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Hello,
I've been producing drum n bass type stuff on fruity loops (and nothing else) for around a year now I want to get into hardware but have no idea where to start and what I will need. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could reply here and give me a few ideas on where to start. If you want to hear the style I am looking to produce then check out my myspace at www.myspace.com/djbuttonpusher. Also, is there any particular software that is better for drum n bass?
Thanks
This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by djbuttonpusher: 18-04-2007 18:41.
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18-04-2007 16:11 |
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dj milkman 
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Your myspace link doesnt work by the way mate.
i would like to give u advise but im in the same boat as you.
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18-04-2007 16:18 |
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Muad'Dib
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I've been producing in FL Studio (Fruity Loops) for over 6 years now, never needed any hardware (apart from a good soundcard), I just needed a lot of VSTi's (Virtual instruments).
FLStudio is great, and I suggest exploring it a bit more. Cubase is running great too, if you are not too fond of FLStudio. Dunno, try things and experiment, you'll be running stuff in no time.
I don't know any hardware requirements, maybe a synth or a synthesizer would be great, for bass/reeces/strings but I'm not too fond of them either, because I found that I can synthetize everything I want on my PC. Maybe buy a guitar and a keyboard (MIDI keyboard or whatever) and start practicing on that hardware.
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18-04-2007 17:48 |
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Thanks for your replys, I appreciate it. The myspace link works now, I put a comma instead of a full stop 
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Muad'Dib, thanks, I have FL5 and lots of vst plugins and loops. I feel I can create ok tunes but, in your opinion, do you think FL is a powerful enough tool to create a whole album of stuff good enough to release? If it is then I see no reason to purchase any hardware and I can crack on with learning FL properly.
Thanks again.
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18-04-2007 18:45 |
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I think FL is as good as any other DAW tool (Digital Audio Workstation). Sure you can do good stuff with it.
Just a few thoughts on the Gear vs. PC thing....
- The advantage of a fast PC with just a software environment is that you can easily upgrade, try other products, use tons of VSTi's, download samples,...
- The user interfaces are mostly very straight forward on a computer and if not, lots of help is available on-screen. Hardware can be so much different (if you avoid using a computer all together). You need to learn a lot of weird key combinations and know the numbers of patch banks by heart etc...
- Replacing a single (larger) piece of hardware often costs as much as a midrange PC.
- There are also a lot of freebies on the VST front and even some free sequencers, hardware is always to be paid for.
- Hardware is cool for live gigs, but then again, you are draging a hell of a truckload of stuff behind you which you need to wire, test and unwire at every gig. Just a pc is a whole lot easier and faster and there are some software packages that allow you to do really cool things on stage (Ableton Live for Example).
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18-04-2007 19:09 |
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thechronic
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It is not necessary to buy hardware to make good music. But some hardware can help a lot, and it is definitely more fun to work with.
I would suggest to start with a USB keyboard with some knobs and sliders so you can control FL in real time. A drum pad is great fun too.
Get a cheap condenser mic to record your own vocals and samples, a Rode or something similar.
Also nice to have is a good analog EQ, something like a TL Audio Ivory, that will save you tons of time EQing. And maybe a funky distortion / filter unit like a Sherman Filterbank, that's something VSTs have never managed properly.
Synths and effects are not really up your street, to get better quality than VST plugins you would need to spend thousands of euros on them. VSTs can manage synthesising and effects pretty good. A hardware sampler is totally out of the question nowadays, or it would have to be an MPC or a similar unit.
An analog compressor is nice to have too but you would have to spend some €€€ to get a decent one. A cheap compressor does not benefit your sound at all and you would be better off with VST comps.
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18-04-2007 19:16 |
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samples
need. more. samples.
fruity's main strength is it's ability to have a load of vst's, hundreds, and not have to activly scan them all EVERY time it loads. with the amount i have, my system crashes everytime with Albeton Live and Cubase.
take a look into purchasing good software.
I mean hardware-wise, a new computer and maybe speakers. You need to learn to mess around with effects.
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18-04-2007 20:57 |
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Originally posted by djbuttonpusher
Hello,
I've been producing drum n bass type stuff on fruity loops (and nothing else) for around a year now I want to get into hardware but have no idea where to start and what I will need. |
this aint what you'll need, but it's a great synth> <Access Virus C, but make shure you get access Soundiver software of there site up and running, very important, cheers.
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