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Thoth93 · Post by **Thoth93** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:16 pm

I'd appreciate your thoughts on this particular host, specifically the Platinum variation. Ease of use for a beginner? Featureset? Sound quality?

Brian

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:23 pm

Thoth93 wrote:I'd appreciate your thoughts on this particular host, specifically the Platinum variation. Ease of use for a beginner? Featureset? Sound quality?

Brian

extremely easy to get into. What more can be said, for a guy who gets headaches thinking about midi routing..Orion Plat is a piece of pie!
Feature set, you've got one of the most versatile samplers on the market; a handful of capable synths, wasp being very easy to program and get some gut busting sounds.
FX probably arent' the best, but they get you going
Try the demo! I think you'll like it!

jouni · Post by **jouni** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:27 pm

Basic FX are high quality. Compressor could be better - but for that you can use some good VSTs. Sound quality overall is high quality, and that's one of the main points for the Orion developer (Richard Hoffmann). Not fancy gui, but sound quality. Someone might say Orion doesn't have this and that, all other hosts have this and that, bells and whisles.. Orion has "what you need and no more". Features are there because they are useful, and not just because someone asked or thinks "it's cool to have but I never use it".

I just tried Fruity some days ago, and I remembered again why I didn't like it. Fruity is confusing, Orion is straight forward and fast to work with. If one can work with Fruity, I say cool, you probably could work faster with Orion

Thoth93 · Post by **Thoth93** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:33 pm

I can work with Fruity. Orion is pattern-based for the most part, right? I assume you can record parts in real time, right? Does it support ASIO4All well?

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:36 pm

yes its pattern based and you can record parts in realtime..

download the trial version already!

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:36 pm

Thoth93 wrote:I can work with Fruity. Orion is pattern-based for the most part, right? I assume you can record parts in real time, right? Does it support ASIO4All well?

real time, yes
I would assume it would work with asio4all, I've never had to use it.

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:37 pm

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:40 pm

heheh

Thoth93 · Post by **Thoth93** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:41 pm

Ha. I will, but I'm at work. THey probably wouldn't like me doing that. In fact, I know they wouldn't.

But yes, as soon as I get home.

Brian

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:48 pm

good idea

Rabid · Post by **Rabid** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:49 pm

I'll agree. Easiest and least distracting of all hosts that I have tried. For me the polyphonic pattern sequencing is the main thing that Reason is missing. Very easy to edit those patterns.

Robert

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:31 pm

Wot they said.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:42 pm

Mark Vera wrote: Orion has "what you need and no more".

No it doesn't. It may have what you need but it doesn't have what I need. One man's "bells and whistles" are another man's essential features. Same advice goes here. Try the demo and see if Orion has what YOU need and want Thoth93.

jouni · Post by **jouni** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:51 am

Teksonik wrote:
Mark Vera wrote: Orion has "what you need and no more".
No it doesn't. It may have what you need but it doesn't have what I need. One man's "bells and whistles" are another man's essential features..

I didn't mean it literally, but more of that usually if feature is added it is useful for most people. There are things missing I'd like to have too, but in the mean time there are otherways to archive the same.

Thoth93 · Post by **Thoth93** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:11 am

Okay, I'm playing with the demo. I have a background back from my old tracking days in step sequencing, so I'm good with that. What I can't figure out how to do is lay down some step sequenced stuff, then play a melody line, for example, in real time along with it for recording purposes.

If I can do that and it sounds good, I'm probably sold. Apparently, though, I have to set a pattern length to get something like this. Other programs I've played with just let you hit play and record and go as long as you need. I don't tend to always plan out how long I'm going to play a particular line before before I start.

I'm sure I'm missing something.