Battle between Software and hardware

does anyone have the same battle as me. I hate computer half in a sense, because dealing with a mouse, search for sounds, computer problems, which takes away from creating.

but i like the hard ware, feeling it out, but i haven't found any hardware with sequence the full beat like in cubase. And I hate **** tracking beats. So I battle with my self, because their are so many computer resources out there. VST's, cutting samples really quick, and being able to view the sequencer as the over all song,( by start a 8 bar loop, copying over making the full track, take out stuff randomly and play live for 16 bars.)

how do you guys feel

I learned over the years that you need a good mix of both. Whe you get bored of one, go to the other. I feel, for me, the computer is better for recording, mastering, etc...but making beats I am starting to prefer hardware again.

but i haven't found any hardware with sequence the full beat like in cubase.

Roland Mv-8000 does all that and more

i dont know what i would do without my computer

to be honest, i think I would have spent way more money if I didnt have a computer to do the things that it does for me!!

software = all-in-1 package!!

Smoove03 wrote:i dont know what i would do without my computer

to be honest, i think I would have spent way more money if I didnt have a computer to do the things that it does for me!!

software = all-in-1 package!!

It is the cheapest way to get into making music...well, unless you like folk guitar, the tamborine, or beatboxing.

Yoshimi wrote:

Smoove03 wrote:i dont know what i would do without my computer

to be honest, i think I would have spent way more money if I didnt have a computer to do the things that it does for me!!

software = all-in-1 package!!

It is the cheapest way to get into making music...well, unless you like folk guitar, the tamborine, or beatboxing.

But oh so true.

Yoshimi wrote:I learned over the years that you need a good mix of both. Whe you get bored of one, go to the other. I feel, for me, the computer is better for recording, mastering, etc...but making beats I am starting to prefer hardware again.

I do this same thing. Use my machines to create and my pc as a digital recorder.

Yeah me too- i do as much as possible away from the pc then use the pc for the final mix/edit.

Or i use the computer if i want to create a really 'digital/computery' synth sound, then i export that sound back to my mpc to work with.

indivisibleProductions wrote:

but i haven't found any hardware with sequence the full beat like in cubase.

Roland Mv-8000 does all that and more

Yeah but I got like 70gb of vsts I want to take advantage of
Feel me

I should be getting my computer back today. I'm getting it upgraded a little (new soundcard *with midi* ram, hard-drive, xtra USB ports and an additional burner) but I planned on doing this before it died on me 2 days ago. There is so much flexibility in software. I bought my proteus 2000 about 5 years ago... 3 expansion cards already installed for $700. My friend just bought a midi controller and proteus x was thrown in for free. It's software, with over 1000 sounds, and you can add more sounds with the e-mu cd's that I have seen on ebay. Essentially, the proteus -x can be every e-mu sound module out there. If you had all your sounds modules/ keyboards inside your computer, you would have less noise (system hum) less wires, and more space. If you need a new synth, you can get software for CHEAP. You can even use the demo's for free! I will never give up my hardware, but anyone that doesn't see the potential of software is living in a cave. Some of the synth emulators have been approved by the creators of the original synth. In other words, the software emulates the actual synth almost exactly. Some of the unknown sosftware synth sound amazing, and since they are unknown, you can get them for less than $30. Thirty bux for a new synth? Unlimited sounds? Software is amazing! I'm jumping ship. On the real though, I will probably never buy another sound module again. I don't make a lot of money with my music, so it's time for me to start saving some cash.

get with the times man!!! hahaha!! j/k

i know what you're saying about H/W vs. S/W... i use my desktop computer, midi keyboard controller and my mpc for production... what i do is, i use each piece of equipment for certain things... so depending on what i'm trying to accomplish and the capabilities of each, i'll use whatever i'm more comfortable with... but eventually the beat is gonna end up coming back to the computer once it's finished (to convert/render the file as either .wav or .mp3)...

Can people who have never compared software with the originals please stop saying that they sound the same?

That may be the case, but saying it means nothing when you haven't used both.

As someone who has, and does use both, I can say that anyone who can;t hear a difference shouldn't be making music, but that doesn;t mean having the hardware is better, because you do have maintenence issues and space issues, Software has it's plus sides, but the emulations may sound good but they are different to the real thing in most cases, the exceptions being digital synths like the FM7 and Wavestation, although those also have a hardware sound a bit different than the software.

elmacaco wrote:Can people who have never compared software with the originals please stop saying that they sound the same?

That may be the case, but saying it means nothing when you haven't used both.

As someone who has, and does use both, I can say that anyone who can;t hear a difference shouldn't be making music, but that doesn;t mean having the hardware is better, because you do have maintenence issues and space issues, Software has it's plus sides, but the emulations may sound good but they are different to the real thing in most cases, the exceptions being digital synths like the FM7 and Wavestation, although those also have a hardware sound a bit different than the software.

STOP LYING ELMA!!!!!!!

those plug ins sound EXACTLY like the real thing if not better

Don't make me delete you.

You must have that fightin dro lately

elmacaco wrote:Don't make me delete you.

ARE YOU THREATING ME???