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Originally posted by JEO Chill out Cryo :P

no.


Oh, wait, I get it - it's a pun, right?

Yeah, you're right, though. I should know better than to let myself get annoyed by another SW/HW debate. I'm outta here.

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Originally posted by cryophonik IMO the software elitists are as bad, if not worse, than the hardware elitists

I think for the most part, people that spout the greatness of software are basically retorting the general elitism or ignorance of those that think hardware is all that and a bag of chips.

Also, I don't think synths qualify as "hardware" . For me, hardware is a guitar and microphones and the analog chain linking those elements to your recording console. A grand piano is hardware, a synth to me is still pretty much software. I understand hardware when recording a violin or singer, I don't understand hardware when recording a synth. To me software has that avenue covered.

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The point is...many of you act like you're so important and cool for having those tools when you're actually no one.

Take Andy Blueman, he is 100% software and still he could piss in the mouth of each one of you under any aspect: success as a beggining.


That's why you're pathetic. Oh...I've listened to some of your works...is just miserable.

Andy who ?

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Originally posted by ken_lee all my tracks so far are made in Reason only. Its no problem at all man. you need a decent laptop / macbook pro and a daw and some headphones. nothign more. infact its pretty stupid thinking you need a studio for making EDM. but its nice to have some proper monitors+soundcard in addition though, and maybe a midicontroller. software is better, easier, faster, cheaper, more flexible and more accurate than hardware. analog sucks. soon all serious monitors will be digital too, i cant wait.

I use Reason, Record, a General Music Equinox, and occasionally Ableton. Would love to build a studio, and have a mix of hardware and software.

You can definitely do almost anything with a computer and even low-cost software if you have talent, drive, passion, and are willing to experiment.

I've played piano most of my life, so I guess you could say I'm a producer and a musician.

Think live trance/house style music with live keyboard could work?

I know there are a lot of DJs, and I respect them, but I am not a DJ

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Originally posted by jetflagTA The point is...many of you act like you're so important and cool for having those tools when you're actually no one. Take Andy Blueman, he is 100% software and still he could piss in the mouth of each one of you under any aspect: success as a beggining. That's why you're pathetic. Oh...I've listened to some of your works...is just miserable.

It's all in how you use the tools.

Even someone with a Protools rig costing thousands of dollars can make crap.

I'd be happy to share what I am working on, and would love to know what works, and what doesn't so I can get better.

here we go with andy blue again lol. he suck get over it. he even said it himself, that he cant provide anything to the scene and therefore will try something else like score, lol as if thats any easier. LOLOLOL

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Originally posted by jetflagTA Take Andy Blueman, he is 100% software and still he could piss in the mouth of each one of you under any aspect: success as a beggining.

He's my favorite artist but this is outright wrong. He's good at what he does but he also pigeon-holed himself into only one specific sound. Granted, it sounds good, especially for all software, but his basslines all sounded very similar to each other and his breakdowns were just a pleasant sounding combination of string patches, solo instruments and orchestral percussion. The only time he really did anything cool with production was that sound during the breakdown transition in Kanya and even then it's nothing revolutionary.

He's an amazing songwriter, no argument there, but as a producer he is definitely not the kind of person you should be pointing to as a benchmark to compare other people to.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad Andy who ?

haha god you know exactly how to get people around here fuming, let's not talk about Blueman again for the sake of all our sanity

That's what I'm wondering as I take my interest in EDM more seriously.

How can you create your own sound, yet stay within a genre?

How can a producer/musician prevent themselves from being pigeon-holed.

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Originally posted by arskinetica That's what I'm wondering as I take my interest in EDM more seriously. How can you create your own sound, yet stay within a genre? How can a producer/musician prevent themselves from being pigeon-holed.

It happens as you go along. Certain elements that were once imitation or simply rote procedure acquire a signature individuality. There are artists who's own "voice" is easily heard in whatever genre they're producing in.

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