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Schmidi · Post by **Schmidi** » Fri May 17, 2019 1:18 pm

I'm not sure what kind of music you do, but I would suggest something that is NOT a DAW as quick inspiration.

Software: SugarBytes Egoist, NI Trk01, Arturia Spark, FXPansion Geist.

Hardware: Roland JDXI, Korg Electribe EM's or some Volcas

crimsonwarlock · Post by **crimsonwarlock** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:08 pm

Schmidi wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 1:18 pm I'm not sure what kind of music you do, but I would suggest something that is NOT a DAW as quick inspiration.

Software: SugarBytes Egoist, NI Trk01, Arturia Spark, FXPansion Geist.

Hardware: Roland JDXI, Korg Electribe EM's or some Volcas

I think you misunderstood. It's not about getting inspired. I've recently got a Komplete Kontrol MkII keyboard and have integrated my main software synths to the point that it behaves pretty much like a hardware synth.

I need a setup to quickly work with the ideas I'm coming up with and make rough sketches for a project.

Schmidi · Post by **Schmidi** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:46 pm

Ah yep, I skimmed it. I agree with others that a pattern type sequencer might generate ideas well. I run an Akai Advance/VIP in Akai MPC software and really like that pattern flow.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri May 17, 2019 5:09 pm

crimsonwarlock wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 10:15 am
BONES wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 10:07 am Peter, WTF! I figured you were dead or something.
I thought the same of you

BONES wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 10:07 am Do you still have your Orion license? You'll never find anything better than that and you know it.
Just checked and yes I still have my license. Just no idea how to get the latest version. Is there even a 64bit version now?

hey there!

yep, you know orion is perfect for sketching with virtual instruments

its once you need any audio work doing its shite

SoundPorn · Post by **SoundPorn** » Fri May 17, 2019 5:23 pm

I use Waveform 10 for sketching and Reaper although to be honest I've been thinking about just grabbing Studio One off Splice.

inkwarp · Post by **inkwarp** » Fri May 17, 2019 6:21 pm

FL Studio
really fast way to put ideas down...

reggie1979 · Post by **reggie1979** » Fri May 17, 2019 6:35 pm

SoundPorn wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 5:23 pm I use Waveform 10 for sketching and Reaper although to be honest I've been thinking about just grabbing Studio One off Splice.

Studio One is great, it has some kinda scratch track thingy which might help the OP.

machinesworking · Post by **machinesworking** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:44 am

What you describe is Live's domain.

The thing that keeps me coming back to it is the way you can set up patterns in the Session View to oscillate between parts of a song. It loads super quick, and it's simple for basic things.

It's a good companion DAW for complex full featured DAWs like Reaper, DP10, Cubase etc. Too bad they priced themselves into the boutique market...

Distorted Horizon · Post by **Distorted Horizon** » Sat May 18, 2019 5:43 am

machinesworking wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 1:44 am What you describe is Live's domain.

The thing that keeps me coming back to it is the way you can set up patterns in the Session View to oscillate between parts of a song. It loads super quick, and it's simple for basic things.

Or Bitwig...

heks · Post by **heks** » Sat May 18, 2019 12:29 pm

Nice to see you around again Mr warlock, I used Orion for years (until a lots of my 64 bit plugins kept crashed it) I have found MuLab closest to Orion for that easy of , well , just getting going . It's also reminiscent of early Orions development, as just one person is developing it.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:00 pm

We've had the odd annoyance with 64 bit plugins in Orion, like if you have Analog Lab running from the first bar of a song it crashes Orion, but 99.9% of the time they run just as well as anything else. Our issues with Orion are all about external gear, which it was never very good at anyway.

machinesworking wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 1:44 am What you describe is Live's domain.

The thing that keeps me coming back to it is the way you can set up patterns in the Session View to oscillate between parts of a song. It loads super quick, and it's simple for basic things.

It's a good companion DAW for complex full featured DAWs like Reaper, DP10, Cubase etc. Too bad they priced themselves into the boutique market...

Live and Bitwig are nothing in comparison to Orion for that kind of thing. Neither are anywhere near as intuitive and simple, or as quick to get ideas out of your head.

neverenoughfunk · Post by **neverenoughfunk** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:04 pm

Propellerheads Reason is the ideal sketch pad...

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:11 pm

Bigwig is pretty uncluttered and fast, little need for menu diving and a one screen interface that lets you do most basic tasks without ever having to look at another window. Their pop up browser is also a time saver for auditioning sounds and loops fats in context and I also find saved racks that accomplish standard tasks useful. Clips (with in clip editing) and linear arranger on the same page is handy for dropping an arrangement live.

If your not building with clips and loops Studio One is also pretty fast and as was mentioned and has an everything on one page view, scratchpad is pretty useful.

I have also found MPC Studio 2 to be very fast if you are familiar with MPC workflow and it has the benefit also having linear tracks for vocals etc.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:18 pm

If you are new to Reaper, you could spend some time learning how it works. You'll be sketching out ideas fast (and easy) in no time. Much easier than learning two applications at once.

Distorted Horizon · Post by **Distorted Horizon** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:38 pm

Aloysius wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 1:18 pm Much easier than learning two applications at once.

I use 4 daws

Which DAW for sketching out ideas fast (and easy)