Reading the other thread, i was just wondering if it would be possible to make entire songs with just Crystal, a bunch of soundfonts, a sequencer and extensive use of mangling effects.

The drums would be sample/break-based, though.

I'm into something between jungle/drum'n'bass and lounge/chillout with a bit of jazz chords and improvisation.

Of course. Some weird people have made music for piano only. With Crystal you can have so much more sounds.

Here is one I made with only crystal (all self-made presets)+ 1 sample (a breath sound):

http://www.ljudkrig.se/files/mp3/olja-03-klang.mp3

not your genre really but maybe an inspiration anyway (or not).

yes!

vurt wrote:

yes!

I'd like to extend on that.. hell yes!

I'd have to say yes, but not sure why you'd want to!! So many other great free synths and stuff out there, may as well take advantage of some of them too.

sometimes I wish I wouldn't have so much vsti's

Crystal is incredibly versatile and has a professional sound quality - I only wish I would be better at programming it - too much tools and our dealers won't give us a rest

quincy wrote:

I'd have to say yes, but not sure why you'd want to!! So many other great free synths and stuff out there, may as well take advantage of some of them too.

not everyone likes to buy and sell a few plugins each week

Yeah, you can make music with ANYTHING, obviously. It's a matter of if using makes you WANT to make music. If Crystal is your favorite synth, it's totally your type of thing, etc, then you can make music with nothing else. If you can't stand Crystal (or programming it ) then you still CAN make music, but you probably WON'T, since you won't want to.

jens wrote:

quincy wrote: I'd have to say yes, but not sure why you'd want to!! So many other great free synths and stuff out there, may as well take advantage of some of them too. not everyone likes to buy and sell a few plugins each week

make music with only crystal...?

No, you need 28 more vsti's

mindless wrote:

make music with only crystal...? No, you need 28 more vsti's

Ummm you forgot one. Make that 29.

Devon

mindless wrote:

make music with only crystal...? No, you need 28 more vsti's

Why exactly 28?

(EDIT: Devon already said that)

I'm quite certain you can make music by just recording your breath, but that would neither be jungle nor what i like to hear. (The last point is by far more important...)

I just want to reduce my number of used VSTI to some minimum because i find it hard to get used to all the different GUIs.

Can I make music with just Delay Lama?

NAD wrote:

Can I make music with just Delay Lama?

yep!

I can make music with just One Ping Only!








No, I was wrong, that's not music, sorry

Paulie Phonick wrote:

I can make music with just One Ping Only!

yep!

timewastin wrote:

mindless wrote: make music with only crystal...? No, you need 28 more vsti's Why exactly 28?

eh, long story...but it has to do with tarnce and some other bollocks.

28 has nothing to do with trance! It's 4 times 7, for christ sake!

If i wanted to definitely waste this thread, i'd just have to ask that one question...








How do you define music?

timewastin wrote:

I just want to reduce my number of used VSTI to some minimum because i find it hard to get used to all the different GUIs.

If I had to pick one free synth to make music with (and it was anything but ambient) I would NOT choose Crystal myself. It's probably the most versatile of them all, and you could argue that it's better to have too much than too little... so yes, you would have most of your bases covered with Crystal.

But do you honestly want to deal with that beast for every lead, bass, and pad? If so, I admire your courage.

timewastin wrote:

How do you define music?

divde your house number by the number of bricks in your next door neighbours house.times that number by the 24 hour clock version of your bedtime plus the number of custard creams in a normal sized pack.add this to the number of red skittles divided by blue m&ms in your next packs.if the number is greater than your house number i think you should have your answer
glad i could be of service

Crap, my house number is bigger, what now?

Don't tell me, I'll never know the answer

vurt wrote:

timewastin wrote: How do you define music? divde your house number by the number of bricks in your next door neighbours house.times that number by the 24 hour clock version of your bedtime plus the number of custard creams in a normal sized pack.add this to the number of red skittles divided by blue m&ms in your next packs.if the number is greater than your house number i think you should have your answer glad i could be of service

and devide that with the amount of spliffs you smoke every day

mindless wrote:

and devide that with the amount of spliffs you smoke every day

i beleive "ferk erf yu womble" is the phrase im gettin now

vurt wrote:

jens wrote: quincy wrote: I'd have to say yes, but not sure why you'd want to!! So many other great free synths and stuff out there, may as well take advantage of some of them too. not everyone likes to buy and sell a few plugins each week

Gits

vurt wrote:

mindless wrote: and devide that with the amount of spliffs you smoke every day i beleive "ferk erf yu womble" is the phrase im gettin now

...huh? ok...I'll do that some time...(ferk me that is...can't be too difficult)

I get the feeling that these wombles aren't for kiddies no? and also, they can be likened to the KvR members no?

I hope they soon appear at my telly!

timewastin wrote:

How do you define music?

...step away from the gun...

There was a competition on the Logic forum for music with just the metronome.

V.