Danny Byrd - Logic
London Elektricity - Cubase
Subfocus - Cubase
Clipz ..urgh - Logic
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thought it was the person behind the DAW that makes the music !?
This is very true, but to someone who's just starting out in music production, the endless list of DAWs is daunting. Knowing someone you admire and whose music you respect uses a certain software may swing the balance. It is however a minefield. I started out on Cubase because I saw an artist I loved using it. Turned out I didn't love Cubase as much...
Originally posted by Allotropy
This is kinda off-topic, but I was thinking, that what programs did the legends (like Adam F, Goldie, Photek etc.) use back in the 90's?
the really old version of cubase that ran on an atari and could only sequence midi.
using that to trigger their old Akai and E-MU samplers
Originally posted by Allotropy
This is kinda off-topic, but I was thinking, that what programs did the legends (like Adam F, Goldie, Photek etc.) use back in the 90's?
the really old version of cubase that ran on an atari and could only sequence midi.
using that to trigger their old Akai and E-MU samplers
Yep. As everyone has said - it doesn't matter what you have, it's what you do with it. And it's not just people on this forum - Tony Coleman says it (London Elektricity), and Fabio said it during his interview with Zero T on Sunday.
Ive been watching alot of Youtube tutorials, and they've been VERY helpful. I'm relatively new to producing dnb (I've made hundreds of electro tracks though) and when a group like Chase and Status sits you down in front of their computer and say "Fuck Compression!" (My wording, not theirs) its a big help. Their tutorial on making beats made me a bit skeptical, but then Logistics and Subfocus said the same things. So, I listened, gritting my teeth, and now my beats sound a hundred times phatter.
This brings me to the point of this ramble...
They were all using Cubase to make beats with audio (not midi). All my beats are midi, and I don't have a program like cubase or acid anymore so thats a bit difficult for me. I thought that was weird tho. I mean, chopping up someone else's beats doesn't exactly push the genre in a new direction does it?
Originally posted by [dj] Leonces
Ive been watching alot of Youtube tutorials, and they've been VERY helpful. I'm relatively new to producing dnb (I've made hundreds of electro tracks though) and when a group like Chase and Status sits you down in front of their computer and say "Fuck Compression!" (My wording, not theirs) its a big help. Their tutorial on making beats made me a bit skeptical, but then Logistics and Subfocus said the same things. So, I listened, gritting my teeth, and now my beats sound a hundred times phatter.
This brings me to the point of this ramble...
They were all using Cubase to make beats with audio (not midi). All my beats are midi, and I don't have a program like cubase or acid anymore so thats a bit difficult for me. I thought that was weird tho. I mean, chopping up someone else's beats doesn't exactly push the genre in a new direction does it?
I need more coffee....
Not all artists do this.
I know for a fact London Elektricity at least on some of his tracks programs the beats.
Well as a cubase / nuendo user, I've worked in the same way as Chase n status since watching the vid you refer to a while back.
I dont really see the diiference between working with audio (arranging kicks / snares / one shots n loops on different audio channels) and using a midi or vst sampler loaded up with essentially all the same samples.
For me it gives me a much improved, faster simpler workflow and my system doesnt have to handle chucking midi info around or use up processing power with vst samplers or drum modules. The ease that it gives in terms of being able to quickly set up sub groups and quickly apply eq n compression to individual elements is fantastic.
Originally posted by [dj] Leonces
They were all using Cubase to make beats with audio (not midi). All my beats are midi, and I don't have a program like cubase or acid anymore so thats a bit difficult for me. I thought that was weird tho. I mean, chopping up someone else's beats doesn't exactly push the genre in a new direction does it?
I need more coffee....
well you don't necessarily have to look at it that way mate, I'll agree with BH on this one, and whos to say you can't program your own beats, export the audio and then work with the audio files in Cubase? Thats something I'm looking to do soon, as at the moment in Reason I know its all possible and that is my current practice (programnig beats from, scratch, layering cut up and reprogrammed loops here n there), but then it can be a headache sometimes when u have a beat with loadsa layers and you have to set up your Reason instruments in a particular way (eqing each sound individualy, compressing etc etc) for me simplicity is key, as i'm not a very technical person - and i understand i need to get technical to make better tunes, but the simpler the better for me, that way i can focus more on composition instead of scratchin my head round the computer lol
