sound modules vs. VI's

yo...what's yall take on this apparent takeover of VI's(vitual instruments and software synths)? it seems that the day of the sound module and keyboard may be threatened depending on what you read.

people are saying....why buy a $2000 keyboard or $800 sound module when you can get great sounds from software between $50 and $400. sweetwater.com has some info on this which seems pretty interesting. the link is http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/virtu ... ent-guide/

i just wanna know what yall think. i have a mpc 2000xl and a proteus 2000 sound module. i see now that the software jawn is available. plus...i look at how the price of the triton rack dropped. just seems like change is happening or has happened.

macthedoulos wrote:yo...what's yall take on this apparent takeover of VI's(vitual instruments and software synths)? it seems that the day of the sound module and keyboard may be threatened depending on what you read.

people are saying....why buy a $2000 keyboard or $800 sound module when you can get great sounds from software between $50 and $400. sweetwater.com has some info on this which seems pretty interesting. the link is http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/virtu ... ent-guide/

i just wanna know what yall think. i have a mpc 2000xl and a proteus 2000 sound module. i see now that the software jawn is available. plus...i look at how the price of the triton rack dropped. just seems like change is happening or has happened.

BY PRICE THERE IS NO Comparison.......................................

that said there is more to IT............................

the Big Change I see Happening IS that....................................

IT IS VERY RARE To Have A Studio Without A Computer ................

Even IF U USE HARDWARE to RECORD.............................................

CD BURNIN', LABEL PRINTIN', RESUME' ETC, INTERNET SHOPPIN' and INFO....................PLUS MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So VST, DXI, STAND ALONE, AUDIO UNIT................ETC..............IS A NATURAL PROGRESSION....................

Synths, Molules Will ONLY Survive IN SPECIALLTY............................


IF U DON'T THINK SO LOOK AT STUDIOS NOW..............................

U Will Find Hardware BUT ONLY THE SAME PIECES MOSTLY And those SAME PIECES WILL REMAIN FOR A VERY LONG TIME.................

TRITON, FANTOM, EMU, MOOGS ETC.......................

i agree...

There is very little comparison in my opiniion whn it comes to the sound of virtual synths, they hold no wieght like george bush's word!

i use both but scanning sounds with hardware is much quicker. only the huge sample libraries can even mess with hardware. the basses in trilogy murder any synth. a lot of cats are running gigastudio on a seperate computer which is neccessary to get it running properly and using those huge gb libraries.

yup...i heard that. my boy says trilogy bass is the truth...

Beat God wrote:i use both but scanning sounds with hardware is much quicker. only the huge sample libraries can even mess with hardware. the basses in trilogy murder any synth. a lot of cats are running gigastudio on a seperate computer which is neccessary to get it running properly and using those huge gb libraries.

TRUE ON TRILOGY BUT.......................................................

There ARE ALOT OF NEW HUGE ROMPLERz THAT ARE GOING to Be EVEN Better Than Spectrasonics and I Say this AS NO OFFENCE to them I OWN ATMOSPHERE N LUV IT.....................................

TRILOGY
ATMOSPHERE
STYLUS RMX (DRUMS)
GROOVE AGENT 2 (DRUMS)
COLOSSUS
QuantumLeap(Assorted) RA ETC
Sounds of the 70s
EWQL Symphonic ORCH
KORG LEGACY Collection(FAST PATCH CHANGING)GOOD AS HARDWARE
X-TREME FX (FOR SCI-FI And FX there is NO HARDWARE EQUAL) 5K of Patches
ULTRA FOCUS (SICK JUST SICK!!!!!)
PLUGSOUND BOX (Not Preety to Look AT BUT GREAT SOUNDS FOR Peanuts)

and MY Personal FAVORITES..................

SONIK SYNTH 2
SAMPLETANK

and OF COURSE MACH 5 OR EVEN VIENNA SYMPHONIC


Plus there is STILL MORE................................
NOW Considering that................................

AS WE SPEAK.......................

Computer Controllers Are GETTIN' MUCH BETTER.......RAM, HARDRIVES, PROCESSORS AND Even Monitors ARE BECOMIN' Less Expensive EVEN AS WE SPEAK .................................


Unless Like I said U Jus' Love UR TRITON, MOTIF, FANTOM, ACCESS, AKAI, EMU, ALESIS, ENSONIQ OR MOOG (AND YES I LUV MPCz BUT THESE ARE FAVORED PIECES) and these Pieces ARE STILL GREAT Don't Get me Wrong.........or IF U DO ALOT OF LIVE STAGE Playin' I REALLY DON'T See the Advantage.....................

