What does everyone use to make tracks?

[loopdon]

there's lots of people working with fruity.
poor workman blames his tools.
work whatever you are happy with.

my 2 cents

[schlongfingers]

There is only one 'all in one program' though isn't there? Reason.

I'm taking all in one as in exclusively self contained. That's the thing i don't like about reason really, yes you can get pro results, but it feels a bit restrained.

[dirty_bass]

There is no holy grail of equipment.
The best artists know their equipment inside and out, and push it to it`s limitations.
So many people in techno get all the latest gear, cos "it`s the best" and then they use it to make shite loopy techno.
Whatever you use, learn it inside out.
I use a small toffee hammer and a collection of childrens skulls.

[BRADLEE]

I usually bang on pots and pans, or atleast that is what my neighbors think... ;)

[MARKEG]

god i use allsorts of software and hardware, basically it's a constant mission to learn new programs and use different work flows. for example, i used to just use cubase until the software revolution and then it was acid, then fruity loops, then back to cubase, then a mixture of them all through rewire, then ableton, then the lot via midi clock and several computers, then back to some old sequencers from windows 95 days. no but honest, if you're just starting off i'd get something like fruity loops or ableton and then go from there.

[BloodStar]

in czech language we're saying: Ucel sveti prostredky., it means result is important, no matter what you're using... i'm working just with cubase sx,, i don't know if it covers all process,,probably yes,. i feel comfortable with it now,,after a few years of trying all those ****in good things what appear in it... it's a great tool for complete music production.
but it's same as in case of all other SW and HW,. in different words, why you wanna fast car, when you can't drive some old crappy skoda,. heh. agree that you don't need everything new to make something "new"...

[acidsaturation]

There is no holy grail of equipment.
The best artists know their equipment inside and out, and push it to it`s limitations.

This is so true - I have a pretty motley collection of cheap and second hand hardware, but I do make a point of not buying anything new until I've pushed the last bit to it's limits and know it inside out.

It's too easy to collect stuff you never use particularly when you get tempted by "free" software... I have made a real effort to cut down loads of the crap I use and stuck to a minimum.

Every now and then though I do just sit with random VSTs and demos and all sorts and spend a day (or few) replenishing my sample collection...

[Dan Devious]

Started off with acid pro 5. now using fruityloops studio. I also have cubase but dont bother with it most of the time.

[AcidTrash]

Started off with acid pro 5. now using fruityloops studio. I also have cubase but dont bother with it most of the time.

YEY!! Another fruityloop!!

[Basil Rush]

Been using albeton recently working on a live set which is a giggle for throwing things together but then you get half way through an idea and get stuck and its' copy all the loops back into Protools time and then make 'em how you want them and then stick them back into Ableton.

I guess it's possible to do it all in ableton but it'd be a right pain!

Recently though even in protools things are in more than one session, less so with the dancey stuff and more with the pop and shit there'll be a seperate session with just the vocals in or just one sound that's made up of lots of bits and then that'll all get bounced down to audio and loaded back up into the main session.

[tocsin]

god i use allsorts of software and hardware, basically it's a constant mission to learn new programs and use different work flows. for example, i used to just use cubase until the software revolution and then it was acid, then fruity loops, then back to cubase, then a mixture of them all through rewire, then ableton, then the lot via midi clock and several computers, then back to some old sequencers from windows 95 days. no but honest, if you're just starting off i'd get something like fruity loops or ableton and then go from there.

I'm pretty much the same. The one program I've stayed with the most is probably Cakewalk though. First used it for just sequencing gear. Then, I got a nifty program called Reality which was a 4 oscilator softsynth. You could do some really cool shit with it. Just about every parameter in it was assignable to a midi control. You could also load up samples in the things and morph them together with other sounds in FM synth configs that could shift via knob control. That was pretty much when I got blown away by software possibilities. This was on an old win95 machine. Just kep acquiring any softsynth I could get my hands on from there to see what sounds I could make with it. It didn't seem to take too long before it felt like more stuff was released than I could keep up with. I used Acid a lot too when I wanted loops. Cakewalk didn't really have a looping function back then. I was using Hubi's Midi Loopback device to power softsynths and to allow me to slave Cakewalk to Acid. The ease of use now,
compared to just 5 years ago, coupled with the number of software that exists, is really mind blowing. It's come such a way. I just started playing around with Abelton recently. Pretty nifty program. Had some fun blasting some beats with it in a noise set under some circuit bent equipment recently.

[holotropik]

Hardware only.

Use a PC for capture and mastering - Cool edit PRO (which is now Adobe Audition).

I find it hard to use a PC to produce as it makes me too rigid and isnt fast enough for me. I like to play the track as I would Live so it has more natural feel to it.