which host has the most lively user community
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- KVRian
- 1023 posts since 14 Jan, 2004 from germany
FL has a really lively forum - but only in terms of quantity
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- KVRAF
- 5851 posts since 9 Jul, 2002 from Helsinki
Tracktion forums are great entertainment 
On eXT forums you get solid support from other users & developer in minutes. Lots of friendly power-users... ok T forums has those as well
Steinberg forums were a joke back in the day, and not a really funny one.
On eXT forums you get solid support from other users & developer in minutes. Lots of friendly power-users... ok T forums has those as well
Steinberg forums were a joke back in the day, and not a really funny one.
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- Banned
- 1149 posts since 7 Mar, 2004
There is good and bad everywhere.pakana wrote:Tracktion forums are great entertainment
On eXT forums you get solid support from other users & developer in minutes. Lots of friendly power-users... ok T forums has those as well
Steinberg forums were a joke back in the day, and not a really funny one.
I like KVR because the "Piracy" issue has been resolved in away that the climate is not poisoned by it.
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- KVRAF
- 2217 posts since 15 Jul, 2003
for support and extension and filling in all the gaps so the developer can keep doing what he does best, it would have to be energyXT. people so love the concept they devote a lot of effort to supporting it.
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- KVRian
- 1283 posts since 13 Nov, 2004
Yep, drove me away...........litterally.........(although I did try and help a chap recently.....then I'm gone again.......)CypherOne wrote:The traffic in the Tracktion forum is enough to keep me away from that host altogether (among other things)
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- Skunk Mod
- 21249 posts since 10 Jun, 2004 from Pony Pasture
Marando: I don't classify Reason as a host, but I agree that the forums are very good. In the PUF things almost always go pretty smoothly, with several very active and helpful users dispensing advice. Even the General Forum can be excellent when trolls and warez users aren't stirring up trouble. Lately it's been mostly peaceable and productive, fewer panicked new users (they've had time to read the fine manual).
The Cakewalk forums are also quite good, with a strong signal-to-noise ratio most of the time. Every once in a while there's another stupid "Nuendo sounds 20-40% better" thread or two... haven't checked in there for a while; hope it's still the valuable resource I remember.
Ableton's also got very active forums. They do get a bit chaotic, and just now (as one might imagine) there's a nearly hysterical pitch to the activity. :-D
The other host I use to make music (besides Sonar and Live) is Brainspawn Forte. Excellent program and good forums but the software's not as well known as sequencer- and DAW-type hosts... and the forum's not huge or extremely active. Good people though.
The Cakewalk forums are also quite good, with a strong signal-to-noise ratio most of the time. Every once in a while there's another stupid "Nuendo sounds 20-40% better" thread or two... haven't checked in there for a while; hope it's still the valuable resource I remember.
Ableton's also got very active forums. They do get a bit chaotic, and just now (as one might imagine) there's a nearly hysterical pitch to the activity. :-D
The other host I use to make music (besides Sonar and Live) is Brainspawn Forte. Excellent program and good forums but the software's not as well known as sequencer- and DAW-type hosts... and the forum's not huge or extremely active. Good people though.
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
eyeknow666 wrote:Yep, drove me away...........litterally.........(although I did try and help a chap recently.....then I'm gone again.......)
That, coming from one of the biggest trolls on there.. -
Stupid American Pig Stupid American Pig https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4753 - KVRAF
- 7065 posts since 25 Nov, 2002 from not sure
I cant read those damn FL forums- I used to post there quite a bit but that proprietary forum JMC has made looks WAY to small on 1600x1200. I have to increase the font size in my browser to se it...
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- KVRist
- 72 posts since 8 Feb, 2004 from Seattle/Portland USA
What he said. But isn't having the best host for whatever kind of music you are making is a bit more important?wrench45us wrote:for support and extension and filling in all the gaps so the developer can keep doing what he does best, it would have to be energyXT. people so love the concept they devote a lot of effort to supporting it.
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- KVRist
- 66 posts since 1 Nov, 2004
I can't say for sure which has the best forums, but I can say from personal experience which probably has the worst, but I won't go into that again.
I have been doing a lot of shopping around lately for new hosts and in doing so, I usually stop in their forums ask some questions, take the demo for a spin, comeback make a few comments and ask some more questions and in return contribute to answering some other posts if I can assist.
