KVR Audio

bronxsound · Post by **bronxsound** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:46 pm

I think I'll lean to "underwear" option as a combination of hardware and software

Biopharmer · Post by **Biopharmer** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:16 pm

HARDWARE IS MORE FUN INDEED!

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:21 pm

You can't play software on a desert island...

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:25 pm

justin3am wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:
justin3am wrote:I disagree... blondes are more fun.

and liquor is quicker.
Yeah but with blondes you still need good hardware

and liquor tends to make it software
of course you're right. That's why you're supposed to put the roofie in her drink!

Heh, that's my old joke! "Roofie's don't work! Every time I take one I end up falling asleep!"

alinenunez · Post by **alinenunez** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:27 pm

zerocrossing wrote:
justin3am wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:
justin3am wrote:I disagree... blondes are more fun.

and liquor is quicker.
Yeah but with blondes you still need good hardware

and liquor tends to make it software
of course you're right. That's why you're supposed to put the roofie in her drink!
Heh, that's my old joke! "Roofie's don't work! Every time I take one I end up falling asleep!"

lol good one !lol

Muzik 4 Machines · Post by **Muzik 4 Machines** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:42 pm

hardware is indeed more fun, but the masters said it theselves, it's more fun to compute, so i'm really ambivalent on this one lol

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:06 pm

Over the last years I went from a hardware studio with a DAW recording environment to a 70% software studio (my guitar, bass, Axis 9, Tenori-on, AirFx/Synth and KAOSS KP-2 remained). When the dust settled I thought, this is great but the reason I made the migration no longer made sense. I did it because I was about to lose my studio space but that didn't happen.

So I ended up replacing a few things. The Roland XV-5050 became a Roland SoniCell. (Fantom table top box with a VST interface) Some of the VA stuff became a MoPho and Prophet '08. I'm pretty happy with the way things are, though I'm starting to feel that hardware pain in the ass situation a little. It's clutter. Oh yeah, it has knobs and stuff. Those only seem to keep me from actually playing an instrument. I'm starting to think that people who complain that they don't have enough knobs on their synths aren't instrumentalists. I find that aftertouch, mod wheel and an expression pedal are more than enough 90% of the time. The rest is detractions.

So I'm going to stay where I am for now. Hybrid is great but I'm not sure hardware is more fun. In a way it's just more to fiddle with instead of playing music.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:11 pm

zerocrossing wrote:In a way it's just more to fiddle with instead of playing music.

Ah, violinist.

SuitcaseOfLizards · Post by **SuitcaseOfLizards** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:37 pm

I'm still trying to find a good software replacement for my Fender Stratacoustic. No luck, so far.

And even the best keyboard controller won't let me have the same kind of performance gesture options!

Guess I'm stuck with hardware!

hseiken · Post by **hseiken** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:53 pm

zerocrossing wrote:I'm starting to think that people who complain that they don't have enough knobs on their synths aren't instrumentalists. I find that aftertouch, mod wheel and an expression pedal are more than enough 90% of the time. The rest is detractions.

I play piano just fine, but playing the piano ain't gonna program that sound. I don't like presets because it's not my sound. I do use them from time to time but I tend to start from scratch with my sounds or at least heavily edit and pushing a couple of piano keys doesn't edit that patch, damn it wish it did sometimes, though.

The future of MIDI: Brain interface...think of the sound and the knobs magically tune themselves.

Tony Ostinato · Post by **Tony Ostinato** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:32 pm

2 problems, a lot of my software rack isnt avaliable in any hardware equivalent and if it was there wouldnt be any room onstage for drums etc.

and as far as reliability i need to take my camera with me next time i go to the good guys audio repair and get a photo of that back room.

the real big issue with a software rack onstage is bootup time, aside from that its quite fun.

musikmachine · Post by **musikmachine** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:03 pm

warp x wrote:hardware is more fun

That's what she said.

uselessmind · Post by **uselessmind** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:31 am

djanthonyw wrote:
- You can use high quality controllers ...

Got any?

satchnut · Post by **satchnut** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:51 am

tomg wrote:... Software is more convent ...

sorry, couldn't help it

Overflow · Post by **Overflow** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:54 pm

Agree, plus software isn't still there

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Analog XXX.
Analog synth and analog delay. FR XS + Maxon AD202.

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