TheProdigy

Haven't finished mastering this vocal house tune yet, and it needs padding out a bit. So check it out if ya like. It Plays automatically on my myspace page http://www.myspace.com/dj_mashdup Hope you like it. All POLITE comments welcome.
Take care.
Mike.

http://ifolder.ru/13396703

The Prodigy - Poison (TDT remix)

new track called 6 weeks in Pangaea
here: www.myspace.com/laserfacemusic

anyone fancy putting together a video for me?

http://www.thesixtyone.com/RAAMzilla/

Check em allllll out

Tomás wrote:

i love that track man! very atmosperic, wicked bassline... that female sample fits in there perfectly.

did you sample the beat from "dope on plastic" or straight from WE? great work anyhow

oh and can you send me the track please

cheers boyo

yeah..tis sampled from dope on plastic but don't tell anyone

the bassline is my electribe

OK, got my all singing all dancing computer, a USB midi synth and a desire to get back into my music writing. I was always held back by the programs I was using, now I want something that knows no limits. I'm not a lover of samples,I prefer to create and tweak myself. Tweaked the guts out of Fruityloops until I realised I just couldn't do what I wanted with software of that calibre. So, bearing all this in mind what would people suggest as a really good all in one program for being really creative and writing electronic stuff? I want dirty synths, lush pads, decent sounding drums and the power to edit, arrange and sequence all this in a professional manner. Reason? Abbleton? Cubase? Money no object, what do I go for? Any thoughts?

I first started on Fruity Loops then I used Cubase for like 10 years and whilst it was good, it didn't let me be as creative as I would have liked as by the time I figured out how to do what I wanted to do, I'd either lost the vibe or forgotten completely what it was I was doing in the first place. Yes it's good for recording audio if doing guitar based stuff etc. but since I started doing dance music, particularly tech/minimal house it became a burden.

I've recently switched to Ableton, and personally, it's the best move I've ever made. It's easy to get what you want from it straight away, comes with a few good synths and plenty of amazing effects. It supports vsti's anyway so no problem expanding with soft synths and plugins. Also has the ability to record audio in, though I've not really done that apart from taking a few samples from my SH-101 so can't really comment on that side of things. The best thing though is automation of effects and synth parameters is a breeze.

Invest in a good soundcard too (I've got the EMU1616M) and if you're computer is a beast then latency shouldn't be a problem no matter how hard you push things. I've had over 25 channels all with different synth/vsti's each with a good few effects all automated and haven't managed to get past 25% CPU usage.

dimus wrote:


Ha, I used to have an SH-101, lovely little synth, but had to sell it while I was a Uni student
My computer is a dual core 3.15Ghz with 4 megs RAM, so it should be able to handle anything I throw at it. Soundcard is the X-fi Elite pro, so inputs are not a problem. I was leaning toward Ableton, I've heard lot's of good things about it. is it Ableton Suite 8 that you have?
Cheers for the advice.
Any others got any advice or thoughts?

What USB synth do you have Wayne?

ClaustrophobicSting wrote:

Only a little Behringer UMX-25. it was a Christmas present from an ex. I personally would have gone for something with a couple more octaves, but I can always get that later and have both connected up for live jamming. More a controller/keyboard than a synth admittedly.

OK, downloaded the demo for Ableton suite 8, so when it's finished installing I'm going to have a little play around with that. I've been looking at the demos for Reason 4.0 and I have to say it sounds shite. The synths sound so bad and amateur, almost like Fruityloops presets. Is Ableton good for VST plugins for really good synths, basses and drums (electronic sounding)? I don't want to spend £500 on something that sounds like it could run on my Ipod touch!

Ableton runs VSTs, plenty of on board plug-ins, and if it makes you happy, I use it 2

Would you recommend it over reason and Cubase, especially for someone who wants to write everything from prog trance to Electro house? Been playing on the downloadable full demo. Not impressed but I guess I would need to get to know it a lot more first. The preset sounds are appaling, sounds like Fruityloops 3. What VSTs do you use? A friend of mine (who I started writing with 16 years ago) said that without Reaktor he would have given up writing music a couple of years ago. I couldn't even get it to make a noise! Have I been out of the game too long, or is it something that you do pick up and get to really get the hang of? I'm really confused as I don't want to spend £500 and get something that's either not going to be as good as I hoped, or is just ridiculously hard to use.