KVR Audio

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:27 pm

Cubasis. My first experience with MIDI. It was very buggy, had to put parameters within the actual tracks so they'd remember what instrument from my JV-1010 it would play. Circa, 1999.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:30 pm

Pro-12 was my first music software, closely followed by Pro-16 (which I still have).

Daimonicon · Post by **Daimonicon** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:50 pm

Magix Music Maker. Midi and audio were split up.

My first DAW.

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:13 pm

Tandy Deskmate Music was my first computer music software experience.

This image shows it running in DOSbox (it was NOT a Windows app; it was in a graphical environment called Deskmate, which, like Windows 3.x, sat on top of DOS). On the Tandy 1000 TL/2 that my family had, this piece of software could give you 3-voice digital sample playback, similar to tracker programs, but with the traditional staff notation editing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hS-ColSsPZY

I briefly tried out Activision-published The Music Studio, also for Deskmate, which looked like pretty much the same program, with MIDI functionality added. This software existed on several contemporary platforms (i have a version on my Apple IIgs and Atari ST).

I never made much of anything resembling actual music on Deskmate's Music program (nor on The Music Studio) because i could not (and cannot) read notation (i get the concepts today, but it's not "music" to me). It's sheer nostalgia.

I eventually moved to tracker software to create actual music. MOD Edit version 2 was my start. I cannot imagine using something that primitive today.

robotmonkey · Post by **robotmonkey** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:40 pm

Lightwave 3D 3.5 for Amiga (circa 1994-95). Seeing Melda plugins always gives me flashbacks as the interfaces are uncannily similar.

I also remember Voyetra Midi orchestrator and Soundforge 3 or something, Cooledit and some trackers. Also working extensively with Motu Unisyn and Emagic Sounddiver.

mcnelson · Post by **mcnelson** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:47 pm

Music, on the Playstation, around 1999:

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:57 pm

Empire Noisetracker was the very first music software I used. 4 tracks only.. A bunch of very noisy samples and I made more music in a few weeks when I was about 14 than I've made in the last 10 years lmao.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMQ6P1B_dn4

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:05 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBAtF7ZXjC4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h5QJDDnVE0

There was some REALLY cool sequencer for the C64 that had all kinds of modulation and sounded pretty damned fantastic. It looked nothing like any of the others. I can't even begin to remember what it was called though, or who the developer was. It's hard to Google for it because of the retro scene / chiptunes / etc.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 4:30 pm

MOTU Professional Composer

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:52 pm

mcnelson wrote:Music, on the Playstation, around 1999:

I was initiated to electronic music production on this software. This is what got me hooked to it! At the time I even made a tape of music composed on this software:

https://www.discogs.com/Counterfeit-Ele ... se/7275510

It was 18 years ago! Time flies!

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:14 pm

SampleScience wrote:
mcnelson wrote:Music, on the Playstation, around 1999:

I was initiated to electronic music production on this software. This is what got me hooked to it! At the time I even made a tape of music composed on this software:

https://www.discogs.com/Counterfeit-Ele ... se/7275510

It was 18 years ago! Time flies!

Me too, wish I could find the tape.

woggle · Post by **woggle** » Thu May 04, 2017 12:42 pm

MusiNum

http://reglos.de/musinum/

I could while away hours using that thing

CinningBao · Post by **CinningBao** » Thu May 04, 2017 12:48 pm

Eeh, Spectrum Music Machine - still got it in storage if I need that 'retro' sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFbD0FJ69jc

crystalmsc · Post by **crystalmsc** » Thu May 04, 2017 1:05 pm

Twelve Tone Systems, inc - Cakewalk (DOS)
Seer System Reality

Amazingly both are surviving until now, especially the Reality: http://www.seersound.com

annode · Post by **annode** » Sun May 07, 2017 6:39 am

I started with 'Making Waves Studio' at about 1998 on Windows.
I'm thinking of purchasing it again, I remember liking it quite a lot.
I added Cubase VST 3.5 soon after.

I remember it looking quite similar to the version pictured.
http://www.makingwavessoftware.com/

ancient software that you still remember thread