How best to denigrate non-modular hosts?
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- KVRist
- 493 posts since 9 Mar, 2003
REPUBLICAN 
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- KVRian
- 500 posts since 13 May, 2003 from Mostly in NSW Central Tablelands, Australia
Frigid - as in non-routable. But you need to pronounce route as root, and have some awareness of aus slang.
FWIW, I like using both types of host.
FWIW, I like using both types of host.
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- KVRAF
- 6097 posts since 5 Jul, 2001 from Just about .... there
let me guess, you use modular when you are jacking around and REAL when you want to get something done!!blurk wrote:FWIW, I like using both types of host.
If you have to ask, you can't afford the answer
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- KVRAF
- 3528 posts since 18 Apr, 2002 from British Columbia, Canada
for me it's the opposite. I use a republican host when I am 'jacking around', or just messing with ideas. When it comes to serious work, I break out Energy XT, or Podium. I use Energy XT inside of Podium almost every time though. Nothing beats EXT for very quick workflow for me. It doesn't stand in the way of my imagination like some things do, and I never have to mess around endless menus and hidden parameters; it's all right there, with a simple click and drag.
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
I just use Tracktion.SJ_Digriz wrote:let me guess, you use modular when you are jacking around and REAL when you want to get something done!!blurk wrote:FWIW, I like using both types of host.
Its quick and intuitive and its modular.
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- KVRAF
- 25032 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
just like eXTplatinumears wrote:I just use Tracktion.SJ_Digriz wrote:let me guess, you use modular when you are jacking around and REAL when you want to get something done!!blurk wrote:FWIW, I like using both types of host.
Its quick and intuitive and its modular.
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- KVRAF
- 6097 posts since 5 Jul, 2001 from Just about .... there
bleh, I tried Tracktion. I wouldn't use that if they were giving it away.....oh wait, they are.platinumears wrote:I just use Tracktion.
Its quick and intuitive and its modular.
If you have to ask, you can't afford the answer
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- KVRAF
- 25032 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
do I smell arrogance?SJ_Digriz wrote:bleh, I tried Tracktion. I wouldn't use that if they were giving it away.....oh wait, they are.platinumears wrote:I just use Tracktion.
Its quick and intuitive and its modular.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2460 posts since 3 Oct, 2002 from SF CA USA NA Earth
Honestly, the non-modular supporters make a good point: ease of use.
Still, in any host whose primary interface is non-modular, you oughtta be able to "flip her over" and wire things up in more flexible ways. "Make simple things simple; make complex things possible."
Still, in any host whose primary interface is non-modular, you oughtta be able to "flip her over" and wire things up in more flexible ways. "Make simple things simple; make complex things possible."
Don't do it my way.
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- KVRian
- 500 posts since 13 May, 2003 from Mostly in NSW Central Tablelands, Australia
I'll take the bait.SJ_Digriz wrote:let me guess, you use modular when you are jacking around and REAL when you want to get something done!!
The track I did for the Smartelectronix competition was done in Plogue Bidule, because I needed to dynamically calculate tempos based on positions within audio files chosen at runtime. So, I needed to get something done, and the modular host was the only way I could come up with the goods. OTOH, a track I did for a cartoon soundtrack was done in a combination of FL Studio and Adobe Audition. For yet another track that I'm working at the moment, I'm using FL Studio only. But I have more half-arsed, unfinished, "jacking around" things done in FL Studio than I have in Plogue Bidule.
Choose the tools that (a) you are productive in and (b) suit the music you are composing. There's room for both types of host.
And nobody got my joke, dammit!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2460 posts since 3 Oct, 2002 from SF CA USA NA Earth
Oh we got the joke, it just wasn't that funny.blurk wrote:And nobody got my joke, dammit!
Don't do it my way.
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
SJ is obviously just trolling, and even MORE clearly doesn't actually know what he's talking about.
How can modularity defeat simplicity? You can quickly, easily, and intuitively get the exact same signal chain as a Hostess can. Nobody says you HAVE to connect a million things together just because you can.
Truly an ignorant statement, SJ. It boggles my mind, honestly it does.
I DID mention eXT by name, but only because it's a known program. In hindsight, I should have said, "Only mouth-breathers miss the point of modularity in an environment."
Greg
How can modularity defeat simplicity? You can quickly, easily, and intuitively get the exact same signal chain as a Hostess can. Nobody says you HAVE to connect a million things together just because you can.
Truly an ignorant statement, SJ. It boggles my mind, honestly it does.
I DID mention eXT by name, but only because it's a known program. In hindsight, I should have said, "Only mouth-breathers miss the point of modularity in an environment."
Greg
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- KVRAF
- 1617 posts since 2 Dec, 2003
tracktionBorogove wrote:Honestly, the non-modular supporters make a good point: ease of use.
Still, in any host whose primary interface is non-modular, you oughtta be able to "flip her over" and wire things up in more flexible ways. "Make simple things simple; make complex things possible."
especially when combined with eXT.
