Go to your local musicgear dealer and ask for a demo of each of the hosts you are interested in.
Most of them will probably do what you want.
Best sequencer(Cubase sx, Sonar,Logic,Pro Tools...)
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- KVRian
- 581 posts since 27 Mar, 2002 from Sweden
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- KVRAF
- 4822 posts since 14 Mar, 2002 from Somewhere else, on principle
Oh.advaya wrote:That was my early morning attempt at a joke... I just thought I'd throw in a question that the forums seem to be inundated with... Only because of the nature of the original post...JohnVulich wrote:No, but then again I don't suppose much does. Was that really part of the question here anyway?advaya wrote:Yeah, but does it run on Linux?
Guess I shoulda asked if you need to know music theory to use it... That might have been a little funnier...
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- KVRian
- 1411 posts since 25 Sep, 2003 from The Dirty South, USA
This thread belong in Host, not Instruments.Milos wrote:Which one do you like the most,and which one do you think is most user-friendly and intuitive?
And BTW, my primany host is FL Studio.
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- KVRian
- 1283 posts since 13 Nov, 2004
bang for buck protools le/mpowered has to be a consideration these days.
I like mpowered cause I hate mbox's.........and the digi002 stuff is expensive and seems to have bugs more.....
Ok.......so here's the pepsi challenge
What do you want to spend (make definate paramiters, not "not very much".......)
What is the main purpose?
How often a day will you use it?
Allot of soft synths? or mostly audio recording? Equal combo of both?
Here's a really really really important one......what is your present setup? How much are you willing to spend (again.....budget parameters) to upgrade parts you will need?
What have I left out?
Anyways.....this is important. Prices vary so much and the hype is always in favor of "that" product......which you might hate.
I like mpowered cause I hate mbox's.........and the digi002 stuff is expensive and seems to have bugs more.....
Ok.......so here's the pepsi challenge
What do you want to spend (make definate paramiters, not "not very much".......)
What is the main purpose?
How often a day will you use it?
Allot of soft synths? or mostly audio recording? Equal combo of both?
Here's a really really really important one......what is your present setup? How much are you willing to spend (again.....budget parameters) to upgrade parts you will need?
What have I left out?
Anyways.....this is important. Prices vary so much and the hype is always in favor of "that" product......which you might hate.
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- KVRist
- 454 posts since 2 May, 2004 from somewhere behind my eyes
the best host has to be
Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson
The above "words" are the ramblings of a depraved megalomaniac.Any similarity to normal communication is a hallucination on the part of the reader.Replying to this post will result in your family and posessions becoming the property of funkynuts.
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- KVRAF
- 7489 posts since 6 Jul, 2004
I've found that this host is nowhere near as good as...JohnVulich wrote:
...Ableton Live 5
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- KVRAF
- 8448 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
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- KVRist
- 101 posts since 10 Jan, 2005
Logic
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- KVRist
- 182 posts since 1 Oct, 2004 from VA
Let me break this down for you.
In all honesty , and i'm a Sonar user , the studio i went to school at used protools , and I have several friends who use Cubase .. The best is probably Protools , Sonar , Cubase (close behind) , and the list continues to narrow down in that fashion. The worst probably being n-track studio (even if its user friendly).
BUT Protools is only the best because of it has advantages such as being avalible in almost every commercial studio in existence , being cross platform compatible with remarkable hardware for it (even on windows thanks to m-audio). The download or upside depending on your preference and how big your wallet is , is the RTAS plugin format is pretty much all that works with Protools out of the box. There aren't many free plugins for it.
All the other mentioned are more or less VST , AU , or DXi compatible .. These plugins are readily avalible for free and some bundles can cost up to $1000
Sonar is a great program and an even better program when your using 5.1 surround sound. It also comes with a VERY nice VST to DX adapter. There isn't much you can't do with Sonar in comparison to protools.
Cubase has a much larger support for plugins than Sonar because Steinberg created the VST format (i think). In recent years Sonar in my opinion has well surpassed it but not in a drastic way as to not consider it.
BUT I WANT TO SRESS THIS. You can make anything sound good even on the shittiest program as long as your instruments, Audio Interface , and recorded signal are done correctly and clean ! Also Plugins and or Outboard gear make or break your studio.
In all honesty , and i'm a Sonar user , the studio i went to school at used protools , and I have several friends who use Cubase .. The best is probably Protools , Sonar , Cubase (close behind) , and the list continues to narrow down in that fashion. The worst probably being n-track studio (even if its user friendly).
BUT Protools is only the best because of it has advantages such as being avalible in almost every commercial studio in existence , being cross platform compatible with remarkable hardware for it (even on windows thanks to m-audio). The download or upside depending on your preference and how big your wallet is , is the RTAS plugin format is pretty much all that works with Protools out of the box. There aren't many free plugins for it.
All the other mentioned are more or less VST , AU , or DXi compatible .. These plugins are readily avalible for free and some bundles can cost up to $1000
Sonar is a great program and an even better program when your using 5.1 surround sound. It also comes with a VERY nice VST to DX adapter. There isn't much you can't do with Sonar in comparison to protools.
Cubase has a much larger support for plugins than Sonar because Steinberg created the VST format (i think). In recent years Sonar in my opinion has well surpassed it but not in a drastic way as to not consider it.
BUT I WANT TO SRESS THIS. You can make anything sound good even on the shittiest program as long as your instruments, Audio Interface , and recorded signal are done correctly and clean ! Also Plugins and or Outboard gear make or break your studio.
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- KVRist
- 178 posts since 27 Dec, 2004 from Dublin, Ireland
Sonar. I like Sonar. Sonar users love Sonar. Cubase users seem to love Cubase and Live users love live. Even Reason users seem to love Reason. So whatever you get, the chances are youll love it.
And if its Sonar, it will love you back.
And if its Sonar, it will love you back.
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- KVRist
- 124 posts since 5 Mar, 2003 from New England
TLS,TeeLangSun wrote:I so wish I could understand why everyone keeps saying that P5 has such a great workflow. I actually bought P5 version 2, just to see what the hype was surrounding Dimension so I have the program, but I've never been able to warm up to the "1 window with everything in it" design concept. I always seem to wind up doing more scrolling and more resizing of windows than I would have to if for example, the piano roll had it's own, large window. What am I missing? Is there a way around all the scrolling and resizing?
you can float the piano roll/loop editor window in project5, that might help. It's the button that reads "Float" in the upper right hand corner. Also the Show/Hide button next to float might come in handy.
I'm glad the c major scale was invented before copyright law