James Holden used Buzz (buggy, unsupported tracker software) to make "Horizons."

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Originally posted by paulandrews Not true. http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2007.shtml http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/artic...-of-2007/page_5 http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=866 I could go on... Anyway, too bad that you seem to care more about the crystal clear production than the actual music. There's so much of that attitude these days, especially in trance, and it's also one of the reasons why a lot of music is boring.

It's ranked higher than Radiohead

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Originally posted by Clovis It's ranked higher than Radiohead

Yeah, there was a lot of hype.

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Originally posted by paulandrews Anyway, too bad that you seem to care more about the crystal clear production than the actual music. There's so much of that attitude these days, especially in trance, and it's also one of the reasons why a lot of music is boring.

So true.

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Originally posted by Blake_Jarrell I think the standard [on production] has been set so high these days that the focus has shifted from 90% songwriting and 10% mixdown/mastering to 90% mixdown/mastering and 10% songwriting. So in effect, we have these amazing sounding shit riffs and song ideas.

And furthermore there are many producers working with simple computer-based setups whose productions sound great. Equipment worth thousands of dollars is absolutely not useless, but it is by no means essential either.

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Originally posted by Trance-MB Without that Korg and Roland won't exist any more. It's difficult to combine certain sounds and make them all clear without one disappearing in the other. With vocals added it becomes even more difficult. Name me one recent hit which just was made with Cubase or Cakewalk. I agree some people make nice tunes with there pc, but at the end you can hear the difference. Many of those tracks are being remastered before they get released.

well i for one wouldn't give a shit if roland disappeared.

but as far as what's made with just software and your other argument that you can't make decent music without expensive gear:

http://www.offthesky.com

gear used:
ableton live 6
reaktor
max/msp
cubase
audiomulch

all software.

I'd recommend checking into psy and breaks and the progressive styles of both genres.

im a big trance and hardrock/nu metal fan and i personally love the trance thats coming out now a days and the hard rock scene is good too, alot of good bands, alot of good music.

im not a hip hop/rap fan, but i must say its the worst scene, everything is commercialized and cheesy

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