Quote Originally Posted by djTequila
Got the clips. It's a very professional sound!
How much of the system is hardware, and how much software?
thanks.
on all the clips you got, all the sounds are from hardware: synths and hw samplers. we usually do most of the writing, sequencing and arrangements without any effects, so it's all about sequencing and sound design - perhaps an occasional built-in effect on a synth..
when the arrangement is ready, it's recorded with logic audio, in the way i described earlier: usually a song takes something like 8-12 separate audio tracks. after that, it's all done in logic with some plugins. mixing, effects, reverbs, compression. when the mixdown is ready, bounce that to a .wav-file and perhaps do something more in soundforge - on the clips i gave you, nothing more than a hard limiter to smooth down some harder individual hits..
plugins: just logic's in-built, they are mostly very good! tc native bundle also, the reverb and the compressor are great for some sounds, when looking for somewhat natural sound.

i got to admit it, software has changed the way i work when it comes to mixdown.. i still don't feel very comfortable with soft-synths, but when it comes to mixing i got a rack half full of hardware effects, a fostex 20/8 desk and a compressor, but all they do is gather dust nowadays. haven't touched the desk's eq's for about a year ;) logic can do all that, sounds good and is much nicer to use..