Both are fine for that. It's just a matter of preference. I guess you wouldn't have been recording music in the age of tape recorders... Don't you feel a bit spoiled? Be glad you don't have to pay the big bucks to a recording studio anymore. (not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's rather expensive if you're a hobbyist/enthousiast)Arglebargle wrote:honestly, recording a band in FL Studio sounds dreadful. The same way performing electronic music live would probably suck with Reaper.
FL Studio still the top dog!
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- KVRAF
- 2982 posts since 31 Jan, 2003 from Ghent, Belgium
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- KVRian
- 1494 posts since 13 Sep, 2012
ThisDarkerDigital wrote:I think FL is great for composing, way better than most other DAWs.
The piano roll and the step sequencer for drums are awesome. Going through drum samples in the browser and using the step sequencer to build drum patterns is how every DAW should handle drums.
But IMO what makes FL equally shine (if not even more) is how fast & easy is to apply the same workflow with synths, not only drums. Just insert the instrument, open the piano roll and you're good to go - the DAW I'm normally using for editing & mastering (Audition) is so cumbersome when it comes to things like this
But as time goes by I discover more new things FL is capable of. Up until recently I haven't used its built in effects (used to export everything and tweak everything in another DAW), but then I found out how easy is to insert them and how good most of them actually sound
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- Banned
- 22457 posts since 5 Sep, 2001
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- KVRAF
- 2982 posts since 31 Jan, 2003 from Ghent, Belgium
The 2 Cubase midi insert step sequencers work fine too. I never thought that FL's step sequencer was anything special... It's the sampler channels that make it so directTheoM wrote: Use idrum. Browse samples and use a drum sequencer very similar to fruity that works in any daw.
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- KVRAF
- 11363 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
iDrum isn't even a fraction of what the step sequencer is in FL Studio. People keep forgetting it's the STEP sequencer + the volume/pitch/pan/delay lanes + the sampler channel where the sample is dragged (which is a fully featured synth with 3 ADSR envelopes, filters, LFO, keyrange etc).TheoM wrote: Use idrum. Browse samples and use a drum sequencer very similar to fruity that works in any daw.
It's this holy trinity that makes up the FL Studio step sequencer and makes it so powerful.
Cheers!
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- KVRian
- 1243 posts since 24 Oct, 2003 from Maine
Aside from the obvious direction this thread was destined to take I'm surprised at the number of comments equating DAW software to capability of a musician. It's a bit like saying all the good composers write their scores with a ball-point pen instead of a felt-tip.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111242 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
real composers use pencil.3*s wrote:Aside from the obvious direction this thread was destined to take I'm surprised at the number of comments equating DAW software to capability of a musician. It's a bit like saying all the good composers write their scores with a ball-point pen instead of a felt-tip.
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- KVRAF
- 2645 posts since 21 Jul, 2004
i use a quill. dipped in my own blood for maximum authenticity.vurt wrote:
real composers use pencil.
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- KVRAF
- 5055 posts since 27 Jul, 2004
Funny and I am everytime again surprised, how many tools I need are already available in FLS...mr44khz wrote:FL studio is a beast if it had better mixing tools it be all I need.
Sometimes, as I thought it would lack of something, it turned out I was just too silly/unteached to use something correctly, which is already available....
This program is that incredible deep, that watching tons of tutorials will let you only scratch the surface...
By watching the real cracks at work (like nucleon or scott) I am everytime again fascinated, what's possible...
Some of my favourites:
... just to name a very few...
Of course, FLS is not made for use as a centerpiece in a classic recording studio, but for modern genres it's a playground without limits...