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Certain trance software??? (pg. 2)
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| Dj Nacht |
If he is using cubase he should be fine with that. Ableton is easier to use but it lacks some things.
System101 what software do you use and why is it better for making a certain genre of electronic music? |
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| aallvor |
| quote: | Originally posted by Owsey2008
I used Fl studio 6 a good while ago but i never felt as if it had what all the other softwares had. I suppose its good in the sense that its easy to use but i never hear of any "big producers" using FL apart from the likes of deadmau5. But anyway cheers for the help guys :) |
If you look outside of trance, there's a lot of 'big' and credible names using FL; Radio Slave, Tiga, Akufen, Jeff Samuel, Serge Santiago, Medway, Matthew Dear, Audiojack. The list goes on and on. |
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| richg101 |
| certain daw's might have better native vst synths than others, which may suit trance better than others. with an access virus, some decent cables and a good monitoring system you could make a good trancer with dance ejay 2. |
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| Storyteller |
| quote: | Originally posted by T-Soma
Don't go looking for software expecting your style to improve.
The software only really matters once you have already reached a fairly high standard. |
I disagree. A friend of mine went from ty reason music to proper house music within a few weeks with Fruity loops. He wasn't high standard at all before, he is now imo. However, from a more general point of view I think this statement is true :). |
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| Derivative |
Doesn't matter what the hell you use. You might personally find some software more intuitive to use than others and thus easier to achieve what you want. But you could get to that stage with any peice of software if you took the time to learn how to use it properly.
After a while discussing what DAW you use becomes shop talk. If you can't make anything interesting using FL Studio, you aren't exactly going to suddenly create masterpeices just by changing brushes so to speak. Whats important is whats up here
So yeah, you are better off sticking with what you are comfortable and familiar with and concentrating on finding as many ways as possible to soak up as much knowledge as you possibly can about how to use your tools to achieve what you want. |
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| Owsey2008 |
| Cheers people, appreciate it :) |
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| Lucidity |
IMO the main thing that matters is that the DAW feels like an instrument to you. When I switched to Ableton Live, I suddenly got better at producing, but the main reason was cause I saw it in a different way then other programs like Reason or Cubase. In the end it all comes down to preference but, you should try as many as you can so you truly know.
In my time I must have tried at least 10 different DAWS:crazy: |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Owsey2008
...i'm not sure if cubase is right for me. |
What don't you like about Cubase? That may help us point you to a DAW better suited for your needs/workflow.
And, regarding all these claims that a DAW is a DAW is DAW, I totally disagree. Aside from the obvious differences in workflow, there are also differences in audio engines. For an extreme example, try comparing a proper mix done in 64-bit Sonar to anything done in FLS, Live, or Reason and you'll be blown away by the difference in clarity and punchiness. You'll hear detail that you simply cannot achieve with the others. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by cryophonik
For an extreme example, try comparing a proper mix done in 64-bit Sonar to anything done in FLS, Live, or Reason and you'll be blown away by the difference in clarity and punchiness. You'll hear detail that you simply cannot achieve with the others. |
Care to give an example of this difference in "clarity and punchiness?"
I'm always curious when people make assertions about big differences between "audio engines." |
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| Reno |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Care to give an example of this difference in "clarity and punchiness?"
I'm always curious when people make assertions about big differences between "audio engines." |
I'm also curios about this one. I used to work on Reason for years but have never been happy with the final result in terms of punchiness etc. I've always assumed I'm not using affects properly. But then when I open Cubase to me things sound a lot clearer except trying to work out how to add effects like I did in Reason is a ball ache. Like side chaining, matrix, effects to each sample etc.
Just about getting used to the workflow I guess. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| I use both Reason and Live, and I've never noticed a difference between mixing or rendering quality between the two. And I think my hearing is at least average... |
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| palm |
| i love to produce in reason beacuse its so stabile and realy got most of what i need. but im starting to hate its limits (midi out, audio in, wav-handling directly in the sequencer, timestretching etc is all missing). so im trying to find another sequencer who is stabile, supports rewire and easy to use. i might end up with ableton rewired with reason as long as im in a computer environment but in the end ill probably end up with a mac and logic. does anyone have any experience with rewiring in logic? |
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