How advanced are you? have you been doing some amazing songs? Cos if you arent that advanced, you might as well just stick to software stuff....
Because Studio equiptment is expensive, and unless you already know a bit about how it works, you will be wasting your money, as you wont be able to get the best sound out of it. There are thousand of software sound modules + synths that will do the job at first, for you to learn on.
I don't think this is true... whether you can get the best sounds out of it or not if you give a beginner an mc505 and a triton and he'll get much better results than if you give him fruity loops and reaktor. I do think a computer setup is a must... but I see no harm in buying studio equiptment.
they wont get better results if you give them hardware straight away, cos they wont have a clue how it works. where as if you use software for a bit, you can learn how a synth work, that waveforms sound like what etc. Plus you need to know how to use a software sequencer anyway. So you might as well stick to software for a while the harm is that its VERY expensive. And when you are starting out you dont need it. not with the software available now. Maybe when you have become a but more accomplished, then you could think about some hardware. the only hardware you need is a midi controller/keyboard, and even thats not essential. but hes probably already pretty good with reason/logic/cuebase if he wants hardware...
he knows what he is talking about, ive spent over 2k on hardware and still get some better results from software aswell... anyways if u dont know how to program synths your fucked aint ya
i still cant get a decent bass sound from any software! so spending £400 on some hardware probably wouldnt make any difference!
no one has even asked what style music he wanst to make.... the advice your giving him is evry trance/hard house oriented... I'm nto big on making trance/hh, but revel I think you should actually use hardware before making such statements Luke I guess you get better results from your software as your far more familiar with it
i have used hardware, I do a multimedia computing degree joe! my department has some pretty sweet kit. JP8000's etc. Dual display G4 macs etc... hardware is good. but theres not much point in having/using it if you dont know the basics. luke is probably familiar with the hardware too. the tps are out on his first release joe.
ok I can only speak from my own experiences - I used to make hip hip hop a long time ago and I used to get far better results from hardware (namely a 505)...
nice too c some people who somehow know better than myself,if u hadnt noticed this is a thread 4 'studio gear wonted' not,do you know what u r doing with it.. Perhaps if u dont know who u r ranting on about,keep ur trap shut....av already got a full hardware setup,know my way around any studio and cant forget....have a list of unheard shite....made on quite expensive gear(handy cos a divnt drink or take drugs) So,if uv got nout up 4 graps.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzip
synths have distinct sounds ie easier programming for certain synth sounds, nothing to do with what format it is back on topic www.turnkey.co.uk go to b-stock, often have some really top gear for cheaps
Check out me post selling the Korg ES1 Sampler and the akai s3000xl sampler they might interest you. Personally software sounds okay at home infront of decent speakers but in a club the sounds get lost. Hardware on the other hand sound the bollocks in both enviroments:chill:
To be honest it doesn't matter what you use, some people prefer hardware, some software, but the fact that the whole of the prodigy album was written using reason speaks for itself, you might not like it, buit you can't complain about the way it sounds. I have a hardware based studio and just use my computer for editing samples and then dumping them to my sampler, but like revel says if you haven't any experience of using hardware you're really throwing yourself in at the deep end. It can be very daunting and you could end up spending a lot of money on kit you might not even like once you know how to use it. I used to work in a music tech shop and the ammount of people that would buy hardware not knowing how to use it was phenomenal, and you could be sure they'd be back next week asking how the fuck to use it, or if they could swap it for something they could use. I would always recommend hardware if you can afford to go that route it just sounds fatter and more real in my opinion. It can be an arse when you've got to lug four or five heavy boxes round for a gig, but the interaction you get with real hardware makes up for it everytime - it would take a lot for me to abandon my hardware for a computer setup - I just like the hands on live approach - and I think people can see that too when you're performing. The most important thing if you are going to use computers is to get a good quality soundcard this means that you'll get a high quality sound input for recording spounds and output for hearing them which at the end of the day is most important. I wouldn't shop at turnkey - they don't give a shit about you unless you're spending money at the time - they won't ring you back if you ask for help or advice choosing products and their after sales service is appauling in my experience, price isn;t always the best reason to buy - sometimes you have to look at the service you get with it.