Trust ME IF U DON'T Believe ME ASK............................

KAWAI
QUASIMIDI
CRUMAR
VISCOUNT....(Tho' NOW Makin those FO-Obiez)
OXFORD

ETC................they Closed...........For the most part.............



And Now What A TRITON VSTI??????????????




Don't Be Fooled hings Are Changing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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(Tho' Hardware Will always Be around Jus' in Samller Quantities)


BUT IF U REALLY LUV STAGE PERFORMANCE AND VSTI THERE THE MAY BE AS SOLUTION..........................................


OPENLABS NEKO.......................................

UP to 8GIG OF RAM....A 15inch touchscreen and Works FOR MINUTES EVEN UNPLUGGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch the VID.....................

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews ... wsid=1364#

Take A CLOSER LOOK...........................



LIKE $2,400.00 but IT COULD BE WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


ALSO DON'T Forget MUSE RESEARCH.......................

RECEPTOR





LOTS OF OPTIONS N POWER.............................

AND VERY PORTABLE......................

Check their Website..........
http://www.museresearch.com/


THIS SITE IS FULL OF PLUGINS for it and MANY ARE HI-QUALITY N FREE!!!
http://www.plugorama.com/customer/home.php

Watch Some VIDz..........
http://www.museresearch.com/movies/Receptor_Part_1.mov

http://www.museresearch.com/movies/Receptor_Part_2.mov

http://www.museresearch.com/movies/Receptor_Part_3.mov

http://www.museresearch.com/movies/Receptor_Part_4.mov


KRAZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



TRUST THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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this receptor jawn seems bangin'. however...i'm tryin' to figure out exactly how it operates. i see you can hook up a midi controller or MPC or something via midi. OK. i see you can hook it up to the computer via ethernet. OK. But...where are the sounds actually stored? do you just buy virtual instruments and load them on ya computer or are they stored in the Receptor? So...is it working as a hard drive or is it simply streaming the sounds from your computers hard drive? i'm reading more on it now. very interesting though...

And Now What A TRITON VSTI??????????????



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Is this even real?

charlieocali wrote:There is very little comparison in my opiniion whn it comes to the sound of virtual synths, they hold no wieght like george bush's word!

I'm not saying George Bush's word holds weight but I think this is bllsht,
You can get some pretty heavy sounds from software synths.
It's all the emulations that give software syns a bad name.
THe Arturia Mini Moog, for example, is an emulation of the mini moog and no it doesnt sound exactly like a mini moog but that doesn't mean its no good.
Of course it doesn't sound exactly like one, it's not one!
But if you take the time to mess with it you can make some pretty sweet sounds.

Personally i love hardware, when I play live I don't take a computer on stage with me (dark electronic music btw) and it is actually alot of work to get the computer out of my live setup, but theres nothing worse than going to a gig and watching some dude clicking a mouse.
I'm a hardware fan all the way, but if someone asks me what they should buy hardware or software synths:
The answer is software, don't waste your money on hardware if sounds is all you want.

Lil Stunt wrote:And Now What A TRITON VSTI??????????????



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Is this even real?

THIS IS REAL THIS WAS POSTED ON FUTUREMUSIC AND Was Touched Upon AT The LAST NAMM............................


IT IS REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!

REALER THAN THE MPC 2500.................(NO Joke INTENDED)

i really need to make more use of my korg legacy collection!!

Penfold wrote:i really need to make more use of my korg legacy collection!!

YO Penfold that WAVESTATION ROCKZ...........................

and The PATCHES CHANGE FAST AS A WORKSTATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!













TRUST THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Personally I try not to use "software synths". having said that, I've found that the TC Powercore SH101 emulation is really top notch. And The wavestation is also good (but I still prefer to use my rack wavestation as the VI is very unstable in my setup) anyhow, I recently did a quick comparison of the following:

Lately Bass from my TX81z Vs Lately Bass from Reason Subtractor.

Guess which won (in my subjective ears)?

The TX81z. If I can ever get around to posting two files from the "experiment" I'll let you know.

I LUV.................................



DR REX

I LIVE ON REDRUM

I DON'T USE SUBTRACTOR...........................

IT JUS' DOESNT SUIT ME AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


NOW TRILOGY HAS BASS........................................


LOTS OF BASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


ALSO SONIC REALITY BASSES SUIT ME VERY WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


and Maybe I'M WRONG BUT ..............TX81z would BE MORE OR LESS COMPARED TO The Likes OF An FM7 I Think...............


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