How to Make Music with Your Computer

[Jinsai]

I used to lust after all this gear all the time. then I got a copy of Komplete. Between FM8, REAKTOR and MASSIVE and BATTERY I cant bring myself to fork out a ton of money on a hardware synth anymore. I do
however, lust after midi controllers now...

yes i know HERESY

Reaktor really is the end-all when it comes to software imo. I can't wrap my head around building from scratch in it, but I have a friend who has created some amazing ensembles. Some of it is just untouchable.

Still, I have not heard a software synth that can truly emulate the sound of a real analog 303. I've heard some good emulations of certain types of analog sounds you can pull out of a Minimoog, but nothing that has the true analog grind and versatility. I also love my Access Virus TI, which is now my go-to digital synth, despite it being the most unreliable and problematic piece of hardware I've owned. Massive is awesome, but I'll almost always run to the Virus instead.

But yeah... it's true, anyone who says that software is "inferior" on some basic level to analog hardware has their head up their ass. Once I take a break from the "rock" album I've been working on, I'm going to try putting together a minimal ambient album using only iPad synths. Really, the iPad is starting to shine as an essential piece of kit.

[DVYDRNS]

@Jinsai
I hear ya. Everybody drones on and on about a real moog sound.

while moog being just totally fantastic, I tweak the hell out of everything i do anyway. So even if I had a legit moog, it wouldnt sound like a moog by the time i was done with it.

Take massive and FM8 for instance, by the time im done with whatever i do with those, theyre usually pushed through a guitar amp and a pedal board. and mic'd and manipulated. so they dont even end up sounding like what they sound like...

What i dont understand is all these people who save up for all these super fresh high end synths and dont make music or know how to make music in the first place or even comprehend basic synthesis for that matter...... Just because Trent or Allesandro has it... its stupid.