What DAW are you using?
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I thought trackers where used mainly for jungle/DnB? lol Ever looked into getting a https://polyend.com/tracker/?
I was going to buy live 11 discounted with free upgrade to 12. Didn't in the end. Wondering maybe I should have. I had also just bought my Studio One upgrade.I'm using Bitwig but some of the upcoming features on Live 12 might have me switch again.
I only really want live for clip launch. And maybe the sampler... but you only get simpler in live.
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I used Reason heavy back in days. Reason is truly the only DAW i've seen that has pretty much every virtual instrument I would want out of the box. Only downside is the steep $500 price for version 12. I also don't care for Subscriptions, I only buy perpetual licenses.
Maschine software & Logic Pro
Maschine:
This all make the Maschine an incredibly creative way to get ideas out, manipulate and quickly lay down grooves. While I prefer linear arranging, The scenes/patterns approach of Maschine is a quick way to easily create different parts of a song.
Logic Pro:
The various other small, but quite handy, features/functions of Logic Pro are also great (Q-Flam, MIDI FX). I also quite like the comping style of Logic especially for tracking guitars/bass
Maschine:
- Sampling & Chopping
- Playing Pads
- Step Sequencer
Overall capabilities of the Sampler
This all make the Maschine an incredibly creative way to get ideas out, manipulate and quickly lay down grooves. While I prefer linear arranging, The scenes/patterns approach of Maschine is a quick way to easily create different parts of a song.
Logic Pro:
- Linear arranging
- Stock FX
- Precise editing
- Busing, routing, and mixing are all handled really well in Logic Pro
The various other small, but quite handy, features/functions of Logic Pro are also great (Q-Flam, MIDI FX). I also quite like the comping style of Logic especially for tracking guitars/bass
VVS
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I purchased a Mashine MIKRO in the past. I had to return it because of a hardware defect. Left a sour taste in my mouth so I just moved on to a different DAW/MIDI controller combo. Logic Pro is a good DAW if you're primarily a MAC user. One of my requirements is being able to switch between Linux, MAC OS and Windows so Logic Pro wouldn't have been a good option in my case. I will say, the Maschine controller pads are WAY BETTER than AKAI pads (I use an MPK mini).
Delta Skeltah
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Oh, yeah??!! Amiga Sampler gang.
thedreampolice
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VVS
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Love it! It has the right amount of polish and features to help me be creative without having to take a deep dive and learn every feature of the DAW. I consider it to be grown up version of Ableton Live. Same concept of having clips/scenes but you can arrange/create in any way you like. The biggest feature no other DAW has is the ability to "isolate" plug-ins. If one or many plug-ins crash, the DAW is unaffected and won't crash like Ableton Live or any other DAW.
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VVS
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Nice! I want to like the MPC (as in the standalone hardware) but everytime I use one I still find myself using my DAW to complete a beat. I started making beats on FL funny enough. My preferences changed with age but those are all solid DAWs.
How is Acid Pro these days? I used to use it back in the early 2000s (up to version 4/5)
I also loved using it, but I'm on Mac now which it isn't available on.
Dusty B
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likewise my first ever DAW
Acid Pro is still excellent. The company Magix bought acid pro from sony and its been dope to me. I dont know why they still havent made a version for Macs and its on version 11
@K-waz
It was definitely ahead of it's time when I was on v3. Warping and chopping was so simple! I loved that you could have the entire warped sample towards the bottom, and then just pull your chops up to the timeline. I got really into "micro-chopping" because it was so easy.
The FX automation and manipulating samples in the timeline/arranger was super cool.
It was definitely ahead of it's time when I was on v3. Warping and chopping was so simple! I loved that you could have the entire warped sample towards the bottom, and then just pull your chops up to the timeline. I got really into "micro-chopping" because it was so easy.
The FX automation and manipulating samples in the timeline/arranger was super cool.