So anyways while I have to say, while all forums have their good and bad sides.....you know, you always run into those few forum regulars who have that "my host don't stink" attitude, when you try to make some constructive comments of things you don't personally like or wish that particular host had.
So anyways, I have to send a shout out to the Cakewalk Project 5 forum and the developers that contribute in the discussions. After being a regular contributer in that other Nazi camp forum I hung out at, you know the one hosted by the developer who's name starts with an "S" and ends in "Y", it was like walking into a breath of fresh air. In that particular forum I always felt like the discussions where US (the user) against them (the developers). In the Project 5 forum, the majority of the users where really helpful/friendly and I really got the feeling that the developers where there talking to the users as close friends would talk to one another and really listening to some of the users complaints and making them feel comfortable that their complaints about their host where being noted and would be addressed.
As a prime example, there's all this recent talk about Live 5 being a Project 5 killer. Then you go in the Project 5 forum and you read some of the things Rene' says:
Damn!!! Cakewalk get's it....Hat's off to the Project 5 team!!!! I'm still tooling around with the demo of P5 weighing out it's pro's vs con's, as well as looking at Sonar 4 vs Cubase SX3, as well as taking a good look at Live 5, but I'm ready to jump on board the P5 bandwagon despite any con's I find in my personal workflow, just to be a part of that kind of atmosphere.
Oh yeah, the KVR forum is pretty cool too....I like the mixed crowd atmosphere here to get an overall feeling of the different hosts.
I have been doing a lot of shopping around lately for new hosts and in doing so, I usually stop in their forums ask some questions, take the demo for a spin, comeback make a few comments and ask some more questions and in return contribute to answering some other posts if I can assist.
So anyways while I have to say, while all forums have their good and bad sides.....you know, you always run into those few forum regulars who have that "my host don't stink" attitude, when you try to make some constructive comments of things you don't personally like or wish that particular host had.
So anyways, I have to send a shout out to the Cakewalk Project 5 forum and the developers that contribute in the discussions. After being a regular contributer in that other Nazi camp forum I hung out at, you know the one hosted by the developer who's name starts with an "S" and ends in "Y", it was like walking into a breath of fresh air. In that particular forum I always felt like the discussions where US (the user) against them (the developers). In the Project 5 forum, the majority of the users where really helpful/friendly and I really got the feeling that the developers where there talking to the users as close friends would talk to one another and really listening to some of the users complaints and making them feel comfortable that their complaints about their host where being noted and would be addressed.
As a prime example, there's all this recent talk about Live 5 being a Project 5 killer. Then you go in the Project 5 forum and you read some of the things Rene' says:
Rene' Said:
There's always a new, unreleased, coming-soon thing which will kill our already-here-and-rocking thing in every aspect, and that applies to any field. Even when it's mostly an expression of 'forum sports', it's a healthy thing for us all, so please let's welcome it!
Damn!!! Cakewalk get's it....Hat's off to the Project 5 team!!!! I'm still tooling around with the demo of P5 weighing out it's pro's vs con's, as well as looking at Sonar 4 vs Cubase SX3, as well as taking a good look at Live 5, but I'm ready to jump on board the P5 bandwagon despite any con's I find in my personal workflow, just to be a part of that kind of atmosphere.
Oh yeah, the KVR forum is pretty cool too....I like the mixed crowd atmosphere here to get an overall feeling of the different hosts.
Still in search of sonic nirvana....
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- KVRian
- 1161 posts since 17 Nov, 2002 from Middlesbrough,UK
Technically speaking i wouldn't call Reason a host program...Marando1 wrote:The Propellerheads forums are fantastic. I visit them every day.
That being said it is a Beautiful program.
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- KVRAF
- 3745 posts since 29 Sep, 2002 from Killafornia
Exactly.CANE CREEK wrote:Technically speaking i wouldn't call Reason a host program...Marando1 wrote:The Propellerheads forums are fantastic. I visit them every day.
Its not a host of any kind, period. It doesnt host anything, and it can only be "hosted" through rewire. Not a host.
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- KVRian
- 1283 posts since 13 Nov, 2004
f**k offIIRs wrote:eyeknow666 wrote:Yep, drove me away...........litterally.........(although I did try and help a chap recently.....then I'm gone again.......)
