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| johnnylarock wrote: | | Hey guys thanks for all the help. I would get an MPC, but yeah money prevents that. A program is more in my price range. Plus, I also want to make electronic music, so I want something that can do both, hence a program. Reason sounds like a good choice. I am currently trying to learn that Buzz Machine program that Dwreck suggested. It's been sorta tricky. Again, thanks all for the ideas, they're all worth considering. |
an mpc isnt just a hiphop machine...infact the first composition i did with mine was classical...in additon to being a percussion sampler...the mpc is also a multi-track midi recorder...but even if u dont have an external sound sampler....u can still do quite alot with the mpc's onboard sampler....you'd be surprised how much techno and dnb was made on just an mpc, mixing desk, and effects processor in the mid-late 90s(before pc's and mac's could handle sampling and audio tracking reasonably).
heres something else to think about...to run audio appz...u need a reasonably powerful computer...if u dont have say a 2ghz+ processor, 512 of ram, and a low latency soundcard, the latest versions of any audio app is gonna run like arse...and forget about running soft samplers and effects without freezing or bouncing...not to mention the fact that pc's crash all the time(mpc's crash too, but not as often as pc's)
i can understand what its like to be broke....so start with buzz or a warez copy of fruity loops or cubase cuz its free...and maybe a mobo/proc/memory upgrade for your computer...but keep saving for that mpc...you'll be glad u did in the end...and if u dont like it, you'll be able to sell it and break even, cuz mpc's dont lose too much value...hell the mpc60s are gaining value...unlike fruity, reason, or cubase
in all honesty...i used to tottaly love reason...when anyone would say it sucked, i was the first to jump to its defence...but now....i wont touch it...the sound quality just isnt there compared to hardware, cubase, fruity loops, or even buzz(from what ive heard, i havent used buzz personally)...reason's samplers are pretty horrible once u pitch something down more then 2 octaves...u get this horrible hi-pitched noise that even an insert low pass wont get rid of without negatively effecting your sound...the compressor and eq's are garbage(only hi/lo shelving on the mixer channels, and there is a 2band parametric, but they both suck imho)...yes its really easy to use...but cubase is just as easy, and it sounds infinately better.
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