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can u really tell the difference?? hardware/software..... (pg. 5)
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| bobba lou |
hardware = humm, glitch, hiss, and warmth. i am no pro, and just recently started working on stuff with other peeps, but hardware is great feel.
TR 909
TR 808
SH 101
TR 707
TR 727 (latin percussion)
roland juno 60
several Korg electribes |
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| >>FK |
| quote: | Originally posted by richg101
i gave up on being signed... at least to a label other than 101 recordings. |
why did you give up? |
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| DigiNut |
| You left out the "who really gives a flying f*ck as long as the tunes are good" option. |
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| richg101 |
| quote: | Originally posted by >>FK
why did you give up? |
because im happy with my sound even if armada/black hole/insert credible trance label are not interested. for some reason i got it in my head that i only want to be signed to my fave labels,,, so if i cant then i wont get signed to any. so ill make a label that releases trax i know i will buy.:) then i know at least one label will release music i truely enjoy. i guess i lost heart and now vinyl is so rair i just think id rather release my own trax on a own credible label(soon it will be credible - mark my words!) than some other label that only releases my tracks digitally..
diginut - damn - i tried to add that option just a minute ago but i wont let me:whip: - think the airbase one covers the comment a bit tho:) |
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| LENG |
| quote: | Originally posted by thecYrus
B is very strange eqd. but when the filter is open it has the typical softsynth sound. (static and liveless)
A is probably a jp-80X0 but it has too much white noise on top that you can't hear the synth really well when the filter is full open. but as far as i can tell it's hardware but imho the jp-8080 is a very digital sounding synth and not really great for something else than supersaws.
btw. today you can use something like nexus or other romplers and i wouldn't call them pure softsynths. but they sound better than most "softsynths"
exemple |
Hmm... talk about liveliness, yeah... i felt that too... anyway, the answer to the question is: both are also softsynths. the thrillseeker lead is from vanguard and the matt darey's strings are from reaktor. i think only a handful people can tell the difference, just like you daniel. and i suppose it's barely distinguishable... so, it doesn't matter if it's hardware or software... when the sound is mixed together with the rest in a track, you can hardly tell the difference. |
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| clubkidnycnyc |
Hardware may sound warm and fat but with if you dont want to sound so typical and want a more unique sound thats where soft synths will benefit you
if you want to sound like evryone else get hardware |
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| >>FK |
| quote: | Originally posted by richg101
because im happy with my sound even if armada/black hole/insert credible trance label are not interested. for some reason i got it in my head that i only want to be signed to my fave labels,,, so if i cant then i wont get signed to any. so ill make a label that releases trax i know i will buy.:) then i know at least one label will release music i truely enjoy. i guess i lost heart and now vinyl is so rair i just think id rather release my own trax on a own credible label(soon it will be credible - mark my words!) than some other label that only releases my tracks digitally.. |
Yeah, good point, those are exactly the lines I follow too, and wish that others did, many labels may require you to change your track in order to fit their guidelines better, I did not enjoy this hence just letting ppl download "fantasize" for example, for free off my site |
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| clubkidnycnyc |
I would not buy hardware (when you can do everything hardware can with software) unless i was signed
and already had money coming in and was like a star like tiesto or paul oakenfold.
Even If i was signed to a label you still would not need hadware because ,your label your signed too will already have the latest
synths in there studio so you can just use there to make a remix work on your new stuff whatever?
I laugh when everyone says software sucks but everyones in love with Reason!
also a lot of people forget or overlook that a synthesizer is not an instrument(some people in the industry frown on people like us) if you want to get really technical a hard synth and a soft synth are really the same
thing. Hardware would be a piano ,a guitar,a drum set organ,a bass guitar,a bass player etc.
not a hard synth a sequencer and a drum machine.
think back to depche mode,and eurthmycs ,and devo ,tricky and moby, or fat boy slim
would you call them musicians?
If your just starting out i would not spend $3000 for a nord lead and $2000 for a virus $5000 for a moog
when you could get one soft synth for $200 to do everything like Absynth,Reaktor,Zeta ,Korg Legacy ,Zeta just to name a few.
a lot of people forget or loose focus is that you dont need a synth that was only made for trance music
there really is no such thing sure there are synths that can do wonders for trance like the virus,rolandjp the juno
and so forth but a synth is made for all genres of music.
you dont see every rock band playing the same guitar so why would you need one synth for trance.
take a piano for instance
you can make country
blues
bluegrass
dixie
r&b
doo wap
folk
country
dream house
trip hop
all with a piano!
so you could basially make trance with any synth is what im getting at! If you know hwat your doing of course, a lot of people dont know what they are doing so they get a trance synth so they can cheat and use the presets! Make your own stuff its fun!
and lastly when you produce your stuff
and if it is a hit no one wil lcare what you used as long as it sounds great so keep producing. |
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| Enigmatic XTC |
| I think that, for synths, it doesn't really matter whether you use hardware or software. There are so many things you can run a synth through now to give it that warm anologue fee. When it comes to certain FX like EQs and Compressors, however, i do feel that hardware is better. The only reason i think that is because it feels like there is a lot more control on hardware for these FX where even minute changes can make a big difference. But thats just my opinion. (Plus its hard to accurately emulate a vintage tube compressor) |
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| Airbase |
Dont blame my weird mastering on software, I'm just a sucky audio engineer, I'd sound just as crap with hardware :)
// Jezper |
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| richg101 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Airbase
Dont blame my weird mastering on software, I'm just a sucky audio engineer, I'd sound just as crap with hardware :)
// Jezper |
i meant that you use only software and your tracks sound just as good (if not then better) than most of the 'hardware; producers. hehehe. you are like a walking advertisment on how good software is right now! lol |
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| aquila |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
You left out the "who really gives a flying f*ck as long as the tunes are good" option. |
+1 :D |
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