SOFTWARE MORE POWERFULL THAN HARDWARE?

[massplanck]

I just cant not get an erection looking at a computer monitor with my whole studio on screen..

Perhaps you should try looking at porn instead?
I'm reliably informed this is very good for flying the Japanese flag.

I already had a good wank of that Beauty Contest victory pic of you. :lol:


Anyway. Its time for middleware..........

Let the PC do the number crunching & processing..
And lets see the software manufacturer bringing out control surfaces for their respective products.

[massplanck]

I'll say one thing.. a friend of mine has managed to make trash metal using only fruityloops & vsts.. pretty convincing stuff too..

[TechMouse]

And lets see the software manufacturer bringing out control surfaces for their respective products.

Interesting.

Like the Novation Remote25, perhaps?

What's the point in building custom hardware interfaces for software?

The point of software is that it all runs on a PC, thus once you've bought a PC it will work for everything. If you're going to start buying custom interfaces, then TBH, I imagine £cost of interface + £cost of software > £cost of dedicated hardware.

[massplanck]

And lets see the software manufacturer bringing out control surfaces for their respective products.

Interesting.

Like the Novation Remote25, perhaps?

What's the point in building custom hardware interfaces for software?

The point of software is that it all runs on a PC, thus once you've bought a PC it will work for everything. If you're going to start buying custom interfaces, then TBH, I imagine £cost of interface + £cost of software > £cost of dedicated hardware.

something like that.....

I dunno Techmouse. All the hardware interface is a midi controller basically but one that has been made for the specific app & its functions. I hate having to assign this & that and flute around with settings and basically look at at indentical rows of sliders or faders for each program... its confusing and just means less time for me making music. Call me old fashioned.

I dont think everyone should have a room full of hardware but I feel there is a case for *some* in a persons setup along with their pc.

[stjohn]

i am in the process of gettin what i want together and i am starting to get comfortable with certain software...

personally i couldmt see alot of hardware replicate the sounds made in absynth and reaktor so for those type of sounds i think software....

now for a bassline im thinking hardware, even tho i dont have any hardware, i cna just imagine a cleaner, thicker, bigger waveform ready to rock any system...

for kick drums, maybe hardware for the above reason.

programming drums, i am (too) comfortable with reason and i want to phase it out, but i just cant. weird, tribarific sounds can be gotten in seconds, using certain filter settings on an appended malstrom.

its about balance... i think....

but i can see where maasplank is coming from, making a tune can be like a having a mix if you have all the dedicated hardware there running off each other....

[Scott Kemix]

cool, not a bad thread after all ;)

[j_s]

i cna just imagine a cleaner, thicker, bigger waveform ready to rock any system...

(analog) hardware isn't cleaner than software at all. it can be really rather noisy, but i think it's this dirty quality that helps hardware sound that bit fatter than vsts....

[massplanck]

I always think hardware sounds fatter because you just route it straight into your mixer or speakers from the back of the box.... no reliance on flakey drivers/is the sample normalised/have i decent soundcard/is my app/souncard it at the right level. Your VSTi will only sounds as good as your soundcard/PC config allows for the most part.

This doesnt hold true for people with perfect setups i agree... just an opinion.

[dirty_bass]

It`s acedemic these days.
The difference is down to the skill of the user.
These kind of arguments are a little childish.
Just find something you are comfortable with, and get the **** on with it till you`ve pushed it to the limit.
Then move on.

[gunjack]

ain't no limits nowadays bro.

[dirty_bass]

You asked for it.

[loopdon]

nooooooooooooooooo

[massplanck]

aagghh not them two again....

[Scott Kemix]

bet ya'll love it really :love:

[loopdon]

gotta admit they're stylee was kinda fresh and tightly produced
f**k kraftwerk - this iz da real shit

[dan the acid man]

no no no no, no no no no, no no no no

[Scott Kemix]

Think this should maybe lead into a 2-unlimited thread

[xfive]

He's really rockin' that plaid shirt. :clap:

[sash]

2 unlimited suck. technotronic is where it's at :-)

software or hardware...as long as your next purchase improves your sound, that's all that matters really.

[Scott Kemix]

yes