist a rotary whilst recording and it'll record the result. you can do it with any number of parameters. only limit is the number of hands you got available.

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Originally posted by Soliman i want to start producing but i want to if software or hardware is more appropiet???

It depends on what you want to do and how much $$$ you have.

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id get my priorities straight if i was a supastar producer. id buy a copy of vanguard, then spend the rest of my money on all things bling.

cannot stress how important it is to look good when you are producing. hardware? software? i say take the 3rd way - buy a flash car. your pulling power will increase 10 fold.

start with the cheapest, crappiest audio production software you can find, and try to make somehting sound good with that, then you can appreciate what new software has to offer

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Originally posted by Benjamin B start with the cheapest, crappiest audio production software you can find, and try to make somehting sound good with that, then you can appreciate what new software has to offer

I wouldn't go this far. If someone is starting to DJ, do they go and buy some piece of shit decks, or are they encouraged to learn on SL1200's?

Just because your starting out doesn't mean you have to start producing in a crap environment. If your going to spend time learning something, learn something relevant like Cubase, Reason or FL Studio. Most people on these forums use one of these three. It takes a serious ammount of time to learn the ropes of production, so make sure its time well spent.

As for hardware or software? Dunnoo... I'm going through the same crisis at the moment. I'm tossing up between buying a laptop running software or a virus b at the moment. I have to say, they convenience of software is so appealing and the softsynths are only going to get better. Plus I dont like to believe that if I buy some hardware, all of a sudden I'm going to be producing better stuff. Its all about how much your willing to 'chase' that sound your after...

People rave about hardware though so there must be something to it. Bare in mind if you have lots of hardware, your going to need a decent mixing desk and/or a decent soundcard to record it all onto your PC. The beauty of software is that its all contained in your PC and your doing everything internally.

Personally I'd start out with software see what you can do with that.

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Originally posted by Axolotyl I wouldn't go this far. If someone is starting to DJ, do they go and buy some piece of shit decks, or are they encouraged to learn on SL1200's?

Shit decks. Seriously. Well, at least mid level direct drives, no belt driven crap. You learn to spin on those and you have a much greater appreciation for 1200's.

In summary, I would go this far.

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